Refining

A selection of announcements from companies and bodies active in the oil and gas sector.

January was the seventh consecutive month in which monthly average North Sea Brent crude oil prices decreased.

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), light sweet crude imports to the Gulf Coast have been virtually eliminated.

StocExpo 2015 returns on 17 – 19 March at the Ahoy, Rotterdam.

According to the IEA, global supplies of oil fell by 235 000 bpd in January to 94.1 million bpd on lower OPEC and non-OPEC production.

Some of the latest announcements from the global oil and gas sector.

McKinsey & Company has published a cheat sheet on the implications of low oil prices.

The International Energy Agency has released its Medium Term Oil Market Report.

PIRA Energy Group looks at movements in the oil market over the last week.

According to PwC, the shift of global economic power to emerging economies is set to continue, despite marked slowdown in China after 2020.

32 US senators have urged the Environmental Protection Agency to approve increased biodiesel volumes.

Business Monitor International takes a brief look at oil, gas and petrochemicals in Kuwait.

The Conference Board of Canada looks at how Canadian economic growth is sliding with the decline in oil prices.

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), Iraq was the second leading contributor to global oil supply growth in 2014.

The EU’s new fuel quality directive (FQD) will treat Canada’s oilsands on a level playing field with other sources of oil around the world.