Japan’s Showa Shell Sekiyu KK said its group refineries would refine 1 percent less crude for the local market in April-June compared with a year ago, in line with their outlook for domestic demand.
Source: Offshore
Japan's Showa Shell Sees Q2 Crude Refining Down 1 pct y/y
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Baker Hughes and General Electric signed a contract with Iraq’s government to process natural gas extracted alongside crude oil at two fields in southern Iraq, the oil ministry said.
Source: Offshore
Baker Hughes, GE Sign Contract with Iraq to Process Natgas at Two Fields
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A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker has docked at ExxonMobil’s Papua New Guinea export plant, which has been shut since late February following a powerful earthquake.
Source: Offshore
Tanker Docks at ExxonMobil's Papua New Guinea LNG Export Terminal
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Prices of renewable fuel credits slumped 35.7 percent in the first three months of 2018, their biggest quarterly loss in a year, on uncertainty over the future of U.S. biofuels policy.
Source: Offshore
Renewable Fuel Credits Post Biggest Quarterly Loss in a Year
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The Trump administration announced that that fuel-efficiency regulations for cars and light trucks are too stringent and must be revised, formally beginning a process sought by the U.S. auto industry to rollback anti-pollution targets.
Source: Offshore
Trump EPA Moves to Cut Obama Mileage Rules on Cars, Light Trucks
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Bahrain, the smallest energy producer in the Persian Gulf, discovered its biggest oil field since it started producing crude in 1932, according to the country’s official news agency.
Source: Offshore
Bahrain Says Its Biggest Oil Find Since 1932 Dwarfs Reserves
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China’s Sinopec group expects to increase its natural gas supplies significantly in the next six years as it aims to shift to produce more clean fuels.
Source: Offshore
Sinopec Group to Lift Gas Supplies, LNG Receiving Capacity
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South Korean refiner Hyundai Oilbank Corp has bought its first ever Norwegian condensate cargo as it sought supplies from outside Asia to replace Iranian barrels, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Source: Offshore
S.Korea's Hyundai Oilbank Buys First Norwegian Condensate – Sources
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The UN said in a statement that it has allocated US$9mn to help people displaced in northeast Nigeria by an insurgency sparked by Boko Haram
Source: African Review
UN allocates USmn to aid those displaced by Boko Haram insurgency
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Siemens AG is helping to make a fully automated water management system in Sub-Saharan Africa, a move that is set to have an effect in the water demands of the people in the region
Source: African Review
Making digital water infrastructure for the Sub-Saharan Africa
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