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Why do so many businesses rely on Mobil oil?

02/10/2018 by Mark

Mobil has been producing industrial oils for over 150 years, with customers based in many countries worldwide and operating in a variety of industries.
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ExxonMobil and others join climate change initiative

30/09/2018 by Richard

ExxonMobil, the US oil giant that makes lubricants for Mobil stockists, has officially joined the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, an organisation set up in 2014 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and
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OPEC mulls production boost

27/09/2018 by Mark

Reuters is quoting a source as saying that OPEC and its partners are in discussions about a possible 500,000 bpd (barrels per day) production increase to compensate for declining oil supplies from Iran, as US…
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US now the world’s top oil producer

21/09/2018 by Richard

The US oil industry has been continually setting new records for oil production, thanks in no small part to the shale revolution. Now, for the first time since 1973, preliminary data from the US Energy…
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ExxonMobil to spend £500m on UK refinery

18/09/2018 by Mark

ExxonMobil, the US oil giant behind slideway oils like Mobil Vactra 4, has announced it plans to spend $650m (about £500m) on upgrading its Fawley refinery on the southern English coast. ExxonMobil’s Fawley refinery
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Oil production still rising in Texas

12/09/2018 by OilStoreAdministrator

Texas oil production is still rising, according to monthly data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Despite concerns that
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ExxonMobil makes another discovery in Guyana

06/09/2018 by Mark

ExxonMobil, America’s largest oil company and the maker of lubricants for Mobil UK distributors, has announced its ninth discovery
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The world’s five biggest oil companies

04/09/2018 by OilStoreAdministrator

While oil reserves can be a source of income for many nations, it’s the task of companies, sometimes state-owned, to find and develop oil resources. Here are the world’s top five oil companies by
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Five of last year’s biggest oil and gas discoveries

28/08/2018 by Mark

While an oil field never goes entirely dry, it eventually becomes unproductive because the cost of extracting the remaining oil exceeds its market value. While operators have been, and continue to be, remarkably adept at
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US releases 11 million barrels from oil reserves

24/08/2018 by Mark

The US Department of Energy is offering 11 million barrels of crude oil for sale from its strategic oil reserves, with delivery taking place in October and November.
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Saudi Arabian oil production down in July

18/08/2018 by OilStoreAdministrator

Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest oil producer, pumped just 10.3 million barrels per day (bpd) in July according to its own reports
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Russia helps grow global oil production

15/08/2018 by Richard

July saw the world’s supply of oil increase, thanks in part to an unexpectedly sharp rise in Russian oil production.
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