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Gabon state oil firm aims for offshore via first production licence

LIBREVILLE, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Gabon's state oil firm has agreed its first oil production contract and says it hopes to soon generate enough revenue to compete with international firms for offshore blocs. Gabon is an OPEC member and Africa's fourth largest producer with an output of around 2

LONDON MARKET MIDDAY: Solid Factory Orders As UK Set For 'Hard Brexit'

Shell To Supply Liquefied Natural Gas For Carnival Cruise Ships

UPDATE 1-Norway oil and gas workers may strike, threatening UK gas supply

(Adds quotes, detail) OSLO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Workers at three onshore plants serving Norway's oil and gas industry will strike from Oct. 7 unless they get a new wage deal, the SAFE labour union said on Monday, potentially threatening Britain's natural gas supplies. Some 338 workers a

South Africa to name preferred bidders for gas projects in March

* Gas-to-power projects to add 3,000 MW to grid * Exxon, Shell among bidders for LNG, power supply * South Africa prefers floating LNG facilities By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, Oct 3 (Reuters) - South Africa will announce preferred bidders for multi-billion dollar gas-to-powe

Norway labour union threatens strike at gas plants, refinery

OSLO, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Workers at three onshore facilities serving Norway's oil and gas industry threaten to go on strike on Oct. 7 unless employers agree to a new wage deal, the SAFE labour union said in a statement on Monday. Altogether 338 workers at Statoil's Melkoeya LNG plant, Shell'

U.S. WCoast Products-Refined products differentials steady

HOUSTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - West Coast refined products differentials were steady on Friday in thin trading at the close of the week. Meanwhile, Shell reported a unit shutdown on Sept. 30 at its 156,400 barrel per day refinery in Martinez, California, according to a regulatory filing.

UPDATE 1-Motiva Port Arthur refinery shutting HCU for overhaul -sources

(Adds company no comment, details, background) By Erwin Seba HOUSTON, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Motiva Enterprises {MOTIV.UL] began shutting down the hydrocracking unit (HCU) at the 603,000-barrel-per-day Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Friday for a planned two-month overhaul, said sources

Norway gas exports to remain at record levels in 2016 -Gassco

By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Norway's gas exports to Europe this year are set to remain near the record levels reached in 2015, the head of the country's gas infrastructure operator Gassco told Reuters on Friday. Norway is Britain's top gas supplier, supplying some 4

Shell estimates annual Argentina investment of $300 million through 2020

BUENOS AIRES, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell plans to invest $300 million a year in Argentina through 2020 in exploration as well as refining, distribution and marketing, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The announcement came after Shell Chief Executive Ben van Beurden m

UPDATE 1-Kashagan oil consortium begins test pumping

(Adds details, context) ALMATY, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The consortium of oil majors developing the giant Kashagan oilfield in Kazakhstan has begun test pumping, it said on Thursday, as the $50 billion project prepares for commercial production. The field off Kazakhstan's Caspian coast fi

Kashagan consortium says begins test oil pumping

ALMATY, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The consortium of oil majors developing the giant Kashagan oilfield in Kazakhstan has begun test pumping, it said on Thursday. "NCOC confirms that, as part of the complex process of commissioning and testing now underway, hydrocarbons are being introduced to cert

Kazakh energy min says Kashagan will launch end-Sept - early Oct

MOSCOW, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry said on Thursday production at the Kashagan offshore oil field would begin at the end of September or at the start of October. (Reporting by Alla Afanasieva; writing by Maria Kiselyova; Editing by Lidia Kelly)

CORRECTED-(OFFICIAL)-Kazakh energy ministry withdraws statement on Kashagan start-up

(Energy Ministry withdraws statement) MOSCOW, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's Energy Ministry on Thursday withdrew a statement announcing the start of production at the Kashagan offshore oil field saying it had been released by mistake. Production at Kashagan started in 2013 but was

UPDATE 1-No injuries from Motiva Convent steam explosion -sources

(Adds company comment) HOUSTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - No injuries were reported from a Sept. 18 explosion during repairs to the fire-damaged heavy oil hydrocracking unit at Motiva Enterprises' 235,000 barrel per day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana refinery, sources familiar with plant operations sai