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BP, Shell lead plan for blockchain-based energy trading platform

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(Reuters) - A consortium including energy companies BP and Royal Dutch Shell will develop a blockchain-based digital platform for energy commodities trading expected to start by end-2018, the group said on Monday. Other members of the consortium include Norwegian oil...
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Exxon successfully spuds Ranger-1

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ExxonMobil began exploratory drilling operations at the Ranger-1 well site in the Stabroek Block, offshore Guyana on Friday. The Ranger-1 drill site is located approximately 160 nautical miles off the coast of Guyana and covers an area of one square...
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Tullow shares dip on Araku disappointment

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After being forced to plug and abandon the highly anticipated 1.6-mile deep Araku-1 exploration well in Suriname, Tullow Oil took a 5pc hit to its share price. It is the second major disappointment for the company, which was forced to...
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PEMEX makes largest onshore discovery in 15 years

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On Friday November 3, Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, announced the discovery of an important reservoir with excellent quality light-crude oil and gas, said to be the most important onshore discovery made by Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) in the...
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TechnipFMC awarded subsea contract for gas project in Malaysia

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TechnipFMC (NYSE: FTI) and (PARIS: FTI) has been awarded a subsea contract by Murphy Sabah Oil for the Phase 1A Block H Gas Development Project. The project is located in offshore Sabah, Malaysia, at a water depth of approximately...
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US exit from EITI will not affect ExxonMobil participation in the anti-corruption body – Brasington

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The decision by the United States government this week to withdraw from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) will have no impact on ExxonMobil’s participation in the anti-corruption body and engagement in implementation activities in countries outside of the...
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T&T firm wants to farm into land-based oil blocks in Guyana

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Decker Petroleum Marketing Company Ltd., a Trinidadian company focused on the production of asphalt, has formally expressed its intention to pursue onshore exploration and production of hydrocarbons in Guyana. OilNOW has learnt that the expression of interest came days after...
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Exxon reigns supreme as world’s largest oil company

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ExxonMobil, which has weathered the plunge in oil prices, has held onto its title as the world's largest oil company, according to Forbes. The Texas-based company is No. 13 on Forbes' 2017 Global 2000 list of the world’s biggest and most...
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Repsol nets over 1.5B euros in profit

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Repsol is reporting that it earned a net profit of 1.583 billion euros in the first nine months of 2017, 41% more than during the same period of the previous year, in which the company earned 1.12 billion euros. A...
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EITI calls US withdrawal from the anti-corruption body “disappointing, backwards step”

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On Thursday the United States government announced that it was discontinuing EITI implementation with immediate effect. EITI Chair, Fredrik Reinfeldt, issued the following statement: This is a disappointing, backwards step. The EITI is making important gains in global efforts to address corruption...
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Exxon gives back portion of Stabroek Block to Guyana government

ExxonMobil and its partners in Guyana have relinquished 2,534 square kilometers of the Stabroek offshore oil block to the...

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