LPG as a fuel for Very Large Gas Carrier (VLGC) – Approval in Principle granted

HHI has received an AiP during a presentation at Gastech – the leading exhibition and conference for the global gas, LNG and energy industries held 17-20 September in Barcelona, Spain – from LR for a VLGC design capable of using LPG as fuel. This development was the result of collaboration between...

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OPEC, allies overachieved on output cut by 600,000 bpd in August – Oman

OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers overachieved on pledged crude output cuts by 600,000 barrels per day in August, Oman’s oil minister Mohammed bin Hamad Al-Rumhy said on Saturday. The size of the cut was around 2.4 million bpd, Rumhy told reporters. Source: Reuters (Reporting by Ahmad Ghaddar;...

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Mabanaft bunker fuel unit closes Singapore, Antwerp offices ahead of IMO 2020

German oil product trader Mabanaft’s marine fuel trading unit Bomin plans to close its Singapore and Antwerp, Belgium offices later this year, Bomin said. Bomin to operate only from Houston, Texas and Hamburg, Germany “The Bomin group is in a transformation and restructuring process and intense...

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ECB Heads for Peak Liquidity as Euro-Area Stimulus Tools Top Out

The euro zone’s era of massive excess liquidity, courtesy of the European Central Bank, is about to peak. Next week, lenders must repay 9 billion euros ($10.6 billion) outstanding from cheap loans the ECB doled out in 2014-2016, when the bloc was teetering on the edge of deflation. Next month, the...

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