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September 13, 2019
The foreign ministry in Hanoi on Thursday called on China to immediately order a state-owned survey vessel along with several Coast Guard escorts to leave Vietnamese-claimed waters in its exclusive economic zone, which stretches 200 nautical miles from its coast.
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September 11, 2019
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he will ignore an international court ruling affirming his country’s territorial claims in the South China Sea in order to advance oil exploration plans with Beijing.
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September 06, 2019
A Chinese oil contractor halted work on an expansion project in Venezuela because it hasn’t been paid, underscoring the difficulties for the Nicolas Maduro regime even at energy ventures backed by allies.
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September 06, 2019
An Indian state-owned refiner is mulling the purchase of American oil from Chinese sellers offering cargoes that would be hit by new tariffs on U.S. supplies.
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August 30, 2019
China Big Oil wrapped up a first half that rewarded exploration & production and punished refining.
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August 29, 2019
Cyprus’ national gas company DEFA has selected a multinational consortium to construct the country’s first LNG terminal.
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August 29, 2019
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s much-touted meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping does not appear to have yielded an agreement on the South China Sea territorial dispute between the two nations or a plan to explore the area for oil and gas.
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August 20, 2019
Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing’s oil sands investment is hurting -- and some analysts are calling on him to stop the bleeding.
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August 19, 2019
Oil climbed as the U.S. delayed sanctions against Huawei Technologies, offering a hint of progress in its trade war with China, and a drone attack in Saudi Arabia highlighted simmering Middle East tensions.
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August 16, 2019
China’s biggest energy company is backing away from direct purchases of Venezuelan crude as the Trump administration tightens sanctions against the South American nation.
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August 15, 2019
Oil fell for a second day as the U.S.-China trade war escalated against the backdrop of swelling American crude inventories.
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August 12, 2019
China-based COOEC Offshore has formed an alliance with international oilfield services company Expro, expanding their Riserless Well Intervention (RWI) capabilities and resources.
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August 12, 2019
Oil dropped as U.S. President Donald Trump said planned trade talks with China next month could be called off, stoking concerns the deepening dispute will damage global growth.
Article
August 2019
KCA Deutag’s land drilling operation has won three new contracts in Russia, worth approximately $168 million.
Article
May 2019
The recent tightening of oil export sanctions by the Trump administration against Iran has caused me to do some thinking.
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February 2019
Rising oil supplies and falling prices in second-half 2018 constrained global drilling, but activity should post a measured gain in 2019. Virtually all the global oil production increase is due to U.S. shale activity.
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February 2019
Equinor and its partners have started production from Aasta Hansteen gas field in the Norwegian Sea.
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February 2019
The Huizhou 32-5 oil field comprehensive adjustment/Huizhou 33-1 oil field joint development project reportedly started production.
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January 2019
Indonesian oil and gas development has seen some difficult times.
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December 2018
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October 2018
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