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Canada Buys Trans Mountain Pipeline, Is Energy East Next?

Canada Buys Trans Mountain Pipeline, Is Energy East Next?

May 30, 2018 at 09:43 | Irina Slav

The mayor of Canadian town Saint John has asked the federal government to dust off the Energy East pipeline project, which TransCanada quit last year. Don Darling made his call…

Is This Another Setback For Autonomous Vehicles?

Is This Another Setback For Autonomous Vehicles?

May 30, 2018 at 09:01 | Safehaven.com

A Tesla Model S crashed into a parked police vehicle in Laguna Beach, California yesterday, becoming the latest in a string of accidents involving Tesla cars, whose drivers claim the…

Cuban Oil Refinery Flooded, Oil Spills Into Bay

Cuban Oil Refinery Flooded, Oil Spills Into Bay

May 29, 2018 at 17:08 | Julianne Geiger

Cuba’s Cienfuegos oil refinery has sustained damage due to flooding after heavy rainfalls from subtropical depression Alberto, sending an unspecified amount of crude oil into the Cienfuegos Bay. Barriers were…

Lebanon Starts Offshore Oil, Gas Exploration

Lebanon Starts Offshore Oil, Gas Exploration

May 29, 2018 at 16:41 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Lebanon began on Tuesday its first exploration for oil and gas, after Lebanese authorities approved an offshore exploration plan by an international consortium led by France’s Total, Lebanese Energy…

Another Bank Stops Funding New Coal, Oil Sands, Arctic Oil Projects

Another Bank Stops Funding New Coal, Oil Sands, Arctic Oil Projects

May 29, 2018 at 16:28 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said on Tuesday that it would no longer provide project-specific funding for new coal-fired power stations, thermal coal mines, oil sands projects, or…

Nigerian Oil Terminal Delays Add To Supply Concerns

Nigerian Oil Terminal Delays Add To Supply Concerns

May 29, 2018 at 13:54 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Following disruptions of the oil flows on the pipeline feeding the Forcados terminal in Nigeria, the facility faces more than two weeks of delays of oil cargo loadings, and no…

Norway's Oil Industry Spends More On Exploration Than Expected

Norway's Oil Industry Spends More On Exploration Than Expected

May 29, 2018 at 13:45 | Irina Slav

Norway’s oil industry is putting more money into exploration than expected, the country’s industry regulator told Reuters. What’s more, investments are seen to continue rising next year and in…

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait To Discuss OPEC Plans On June 1

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait To Discuss OPEC Plans On June 1

May 29, 2018 at 12:57 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Just as the Saudis and Russia are said to be considering bringing back some production to address supply concerns, the energy ministers of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United…

Gazprom Appeals Court Decision In Naftogaz Case

Gazprom Appeals Court Decision In Naftogaz Case

May 29, 2018 at 10:56 | Irina Slav

Gazprom has lodged an appeal against the ruling of a Swedish arbitration court in its long-running gas transit dispute with Ukraine’s Naftogaz, which was in favor of the Ukrainian company.…

India Will Buy Iranian Crude Despite U.S. Sanctions

India Will Buy Iranian Crude Despite U.S. Sanctions

May 29, 2018 at 09:44 | Irina Slav

India will continue importing Iranian crude despite U.S. sanctions, India’s Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said ahead of a meeting with her Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif. Swaraj said, as

Terrorist Attacks In Libya’s Oil Crescent Raises Security Alert

Terrorist Attacks In Libya’s Oil Crescent Raises Security Alert

May 28, 2018 at 18:03 | Julianne Geiger

Libya’s oil crescent on Sunday announced a maximum security alert over possible terrorist attacks in vital oil ports and oilfields, as OPEC’s third disruptor—after Iran and Venezuela—threatens to further unsettle…

Chinese Firm To Invest $2B In Oil Refinery In Iran

Chinese Firm To Invest $2B In Oil Refinery In Iran

May 28, 2018 at 17:58 | Tsvetana Paraskova

A Chinese investment firm will spend US$2 billion on building an oil refinery in the Iranian northern province of Mazandaran, the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported on…

Philippines: Beijing Oil Drilling In Disputed South China Sea A ‘Red Line’

Philippines: Beijing Oil Drilling In Disputed South China Sea A ‘Red Line’

May 28, 2018 at 17:52 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The Philippines has notified China of its “red lines”—potential Chinese actions that would be unacceptable to Manila—in the South China Sea, including oil and gas extraction in disputed areas,…

Cities Vs. Big Oil: Judge Orders Plaintiffs To Find Benefits Of Fossil Fuels

Cities Vs. Big Oil: Judge Orders Plaintiffs To Find Benefits Of Fossil Fuels

May 28, 2018 at 12:42 | Irina Slav

Judge William Alsup who is hearing a case brought by San Francisco and Oakland against five Big Oil companies, has given the plaintiffs and Chevron a homework assignment that suggests…

Supermajors Evacuate Gulf Of Mexico Staff Ahead Of Storm

Supermajors Evacuate Gulf Of Mexico Staff Ahead Of Storm

May 28, 2018 at 12:14 | Irina Slav

Chevron, Shell, and Exxon have begun evacuating staff working on offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of a subtropical storm Alberto. Production has not yet been affected,…

Truckers’ Strike in Brazil About To End, Another Coming

Truckers’ Strike in Brazil About To End, Another Coming

May 28, 2018 at 11:48 | Irina Slav

Just as the Brazilian government made some progress towards settling matters with truckers that have paralyzed the country with protests against high fuel prices, another strike is looming on the…

Trans Mountain Shuts Down After Spill

Trans Mountain Shuts Down After Spill

May 28, 2018 at 09:06 | Irina Slav

Kinder Morgan has shut down the Trans Mountain oil pipeline after a flow meter at a pump station leaked about 100 liters of crude. The pump station is in…

Saudis Say Aramco IPO ‘Most Likely’ In 2019

Saudis Say Aramco IPO ‘Most Likely’ In 2019

May 25, 2018 at 16:42 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Saudi Aramco’s much-hyped initial public offering is “most likely” to take place in 2019, Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said on Friday, likely confirming that plans for the IPO…

Putin: Russia Could Consider Liberalizing Gas Exports

Putin: Russia Could Consider Liberalizing Gas Exports

May 25, 2018 at 16:37 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Russia will look into the possibility of opening up gas pipeline exports to companies other than the current exclusive exporter—state-controlled gas giant Gazprom—Russian President Vladimir Putin told the CEO…

Iran Demands Oil, Bank Guarantees From The EU By End-May

Iran Demands Oil, Bank Guarantees From The EU By End-May

May 25, 2018 at 16:20 | Tsvetana Paraskova

As the European Union (EU) is trying to salvage the Iran nuclear deal after the U.S. walked out of it, Tehran now wants Europe to submit a package of

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