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Macquarie, BofA Weigh In On Aramco Capacity Pause

https://www.rigzone.com/news/macquarie_bofa_weigh_in_on_aramco_capacity_pause-31-jan-2024-175578-article/

USA Unlikely to Return All Venezuela Sanctions After Ruling

https://www.rigzone.com/news/wire/usa_unlikely_to_return_all_venezuela_sanctions_after_ruling-29-jan-2024-175546-article/

Rystad Energy Identifies 36 Potential High Impact Wells for 2024

https://www.rigzone.com/news/rystad_energy_identifies_36_potential_high_impact_wells_for_2024-31-jan-2024-175571-article/

January Has Been a Roller Coaster for Commodities

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/January-Has-Been-a-Roller-Coaster-for-Commodities.html

Even Tankers Carrying Russian Fuels Have Started Avoiding the Red Sea

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Even-Tankers-Carrying-Russian-Fuels-Have-Started-Avoiding-the-Red-Sea.html

California and Big Oil are splitting after century-long affair

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/refining-petrochem/california-and-big-oil-are-splitting-after-century-long-affair/

Shell to shut down German oil refinery

https://www.bicmagazine.com/industry/refining-petrochem/shell-to-shut-down-german-oil-refinery/

TotalEnergies converts feedstocks from plastic waste into circular polymers at Texas plant

https://www.bicmagazine.com/projects-expansions/renewable-sustainability-h2-esg/totalenergies-converts-feedstocks-from-plastic-waste-into-circular-polymers/

UK awards 24 licences for North Sea exploration with promise of “more to come”

https://www.upstreamonline.com/exploration/uk-awards-24-licences-for-north-sea-exploration-with-promise-of-more-to-come-/2-1-1591523

Eni completes $4.9 billion purchase of Neptune Energy

https://www.upstreamonline.com/finance/eni-completes-4-9-billion-purchase-of-neptune-energy/2-1-1591746

‘No nation has achieved industrialisation solely through solar or wind power’ – Namibia energy minister

https://www.upstreamonline.com/energy-transition/no-nation-has-achieved-industrialisation-solely-through-solar-or-wind-power-namibia-energy-minister/2-1-1591370

Mexico president admits fuel production still short to reach energy self-sufficiency

https://www.hydrocarbonprocessing.com/news/2024/01/mexico-president-admits-fuel-production-still-short-to-reach-energy-self-sufficiency/

The Weekly Rig Count by Baker Hughes https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/rig-count-overview 

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