Mexico's state oil company wants to import about 100,000 barrels of light U.S. crude a day to mix with this country's heavier oil as a way to improve refinery processes.
McDermott International Inc. has completed the installation of a 3,086-ton central processing platform (CPP) topsides at the Kepodang gas field offshore Indonesia.
Total has completed the flare out of the Ofon field on Oil Mining Lease (OML) 102 offshore Nigeria. The associated gas of the Ofon field is now being compressed, evacuated to shore and monetized via Nigeria LNG.
Iraq's crude oil exports reached 2.94 million b/d in December, a new record high, taking the country's 2014 monthly average to 2.517 million b/d, as the recent deal with Kurdish authorities begins to bear fruit.
The price of Kuwaiti oil went down by $3.99 Monday to $47.36 per barrel compared to $51.35 last Friday, said Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Tuesday.
The departure yesterday of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker from Queensland’s Gladstone Harbor marks the start of Australia’s dramatic transition to being the world’s largest supplier of the critically important energy source.