Oil Giants Hire Blockchain Startup to Manage Water in Bakken Fields  CointelegraphMajor oil companies including Chevron, Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell have enlisted Data Gumbo to manage water in North Dakota's oilfields using ... Read more ht …

Trafigura Sees Oil Slide Toward $50 Prompting Deeper OPEC Cuts  Yahoo Finance(Bloomberg) -- Brent crude could slump toward a level it hasn't seen since December 2018 prompting deeper output cuts from OPEC and its allies, according to ... Read mor …

Venezuela Reels As Chinese Oil Giant Bends To US Sanctions  OilPrice.comChina's second largest oil company, a key buyer of Venezuelan oil until recently, will not be purchasing oil from the South American country for a second month ... Read more …

No palm oil or green palm oil? Retailers face labelling dilemma  Yahoo NewsRetailers in Malaysia and Indonesia should ensure shoppers can easily find foods made with sustainable palm oil, instead of refusing to stock products that steer ... Read …

China CNPC skips Venezuelan oil loading for second month: sources  ReutersChina National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), a leading buyer of Venezuelan oil, will skip cargo loadings for a second month in September as the state oil giant looks ... Read more …

Rosneft becomes top Venezuelan oil trader, helping offset U.S....  Reuters... * Rosneft to lift two thirds of Venezuelan oil in Aug. * Rosneft takes over marketing, ship chartering. * Oil flows to China and India. * Moscow sees U.S. ... Read more …

Cathay Pacific pilot who went viral for telling Hongkongers to 'keep it up' no longer with airline  Hong Kong Free PressA Hong Kong airline pilot who became an internet sensation after expressing support for the city's protesters no longer works …

Hong Kong, Afghanistan, Oil Tanker: Your Monday Briefing  The New York Times(Want to get this briefing by email? Here's the sign-up.) Good morning. We're covering China's military buildup near Hong Kong, a deadly attack in Afghanistan, ... Read m …

Oil Companies Persuade States to Make Pipeline Protests a Felony  Houston Chronicle After protesters disrupted construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota by chaining themselves to construction equipment and pitching tents along the route, oi …

China CNPC suspends Venezuelan oil loading, worried about U.S. sanctions: sources  ReutersChina National Petroleum Corp, a leading buyer of Venezuelan oil, has halted August loadings following the latest set of U.S. sanctions on the South America …