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Viridien wins five-year contract for UK North Sea monitoring
Offshore Technology • 18 Sep 2026
Viridien wins five-year contract for UK North Sea monitoring

France-based Viridien has secured a five-year contract from Ithaca Energy to provide an integrated environmental monitoring and marine situational-awareness solution for the UK North Sea’s …

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Crude prices drop amid reduced concerns over Saudi oil supplies
Offshore Technology • 18 Sep 2026
Crude prices drop amid reduced concerns over Saudi oil supplies

Oil prices fell by around 2% on Friday, 18 September, continuing a three-session losing streak, as concerns over potential supply disruptions from Saudi Arabia showed …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Sep 2026
Hormuz Tanker Traffic Slumps as Saudi Arabia Scrambles for New Oil Routes

Only four commodity vessels were detected to have moved inbound or out of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, shipping data showed early on Friday, …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Sep 2026
China’s Fuel Exports Surge as Global Diesel Shortage Deepens

China exported 6.01 million tons of refined fuels in August, an annual increase of 12.7%, according to Chinese customs data cited by Reuters today. The …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Sep 2026
China Pushes Coal Miners to Lift Supply as Prices Climb

China’s government has called on local coal miners to maintain a stable production rate after a jump in spot prices for thermal coal earlier this …

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Petrobras secures eight offshore PSCs in Côte d’Ivoire
Offshore Technology • 18 Sep 2026
Petrobras secures eight offshore PSCs in Côte d’Ivoire

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras has entered into eight production sharing contracts (PSCs) for offshore exploration blocks in Côte d’Ivoire.

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Oilprice.com • 18 Sep 2026
Oil Prices Head for Weekly Loss as Saudi Export Fears Ease

Crude oil prices were on course for a weekly decline after a three-week series of gains, as traders' fears about Saudi Arabia’s ability to continue …

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Oilprice.com • 18 Sep 2026
What Yemen Really Means to the U.S.-Iran War

Yemen's Houthis aren't fighting Iran's war, which complicates things further. They're running their own war and letting Iran's war pay for it. Their September 8 …

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Oilprice.com • 17 Sep 2026
Saudi Pipeline Outage Could Deepen the Global Fuel Crunch

The temporary closure of the key onshore pipeline Saudi Arabia uses to bypass the Strait of Hormuz has added another shock to an oil market …

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Oilprice.com • 17 Sep 2026
Turkey Bets $108 Billion on Wind and Solar While Expanding Oil and Gas

Turkey plans to spend $108 billion over the next ten years to develop its alternative energy infrastructure, eyeing 120 GW in installed wind and solar …

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Oilprice.com • 17 Sep 2026
Inside the DOE's $16 Million Bet on Critical Minerals Talent

The United States is desperate to claw back some of the global critical minerals share from China. Beijing has established near-total dominance in international supply …

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Oilprice.com • 17 Sep 2026
U.S. and Houthis Open Talks as Saudi Oil Crisis Deepens

With assorted economic and military crises boiling all across the Middle East in the wake of his disastrous decision to launch a war on Iran, …

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