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Oil Heads for Third Monthly Decline as Dollar, OPEC+ Supply Weigh

Summary Brent, WTI set to fall about 3.5% in October OPEC+ lean towards modest output boost ahead of Sunday meeting, sources say Saudi prices for Asian buyers might fall in Dec. -sources China factory activity shrinks for seventh month, PMI shows (Reuters) – Oil prices were heading for a third consecutive monthly decline, slipping on …

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US Is Ready to Sell More Oil and Gas to China, Energy Chief Says

By Ari Natter and Annmarie Hordern Oil storage tanks in Crockett, California. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the US is prepared to sell more oil and natural gas to China if Beijing cuts back on purchases from Russia. “There’s so much space for mutually beneficial deals between the US and China,” …

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Canada’s Heavy Oil Finds New Fans as Global Demand Rises

Analyst says WCS price boost reflects global shortage By Will Gibson Follow CEC on Linkedin  CEC Linkedin Follow CEC on Facebook CEC Facebook Follow CEC on Twitter CEC Twitter Worker at an oil sands SAGD well pad in northern Alberta. Photo courtesy Strathcona Resources Once priced at a steep discount to its lighter, sweeter counterparts, Canadian oil has …

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US Army Corps Approves Enbridge’s Line 5 Reroute in Wisconsin

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted approval to Canadian company Enbridge for its plan to reroute a section of its Line 5 oil pipeline around a Wisconsin tribal reservation.   The Army Corps, a federal engineering service, issued a permit Wednesday for Enbridge to build a new 41-mile segment of pipeline around the Bad …

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Trump Says China to Begin Process of Purchasing ‘American energy’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that China has agreed to begin the process of purchasing U.S. energy. “In fact, a very large scale transaction may take place concerning the purchase of Oil and Gas from the Great State of Alaska. Chris Wright, Doug Burgum, and our respective Energy teams will be meeting to …

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US Judge Cuts Standing Rock Verdict Against Greenpeace to $345 Million

A judge in North Dakota on Wednesday slashed by almost half jury-awarded damages of about $667 million against environmental advocacy group Greenpeace over its role in protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. State District Judge James Gion said the amount Greenpeace owes pipeline company Energy Transfer should be limited to $345 million, …

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Germany Examines Nationalising Rosneft Arm After Trump Sanctions, Say Sources

By John O’Donnell and Christoph Steitz Russia’s Rosneft controls key flow of oil to Germany Rosneft swept up in Trump sanctions on Russia Berlin now mulls sidelining Rosneft BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Oct 29 (Reuters) – U.S. sanctions on Russian oil producer Rosneft (ROSN.MM) have rekindled discussions in Germany about nationalising the company’s business there, including a refinery …

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US Crude Stocks, Gasoline and Distillate Inventories Fall, EIA Says

(Reuters) – HOUSTON, Oct 29 – U.S. crude stocks and gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Crude inventories dropped by 6.86 million barrels to 416 million barrels in the week ended October 24, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a 211,000-barrel …

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US Oil Field Production Rose to Record 13.6 Million bpd Last Week – EIA

(Reuters) – U.S. weekly oil field production rose by 15,000 barrels per day (bpd) to a record 13.6 million bpd during the week ended October 24, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its weekly Petroleum Status Report on Wednesday. Gulf Coast weekly crude oil imports fell 477,000 bpd last week to 597,000 bpd, …

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Kuwait Oil Company to Spend $3.9 Billion on Exploration by 2030, Deputy CEO Says

(Reuters) – Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) plans to spend 1.2 billion dinars ($3.92 billion) on its exploration drilling program through 2030, its senior executive told Reuters in an interview. The spending is part of a 9.8-billion-dinar budget – the company’s biggest ever – allocated for drilling and maintenance of up to 6,193 wells by the …

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