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Irving Oil completes $20-MM expansion of St. John's Marine Terminal

ST. JOHN'S, NL — Irving Oil announces the grand opening of its St. John's Marine Terminal Expansion—a $20-MM investment that will improve harbor logistics and help position St. John's Harbor for future growth. The expansion adds a new fueling berth on Pier 23, adjacent to the company's existing facilities on Pier 24, doubling the number of vessels that can access marine gas oil (MGO) via pipeline at its Marine Terminal.

EIA: Reporting oil companies’ proved reserves in 2016 decline for second consecutive year

Annual reports of 68 publicly traded oil companies indicated that their aggregate proved liquids reserves declined in 2016 for the second consecutive year.

Crude oil, fuel shipping costs from Qatar set to rise on port ban

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — The costs to ship fuel and crude oil from Qatar are expected to rise after the United Arab Emirates banned vessels that previously called at Qatar from docking at UAE ports, multiple sources from the oil and shipping sectors said on Monday.

API welcomes senate letter supporting North American energy markets

WASHINGTON — API President and CEO Jack Gerard welcomed a letter sent by eight US Senators to US Trade Representative Lighthizer emphasizing the importance of North American energy markets to American consumers and US energy security in advance of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation.

SemGroup to acquire Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company

TULSA, Okla. — SemGroup Corporation announced that it has executed a definitive agreement to acquire Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company (HFOTCO), one of the largest oil terminals in the US, from investment funds managed by Alinda Capital Partners. This acquisition establishes SemGroup’s position in the premier energy market, the Houston Ship Channel.

Oil comeback for cut-exempt producers threatens to swamp OPEC

LONDON (Reuters) — OPEC's battle against an oil glut is under threat as unsold crude from members Nigeria and Libya, which are exempt from a global production-cutting deal, is swamping the Atlantic Basin.

Syncrude Canada makes further cuts to June output forecast

CALGARY, Alberta/NEW YORK (Reuters) — Canadian synthetic crude differentials strengthened on Thursday, as market sources said June production forecasts at the Syncrude oil sands project in northern Alberta were trimmed yet again.

Oil shrugs off geopolitical tensions but some see red flags

LONDON (Reuters) — The oil price has ignored rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, as a three-year old crude surplus has wiped out any real fear over supply, but one of the world's largest security consultants says there are red flags the market cannot ignore.

China's $10 B strategic project in Myanmar sparks local ire

KYAUK PYU, Myanmar (Reuters) — Days before the first supertanker carrying 140 Mt of Chinese-bound crude oil arrived in Myanmar's Kyauk Pyu port, local officials confiscated Nyein Aye's fishing nets.

Oil pipeline protester convicted of burglary in Washington state

(Reuters) — A climate-change activist who disrupted the flow of millions of barrels of crude oil into the United States as part of a coordinated protest of global warming was found guilty of burglary in Washington state on Wednesday. But a Skagit County Superior Court jury deadlocked on a second charge of sabotage against Kenneth Ward, a co-founder of the Climate Disobedience Center.