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Schlumberger is collaborating with China Petroleum Logging Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation, to jointly manufacture wireline downhole technology in China. The collaboration will provide CNPC Logging with a license to manufacture fit-for-basin wireline technology. Schlumberger will support CNPC Logging on the manufacturing and sustaining activities for …

BP Plc will make the biggest write down on the value of its business since the Deepwater Horizon disaster a decade ago, as the coronavirus pandemic hurts long-term oil demand and accelerates the shift to cleaner energy. In a dramatic revision that prompted questions about the affordability of its dividend, …

The number of U.S. oil-producing companies filing for bankruptcy has exceeded 200 in the first quarter of 2020, and as billions of dollars in revenue have vanished amid low oil prices, thousands of workers have also lost their jobs. Due to the coronavirus, crude oil prices last month hit their …

Qatar Petroleum’s North Field expansion projects will be continued, said the state-owned company’s president and CEO and minister of state for energy affairs Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi. During a webinar organized by the US-Qatar Business Council, Al-Kaabi noted that the project is expected to raise Qatar’s LNG production capacity from 77 …

As many as 900 turbines at 50 onshore and offshore plants across Europe will receive blade maintenance and repair services under the contract.

Russia’s Gazprom said Monday it was launching feasibility studies on constructing a second gas pipeline to China that would more than double the volumes it could deliver to the energy-hungry nation. “The objective is to connect the gas transportation infrastructure in the west and the east of Russia,” Gazprom chief …

BP’s new chief executive said the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has deepened his commitment to shrinking the oil giant’s carbon footprint to zero. Bernard Looney, who took the helm of the oil giant in February, said he is “more convinced than ever” that BP must embrace the energy transition …

OPEC is cautiously optimistic that the worst of the oil crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic is over, said the group’s top official. The outlook for the market in the second half of the year is starting to look more encouraging as the global economy recovers, said Mohammad Barkindo, secretary-general …

The facility, which will replace an existing coal-fired power plant will supply heat to Bremen’s district heating network and feed electricity into the grid.

Rosneft, which has the largest share of ruble-denominated debt among Russian exporters, has optimized its debt portfolio due to changes in the foreign exchange market, Andrei Baranov, the director of Rosneft’s investor relations department, said on Friday during a phone conference. “Rosneft has a balanced debt portfolio, 50 percent of …