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How did Morris Lubricants mark 150 years of excellence?

09/06/2021 by OilStoreAdministrator

Morris Lubricants has an esteemed heritage. From its humble origins in the 19th century, it has risen to become one of the biggest lubrication
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OPEC+ holds steady on oil production

08/06/2021 by Mark

Oil prices received a boost following June’s meeting of the OPEC+ group, after it announced that it was not going to revise its planned increase of 840,000 barrels per
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BP to enhance North Sea oil production

06/06/2021 by OilStoreAdministrator

Oil major BP is to partner with Norwegian company Oldfjell Drilling and Baker Hughes to improve its production at the biggest oil field in the
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Suncor to cut emissions by a third

02/06/2021 by Mark

Suncor, one of Canada’s biggest oil producers, has said it plans to cut its emissions by a third by the end of the decade, while also increasing its oil production to a record 800,000 barrels
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Novak estimates oil production shortfall

30/05/2021 by Mark

Alexander Novak, Russia’s Energy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, has stated he sees a one million barrel per day (bpd) gap between
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Shareholders back Shell's net-zero strategy

28/05/2021 by OilStoreAdministrator

The shareholders of Royal Dutch Shell have passed the company management’s plan to navigate the energy transition. Just under 89% of shareholders voted to approve the plan, although the
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Mobil launches NASCAR sweepstake

24/05/2021 by OilStoreAdministrator

Lubricant maker Mobil has given NASCAR fans an additional reason to cheer by offering them the chance of a prize every time a driver wins when using its Mobil 1 synthetic passenger
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Brent prices return to pre-pandemic levels

22/05/2021 by Mark

Growing optimism about vaccination programmes and economies reopening has fed into the markets and took Brent crude oil prices above $70 per barrel. Aside from a brief period in March, this is the first time
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ExxonMobil targets greater Guyana production

20/05/2021 by Richard

Oil major ExxonMobil has increased the targeted production of its offshore Guyana projects to 800,000 barrels per day (bpd) by 2025 and a million bpd by 2027. It had previously expected to be producing
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Dutch government awards €2 billion for CCS project

16/05/2021 by Mark

A consortium of oil majors has secured subsidies totalling €2 billion from the Dutch government to implement a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the
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Shell expects to reach 50% clean energy next decade

14/05/2021 by Richard

Speaking on HBO in an interview with AXIOS, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden predicted that at some point in the 2030s, clean energy will represent about half of
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Exxon Mobil back in profit

08/05/2021 by Richard

Exxon Mobil has announced estimated earnings from its first quarter of $2.7 billion, indicating that it is back in the black after a hard year for the industry, which saw it lose $610 million. Production
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