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Conservation groups sue US to halt a ConocoPhillips oil project in Alaska

ABC News ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Conservation groups are suing the Trump administration to halt the approval of a development plan for a ConocoPhillips oil project in Alaska, arguing that officials underestimated the plan’s harm to local wildlife. The groups filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the

China's oil buying binge to run on in 2021 as tank operators, refiners stock up- oil and gas 360

China’s oil buying binge to run on in 2021 as tank operators, refiners stock up

Reuters SINGAPORE/BEIJING  – China’s commercial oil stockpiling sector, which emerged as a key swing buyer of crude as prices plunged earlier this year, is setting plans to grow again in 2021, supporting a further boost in imports. Private tank farm operators, refiners and traders pumped an extra 310-600 million barrels of oil into storage in China this year, according to