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Is This The Next Big Petrochemical Hub In The U.S.?

Dec 06, 2018 at 13:47 | Nick Cunningham

The U.S. government wants to help build a petrochemical hub in Appalachia, one that could rival, or complement, the concentration of petrochemical facilities on the Gulf Coast. The shale gas…

Could Iraq Be The Next OPEC Member To Exit?

Dec 05, 2018 at 16:04 | Tim Daiss

Even more cracks may be forming within OPEC, even as market pundits continue to analyze Qatar’s decision two days ago to withdraw from the oil producing cartel. Michael Cohen,…

World Bank Warns Of Extreme Volatility In Oil Markets

Dec 05, 2018 at 13:16 | Irina Slav

After several months of oil price rises and then a sharp reversal over the last few weeks, world oil markets are in for more heightened volatility next year because of…

Libya Closes All Oil Ports, Expects To Shut-In 150,000 Bpd

Dec 05, 2018 at 11:11 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Libya has closed all its oil loading terminals due to bad weather, and soon-to-be-full storage tanks will lead to a shut-in of 150,000 bpd, or half of the oil production…

Alberta Production Cuts Send Canadian Crude Soaring

Dec 05, 2018 at 09:08 | Irina Slav

Canadian crude oil shot up by 35 percent on Monday, narrowing the huge gap with West Texas Intermediate thanks to a controversial decision by the Alberta government to impose production…

Qatar’s OPEC Exit May Just Be The Beginning

Dec 04, 2018 at 14:11 | Tim Daiss

Much has already been written over the last 24 hours by pundits and analysts alike about Qatar’s decision to leave the Organization of the Oil Exporting Countries (OPEC) by January…

Gazprom’s Next Big Bet On European Gas Markets

Dec 04, 2018 at 11:58 | Viktor Katona

Amid an inimical international situation, an economy that was bound to recover, but does so rather unconvincingly and a tense domestic atmosphere, Russia continues the construction of new gas pipelines…

Qatar’s Irrational Decision To Leave OPEC

Dec 03, 2018 at 17:23 | Cyril Widdershoven

OPEC’s future is once again up in the air after the decision by Qatar to leave the oil cartel on January 1 2019. Saad Al Kaabi, Qatar’s minister of energy,…

Putin Looks To Capitalize On Waning U.S.-Saudi Relations

Dec 03, 2018 at 16:48 | David Messler

One truth eternally rears its head in global oil markets: When the current price for oil no longer clears the market, it will drop. The inverse is also true: When…

Australians Create Battery From Waste

Dec 03, 2018 at 12:27 | Irina Slav

Wherever you look these days there’s talk about batteries. Cheaper batteries, solid state batteries, recycled batteries, it’s breakthrough after breakthrough, it seems. Few of these, however, see the light of…

Qatar Quits OPEC

Dec 03, 2018 at 09:29 | Irina Slav

Qatar will leave the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries as of next month, its energy minister told media today, adding that the decision was part of a long-term strategy…

Will Canadian Oil Producers Cut Output?

Nov 30, 2018 at 16:09 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Record low Canadian oil prices risk deteriorating significantly cash flows and key credit metrics at Canada’s oil and gas producers, rating agency DBRS said on Wednesday in the latest…

Oil’s Big Week Is Upon Us

Nov 30, 2018 at 14:04 | Editorial Dept

It’s hard to imagine higher stakes for the oil market over the next week as traders get set for an OPEC+ meeting and the Trump/Xi G20 meeting on the heels…

Global Intelligence Report - 30th November 2018

Nov 30, 2018 at 13:58 | Editorial Dept

Global Intelligence Report - 30th November 2018 Sources - Turkey’s National Security Council - Turkish general, ex-NATO - Top aide to Turkish deputy foreign minister - Saudi figure close to…

Unexpected Anomalies In Oil Markets

Nov 30, 2018 at 13:52 | Editorial Dept

Some trends are just impossible to predict because before they take place, the mere idea of them materializing seems like outlandish. Yet, sometimes the market takes everyone by surprise –…

The Great Power Politics Behind Nord Stream II

Nov 30, 2018 at 13:48 | Ross McCracken

Nord Stream II is proving to be one of the most politically contentious pipelines of all time. The project is making gradual progress, but remains vulnerable to the fragile state…

Saudi Arabia Squeezed As OPEC Meeting Nears

Nov 30, 2018 at 13:45 | Tom Kool

Oil prices dipped over the week, but the next few days will be volatile due to escalating geopolitical concerns and trade war tensions (Click to…

Oil’s Worst Month In A Decade

Nov 30, 2018 at 13:45 | Editorial Dept

November 2018 will not go down in the history of oil trading as a successful month, in fact it was so bad that the last time we witnessed such a…

Falling Rig Count Can’t Halt Oil Price Slide

Nov 30, 2018 at 12:15 | Julianne Geiger

Baker Hughes reported a 3-rig decrease for oil and gas in the United States this week. The total number of active oil and gas drilling rigs now stands at 1,076…

Hapless Alberta Takes Action As Oil Prices Crash

Nov 29, 2018 at 12:20 | Nick Cunningham

Faced with a crisis moving oil out of the country, the provincial government in Alberta is stepping in to purchase trains in order to ease the midstream bottleneck. Western Canada…

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