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Refinery Membranes Show Promise, Not Yet a 32% SavingRefining, Petrochemicals and Gas/LNG

Refinery Membranes Show Promise, Not Yet a 32% Saving

Membrane separation could eventually displace part of refinery distillation, but the claimed 32% energy saving is unproven at plant scale. Exactmer and Queen Mary University of London reported polymer membranes that stayed stable for 30 days on real crude; their release quantifies no energy savings. Treat the figure as a lab-stage estimate.

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Refining, Petrochemicals and Gas/LNG

Elenger Takes First of Five Winter LNG Cargoes

Elenger has received the first of five LNG cargoes scheduled for winter, LNG Prime reported on 9 November 2026, but volume, origin and vessel are undisclosed. Elenger's earlier statements point to US supply via Inkoo FSRU, though this link is inferred. The signal is steady Baltic buying, not a market-moving shock. This is analysis, not trading advice.

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Refining, Petrochemicals and Gas/LNG

MOL's Q3 Profit Jumps 143% on Refining Margin

MOL Group's third-quarter profit rose because the refining margin, not volume, did the work: Rigzone reports a $38.8-a-barrel margin, nearly four times a year earlier, while processed crude fell. Net profit reached about $865 million, up 143%. MOL says October margins have softened but remain elevated.

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Refining, Petrochemicals and Gas/LNG

Nakilat Carrier Hit in Gulf as LNG Deals Advance

The week's most consequential LNG item for the Gulf was not a contract but a security event: Nakilat reported that its Q-Max carrier Al Mayeda was hit by unidentified objects in the Arabian Gulf, with no injuries. Elsewhere, ExxonMobil's larger Rovuma LNG stake kept a year-end investment decision on track, according to LNG Prime.

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ADNOC Signs 10-Year, 4 Mt LNG Deal With Gujarat Energy

ADNOC Signs 10-Year, 4 Mt LNG Deal With Gujarat Energy

Refining, Petrochemicals and Gas/LNG

ADNOC's new LNG deal with Gujarat Energy is real but modest: up to 4 million tonnes over ten years, or roughly 0.4 million tonnes a year, with deliveries reported from 2028. It matters more as a signal of XRG's supply push into India than as a volume shift.

Malampaya Phase 4 Delivers First Gas Offshore Philippines

Malampaya Phase 4 Delivers First Gas Offshore Philippines

Refining, Petrochemicals and Gas/LNG

Malampaya Phase 4 has delivered first gas, but sustainable output is not yet set. Prime Energy and its SC 38 partners report two wells, Malampaya East-1 and Camago-3, feeding existing infrastructure, with operators estimating 222 Bcf of recoverable gas. It is mainly a Philippine supply story, with a small Gulf link through condensate.

ONGC Seeks Venezuelan Control to Recoup $500M

ONGC Seeks Venezuelan Control to Recoup $500M

NOC Watch

ONGC is negotiating to become operator of two Venezuelan oil projects, chiefly to recover more than $500 million in unpaid dividends, but nothing is signed. ONGC Videsh, its overseas arm, says agreements could close within three to six months. Control of San Cristobal would turn a stranded financial claim into a barrel it can sell.

Iran War Shock Is Sized; the Policy Shift Is Not

Iran War Shock Is Sized; the Policy Shift Is Not

Policy and Geopolitics Explainer

The Iran war's supply shock is measured; a lasting policy shift is not. EIA's October 6, 2026 outlook puts Q4 Brent at $105/b and assumes constrained Middle East flows, but no dataset yet shows governments permanently trading ideology for reliability. That thesis is OilPrice.com opinion, and this is analysis, not trading advice.

UK CCS: Track-1 Funded, Track-2 Exposed to Budgets

UK CCS: Track-1 Funded, Track-2 Exposed to Budgets

The Transition Desk

UK carbon capture has a funded first tranche and an exposed second one. Wood Mackenzie's Mhairidh Evans told the EAGE conference the system is "perhaps under threat" from political cycles and Treasury budgets. Track-1 projects HyNet and the Northern Endurance Partnership reached final investment decisions, while Acorn and Viking only hold development funding.

ADNOC LNG Deal for Gujarat Energy Rests on One Report

ADNOC LNG Deal for Gujarat Energy Rests on One Report

Refining, Petrochemicals and Gas/LNG

Rigzone reported on 6 November 2026 that ADNOC will supply Gujarat Energy with 4 MMtpa of LNG for 10 years. The volume rests on that single trade-press report; the desk found no ADNOC or Gujarat Energy statement, so the figure is unconfirmed and the buyer's identity unverified.

Worley Wins Reimbursable EPC Deal for CP2 LNG Expansion

Worley Wins Reimbursable EPC Deal for CP2 LNG Expansion

Refining, Petrochemicals and Gas/LNG

Worley has been awarded a reimbursable EPC contract for Venture Global's CP2 Expansion LNG export project in Louisiana, as reported on 4 November 2026. The contract value is undisclosed, and Venture Global is reportedly targeting a final investment decision in early 2027. A reimbursable structure leaves cost risk with the owner.

Solar-plus-storage hits 16% of new U.S. solar builds

Solar-plus-storage hits 16% of new U.S. solar builds

The Transition Desk

Co-location is now mainstream in U.S. utility-scale solar. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that about 16% of solar capacity added in 2026 carries on-site batteries, up from 2% in 2017. Planned projects for 2027 and 2028 point above 30%, though plans are not financed builds, and Utility Dive reported the same trend.

CNOOC Posts Record Nine-Month Output, Led by Overseas

CNOOC Posts Record Nine-Month Output, Led by Overseas

NOC Watch

CNOOC Limited's record 593.7 million barrels of oil equivalent for January-September 2026, up 2.7 percent, shows a state-owned producer growing fastest abroad. Overseas output rose 4.3 percent against 1.9 percent in China, with Guyana and Brazil leading, according to the company's figures reported on 30 October 2026.

IEA Credits Renewables With $100bn Indian Import Savings

IEA Credits Renewables With $100bn Indian Import Savings

The Barrel Brief

The International Energy Agency says renewable power cut India's coal and gas import bills by more than $100 billion between 2011 and 2025. For the oil barrel the relevance is indirect: the saving is in coal and gas, while India's rising gas import dependence is the link to LNG. This is analysis, not advice.

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