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Slack data management exposed BP to high safety risk: leaked report

BP's refining operations are exposed to high safety risks that can lead to deadly accidents and pollution as a result of slack data management and a lack of investment, according to a leaked internal report from 2015. The report, co-authored by BP, IBM and industry consultancy WorleyParsons , states that the British company's refining and petrochemical business, known as downstream, is trailing rivals such as Royal Dutch Shell by up to seven years in managing information to reduce safety risks and financial losses. “Inadequate management and use of engineering…

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Oil prices gyrate as OPEC heavyweights head to Vienna

By Libby George LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices gained more than one percent on Monday in volatile trading after falling as much as 2 percent, recouping the losses as the market reacted to the shaky prospect of major producers being able to agree output cuts at a meeting on Wednesday. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures also …

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U.S. crude breaks below $40/bbl as oil slumps 4 percent on glut worry

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. crude tumbled below $40 per barrel for the first time since April as oil prices fell nearly 4 percent on Monday on heightened worries of an oil glut after a survey suggested OPEC output reached record highs last month.

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Oil near six-month high as outages support

By Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) – Oil traded at around $49 a barrel on Tuesday within sight of a six-month high, supported by supply outages in Nigeria, Canada and other producers that are eroding a persistent glut. “Globally, there are still a lot of supply disruptions and this comes on top of natural declines,” said Olivier Jakob, oil analyst…

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Oil sets new 2016 highs on production freeze, demand bets

“Focus for now is firmly placed on a global macroeconomic environment that is propelling other industrial commodities such as the metals as well as world equities back to around highest levels since late last year,” said Jim Ritterbusch of Chicago-based energy markets consultancy Ritterbusch & Associates. It was on course to gain 6 percent on the week for a fifth straight week of gains. U.S. crude inventories hit a fifth straight week of record highs last week but the build of 1.3 million barrels was less than half …

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Crude falls after U.S. Fed rate hike, inventory gains

By Aaron Sheldrick TOKYO (Reuters) – Crude futures fell in Asian trade on Thursday, adding to sharp losses the previous session after the Federal Reserve raised rates for the first time in nearly a decade and official figures showed

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