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EIA: Global use of liquid fuels to grow by nearly a fifth by 2040

NEW YORK (Reuters) — Global use of petroleum and other liquid fuels will grow by nearly a fifth by 2040, driven by the transportation and industrial sectors, the US government said on Thursday.

GE awards INEOS for water technology at Scottish petchem plant

TREVOSE, PA. — GE Water & Process Technologies has honored INEOS with its prestigious Ecomagination Leadership and Return on Environment (ROE) awards to recognize the petrochemical manufacturer for its noteworthy reductions in water usage and associated costs savings on its KG ethylene plant at its petrochemical complex in Grangemouth, Scotland.

Ecoslops and Galp giving a new life to oil residues

SINES — Ecoslops, a technology company that regenerates ship-generated hydrocarbon residues (or slops) into valuable new fuels and light bitumen, announced the implementation of a long-term agreement with Galp for the supply of refined cut to the Sines Refinery of Galp.

Greek oil spill spreads to Athens Riviera

ATHENS (Reuters) — Crews scrambled on Wednesday to clean up an oil spill from a sunken tanker which had spread to some of Athens's most popular beaches.

EU carmakers offer conditional 20% CO2 cut by 2030

FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) — European carmakers have offered a further 20% cut in average carbon dioxide emissions for their vehicles in the next round of EU goals currently being drawn up, but said full compliance should wait until 2030 and remains conditional on consumer uptake of electrified cars.

IEA: Global oil inventories shrinking on robust demand

LONDON (Reuters) — The global oil surplus is beginning to shrink due to stronger-than-expected European and US demand growth, as well as production declines in OPEC and non-OPEC countries, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday.

Mexican agency finds irregularities in Pemex, Odebrecht contract

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — Mexico's top anti-corruption agency said on Monday it had identified $6.7 MM in "new irregularities" from a contract between state oil company Pemex and Odebrecht, the Brazilian engineering firm that has admitted paying bribes in a dozen countries in recent years.

Shell eyes Asia, aims to expand vehicle recharging at fuel stations

LONDON (Reuters) — Royal Dutch Shell aims to expand marketing operations in Asia and wants 20% of sales from its fuel stations worldwide to come from recharging electric vehicles and low carbon fuels by 2025, as the world shifts away from crude.

Rosneft to ship record 40 MMt of oil to China in 2017

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russia's top oil producer Rosneft plans to export a record 40 MMt of crude oil to China this year, Chief Executive Igor Sechin was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Oil weakens on fears Irma could dent US demand

LONDON (Reuters) — Oil prices edged lower on Monday on concerns that Hurricane Irma's pounding of heavily populated areas of Florida could dent oil demand in the world's top oil consuming nation.