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Offline for a Decade, Libya’s Mabruk Field Restarts Production

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Libya has resumed production at the Mabruk oilfield after a decade-long shutdown, the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) revealed on Wednesday. Production officially restarted on Sunday at an initial rate of 5,000 barrels per day, with plans for an increase to 25,000 bpd by July. mb/d currently to 2 mb/d in 2028.

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Wildfires Shut Down 350,000 Bpd of Alberta Oil Output

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The shutdown equates to roughly 1.3 million barrels per day, sending shockwaves through global energy markets, Bloomberg reported. Seven key oil producers have scaled back or halted operations entirely. The fires have triggered evacuations in production hubs

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Israel’s Haifa Oil Refinery Damaged in Missile Strike

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Oil started the week with a gain, after an Iranian missile attack caused damage to the Haifa refinery in Israel over the weekend, prompting a partial shutdown, Israeli media reported, saying the facility remained operational. per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $73.77 per barrel.

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Crude Processing At One of Europe’s Top Refineries Goes Offline

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A crude unit with a capacity of 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) went offline early on Tuesday. This follows the shutdown of the other 200,000 bpd crude unit in early May for planned maintenance. As a result of the shutdowns, the 400,000-bpd oil refinery in Rotterdam now has both crude units offline.

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Kazakh CPC Oil Exports Capped at 700,000 bpd After Russian Suspension

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Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) blend oil exports have been capped at 1 million barrels per day, taking 700,000 bpd off the market, after Russia ordered the shutdown of two out of three moorings at the CPC main Black Sea oil export terminal. The order went into force on April 1.

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Western Canada Select heavy crude discount returns to pre-Keystone spill narrowness

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The discount of Western Canada Select (WCS) heavy crude to the North American benchmark West Texas Intermediate futures (WTI) narrowed on Monday, returning to the extremely tight levels it was trading at prior to last week’s shutdown of the Keystone pipeline. a barrel under WTI, [Read more]

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Weak refinery, export demand weakens prices for Midland crude along Texas coast

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That compared to an average of 50 cents a barrel a year ago, when record crude production at the top U.S. million barrels in the Permian were cut by the recent cold weather that hit operations, according to estimates from analysts at consultancy Energy Aspects. million barrels last week, its highest level in four months.

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