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The oil giant has outstayed its welcome in San Ramon. By Javier Blas Javier Blas is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering energy and commodities. He is coauthor of “The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources.” Chevron Corp. has a strong a sense of nostalgia about its home base …
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Exxon Mobil Corp began on Saturday a planned overhaul on a fluidic catalytic cracker (FCC) and the hydrocracker at its 522,500 barrel-per-day (bpd) Baton Rouge, Louisiana, refinery, people familiar with plant operations said on Monday.The 110,000-bpd gasoline-producing FCC and 23,000-bpd diesel-producing HCLA hydrocracker were shut on Saturday for the two-month long overhaul, the sources said. …
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Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports in November climbed to their highest level in five months and marked a third straight rise, data from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) showed on Monday. Crude exports from the world’s largest oil exporter rose 0.6% to 6.336 million barrels per day (bpd) from 6.297 million bpd in October. …
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(Reuters) – Oil prices edged higher on Monday as traders weighed the impact of wars in the Middle East and Ukraine on oil supply against economic headwinds pressuring global oil demand. Brent crude rose 22 cents to $78.78 a barrel by 1141 GMT. The front-month U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures contract for February delivery …
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Texas oil giant wants court to interpret SEC rule-making Exxon names Follow This, Arjuna Capital as defendants in case Exxon Mobil Corp. filed a lawsuit against US and Dutch climate activist investors in an effort to remove what it describes as their “extreme agenda” from the ballot at its annual shareholder meetings, and force a stricter …
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Extreme cold disrupts natural gas systems linked to wells North Dakota sees ‘long, slow recovery’ from frigid weather The wintry weather that blanketed parts of Texas in snow and hammered North Dakota with extreme cold has knocked out millions of barrels of US oil production, and the industry is expected to need weeks to restore …
U.S. Oil Production Falls by 10 Million Barrels Amid Cold Snap Read More »
BEIJING, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Russia leapfrogged Saudi Arabia to become China’s top crude oil supplier in 2023, data showed on Saturday, as the world’s biggest crude importer defied Western sanctions to purchase vast quantities of discounted oil for its processing plants. Russia shipped a record 107.02 million metric tons of crude oil to China …
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North Dakota’s oil output could take about a month to recover after a severe freeze cut production by more than half this week, state officials said on Friday. Oil output in the third-largest oil producing state was estimated to be down 350,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 400,000 bpd, or about 30%, on Friday, according …
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The United States bought 3.2 million barrels of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, as it continues to slowly replenish the stash after selling a record amount following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a Department of Energy document showed on Friday. The U.S. bought 1.4 million barrels from Exxon Mobil, 600,000 barrels from Macquarie Commodities …
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The Iran-backed Houthi militia launched two anti-ship ballistic missiles at a U.S.-owned tanker ship late on Thursday that hit the water near the vessel but caused no injuries or damage, the U.S. military said. The incident, the latest amid growing tensions in the Red Sea that have disrupted global trade and raised fears of supply …
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