Crude oil futures boosted on both sides of the Atlantic on Thursday, with WTI crude rose by more than $1 per barrel to reach a three-week high following upbeat U.S. economic data and the end of refinery maintenance season which unveiled a strong demand ahead for crude oil.
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French oil major company Total and Lukoil have the intention to cooperate in shale gas projects since Russia employs unconventional resources to substitute decreasing output at mature fields in Siberia, as published in the Financial Times on Thursday.
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The most important international oil companies, such as Statoil, Conoco Phillips, Royal Dutch Shell and Total, have been awarded with the rights to perform explorations for oil and gas off Myanmar, as stated by the Ministry of Energy in the Southeast Asian country.
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Romania's government limited the quantity of renewable energy that big industrial users should purchase this year with the aim to aid compensate their high energy costs and hold off the risk of job reductions before elections later this year.
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Brent crude held steady on Wednesday, because of supply disruptions in Nigeria and Libya and tensions over annexation of Crimea to Russia, while U.S. crude increased by more than $1 per barrel due to an eighth straight weekly draw in oil stocks at the contract's delivery point in Cushing, Oklahoma.
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