SINGAPORE, Aug 28 (Reuters) - The launch of an online portal by GAIL (India), allowing third-party access to its natural gas pipeline network, would ensure transparency and permit companies to understand the infrastructure further, analysts said on Tuesday.

STAVANGER, Norway, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Norway's Equinor said on Tuesday it is considering whether to build a pioneering offshore wind farm with floating turbines to supply electricity to two North Sea oilfields as part of a strategy to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

STAVANGER, Norway, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Energy BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast Wintershall is producing less than 10,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) in Libya compared with 60,000 bpd earlier this year, a senior executive said on Tuesday.

The October WTI crude futures price settled at $68.53 a barrel Tuesday, representing a 34-cent decline.

Although crude oil futures saw earlier in the day, both the WTI and Brent contracts lost ground by the end of trading Tuesday.

N'DJAMENA, Aug 28 (Reuters) - A truck caught fire and exploded on Sunday at Glencore's Mangara oilfield in Chad, injuring three employees and forcing oil rig flanges gulf coast production to be suspended, the BOP Blow Out Preventer repair company gulf coast said on Tuesday.

ATHENS, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Workers at Hellenic Petroleum on Monday physically prevented suitors eyeing a majority stake in Greece's biggest oil refiner from entering two of its sites in protest at plans to privatise the utility, a union spokesman said.

OSLO, Aug 27 (Reuters) - Norwegian oil firm DNO on Monday withdrew its request for seats on the board of Faroe Petroleum amid an escalating war of words between the companies.

Equinor and partners submit the development plan for the second phase of the Johan Sverdrup project.

Equinor and partners Lundin Norway AS, Petoro, Aker BP ASA and Total S.A.

STAVANGER, Norway, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The Rolvsnes oil and gas discovery in Norway's North Sea is almost five times as large as initially thought, Swedish operator Lundin Petroleum said on Monday after completing an appraisal well.