Crude oil
Japan to raise crude storage capacity for Saudi Aramco by 30%
TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan said on Friday that it was preparing to raise the crude oil storage capacity that it lends for free to Saudi Aramco by 30% from this summer.
Russia to keep cooperating with others to harmonize energy markets
HAMBURG (Reuters) — President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia planned to keep cooperating with other countries to harmonize global energy markets and reduce price volatility.
Saudi Aramco's 2016 oil reserves slip, gas up
KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) — Saudi Aramco said on Thursday its recoverable crude oil and condensate reserves slipped to 260.8 Bbbl at the end of 2016 but its daily crude oil production hit a new record of 10.5 MMbpd.
Trafigura to receive Permian Basin crude oil, condensate
HOUSTON — Trafigura Trading LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trafigura Group Pte Ltd, has announced the signing of a long-term commitment with Plains All American Pipeline LP for the receipt of crude oil and condensate from Midland, Texas to Corpus Christi, Texas.
Oil rises after signs of US demand, but supply threat remains
LONDON (Reuters) — Oil rose on Thursday, recovering some ground after a surprisingly upbeat picture of US demand halted the previous day's slide, although the prospect of oversupply in 2018 prompted yet more analysts to cut their price forecasts.
AER issues order to Journey Energy following two crude oil emulsion spills
CALGARY, Alberta — The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has issued an order to Journey Energy Inc. (Journey) in response to two releases of an unknown amount of crude oil emulsion near Winfield, Alberta that was originally reported to the AER on June 28.
Delek US Holdings announces closing of the acquisition of Alon USA
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Delek US Holdings, Inc. announced the closing of the acquisition of the remaining outstanding shares of Alon USA Energy, Inc. common stock in an all-stock transaction. The close of this transaction became effective on July 1.
Azerbaijan's H1 2017 oil exports via Turkey pipeline fall 12% yr/yr
BAKU (Reuters) — Azeri oil exports through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline via Georgia and Turkey fell 11.8% year on year in the first half of 2017 to 13.174 MMt from 14.930 MMt in the same period last year, state energy company SOCAR said on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia tightens its grip on Japan, its biggest Asian oil market
SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters)— Saudi Arabia has boosted its market share in Japan, the world's top oil exporter's biggest Asian market, by selling more light crude to the country as a way to offset revenue lost implementing OPEC's production cuts.
Pakistan State Oil seeks 905 Mt of oil products for September
SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Pakistan State Oil is seeking 905,000 t of gasoline and fuel oil for September, three tender documents showed on Wednesday.

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