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Platts: June OPEC output of 32.73M barrels of crude per day, highest since Aug. 2008

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Analysts said these two decisions which were taken at the June meeting could lay the groundwork for future cooperation on bigger issues. Nigerian production hit 30-year lows in May as militancy continued in the country’s oil rich Niger Delta. The largest rise in output came from Nigeria, where production rose 150,000 b/d to 1.57

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Debunking the "Electric Cars are evil due to Cobalt" argument!

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According to Oil Change International (OCI), the two most widely known cases by the oil industry are when they committed genocide in the Niger Delta just to get the people off the land, so that they can extract the petroleum.

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The Technical Failure That Could Clear The Oil Glut In A Matter Of Weeks

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Saudi Aramco’s investment of $300 billion in the next 10 years will, in large part, be focusing on the new technology needed to keep existing projects running while opening up new volumes in the future. With increased demand for crude oil and petroleum products still shown in all international assessments, the market will need to react.

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