Middle East
Oil shipments from Georgia's Batumi port down by 37% this year
TBILISI (Reuters) — Oil and related shipments from Georgia’s Black Sea port of Batumi are down by 36.6 percent in the first nine months of 2017, a senior official at the terminal, operated by Kazakh state firm KazMunaiGas, said on Friday.
Saudi says "flexible" on Russian idea to extend oil cuts to end-2018
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia made no firm pledge on Thursday to extend a deal between OPEC, Russia and other producers on cutting supplies but said it was "flexible" regarding Moscow's suggestion to prolong the pact until the end of 2018.
Saudi Aramco plans expansion in India with new unit
NEW DELHI (Reuters) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco will open an Indian subsidiary next week, three sources said, as the top global oil exporter looks to tap rising demand and invest in the world's third-biggest consumer.
OPEC looking at deepening, extending oil supply cut
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Oil producer group OPEC is looking at extending or deepening a supply-cutting deal with non-member countries, two OPEC ministers said on Wednesday, keeping open the prospect of additional action to get rid of a glut and prop up prices.
Oil exports will be main topic at OPEC, non-OPEC meeting in Moscow
MOSCOW (Reuters) — Oil exports will be in the spotlight at a meeting between OPEC and non-OPEC members in Moscow this week, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday.
Oil prices fall for a second day on oversupply concerns
TOKYO (Reuters) — Oil fell edged lower on Tuesday, declining for a second day and sapping more strength from a Q3 rally, amid signs that a global glut in crude may not be clearing as quickly as bulls had hoped.
Petronas Chem sells half of polymers business to Saudi Aramco for $900 MM
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) — Malaysia's Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd (PCG) said on Monday it plans to sell 50% of a polymers unit to Saudi Aramco's wholly owned subsidiary, Aramco Overseas Holdings Coöperatief U.A. for $900 MM.
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