Oil


Thursday, December 15, 2011
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News

Oil Majors Book Supertankers to Ship North Sea Crude To Asia

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Total SA (FP.FR) has booked a supertanker to ship North Sea Forties crude oil–the main component of global benchmark

December 15, 2011
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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News

Crude Tanker Markets Supported by Demand, Clean Products Slow as Holiday Approaches

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Asia’s crude-tanker markets may stay supported on the back of healthy demand in the coming week, though upside is limited, as

December 13, 2011
Total Views: 66

Saturday, December 10, 2011
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News

ASIA CRUDE OUTLOOK: Let’s Just Say It’s Complicated

For those of you who aren’t petroleum traders, here are some definitions that may help you digest the rest of this article below.  This article

December 10, 2011
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
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News

A West African Giant – Total’s Pazflor FPSO is Inaugurated

Launched by Total in December 2007, Pazflor is one of the largest offshore oil production projects in the world, and a major development for Angola.  This

November 24, 2011
Total Views: 954

Saturday, November 19, 2011
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News

US Oil Demand Requires More Pipelines from Canada, Keystone XL Delayed

HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- Plans to reverse the Seaway pipeline may significantly cut the glut of oil inventories in the U.S. interior, but that will only whet the

November 19, 2011
Total Views: 45

Tuesday, November 8, 2011
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News

ASIA TANKER: Crude Tanker Markets May Improve Due to Increased Demand

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)–Asia’s crude tanker markets may see continued support in the coming week due to healthy demand, while improving gasoil demand

November 8, 2011
Total Views: 45

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
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News

BP, Transocean, and Halliburton Decline Invite to Congress, Calendar Booked Solid

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)–The chief executives of BP Plc (BP, BP.LN), Transocean Ltd. (RIG) and Halliburton Co. (HAL) declined to testify this week before a

November 1, 2011
Total Views: 37

Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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News

BP Reaches “A Definite Turning Point” – Profit More Than Doubles

By Alexis Flynn, Wall Street Journal LONDON—BP PLC shares rose in early trading Tuesday after the U.K. energy giant reported solid earnings and announced

October 25, 2011
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Monday, October 17, 2011
Offshore

Deepwater Horizon Disaster: Anadarko Settles with BP for $4 Billion

LONDON—BP PLC on Monday said it had reached a $4 billion out-of-court settlement with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to settle claims related to the deadly

October 17, 2011
Total Views: 102

Thursday, October 13, 2011
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News

BP Makes Highest Ever Investment Into the North Sea

LONDON—BP PLC Thursday announced it would make its highest-ever annual investment in the U.K., despite a steep tax increase on crude production enacted

October 13, 2011
Total Views: 30

Thursday, September 22, 2011
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News

ExxonMobil Sells North Sea Assets to Apache

By Isabel Ordonez And Alexis Flynn, Wall Street Journal Apache Corp. is substantially expanding its U.K. presence by buying a number of ExxonMobil’s

September 22, 2011
Total Views: 257

Sunday, September 4, 2011
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Incidents

China puts stop to Conoco offshore production citing “negligence”

SHANGHAI—China’s coastal waters regulator on Friday ordered ConocoPhillips to suspend production in the country’s largest off-shore oil

September 4, 2011
Total Views: 26

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News

5 Billion Barrels of Undiscovered Oil: US delegates head to Cuba to discuss deepwater ambitions

Liberian-flagged and DNV-classed, Scarabeo 9 is a semi-submersible drilling vessel recently built by Yantai Raffles.  It will be on contract by Repsol YPF for

September 4, 2011
Total Views: 108

Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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Engineering News

Commercial exploitation of Greenland and the Arctic region… Denmark says, “We are not nervous”

By Flemming Emil Hansen, Dow Jones & Co, Image by Jeff Shea/NY Times COPENHAGEN—Denmark this week launched its first formal strategy for the Arctic

August 23, 2011
Total Views: 277

Friday, August 19, 2011
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News

Exxon’s Billion-Barrel Secret

HOUSTON— (Dow Jones) The only thing that surprised the energy industry more than ExxonMobil Corp.’s mammoth oil find in the Gulf of Mexico is

August 19, 2011
Total Views: 100

Friday, August 12, 2011
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Incidents

Shell Fighting Oil Spill At North Sea Platform

Image by Oilrigphotos LONDON (Dow Jones)–Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA, RDSA.LN, RDSB, RDSB.LN) said Friday an oil spill has occurred at its Gannet Alpha

August 12, 2011
Total Views: 168

Thursday, August 4, 2011
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News

The Bureau gives Shell a green light to drill in Gulf of Mexico

Mars Tensioned-Leg Platform (TLP), Image by Garve Scott-Lodge  HOUSTON (Dow Jones)–Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA) said Thursday it has received approval from

August 4, 2011
Total Views: 173

Monday, August 1, 2011
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Finance

Traders Eye Gulf of Mexico Oil Tanker Play

Spread Between Futures Contracts Makes Stashing Crude Offshore Attractive LONDON (Dow Jones)—Storing oil in tankers offshore is on the rise again in the

August 1, 2011
Total Views: 65

Thursday, July 28, 2011
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News

Shell CEO: In Early Talks With Rosneft, ‘Interested’ In Arctic

LONDON (Dow Jones)–Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSA.LN) Chief Executive Peter Voser said Thursday the Anglo-Dutch energy giant is in early stage talks with

July 28, 2011
Total Views: 21

Wednesday, July 27, 2011
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News

BP Chief Plays Down Idea of a Breakup

Image by Alastair Grant/AP LONDON — BP PLC shares fell Tuesday amid investor frustration at the company’s growth strategy in the wake of the Gulf

July 27, 2011
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