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Borr Drilling to sell 51% stake in Perfomex to Mexican partner
Offshore Technology • 16 Sep 2026
Borr Drilling to sell 51% stake in Perfomex to Mexican partner

Borr Drilling has signed definitive agreements to sell its 51% equity interest in the Mexican well services joint venture (JV) Perfomex to its local partner.

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TotalEnergies and Mistral launch oil and gas AI partnership
Offshore Technology • 16 Sep 2026
TotalEnergies and Mistral launch oil and gas AI partnership

TotalEnergies has entered into a three-year partnership with French AI company Mistral to develop AI models for oil and gas reservoir exploration and engineering.

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Oilprice.com • 16 Sep 2026
Japanese Refiners Rush for Oman Crude After Saudi Pipeline Shutdown

Some refiners in Japan this week rushed to buy Oman’s crude for earlier loadings after Saudi Arabia shut down its key pipeline bypassing the Strait …

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Oilprice.com • 16 Sep 2026
Japan’s Oil Import Bill Soars 59% as Trade Deficit Deepens

Japan’s oil import bill surged by 58.7% on the year last month, with volumes rising by a much more modest 3.6%. This pushed the country’s …

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Halliburton wins well services contract for Eni’s Cronos project
Offshore Technology • 16 Sep 2026
Halliburton wins well services contract for Eni’s Cronos project

Halliburton has been awarded a contract by Eni to provide a bundled package of well construction and completions services for the Cronos project offshore Cyprus.

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Oilprice.com • 16 Sep 2026
Hormuz Shipping Traffic Remains Stuck in Single Digits

Tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz remains a fraction of pre-war levels, with four vessels traversing the waterway on Tuesday, down from seven the …

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Oilprice.com • 16 Sep 2026
China Could Curb Fuel Exports as Diesel and Gasoline Stocks Sink

China’s diesel fuel and gasoline inventories are declining, which may eventually lead to the imposition of export curbs, Bloomberg has reported, citing recent fuel inventory …

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Oilprice.com • 16 Sep 2026
Saudi Pipeline Outage Hits an Oil Market Running Out of Buffers

The war in Iran that had to be over and won by the United States in about six weeks is now in its seventh month …

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Oilprice.com • 15 Sep 2026
Chinese Solar Panels Drop to 12 Cents a Watt, Rooftop Installs Surge Worldwide

Chinese-made photovoltaic panels cost 12 cents a watt in 2026, down from $5-$6 at the turn of the millennium, and that price collapse is now …

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Oilprice.com • 15 Sep 2026
Hormuz Risk Opens $40-Plus Price Gap Between Crude Grades

Back in late June, after the United States and Iran agreed to cease hostilities in the Persian Gulf for 60 days, oil prices took a …

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Oilprice.com • 15 Sep 2026
U.S. Oil Inventories Jump as Cushing Stocks Keep Falling

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States rose by a very large 7.14 million barrels in the week …

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Oilprice.com • 15 Sep 2026
Sam Altman Is Selling Utilities the Cure for a Cyberattack His Own AI Helped Cau

The artificial intelligence boom is driving a new wave of autonomous cyberattacks, posing a major and growing threat to critical infrastructure, including the energy grid. …

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