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UPDATE 1-Gunvor a major winner in Rosneft oil tender - traders

(Adds details, quotes, context) MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - Swiss-based trading house Gunvor, which had been trying to cut asset exposure to the Russian market, is among the winners of a large Rosneft tender, traders said on Tuesday. Geneva-based Gunvor, which at one point handled a

UPDATE 1-BP declares force majeure on Angolan oil project after power loss

(Adds details, quote in paragraph 3) LONDON, March 17 (Reuters) - BP has declared force majeure on oil output from an Angolan oil project which provides almost 10 percent of the OPEC member's exports after a power loss. The oil company declared force majeure on Monday due to the power

Kuwait renews $1 bln jet fuel, gasoil supply deals with BP

DUBAI, March 17 (Reuters) - State-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) has renewed contracts worth $1 billion with BP to provide the British oil company with jet fuel and gasoil, state news agency KUNA said on Tuesday. "The contracts that cover 2015 will see Kuwaiti jet fuel flow through

UPDATE 1-BP Husky restarts cat cracker at refinery in Toledo, Ohio - source

(Updates with more information about restart and credits Genscape for initial report) March 17 (Reuters) - BP Plc and Husky Energy Inc restarted the catalytic cracker at their 160,0000-barrel-per-day refinery in Toledo, Ohio, on Tuesday, after unexpected delays, according to a source famil

BP Husky restarts cat cracker at refinery in Toledo, Ohio - source

NEW YORK, March 17 (Reuters) - BP Plc and Husky Energy Inc on Tuesday restarted the catalytic cracker at their 160,0000 barrel per day refinery in Toledo, Ohio, after unexpected delays, according to a source familiar with the plant's operations. The 55,000-bpd catalytic cracker

Gunvor becomes major winner in Rosneft oil tender - traders

MOSCOW, March 17 (Reuters) - Trading house Gunvor, which has been trying to cut exposure to the Russian market, is among the winners of a large Rosneft tender, traders said on Tuesday. They said Gunvor would lift up to 400,000 tonnes of Russian Urals crude per month from the Baltic Sea port

UK WINNERS & LOSERS: Oil Stocks Lift Despite Pressure On Oil Price

REFILE-Britain needs oil tax cuts to attract North Sea investment

(Amends title of Mangesh Hirve, paragraph 14) * UK finance minister set to announce oil tax changes * Companies putting better quality assets up for sale * Some 25 bln pounds of projects still need board go-ahead By Karolin Schaps and Claire Milhench LONDON, March 17

Azeri oil exports up 3.7 pct in Jan-Feb y/y - customs committee source

BAKU, March 17 (Reuters) - Azeri oil exports rose 3.7 percent in January-February year-on-year, a source at the State Customs Committee said on Tuesday, driven by increasing oil output at fields operated by BP. The source, who declined to be identified as he was not authorised to talk to th

UK MORNING BRIEFING: Oil Companies And Miners Rebound To Lead Gains

UK Committee Calls For International Effort To Assist North Sea

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-First supertanker docks at Vopak-Dialog Malaysia oil terminal

(Corrects crude storage capacity in paragraph 4 to 413,000 cubic metres, not 420,000; the company had lowered planned capacity from the originally announced 420,000) PENGERANG, Malaysia, March 16 (Reuters) - A supertanker carrying about 1 million barrels of Middle East crude docked on Monda

MARKET COMMENT: London Shrugs Off Oil Price Weakness To Close Higher

BP Whiting Refinery small gasoline unit remains shut -source

HOUSTON, March 16 (Reuters) - The 65,000 barrel per day (bpd) gasoine-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit at BP Plc's 413,500 bpd Whiting, Indiana, Refinery remained shut on Monday for repairs, said sources familiar with plant operations. The FCCU, which is the smaller of the two at t

UPDATE 2-Glencore hires new Singapore head, crude oil boss retires

* Veteran head of crude oil Alvarez retires * Glencore hires ex-BP Asia trading chief from Goldman * Chin Thean Quek big player in Singapore fuel oil trading * Goldman appoints Xiao Qin as new Asia commodities head (Recasts, adds crude oil head retiring) By David Sheppar