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BP Supercomputer Mobilized for Coronavirus Research

BP is joining forces with the US government, universities, and the world’s largest technology companies by providing access to its supercomputer to help researchers halt the spread of COVID-19. The company will donate its supercomputing capability to the public-private consortium formed in March 2020 by the White House’s Office of …

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Brazil’s Offshore Oil Boom under Influence of $20 Oil

Brazil has suspended its 17th licensing round which would have seen the state oil regulator ANP offering 128 offshore exploration blocks throughout the country, fearing that the plummeting oil prices and unprecedented declines in global crude demand entailing double-digit-percent CAPEX cuts will set the stage for another fiasco. With two …

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IEA Sees Record 2020 Oil Demand Fall due to Coronavirus

Global oil demand will fall by a record amount this year as lockdown measures imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak bring the economy to a virtual halt, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesday, April 15. For 2020 overall, demand will fall by 9.3 million barrels per day (mbd), with …

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Shell Increase Carbon Reduction Plans

Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday announced plans to deepen its greenhouse gas emissions reduction “ambitions”, including offsetting emissions from oil and gas production by 2050. Shell also expanded its broader aim to cut the total carbon emission footprint from energy products its sells by around 65% by 2050, and by …

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Effective Global Oil Cuts Above 19 MMbbl/d

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said on April 13 that effective global oil supply cuts would amount to around 19.5 MMbbl/d, taking into account the reduction pact agreed by OPEC+, pledges by other G-20 nations and oil purchases into reserves. OPEC and allies led by Russia, a group known as OPEC+, …

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