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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Offshore

Cormorant Alpha Leak Shuts Down North Sea Brent System

DUBAI, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi oil company TAQA said it had no restart date for oil output stopped after a leak at its North Sea Cormorant Alpha

January 16, 2013
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
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News

Abu Dhabi’s TAQA Shuts Down North Sea Production Platform After Oil Leak Discovered

DUBAI, Jan 15 (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA) confirmed the shutdown of one of its platforms in the UK North Sea, after discovering oil

January 15, 2013
Total Views: 19

Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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News

Fuel Tanks Available in Singapore as Oil Traders BP and Gunvor Group Move Offshore

SINGAPORE–After scrambling for years to secure space in Singapore’s onshore oil storage tanks, some of the biggest fuel oil traders in Asia are

January 2, 2013
Total Views: 168

Saturday, December 1, 2012
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News

Chevron’s Frade FPSO to Restart Production as Brazilian Court Dismisses Injunction

(Dow Jones) Chevron Corp. (CVX) is working with Brazilian regulators to restart production at its Frade offshore field, after a court dismissed an injunction

December 1, 2012
Total Views: 81

Wednesday, November 21, 2012
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Uncategorized

Crude Futures Spike After Bus Explodes in Tel Aviv

(Bloomberg) — Oil rose after a blast on a bus in Tel Aviv injured at least 10 people, boosting speculation that the conflict between Israel and the

November 21, 2012
Total Views: 2

Monday, November 19, 2012
Is BP A Potential Takeover Target?
Offshore

Is BP A Potential Takeover Target?

(Bloomberg) — Bob Dudley shrank BP Plc to save it. The onetime Mississippian and current chief executive officer has sold more than $50 billion of assets

November 19, 2012
Total Views: 33

Tuesday, November 13, 2012
IEA Energy Outlook: U.S. Set to Redraw World Oil Map
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IEA Energy Outlook: U.S. Set to Redraw World Oil Map

LONDON–A shale oil boom means the U.S. will overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest oil producer by 2020, a radical shift that could

November 13, 2012
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Thursday, November 8, 2012
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News

OPEC to Increase November Oil Shipments by 640,000 Barrels Per Day

Oil shipments from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries are to increase by 640,000 barrels a day in the four weeks to Nov. 24, compared with

November 8, 2012
Total Views: 22

Friday, November 2, 2012
Feds Move to Boost Fuel Supply to Storm-Battered Northeast
Press Releases

Feds Move to Boost Fuel Supply to Storm-Battered Northeast

(Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama and the governors of New York and New Jersey took steps to ease the misery of motorists waiting in miles-long lines

November 2, 2012
Total Views: 4

Tuesday, October 30, 2012
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News

Oil Reserves Build as US East Coast Refineries Halt Production

(Bloomberg) — Oil fell for a second day in New York and headed for the biggest monthly decline since May after refiners reduced operations on the U.S.

October 30, 2012
Total Views: 19

Wednesday, October 17, 2012
BP Bows to the Inevitable in Russia
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BP Bows to the Inevitable in Russia

Game, set and match to Rosneft. The state-owned Russian oil giant  (ROSN.RS) is poised to secure 100% of TNK-BP (TNBP.RS), the oil company now jointly

October 17, 2012
Total Views: 6

Friday, October 12, 2012
Offshore

Call It Senkakudiaoyu? China & Japan Agree To Share Vast Offshore Oil Reserve

China and Japan sat down for talks and agreed to jointly develop a natural gas field under the East China Sea, defusing a dispute between Asia’s

October 12, 2012
Total Views: 112

Saturday, October 6, 2012
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Uruguay Signs $1.65 Billion in Offshore Exploration Contracts

BUENOS AIRES–Uruguay’s government on Friday signed offshore exploration deals with four oil and gas companies that have committed to invest $1.65

October 6, 2012
Total Views: 5

Wednesday, October 3, 2012
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Engineering News

Have the IMO and the International Chamber of Shipping Overlooked the Obvious?

The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), whose members represent more than 80% of the world’s merchant fleet, has expressed disappointment and

October 3, 2012
Total Views: 128

Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Venezuela to Ship Up to 400,000 Barrels of Crude Per Day to India
News

Venezuela to Ship Up to 400,000 Barrels of Crude Per Day to India

CARACAS–Venezuelan state oil monopoly Petroleos de Venezuela, or PdVSA, signed a 15-year crude supply contract with India’s Reliance Industries

September 25, 2012
Total Views: 1

Monday, September 24, 2012
U.S. Links Iran’s Oil Company to Sanctioned Revolutionary Guard [REPORT]
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U.S. Links Iran’s Oil Company to Sanctioned Revolutionary Guard [REPORT]

(Bloomberg) — The Obama administration will report today that Iran’s state-owned oil company is linked to a military unit sanctioned for weapons

September 24, 2012
Total Views: 7

Friday, September 21, 2012
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News

With Slowdown in Foreign Crude Imports, the LOOP Now Receives Jones Act Tankers

(Bloomberg) — The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, the largest waterborne petroleum import terminal in the U.S., has begun to receive tankers of domestic

September 21, 2012
Total Views: 766

Friday, September 14, 2012
Lessons Learned: What Isaac Taught Us About Hurricanes and Oil Production
Offshore

Lessons Learned: What Isaac Taught Us About Hurricanes and Oil Production

(Bloomberg) — The power of hurricanes to drive up oil prices is diminishing as the proportion of U.S. crude coming from the Gulf of Mexico falls to a

September 14, 2012
Total Views: 7

Thursday, September 13, 2012
4 Million Barrels of North Sea Forties Crude Set to Ship to S Korea in October
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4 Million Barrels of North Sea Forties Crude Set to Ship to S Korea in October

LONDON–Up to 4 million barrels of North Sea Forties crude oil, the main component of global pricing benchmark Brent, are set to leave the region for

September 13, 2012
Total Views: 10

Smit Lamnalco Lands Major SPM O&M Contract in Iraq
Ports

Smit Lamnalco Lands Major SPM O&M Contract in Iraq

AMSTERDAM–Dutch dredging and maritime services provider Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (BOKA.AE) said Thursday that its Smit Lamnalco associate has been

September 13, 2012
Total Views: 85
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