Hurricane damage to Cuba's tourism and agricultural sectors is sapping hard currency needed to buy oil after Venezuela slashed barter supply to its close political ally.

China's state-controlled Unipec bought 36mn bl (150,000 b/d) of US crude in January-August and is likely to continue its buying spree for the rest of this year, senior analyst Wang Pei said at the Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (Appec).

Gazprom Neft has, for the first time, completed cargo deliveries to a remote field using an unmanned aerial vehicle, as part of a project being implemented by specialists from Gazpromneft-Snabzheniye and Gazpromneft-Noyabrskneftegaz, supported by scientific and production enterprise Radar-mms

GE Healthcare introduces a new Protein A chromatography resin, MabSelect PrismA, which will help biopharmaceutical manufacturers improve their monoclonal antibody (mAb) purification capacity by up to 40 percent.

Over the next few years, the contract logistics specialist within Deutsche Post DHL Group will consolidate Eaton’s major standalone distribution center capabilities throughout Europe into three high-performing and integrated primary distribution centers. 

GE Industrial Solutions has deep customer relationships in more than 100 countries and an established installed base with strong roots in North America, ABB’s biggest market.