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China’s Oil Imports Slowly Return To Normal Levels
China’s crude oil imports averaged 11.52 million barrels per day (bpd) in September, up by 3.1 percent from August, but slowly returning to historical levels and starting to ease the congestion at Chinese ports, according to data from energy analytics services provider OilX.
read more... 06/10/2020
Equinor plans $2 billion Breidablikk oilfield development
Equinor EQNR.OL and its partners in Norway's Breidablikk oil discovery have agreed on an 18.6 billion Norwegian crowns ($1.95 billion) development plan for the North Sea field, the state-controlled company said on Monday.
read more... 28/09/2020
Africa Is The Undeniable Final Frontier For Oil
The pandemic has been devastating for the oil industry globally. Explorers suspended drilling, producers idled wells, Big Oil majors put up assets for sale. But the world continues to need oil, albeit lower amounts of it than a year ago, and it will continue to need it. Exploration is not dead. It is especially not dead in Africa—a hot spot in oil and gas before the pandemic.
read more... 24/09/2020
Diesel prices fall again on the back of easing global crude oil prices
The recent fall in transport fuel prices comes in the wake of softening of global oil prices as an extended run of Covid-19 has depressed demand and created a glut in the market.
read more... 21/09/2020
Iraq Ships More Crude Oil Despite OPEC Output Cut Pledge
Iraq has shipped more crude oil abroad so far this month, tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg showed, even though OPEC’s second-largest producer has promised time and again in recent months that it is committed to complying with the OPEC+ production cuts.
read more... 18/09/2020