Sunday, July 20, 2025

How The World’s Oil Refiners Plan to Grapple With Their Fuel Oil Output After 2020

From Reuters High-sulfur fuel oil (HSFO), essentially the leftovers of an oil refiner’s output, will still flow from refineries around the world even after new rules start up in 2020 curtailing its use in the global shipping fleet, a Reuters survey showed. Sixty percent of the 33 refineries contacted by Reuters in a global survey will still produce HSFO in

$40-Billion LNG Canada ‘Sprinting’ Toward Final Approval after Asian Partners Give Thumbs Up

The board of PetroChina approved its US$3.46 billion share of the LNG Canada project, as did Korea Gas FID could come next week From Financial Post/Bloomberg Two of Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s Asian partners in a liquefied natural gas venture in western Canada approved their share of the investment, pushing the multibillion-dollar development one step closer to a final approval.

Saudi Arabia v. Canada: Stop Treating Us as ‘A Banana Republic’

Canada ruffles a few feathers From Reuters/Globe and Mail Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister asked Canada to apologise for demanding the release of Saudi women’s rights activists and stop treating the kingdom as “a banana republic” if it wanted to resolve a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. In August, Saudi Arabia froze new trade with Canada, blocked grain imports, expelled