| 2. Rig News |
 | 17 October 2018 : Canaan announces new mining rig AvalonMiner A911 {cryptoglobe.com} |
| Canaan Creative, known simply as Canaan, has unveiled AvalonMiner A911, its new state-of-the-art mining rig . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : Offshore drillers eye recovery by 2020 {Reuters} |
| Battered oil and gas drilling companies are finally seeing piecemeal signs that the prices they charge for offshore rigs . . . |
| | 15 October 2018 : Strong growth in working rigs {kallanishenergy.com} |
| The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. States last week tied for the highest number with the May 25 total . . . |
| | 13 October 2018 : Maersk Intrepid secures contract extension {offshore-mag.com} |
| Equinor has exercised two options extending the current contract for the jackup rig Maersk Intrepid by two months until June 2019 . . . |
| | 13 October 2018 : U.S. drillers add 11 rigs despite oil price correction {oilprice.com} |
| Baker Hughes reported an 11-rig increase for oil and gas in the United States this week, bringing the total number of active oil and gas rigs to 1,063 according to the report . . . |
| | 12 October 2018 : US onshore, offshore rig count totals 1,171 this week, down five
{spglobal.com} |
| US combined oil and gas rigs totaled 1,171 this week, down five, with the biggest swings seen in the Permian and Williston Basins . . . |
| | 12 October 2018 : Russian scientists created a new method for diagnosing drilling rigs... {eurekalert.org} |
| Researchers of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University came closer to solving one of the key issues of offshore oil production . . . |
| | 11 October 2018 : Eni signs up Maersk Drilling’s Mærsk Deliverer rig for Timor Sea drilling {compelo.com} |
| Danish drilling rig operator Maersk Drilling has bagged a contract from Eni and its partners to deliver its semi-submersible rig Mærsk Deliverer . . . |
| | 11 October 2018 : Ritchie Bros. sells US$5.5 million drill rig in Texas {prnewswire.com} |
| Kruse Energy Auctioneers, a Ritchie Bros. solution focusing on energy equipment-related auctions, recently sold a Loadcraft 2000HP SCR drilling rig . . . |
| | 11 October 2018 : ONGC plans to buy 27 rigs for up to Rs 3,500 cr
{Economic Times} |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corp is planning to purchase 27 drilling rigs to replace nearly half of its ageing onland rigs in a deal that could cost Rs 3,000-3,500 crore
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| 5. News on Oil Output |
| | 17 October 2018 : Iraq sea water supply facility delays hold back oil production {offshore-technology.com} |
| With Iraq’s common seawater supply facility unlikely to be ready before 2022, the rate at which the country’s major southern fields . . . |
| | 17 October 2018 : Russia no longer capping oil output increases... {Reuters} |
| The Russian government is no longer capping oil output increases by local producers, one of the country’s top energy companies . . . |
| | 17 October 2018 : Lukoil begins construction at Rakushechnoye field {oilfieldtechnology.com} |
| As part of his working visit to Astrakhan, President of LUKOIL Vagit Alekperov, jointly with Head of the Astrakhan Region . . . |
| | 17 October 2018 : U.S. shale oil output forecast to climb by 98,000 barrels... {hellenicshippingnews.com} |
| Crude-oil production from seven major U.S. shale plays is expected to see a climb of 98,000 barrels a day in November to 7.714 million barrels . . . |
| | 17 October 2018 : Azerbaijan's oil output up 0.7 pct y/y in Jan-Sept - stats office {Reuters} |
| Azerbaijan’s oil production totalled 28.995 million tonnes in January-September, up 0.7 percent year-on-year . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : Iran, Russia agree to increase oil output by 1m bpd
{ifpnews.com} |
| Iran’s petroleum minister, in an unannounced visit to Moscow, reached a deal with the Russian energy minister on a 1-million-bpd increase . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : Permian producers talk about basin’s growing pains
