UPDATE 2-BP tells regulators Venture Global does not need more time to start production Adds background and context at paragraphs 3, 5 and 6 By Curtis Williams HOUSTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Oil and gas producer BP Plc BP.L told federal regulators on Wednesday that it has reviewed confidential commissioning documents and does not believe Venture Global LNG needs more time to begin commercial production.

BP tells regulators Venture Global does not need more time to move to commercial operations HOUSTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - BP Plc BP.L on Wednesday told federal regulators that it has reviewed confidential commissioning documents and does not believe Venture Global LNG needs more time to begin commercial production. Venture Global applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for an extension to commence commercial operations of its Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility in Louisiana to ne

Europe Distillates-Diesel cracks hold steady LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Northwest European diesel barge refining racks rose by a marginal 16 cents to $17.79 a barrel on Wednesday, even as U.S. distillate stockpiles registered a deeper-than-expected draw last week. A total of 6,100 metric tons of 10ppm diesel barges traded in the Platts window, up from one 3,000 ton barge on Tuesday.

Azerbaijan's January-July oil exports via BTC pipeline down 2.3% y/y BAKU, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Oil exports via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which runs from Azerbaijan through Georgia to Turkey, were down 2.3% year-on-year in January-July 2024 at 17.167 million metric tons, Azerbaijan's state statistics committee said on Wednesday. The BTC pipeline is used to export oil from the Azeri, Chirag and Guneshli oilfields, which are operated by BP BP.L .

RPT-COLUMN-US refiners scale back crude intake as fuel stocks swell: Kemp Repeats Tuesday's column with no changes to text By John Kemp LONDON, Aug 13 (Reuters) - U.S. petroleum refiners have trimmed crude processing rates in response to a rise in fuel inventories and a decline in refining margins since the start of the second quarter of 2024. Refiners’ gross inputs of crude and unfinished oils slowed to 16.6 million barrels per day (b/d) over the seven days ending on Aug.