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Mar 05, 2019 at 16:18

A startup by the name of KoBold Metals is using big data analytics and modeling to create the equivalent of Google Maps of the earth’s crust with a very specific…

Mar 05, 2019 at 13:44

Alaska’s dream of building a massive liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal could be coming to an end. For years, former Alaska Gov. Bill Walker pushed the massive $44 billion…

Mar 05, 2019 at 12:40

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Mar 05, 2019 at 11:46

The all-time high U.S. crude oil exports have been pushing demand and rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) higher since the middle of February as American exports are attractive…

Mar 05, 2019 at 11:34

Each week I receive press releases about “game-changing technologies” in the energy space. The number of these technologies that ultimately end up as game-changers is pretty close to zero, but…

Mar 05, 2019 at 10:08

Russia has long been established as a crucial component of most European natural gas import portfolios, with most imports received via pipeline through the Yamal-EuroPol pipeline (Poland) or the Baumgarten…

Mar 05, 2019 at 09:23

Goldman Sachs expects OPEC to succeed in clearing what it has deemed excessive oil supply by April, when the latest production cut deal will be reviewed at a meeting of…

Mar 04, 2019 at 16:35

Oil traders are taking on an “overly bearish tone,” paying too much attention to Trump’s tweets, macroeconomic fragility and expected U.S. shale growth. “We…

Mar 04, 2019 at 16:32

I don’t really drive enough to make an electric vehicle (EV) a compelling value proposition, but if my commute was a bit longer it is something I would seriously consider.…

Mar 04, 2019 at 16:22

Alberta government’s decision to respond to the very low Canadian heavy oil prices with mandatory production cuts of 325,000 bpd has created a division among Canada’s oil industry. The government…

Mar 04, 2019 at 14:14

U.S. shale drillers are facing a serious problem: Their wells are not producing as much oil and gas as they had anticipated. When facing shareholder scrutiny, shale drillers have countlessly…

Mar 04, 2019 at 12:33

Even if you just casually follow global energy news, you can’t help but notice that liquefied natural gas prices (LNG) in Asia keep dropping. Last week, prices for the super-cooled…

Mar 04, 2019 at 12:15

Despite strained U.S.-Saudi relations on several fronts, Saudi Arabia’s oil giant Aramco continues to see the U.S. market as strategic and continues with plans to expand the biggest U.S. refinery…

Mar 04, 2019 at 11:40

If you want to teach someone the boom-bust nature of the mineral commodity industry, the story of cobalt over the last few years would be a perfect example. The metal,…

Mar 04, 2019 at 10:55

A lower buying appetite among LNG importers in Asia may cast a shadow over the survival chances of planned LNG projects as fewer buyers are now willing to commit to…

Mar 04, 2019 at 09:21

Oil prices rose nearly 2 percent on Monday morning, on trade deal hopes and OPEC supply outages. One of the largest OPEC outages at the moment is the supply disruption…

Mar 01, 2019 at 14:52

The oil industry is kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place. Investors are growing impatient with even the largest oil companies, as the FT reported. In…

Mar 01, 2019 at 14:51

The U.S. shale revolution helped avert a “major, major energy chaos” in the world, OPEC’s Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo said in a somewhat puzzling interview with CNBC this week.…

Mar 01, 2019 at 14:51

After the recovery in global oil and gas drilling seen in 2018, this year the pace of drilling growth around the world is set to step up, albeit moderately, analysts…

Mar 01, 2019 at 14:51

Venezuela is scrambling to find buyers for its oil, hoping to keep revenue streams alive even as Maduro loses control of Citgo. The U.S.-based subsidiary of PDVSA officially severed ties…