Oil


Friday, June 7, 2013
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VLCC Charter Rates Slide

(Bloomberg) Charter rates for the largest oil tankers hauling Middle East crude to Asia slid the most since January this week as the supply of cargoes

June 7, 2013
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
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China To Complete Key Myanmar Oil Storage Facility, Pipelines to Bypass Malacca Strait

BEIJING, May 28 (Reuters) – Top state energy group China National Petroleum Company has completed six oil storage tanks on an island off western Myanmar

May 28, 2013
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Monday, May 27, 2013
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Saudi Aramco Hits Record Production Levels

(Bloomberg) — Saudi Arabian Oil Co. production rose to a record 9.51 million barrels a day of oil last year, the company said in its annual review.

May 27, 2013
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Friday, May 24, 2013
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Lacklustre Demand Weighs On Spot Prices for West African Crude

GENEVA, May 24 (Reuters) – Angolan and Nigerian differentials were under pressure on Friday as some Asian refiners snubbed west African grades in favour

May 24, 2013
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
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Shell CEO Peter Voser to Retire

By Andrew Callus LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell’s 54-year old chief executive Peter Voser is to retire next year in a surprise early

May 2, 2013
Total Views: 137

Tuesday, April 30, 2013
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US Energy Independence is Naive and Overly Simplistic Says Saudi Oil Minister

At the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) this morning, His Excellency Ali I. Al-Naimi, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources for the

April 30, 2013
Total Views: 46

Friday, April 5, 2013
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Danish Underground Consortium to Invest $800 Million on Tyra Southeast Expansion

Maersk announced today that the Danish Underground Consortium (DUC) has approved an $800 million expansion of the Tyra Southeast development in the Danish

April 5, 2013
Total Views: 117

Monday, April 1, 2013
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BP Maps Out the Future of Global Energy

BP presented their 2030 Energy Outlook at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently in Washington, DC.  “The Outlook describes

April 1, 2013
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013
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ExxonMobil Predicts North America Will be Exporting Significant Energy Resources by 2040

(Bloomberg) — Exxon Mobil Corp., the largest U.S. oil company, said North America may be able to export 15 percent of its natural gas output and 5

March 13, 2013
Total Views: 36

Monday, March 11, 2013
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Mountains and Oceans: Shell Considers the Future Evolution of Global Energy

With the world’s population headed toward 9.5 billion by 2060 and the rapid growth of emerging economies lifting millions of people out of poverty for

March 11, 2013
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Monday, March 4, 2013
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ExxonMobil Beats BP to the Arctic, Again

By Melissa Akin MOSCOW (Reuters) – BP, which lost its first deal to drill for oil in Russia’s Arctic to ExxonMobil, tried to negotiate a new deal

March 4, 2013
Total Views: 54

Thursday, February 28, 2013
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Vitol Records Over $300 Billion in 2012 Revenues, “Solid” Says CEO Ian Taylor [UPDATE]

By Emma Farge and Dmitry Zhdannikov GENEVA, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Vitol, the world’s biggest oil trader, reported revenues that topped $300 billion

February 28, 2013
Total Views: 43

Friday, February 15, 2013
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As Russian Refineries Head into Maintenance, Baltic Crude Exports Could Rise [REPORT]

LONDON – Russian Urals crude strengthened in the Baltic after loading dates for early March showed a possibility of lower-than-usual volumes. Urals

February 15, 2013
Total Views: 30

Wednesday, February 13, 2013
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EU-Singapore Free Trade Agreement Unlikely to Affect Crude Oil Shipments

By Claire Milhench LONDON (Reuters) – A trade deal between the European Union and Singapore is unlikely to affect North Sea crude oil shipments to Asia,

February 13, 2013
Total Views: 37

Thursday, February 7, 2013
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Iran Stands to Lose Billions as India is Forced to Cut Crude Imports

(Bloomberg) — Iran, which dropped two places to become India’s fourth-largest crude supplier last year, may lose $2.5 billion of revenue as global

February 7, 2013
Total Views: 31

Friday, February 1, 2013
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Maersk Group CEO on Chinese Imports – Most Dynamic Trade Development in the World [INTERVIEW]

In an interview with CNN, Maersk Group CEO Nils Anderson discusses the ever-changing, and difficult world of global shipping and the newly evolving Chinese

February 1, 2013
Total Views: 45

Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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John Minge Takes Over as President of BP America

HOUSTON–BP Plc (BP, BP.LN) said Tuesday it has named John Minge president of its U.S. unit, BP America, Inc. Mr. Minge succeeds Lamar McKay as BP’s

January 29, 2013
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Tanker Glut Worsening as OPEC Makes Huge Cut in Oil Production

(Bloomberg) — OPEC’s deepest output cut since the global recession in 2008 is creating the biggest surplus of oil tankers in the Persian Gulf in at

January 29, 2013
Total Views: 45

Monday, January 28, 2013
Total Says Buying Iranian Crude Via Korean JV Complies With Law
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Total Says Buying Iranian Crude Via Korean JV Complies With Law

By Geraldine Amiel PARIS–French integrated oil and gas major Total SA (TOT, FP.FR) Monday confirmed that Samsung Total Petrochemicals, its joint venture

January 28, 2013
Total Views: 45

Tuesday, January 22, 2013
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Noble Group to Add Former BP Oil Analyst Giovanni Serio to Roster

Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) — BP Plc’s head oil analyst for Asia, Giovanni Serio, plans to join Noble Group Ltd. in Singapore, four people with knowledge

January 22, 2013
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