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File - A modern BP filling station with Wild Bean Cafe, State Highway 1, Paraparaumu, Bramley, Leeds. Big Oil is a name used to describe the world's largest publicly traded oil and gas companies, of which BP is one. Oil heading towards $100 fuelled by Iran’s attack on Israel Mon 15 Apr 2024
Iran’s launch of 300 drones and missiles aimed at Israeli targets in the early hours of Sunday has led to a sharp rise in energy-related geopolitical risk and an expected... (photo: Creative Commons / Pcmanrules https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en) Seatrade Maritime News
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A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average Wall Street slips after a mixed start to earnings reporting season, as oil rises Fri 12 Apr 2024
New YorkU.S. stocks are slipping Friday after a mixed start to earnings reporting season. The S&P 500 was 0.6% lower in early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) Detroit news
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FILE - In this Tuesday, April 23, 2019, file photo, a motorist fills gas up in his vehicle at a Shell gasoline station in Sacramento, Calif. Oil price surge is the No. 1 threat to the US economy, Moody’s economist warns Mon 8 Apr 2024
The US jobs market is on fire. Consumer spending is strong. And the economy is growing at a brisk pace. But there is a growing threat to that sunny economic backdrop:... (photo: AP / Rich Pedroncelli) CNN
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Oil rig sea gas drill Oil prices spike to highest level since October 2023 Fri 5 Apr 2024
Oil prices saw sizable rises during the week ending April 5 as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and Europe triggered supply fears. International benchmark Brent... (photo: Creative Commons) Anadolu Agency
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FILE - A tanker seen anchored at the new oil export terminal in the far eastern port of Kozmino on Dec. 28, 2009. The U.S. Treasury has levied a new round of sanctions on firms and ships that used U.S. service providers to carry Russian crude oil in violation of the multinational price cap and imposed another set of sanctions on a group of Balkan people and firms tied to Kremlin influence in the region. Have not asked India to reduce buying Russian oil, says US treasury official Thu 4 Apr 2024
New Delhi, [India], April 4 (ANI): The United States has not asked India to stop or reduce its oil imports from Russia and nor has it sanctioned any Indian entity for... (photo: AP) Beijing News
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Oil pump nozzles at gas station Brent oil futures rise towards $90 as supply risks intensify Thu 4 Apr 2024
Oil prices extended gains yesterday, as investors mulled supply risks stemming from Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries and the potential for escalation in the Middle... (photo: Creative Commons) Independent online (SA)
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FILE - Saudi Aramco engineers walk in front of a gas turbine generator at Khurais oil field during a tour for journalists, 150 kilometers east-northeast of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on June 28, 2021. Saudi Arabia considers May oil price hike Wed 3 Apr 2024
The world’s largest oil producer set the trend for prices in Iran, Kuwait and Iraq. The world’s largest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, may increase the official selling... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil, File) Offshore Technology
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File: An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. The European Union reached a deal Friday for a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil, a key step as Western sanctions aim to reorder the global oil market to prevent price spikes and starve President Vladimir Putin of funding for his war in Ukraine India’s Russian oil imports flow heavy despite tighter sanctions Wed 3 Apr 2024
Tightening sanctions from the United States (US) and other Western powers on Russia\u2019s oil trade appear to have had no impact so far on India\u2019s Russian oil... (photo: AP) Financial Express
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Storage tanks are seen at the North Jiddah bulk plant, an Aramco oil facility, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2019 Oil extends gains as geopolitical supply risks intensify Wed 3 Apr 2024
Oil prices extended gains on Wednesday as investors eyed concerns around crude and fuel supplies, following Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries and the potential for... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) CyprusMail
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FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2021 photo, emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets, near Emmett, Kans. Most companies are aligned with national net-zero targets, as per GlobalData poll Tue 2 Apr 2024
Just over 40% of respondents said that their company’s emission reduction targets complemented their country’s net-zero plans. Post the Paris Accord of 2015, the global... (photo: AP / Charlie Riedel, File) Offshore Technology
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The Shell logo is at a petrol station in London, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. Royal Dutch Shell expects its fourth quarter profits to drop by at least 40 percent to between $1.6 billion and $1.9 billion after a sharp drop in crude oil prices, but underscored its determination to press ahead with the proposed mega-merger with BG Group plc. Dutch court hears Shell’s appeal against landmark climate ruling Tue 2 Apr 2024