{epmag.com} |
| Oil production in the Permian is expected to increase by 31,000 barrels per day to about 3.5 million barrels per day in October . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : Equinor starts production from Oseberg Vestflanken 2 {ogj.com} |
| Equinor and partners started production from Oseberg Vestflanken 2 field in the North Sea using the first unmanned platform . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : Texas oil production to grow by 68,000 next month {chron.com} |
| Texas crude oil production is projected to grow next month by 68,000 barrels a day, led by the Permian Basin in West Texas . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : Wintershall struggles to boost output from Norway's Maria field
{oedigital.com} |
| German oil firm Wintershall's flagship project in Norway - the Maria oil and gas field - is not meeting output expectations . . . |
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| 8. Oil Contracts |
| | 16 October 2018 : Oil contract with Pergas finalized, says NIOC head {en.mehrnews.com} |
| CEO of National Iranian Oil Company said Tue. that the oil contract with London-based Pergas to develop Karanj field has been finalized . . . |
| | 15 October 2018 : Real Energy secures processing deal with Australian gas majors {smallcaps.com.au} |
| Cooper Basin-focused explorer Real Energy has locked in deals with two Australian oil and gas majors to process gas from its flagship Windorah . . . |
| | 13 October 2018 : Woodside lets FPSO contract for proposed Browse-NWS LNG project {ogj.com} |
| Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Perth, has let a contract for the concept definition and engineering of two natural gas floating production . . . |
| | 13 October 2018 : South Korea's Kogas tapping LNG markets for new term contracts {spglobal.com} |
| South Korea's state-run Korea Gas Corp. has started preparations for new term contracts to replace expiring contracts . . . |
| | 12 October 2018 : Russia paid Belarus $263 mln as a part of bilateral oil deal {Reuters} |
| Russia has paid $263 million to Belarus as part of a deal that covers exports of Russian oil to its neighbour . . . |
| | 10 October 2018 : Seneca, Cabot sign takeaway capacity deals on Leidy South expansion {ogj.com} |
| Williams’s Transco interstate pipeline executed binding, 15-year commitments with Seneca Resources Co. LLC and Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. . . . |
| | 8 October 2018 : Melbana Energy signs farmout deal with Chinese firm... {proactiveinvestors.com.au} |
| Melbana Energy Ltd has signed a letter of intent with Anhui Guangda Mining Investment Co Ltd with respect to its Block 9 . . . |
| | 8 October 2018 : Aker Solutions win subsea contract for Brazil’s Libra's Mero field {seatrade-maritime.com} |
| ker Solutions, a global provider of products, systems and services to the oil and gas industry, has signed a contract with Petrobras . . . |
| | 7 October 2018 : French energy group Total, Algeria's Sonatrach sign new agreements {Reuters} |
| French energy group Total and Algerian state-owned Sonatrach have signed new agreements, including a contract to develop the Erg Issouane . . . |
| | 6 October 2018 : PEDEC signs contract with domestic firm for crude oil... {hydrocarbonengineering.com} |
| Iran’s Petroleum Engineering and Development Co. has struck a build-operate-transfer contract with a domestic firm for the construction of crude oil . . . |
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| 11. OPEC News |
| | 17 October 2018 : Saudi Arabia has assured OPEC there will be no crude shortage... {cnbctv18.com} |
| Saudi Arabia has assured OPEC that it is committed, capable and willing to ensure there will be no shortage in the oil market . . . |
| | 17 October 2018 : OPEC daily basket price announced for Tuesday {urdupoint.com} |
| The price of OPEC basket of fifteen crudes stood at US$79.02 a barrel on Tuesday, 16th October 2018, compared with $79.31 the previous day . . . |
| | 17 October 2018 : OPEC, allies yet to hike output by one million barrels per day...
