The OPEC oil cartel saw its crude production fall in September, mostly due to production falling in Saudi Arabia following attacks on its oil infrastructure, according to its monthly oil report released on Thursday. The Organization for the Petroleum Exporting Countries said its production fell to an average of 28.49 million barrels per day (mbd) in September, a drop of nearly 1.32 mbd, according to secondary sources. Production by Saudi Arabia, the cartel’s biggest producer... »
The state-run Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has floated tender to import up to 1.345 million tonnes of refined oil products during the second half of 2019 calendar year (July-December). The oil products include up to 1.12 million tonnes of 0.05 per cent sulphur gasoil (diesel), 110,000 tonnes of jet fuel, 100,000 tonnes of furnace oil, and 15,000 tonnes of octane. The tender bid submission deadline is May 16, and the... »
Immersed up to her neck in a dark viscous liquid, Sulfiya smiles in delight, confident that the fetid substance will cure her painful condition. Sulfiya, a Russian woman in her 60s, has travelled to Azerbaijan’s north- western city of Naftalan in the hope that crude oil baths at a local sanatorium will end her years of suffering from polyarthritis, a disease affecting the joints. “This is so pleasant,” she enthuses,... »
The government is set to lay a 246-kilometre pipeline for supplying fuel oil from Chattogram to Dhaka in an attempt to check pilferage and ensure its quick supply, officials said on Saturday. The Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) will install the country’s longest pipeline involving Tk 28.61 billion, they said. The pipeline will carry imported and refined petroleum from the port city to Dhaka, the highest oil-consuming area. According to the... »