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  • Growing US Oil Inventories Overshadow Demand Optimism

    Fuel demand may be staging a gradual comeback in the world’s biggest economy, but that doesn’t mean the huge supply glut is going away anytime soon.   Gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, according to a report from the Energy Information Administration, reflecting a…

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  • Consortium aiming to re-purpose Danish North Sea fields for CO2 storage

    Maersk Drilling has agreed to join a new carbon dioxide (CO2) storage consortium formed by INEOS Oil & Gas Denmark and Wintershall Dea.   The partners are currently progressing a project concerning the development of CO2 storage capacity offshore Denmark, which involves re-using discontinued offshore…

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  • Victoria passes bill to restart onshore conventional gas exploration

    The Victorian Parliament has passed the Petroleum Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 which enables the restart of onshore conventional gas exploration in the state.   Companies may begin exploration and development work on the 1st July 2021, after a best practice regulatory framework has been put…

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  • Venezuela Oil Lines Up Off China

    Venezuela’s oil exports have collapsed since the US placed sanctions on its state producer, but some crude from the OPEC member is still making its way to buyers in Asia.   Officially, China hasn’t imported any Venezuelan crude since September after Washington sanctioned state entities…

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  • Dutch heavy lift player joins decommissioning consortium

    A global decommissioning services consortium has added a specialist heavy lift vessel operator to its ranks.   Dutch offshore services provider OOS International has joined the consortium, alongside Lloyd’s Register and Worley, providing operators with fully managed end-to-end decommissioning, from late-life through to post-removal monitoring….

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  • PGNiG receives first supply of LNG in Klaipeda

    Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) has received the first supply of LNG delivered by sea at the LNG reloading station located in the sea port of Klaipeda, Lithuania.   Since the beginning of April, when PGNiG became the sole user of the station, as…

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