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Nigeria’s Mega Refinery Halts Petroleum Sales in Naira

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Nigerias Dangote Petroleum Refinery has suspended sales of petroleum in the country after it stopped receiving naira-denominated crude cargoes from the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC). To date, our sales of petroleum products in naira have

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US Oil Inventories Keep Growing as Prices Sag

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The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States rose again, this time by 2.499 million barrels in the week ending May 16 after analysts had estimated a 1.85-million-barrel million-barrel draw. The API reported a 4.287 million barrel inventory increase in the prior week.

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USGS Discovers Large Oil & Gas Deposits In Wyoming   

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Geological Survey (USGS) has discovered large oil and gas deposits in the Mowry Composite Total Petroleum System that spans parts of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. The report estimates large hydrocarbon resources, including 473 million barrels of oil and 27 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas.

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Oil Rises on Larger Than Expected Crude Draw

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The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States fell by 4.6 So far this year, crude oil inventories have climbed more than 16 million barrels, according to Oilprice calculations of API data. million barrels for the week ending March 21. Analysts had expected a dip of 2.5

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Crude Oil Inventories Slip But Prices Eyeing Tariff Fears

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The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States fell by 1.057 million barrels for the week ending April 4, after a 6.037 million barrel spike in the prior week. So far this year, crude oil inventories have climbed nearly 22 million barrels, according to Oilprice calculations of API data.

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Iraq Seals Major Oil Deal with Chinese Company

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Iraqs government has signed a deal with Chinese Geo-Jade Petroleum to expand production at the Tuba oil field, build a refinery and two power plants. The refinery that Geo-Jade Petroleum will build will have a capacity of 200,000 barrels daily.

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Record Refining Helps Saudi Oil Income amid Crude Price Decline

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Saudi Arabias oil revenues have been suffering from the oil price slump during the second quarter. While Saudi Arabia has been restricting crude oil production and exports as part of the OPEC+ deal, it has been running refineries at near-record levels this year and exporting record-high volumes of refined petroleum products.

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