September 2020 - Page 16 of 19

Energy E&P majors increasing use of digital technology in COVID time

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14 Sept 20-Kolkata: Major exploration and production (E&P) companies in the oil and gas sector of the country are increasing their exposure in digital technology to sustain operations in COVID-19 time, experts said on Friday. Adoption of the digital route has now become important for the sustainability of operations, maintenance and also in keeping liquidity,…

PM Modi inaugurates 3 key petroleum projects in Bihar,

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14 Sept. 20-Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Bihar’s administration has been exemplary in making sure that government schemes reach the common people.He said, “In the last 15 years Bihar has shown that if the right government is elected in a state, benefits of government’s schemes can reach its people.” PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the three…

Centre To Make Oil Exploration In Forests Cheaper And Easier For Mining Companies

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14 Sept 20-The Union Environment Ministry has simplified the oil exploration rules to allow mining companies to pay fees for the land affected by each borehole and not for the total leased out forest area, thus making oil mining in forest cheaper and easier. The norms were revised at the ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC)…

Gas producers seek pricing formula review

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14 Sept. 20-Domestic gas prices are set to fall significantly from October because of a slump in global prices, raising a question mark on the pricing formula as it challenges the operational viability of oil firms and hurts investment sentiment in the exploration and production sector. Gas producers have sought a review of the pricing…

Oil ends lower for second week as stockpiles rise, demand weakens

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NEW YORK – Oil prices were little changed on Friday, but posted their second straight weekly loss as stockpiles rise around the world and fuel demand struggles to rebound to pre-coronavirus levels. Both Brent and U.S. crude lost about 6% on the week after a series of signals that showed markets still have an abundance…

Oil prices decline on high inventories, weak US stock markets

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Oil prices fell further on Friday and were on track for a second weekly drop after the US stock markets tumbled and US stockpiles rose unexpectedly.Brent fell 28 cents, or 0.7 per cent, at $30.78 a barrel by 12:10 GMT, and US crude was down 17 cents, or 0.5 per cent, to $37.13 a barrel.…

US okays $1.5bln insurance for Mozambique gas project

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Maputo: The US has set aside $1.5 billion for political risk insurance in the gas-rich northern Mozambique region ravaged by an Islamist insurgency for the past three years, its Maputo embassy said Thursday. The International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has “agreed to provide up to $1.5 billion in political risk insurance to support the commercialization…

Fracking, not Covid, may decide American election

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People think it’s Covid, law and disorder, etc. that will decide Donald Trump’s fate. None of that. His base is still intact at just over 40 per cent of the electorate. There is one issue that will decide the outcome of the US presidential election. It’s an issue in the two swing states of Pennsylvania…

OPEC’s Third-Largest Producer Fails To Comply With Output Cuts

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE), currently OPEC’s third-largest producer, is estimated to have exported a lot more crude oil in August as it produced more than its quota under the OPEC+ deal, undermining the oil market’s faith in the group’s unity in the cuts. According to tanker tracking data Bloomberg has compiled from several oil…

Turkey in energy exploration talks with Libya: official

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Istanbul: Turkey is discussing oil and natural gas exploration projects with the UN-recognised government in Libya, a top official said, as it squares off with Greece over Mediterranean drilling rights. The talks with the Tripoli government come against the backdrop of rising tension over hydrocarbon resources and naval influence in the eastern Mediterranean that has…

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