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Some Texas ports reopen with restrictions, while Louisiana refineries continue operating despite Harvey
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has approved the reopening of some ports in Texas following their closure because of Tropical…
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Court fines ex-Petrobras officials more than $80m over purchase of Texas refinery
Brazil’s Court of Accounts has fined two former officials of scandal-plagued state oil firm Petrobras more than $80m in total…
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Shipping lines weigh their options as Harvey disrupts cargo chain
Shipping lines are scrambling to reroute cargo in response to the upheaval to supply chains caused by Tropical Storm Harvey…
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Motiva shuts Port Arthur refinery – largest in US – as storm floods worsen
America’s largest refinery, the Saudi Arabian-owned Motiva Enterprises facility in Port Arthur, Texas, has shut down because of the effects…
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Mexico grants Pemex two-year extension to invest in offshore oil and gas blocks
Mexico’s state oil firm Pemex has been granted a two-year deadline extension to invest in an array of oil and…
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Paragon working on plan to remove grounded drillship from Corpus Christi access channel
Houston-based offshore rig operator Paragon Offshore is still working on removing its grounded drillship from the access channel to the…
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Louisiana ports and refineries next in line as Harvey shapes up for return to land
After taking a toll on oil refineries and ports along the Texas coast, Tropical Storm Harvey is next forecast to…
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Ports, waterways, refineries and platforms all feel Harvey’s wrath
The Houston Ship Channel remained closed on Monday and numerous refineries were out of action as were offshore oil and…
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World Marine sells chunk of assets to ST Engineering for $25m
Rig repair, fabrication and services company World Marine of Mississippi (WMM) has sold a number of its assets to Singapore…
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MOL tanker cleared to depart New York after grounding
An oil products tanker that ran aground briefly in the shipping channel between New York and New Jersey did not…
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Asphalt tanker leaves Baltimore after 10-month detention
The US Coast Guard (USCG) announced that 2009-built tanker has been released after being held for 10 months over various safety…
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Husky awards construction contracts for West White Rose project
Canadian oil and gas company Husky Energy has awarded a construction contract for its West White Rose project to a…
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US LNG exports forecast to increase by seven times within three years
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has predicted that exports of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) will increase by a…
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Petrobras authorised to export 6.6m cubic metres of LNG
Brazilian authorities have given approval for Petrobras to export idle liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes in the spot market, according…
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Lawsuit against Petronas LNG plant in Canada continues despite cancellation
Even though Petronas last month cancelled its planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in British Columbia, groups opposed to…
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Warehouse company brings complaint of bias against Port Authority of NY/NJ
Port Elizabeth Terminal & Warehouse Corp (PETWC) in New Jersey has issued a formal complaint to the Federal Maritime Commission…
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Panama government approves new toll structure for canal
The government of Panama has given the green light to a modified toll structure for the Panama Canal, the first…
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Rosneft loans PDVSA $1.02bn and pledges to continue Venezuela investments
Russian oil giant Rosneft has given Venezuela’s beleaguered state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) a $1.02bn advance payment,…
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BOEM says sesimic surveys in Gulf of Mexico potentially harmful to marine wildlife
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a final environmental impact statement (PEIS) for proposed geological and…
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Port of Oakland refinances $324m of debt with bond sale
The Port of Oakland on Monday announced it has sold a significant quantity of bonds to lower debt costs. In…
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