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Financial Growth Unaffected by Oil Prices, says First Gulf Bank
Bank sees no slowdown in lending
Abu Dhabi Conference to Spur Energy Innovation, Move into Offshore
Energy Sector Needs to Invest in Sustainability and Innovation to Meet 37 Percent Higher Global Demand Anticipated by 2040
Fright Rates Increase for East of Suez Dirty Tankers
Freight rates for dirty tankers in the East of Suez market have gone up sharply to hit their highest level so far in 2015 last week, amid strong demand to move crude and fuel oil and spike in interest for floating storage, said sources Monday.
World Bank Financial Group Targets Chinese Gas Companies for Investment
The World Bank’s private lending arm is targeting investments in natural gas companies in China, the largest growing market for the fuel.
As OPEC Meeting Draws Near, Oil Prices Rangebound
Crude-oil futures moved in a narrow price range in early Asian trade Monday, with gains capped by worries about a recovery in U.S. shale-oil production and as OPEC's meeting draws closer.
EU Hopes to Reduce Energy Dependence on Russia with US Help
The European Union is increasing pressure on Washington to include an energy chapter in a planned trans-Atlantic trade deal that would allow U.S. exports of natural gas and oil and reduce the bloc’s dependency on Russia.
Russia Seeks EU Support for Gas Pipeline Crossing Turkey
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has urged the European Union to support the idea of a Moscow-backed pipeline that would bring natural gas across the Black Sea to Turkey and the rest of Europe.
Eastern Libyan AGOCO Produces 270,000 b/d
Libyan state oil company AGOCO, which is active in the east of the OPEC member country, is producing about 270,000 barrels a day of crude, unchanged from a week ago, a company spokesman said on Sunday.
