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The World’s Biggest Oil Firms Face Rating Downgrades

Jan 27, 2021 at 13:47 | Tsvetana Paraskova

S&P Global Ratings warned this week it could very soon downgrade the ratings on some of the world’s biggest oil firms, citing increased…

5 Oil And Gas Predictions For 2021

Jan 27, 2021 at 11:27 | Robert Rapier

When I made my 2020 predictions a year ago, the world was on the cusp of a pandemic that would upend the oil…

The Global Car Industry Is Finally Set To Rebound

Jan 27, 2021 at 11:13 | Oxford Business Group

The global automotive industry took a significant hit last year on the back of a Covid-19-related slump in activity. However, a more positive global outlook is set to…

Libya Prepares To Ramp Up Oil Production

Jan 27, 2021 at 10:39 | Felicity Bradstock

After years of turbulence, Libya’s oil industry is finally starting to bounce back, with the production increase that started in December showing no signs of stopping. 

Is Maduro Trying To Steal Guyana’s Oil Riches?

Jan 27, 2021 at 10:32 | Matthew Smith

For roughly two decades since Hugo Chavez won the Venezuelan presidency and commenced his socialist Bolivarian revolution, the country, which was once Latin America’s largest oil exporter, is…

Is Brazil A Threat To OPEC?

Jan 27, 2021 at 10:26 | Matthew Smith

As far back as the early 1980s, Brazil’s national oil company Petrobras as well as the government were aware of the vast untapped oil wealth trapped under the…

Oil Prices Jump On Large Inventory Draw

Jan 27, 2021 at 09:47 | Irina Slav

Crude oil prices jumped higher today after the Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil inventory draw of 9.9 million barrels for the week to January 22. Fuel inventories…

Big Oil's Exploration Cuts Exacerbate Supply Deficit

Jan 26, 2021 at 17:07 | Irina Slav

The idea that crude oil could ever again hit three-digit price levels may sound ridiculous at a time when slack demand amid a pandemic has oil stuck in…

Underinvestment In Oil And Gas May Cause Major Problems

Jan 26, 2021 at 17:04 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Following an unpredictable and shocking 2020, stability and sustainability are set to be the two major themes in the oil and gas industry this year. Companies in the…

Which Chinese EV Stocks Are Worth Betting On?

Jan 26, 2021 at 15:40 | Alex Kimani

After a bright start earlier in the month, the oil price rally appears to have once again run out of steam thanks to an old nemesis threatening to overrun China…

Egypt And Israel Look To Capitalize On Natural Gas Resources

Jan 26, 2021 at 15:28 | Vanand Meliksetian

The Eastern Mediterranean in a decade went from an 'empty sea' towards one of the most promising new frontiers of the global oil and gas industry. The Levant basin contains…

IMF Sees Oil Prices Averaging $50 In 2021

Jan 26, 2021 at 14:59 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Oil prices are set to average $50 per barrel for 2021, rising by 20 percent from the average last year, but still well below the average for 2019, the International…

U.S. Oil Bankruptcies To Fall As Prices Stabilize

Jan 26, 2021 at 13:25 | Rystad Energy

The combined debt of North American E&P and oilfield service companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year jumped to $102 billion, surpassing the $100 billion mark for…

Oil Price Rally Stalls On Chinese Covid Concerns

Jan 26, 2021 at 12:20 | Tom Kool

Investor Alert: Oilfield service giants are looking like an increasingly good investment as oil prices rebound. Read our latest Global Energy Alert investment column to…

Game-changing Iranian Pipeline Set To Launch In March

Jan 26, 2021 at 11:50 | Simon Watkins

The geopolitically game-changing Goreh-Jask pipeline project saw a major advance last week with the commencement last week of offshore pipe-laying operations. The implementation of this operation markets the first stage…

Oil Rises As Physical Market Tightens

Jan 26, 2021 at 10:48 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Oil prices rose early on Tuesday amid signs that the physical supply of crude will tighten over the first quarter and counter concerns about slow vaccine rollouts and Chinese lockdowns.…

Chevron Could Be Key To Rebuilding Venezuela’s Oil Industry

Jan 26, 2021 at 09:21 | Matthew Smith

Despite outside assistance from Russia, China and Iran, the embattled socialist regime of President Maduro has proven incapable of rebuilding Venezuela’s once-mighty petroleum industry. According to the latest…

Saudi Arabia Is On The Brink Of Losing Control Of Oil Markets

Jan 25, 2021 at 17:04 | Irina Slav

When earlier this month Saudi Arabia served “a wonderful surprise” to oil markets in the words of its energy minister, oil prices jumped up. After all, the Kingdom said it…

Shell Buys UK’s Top EV Charging Network

Jan 25, 2021 at 16:57 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Shell is buying ubitricity, the European provider of on-street charging for electric vehicles (EVs) that has the largest public EV charging network in the UK, the supermajor said on…

The 5 Best Utility Stocks In 2021

Jan 25, 2021 at 16:28 | Alex Kimani

The average U.S. investor has been giving the energy sector a wide berth over the past half a decade due to perennial underperformance. Indeed, the energy sector has been a…

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