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Shell begins staff evacuation at Bonga field over COVID-19

EnergyMix Nigeria’s oil production is facing risk as rising number of coronavirus cases among workers at offshore oil fields and platforms in the country is a growing concern with disruption to output. Maintenance at the offshore Bonga oil field has already been disrupted after the operator, Shell, was forced to evacuate workers due to a coronavirus outbreak, sources close to

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Occidental Petroleum sets deadline for bids on Wyoming, Colorado properties

Reuters HOUSTON – Occidental Petroleum Corp has asked for bids by July 1 for properties it is selling in Wyoming and Colorado, Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon said on Wednesday. The company has been struggling with debt taken on in last year’s $38 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum, an ill-timed bet on rising shale oil prices ahead of a market crash.

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Oil firms slam brakes on return-to-work as virus cases soar

Reuters. U.S. energy companies slammed the brakes on returning staff to their Houston offices as COVID-19 cases soared and top hospitals warned they could soon run out of beds for the most severely ill patients, as reported by Reuters. A record number of new illnesses in Texas this week spurred local officials to impose restrictions as new cases topped 5,000 on

Minnesota sues Exxon, Koch and API for being deceptive on climate change -oilandgas360

Minnesota sues Exxon, Koch and API for being ‘deceptive’ on climate change

Reuters Oil & Gas Publishers Note: Interesting – ESG is kind of important, and a side note: Who are the Representatives from Minnesota? Just asking. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The state of Minnesota on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against the American Petroleum Institute, Exxon Mobil Corp and Koch Industries for what it called a decades-long campaign to deceive the public about