A Dutch court will on Tuesday hear Shell’s SHEL.L appeal against a landmark climate ruling which ordered it to drastically deepen planned greenhouse gas emission... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth) Philenews
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Oil gas is pumped into a vehicle Oil prices maintain rising trend ahead of Easter Sunday Fri 29 Mar 2024
Oil prices continue their rising trend ahead of Easter Sunday during the week ending March 29 due to supply concerns fueled by escalating geopolitical tensions.... (photo: Creative Commons) Anadolu Agency
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Oil rigs off the coast of Galveston, Texas. The western and central Gulf of Mexico, which includes offshore Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, is one of the major petroleum-producing areas of the United States, accounting for 19.5% of all US oil production in 2012. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith. Why fossil fuel producers are oddly optimistic in the climate change era Fri 29 Mar 2024
The coal, oil, and gas industries are embracing clean energy but preparing for more fuel demand. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images Coal, oil, and natural gas producers have... (photo: Creative Commons / Carol M. Highsmith) Vox
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HOUSTON, Texas (Dec. 8)--Houston is home to the largest concentration of petrochemical activity in the country.  The 15 billoin dollar complex, second largest in the world, has facilities from every major U.S. energy company and most foreign oil companies as well.  Here, ships are docked at a facility on the Houston ship channel December 11.  USCG photo by PA2 James Dillard (116709) ( HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL (FOR RELEASE) ) US Leads Charge as Surge of Oil and Gas Projects Threaten Hope for Livable Planet Fri 29 Mar 2024
McKittrick Oil Fields. Bureau of Land Management California, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Julia Conley / Common Dreams Fossil fuel-producing countries late... (photo: US Coastguard / PA2 James Dillard) Scheerpost
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A Saudi Aramco engineer tours the Khurais oil field with reporters, 150 km east-northeast of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 28, 2021. Saudi Aramco CEO calls energy transition strategy a failure Thu 28 Mar 2024
Pointing to the still paltry share of renewable energy in global supply, the head of Saudi Aramco described the current energy transition strategy as a misguided failure... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) Phys Dot Org
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FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2009 file photo, men work at the Rumaila oil refinery, near the Iraqi city of Basra. Iraq is rich in oil, but protesters say they don’t see the fruits of this wealth. Iraq blames foreign companies for ongoing closure of oil pipeline Tue 26 Mar 2024
The Iraqi oil ministry said companies operating in the Kurdistan region have failed to submit contracts for revision. Iraq’s oil ministry has blamed foreign oil companies... (photo: AP / Nabil al-Jurani, File) Offshore Technology
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A Chevron gas station at 25635 Crucero Road in Ludlow, California, near I-40 and Route 66. Permian Basin: Chevron and Exxon compete for top oil producer in US Tue 26 Mar 2024
Oil and gas mergers, largely in the Permian Basin spiked last year as companies sought to consolidate assets in the booming region, according to a government report... (photo: Creative Commons / Tony Webster) Alamogordo Daily News
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 Two men watch the shipping, including oil tankers, off coast of the Al Mamzar area in Dubai Friday, April 20, 2001. The Georgian-flagged Zainab ship carrying smuggled Iraqi oil sank last week off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, causing a 30 kilome Increase in oil investment must for growth: Opec chief Mon 25 Mar 2024
Increased investments in the oil industry is needed to meet global energy demands and sustain economic growth, Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General of the Organisation of... (photo: AP Photo ) GDN Online
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A Libyan oil worker, works at a refinery inside the Brega oil complex, in Brega east of Libya, on Saturday Feb. 26, 2011. Production at Brega has dropped by almost 90 percent amid the country's crisis because many employees have fled and few ships are coming to offload the product. Libya to investigate claims oil smuggling is fuelling Sudan civil war Mon 25 Mar 2024
Libyan authorities have said they will investigate allegations of wholesale mismanagement in the country’s National Oil Corporation, with officials telling the Guardian... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) AOL
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Blockchain network concept Rapid digitalisation enabling blockchain adoption in oil and gas industry Wed 20 Mar 2024
The potential of blockchain in the oil and gas sector is poised for substantial growth as companies increasingly recognise its full capabilities. Blockchain is emerging... (photo: Creative Commons) Offshore Technology
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