{Economic Times} |
| Oil cartel OPEC and allies haven’t yet kept their promise of raising oil output by one million barrels a day, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : OPEC daily basket price stood at US$79.31 a barrel Monday
{urdupoint.com} |
| The price of OPEC basket of fifteen crudes stood at US$79.31 a barrel on Monday, 15th October 2018, compared with $79.36 the previous Friday . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : Russian, Iranian energy ministers discuss oil output cut deal {Reuters} |
| Russia’s energy minister Alexander Novak discussed the oil output cap agreed between OPEC and non-OPEC countries . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : OPEC's Barkindo says global spare oil capacity shrinking {Reuters} |
| OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo said global spare oil capacity was shrinking, adding that producers and companies should increase . . . |
| | 15 October 2018 : OPEC daily basket price for Friday
{urdupoint.com} |
| The price of OPEC basket of fifteen crudes stood at US$79.36 a barrel on Friday, 12th October 2018, compared with $80.14 the previous day . . . |
| | 13 October 2018 : OPEC crude oil price stands at USD 80.14 pb {menafn.com} |
| Price of OPEC's 15-crude basket was down USD 2.46 on Thursday to USD 80.14 per barrel compared with USD 82.60 pb Wednesday . . . |
| | 13 October 2018 : OPEC oil supply rises to one-year high {azernews.az} |
| OPEC crude oil production rose by 100,000 barrels per day in September to a one-year high of 32.78 million barrels per day . . . |
| | 13 October 2018 : OPEC puts Iran’s Sept. oil output at 3.447m bpd {tehrantimes.com} |
| The OPEC’s report also put Iran’s oil output based on direct communication at 3.755 million bpd, down 51,000 bpd compared to August . . . |
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| 13. News on Biofuels |
| | 17 October 2018 : Targray opens biodiesel terminal in Fargo to meet... {biodieselmagazine.com} |
| Targray, a leading North American biofuels marketer and distributor, has announced the opening of its Fargo Biodiesel Terminal . . . |
| | 17 October 2018 : Malaysia's biodiesel output, exports set to hit records...
{agriculture.com} |
| Malaysian biodiesel production is likely to hit record levels this year and next, with 2018 exports on track to double from 2017 . . . |
| | 17 October 2018 : Green Energy Biofuel to open recycling facility in Warrenville {aikenstandard.com} |
| Green Energy Biofuel announced Tuesday it would be opening a 36,000-square-foot recycling facility at 2110 Main St. in Warrenville . . . |
| | 17 October 2018 : Cumberland Farms partners with Prime the Pump to sell E15 {ethanolproducer.com} |
| Growth Energy and Prime the Pump announced Cumberland Farms as the newest E15 retail partner to join the Prime the Pump program . . . |
| | 17 October 2018 : House lawmakers ask EPA to stop issuing RFS waivers {ethanolproducer.com} |
| On Oct. 15, a group of 19 democratic members of Congress sent a letter to the U.S. EPA expressing concern over the Trump Administration’s . . . |
| | 17 October 2018 : Red-hued yeasts hold clues to producing isobutanol {ethanolproducer.com} |
| A compound that has scientists seeing red may hold the key to engineering yeasts that produce better biofuels . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : Feed grain buyers, suppliers will gather at export exchange 2018 {ethanolproducer.com} |
| A cadre of international buyers and end-users of coarse grains and co-products from more than 35 countries are scheduled . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : Expanding ethanol sales would have limited U.S. market impact: analysts {Reuters} |
| The Trump administration’s plan to allow year-round sales of higher-grade corn ethanol would have limited impact on the depressed U.S. ethanol . . . |
| | 16 October 2018 : Argonne releases 2018 update to GREET model {ethanolproducer.com} |
| On Oct. 10, Argonne National Laboratory’s System Assessment Group released a 2018 update of its GREET Model . . . |
| | 15 October 2018 : Sugar stocks extend rally; Uttam Sugar, Dwarikesh... {business-standard.com} |
| Shares of sugar companies were trading higher for the fifth straight day, surging up 20% on Monday in an otherwise subdued market . . . |
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