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January 27, 2020
Energy stocks have quickly reverted to being among 2020’s worst performers as fears increase that China’s deadly coronavirus will hit oil demand.
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January 20, 2020
The U.S.-China trade agreement is set to intensify the battle for the world’s most prized oil market.
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January 15, 2020
“The phase one trade deal reached between the U.S. and China is a positive step forward, creating greater certainty across the American economy,” API President and CEO Mike Sommers said.
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January 15, 2020
While trade pacts traditionally set the rules and leave the details of actual commerce to markets, the one that Trump’s team has negotiated includes a classified annex that details $200 billion in Chinese purchasing categories.
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January 13, 2020
The agreements signed with Pertamina and Chandra Asri will potentially help ADNOC to secure additional in-market presence in one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economies, enabling new domestic value-creation opportunities across the hydrocarbon chain.
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January 13, 2020
The world’s biggest oil import market could see demand growth in 2020 of just half of last year’s levels as the trade war’s ripple effects continue to be felt, according to researchers at China National Petroleum Corp.
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January 09, 2020
China said it will open up oil and gas exploration to private and foreign firms, offering further details of a policy that will help assuage concerns over access to the industry ahead of next week’s signing of an interim trade deal with the U.S.
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December 19, 2019
One of China’s top liquefied natural gas buyers offered to sell a cargo on the cheap – and in the throes of winter – a fresh sign of the massive oversupply that has weighed on the market.
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December 17, 2019
China is breaking records for crude oil imports, and isn’t likely to stop soon as new refineries ramp up and hopes grow that the easing of trade tensions with the U.S. will bolster the economy.
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December 13, 2019
CGG has completed JumpStart multi-client geoscience packages for the North West Shelf of Australia and the Banda Arc in the Asia-Pacific region.
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December 13, 2019
Crude is poised for a modest gain this week due to the positive sentiment around the trade deal, having surged by more than 7% last week as OPEC and its allies announced a surprise production cut.
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December 06, 2019
Petrofac is weighing a sale of its Malaysian assets for about $300 million, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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December 05, 2019
The demand slowdown has pushed LNG prices in Asia lower by almost 40% this year, a slump also aided by China’s rising domestic output of the fuel.
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November 2019
South China Sea military tension escalates, risks to E&P heightened
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November 25, 2019
Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered an overhaul of the management of state-owned oil giant PT Pertamina, as the former OPEC member seeks to reduce crude oil imports to rein in the current-account deficit.
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November 2019
Adding up China’s numbers
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November 22, 2019
The monitoring of pollution from oil and gas fields achieved a major breakthrough after a satellite company discovered a methane leak in Central Asia equivalent to the fumes of a million cars.
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November 08, 2019
Oil erased an early loss Friday, capping a weekly gain as investors shrugged off a comment by President Donald Trump that the U.S. hasn’t agreed to fully roll back tariffs with China.
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October 23, 2019
Natural gas production has recently grown in China largely because of increased development in low-permeability formations in the form of tight gas, shale gas, and to a lesser extent, coalbed methane.
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October 21, 2019
The first cargo is expected to leave for customers in Asia this week, and contains 1 MMbbl of crude with a market value of around $60 million.
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October 18, 2019
The contract is expected to commence in the end of 2019, with an estimated duration of 154 days.
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