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  • IOC lets contract for new unit at Barauni refinery

    Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) has let a contract to a consortium of Maire Tecnimont SpA to provide engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) services for a new unit to be installed as part of IOC’s project to increase crude oil processing capacity at its…

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  • Insurance Jottings

    Insurers reach final settlement with Suez Canal Authority to release Ever Given On the 5th July it was announced that the UK P&I Club has agreed a formal solution with the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) to release the Ever Given following months of negotiations since…

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  • What to Watch as the Oil Crisis Evolves

    OPEC+ infighting has deprived the oil market of extra supply and sent crude surging to a six-year high in New York.   It’s too early to tell whether the breakdown of the cartel’s meeting on the 5th July could escalate into a conflict between Saudi Arabia and…

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  • Neptune renews Petrofac contract on Cygnus

    Oilfield services provider Petrofac has been awarded a three-year contract extension from Neptune Energy valued in the region of US$14 million.   Petrofac said on the 6th July that the renewal, which comes into effect on the 1st January 2022, includes the provision of operations…

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  • BOTAŞ FSRU arrives in Turkey

    BOTAŞ Petroleum Pipeline Corporation has taken delivery of the Ertuğrul Gazi, an ABS-classed floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU).   Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea built the 295-metre (968-foot) long ship, in accordance with the ABS Guide for Building and Classing LNG Regasification Vessels….

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  • Explosion Off Azerbaijan Caused by Mud Volcano

    A towering pillar of fire in Azerbaijan’s energy-rich sector of the Caspian Sea late on the 4th July was caused by a mud volcano, according to the country’s Emergencies Ministry.   The eruption, which continued to smoulder on the 5th July, didn’t affect nearby oil…

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