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Energy

Olive Trees vs Pipelines: Will The TAP Pipeline Ever Be Completed?

Apr 28, 2017 at 16:18 | The Jamestown Foundation

On April 6, Italy’s Lazio Regional Administrative Court (LRAC) suspended the environmental impact permit for the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), which would have allowed for the relocation of olive trees that…

Oil Majors Can No Longer Ignore The Electric Car Threat

Apr 28, 2017 at 16:12 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Many carmakers, and not just Tesla, have been developing electric vehicles, betting on the expected continuous rise of battery-powered cars in the future. Now it’s not only carmakers that predict…

Is Sand The New Oil And Gas Battleground?

Apr 28, 2017 at 16:07 | Oil & Gas 360

Is sand the next battleground for energy development? The early salvos are taking place in Minnesota’s Winona County. In late 2016, Winona County commissioners voted to ban what the Minneapolis…

This Is Why Your Lithium Battery Doesn’t Age Well

Apr 28, 2017 at 16:02 | Brian Westenhaus

An Argonne National Laboratory team of researchers has identified one of the major culprits in capacity fade of high-energy lithium-ion batteries. Scientists refer to a battery becoming old is…

Will Belarus Be The Next Ukraine For Russia?

Apr 28, 2017 at 15:54 | Global Risk Insights

While periodic anti-government protests are met with a strong security response, regarding Belarus’ relationship with Moscow, the weak status of the opposition and the economic interest found in maintaining the…

Uber Aims To Launch Flying Taxis In Dallas And Dubai By 2023

Apr 28, 2017 at 15:54 | Metal Miner

10 years ago, the concept of self-driving cars seemed the stuff of science-fiction. Today, self-driving cars are not an uncommon sight in some cities and the U.K. government has just…

Czech Republic Aims To Cash In On The Lithium Boom

Apr 28, 2017 at 15:54 | MINING.com

Demand for lithium, frequently referred to as "white petroleum," is expected to triple by 2025, as it has become an irreplaceable component of rechargeable batteries used in high tech devices…

Is Now The Time To Make Long Bets In The Oil Market?

Apr 28, 2017 at 15:38 | Dan Dicker

Negativity has almost never been as high as I’ve seen it in the past several days for the oil space. And, to be fair, I can understand it easily –…

WTI Is Still Ranging And On The Turn

Apr 28, 2017 at 15:32 | Martin Tillier

A couple of weeks ago I opined in these very pages that WTI was essentially trading in a range created by sensitivity to its own price. The theory was that…

Oil Majors Are Ready To Rake In Profits

Apr 28, 2017 at 15:28 | Editorial Dept

Friday April 28, 2016 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in the energy…

Global Energy Advisory - 28th April, 2017

Apr 28, 2017 at 15:13 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • If you think what is happening right now in Macedonia is not important from a geopolitical perspective—think again. It might not be as sexy as…

Are We Nearing A Trend Reversal For Crude?

Apr 28, 2017 at 15:06 | Jim Hyerczyk

June West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil futures is under pressure this week, but in a position to close higher for the week if enough buying comes in to drive the…

U.S. Oil Rig Count Increases For 15th Straight Week

Apr 28, 2017 at 12:37 | Julianne Geiger

The number of active oil and gas rigs in the United States rose by 13 on Friday, according to oilfield services provider Baker Hughes. The total oil and gas rig…

Russia Hits 100% Compliance With OPEC Cut

Apr 28, 2017 at 10:48 | Irina Slav

Russia has effectively reached its 300,000-bpd production cut target under its agreement with OPEC, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said. “Yesterday it was about 298,000 barrels. We can say that we…

Australian Government Just Shocked The Natural Gas Markets

Apr 28, 2017 at 09:53 | Dave Forest

Share prices are crumbling, buyers are scrambling, and industry is raging after a shocking turnaround from the world’s largest exporting nation for liquefied natural gas (LNG) yesterday. Australia. As I…

IEA Sees Much Tighter Oil Market As New Discoveries Crash

Apr 27, 2017 at 15:09 | Nick Cunningham

The volume of new oil discoveries hit a record low in 2016, the result of severe cuts to exploration budgets amid plummeting oil prices. The number of new conventional drilling…

Why Is China Funding Unsustainable Coal Projects In Pakistan?

Apr 27, 2017 at 14:59 | Richard Talley

On April 16th, Chinese investments in Pakistan through the much-vaunted China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) were revised upwards, from $46 billion to a whopping $62 billion. The project, part of…

Exxon Hikes Dividend Yet Again, Despite Low Oil Prices

Apr 27, 2017 at 14:44 | Nick Cunningham

ExxonMobil has continued its streak of hiking its dividend, announcing another increase in its payout to shareholders on Wednesday. The oil major has boosted its dividend every year for more…

Is The Geopolitical Risk Premium In Oil Overrated?

Apr 27, 2017 at 14:42 | Todd Royal

When OPEC instituted their recent production cuts, the theory was that oil markets would balance after crashing in 2014. After Donald Trump won the presidency, many speculated that price fluctuation…

World Bank Maintains Oil Price Forecast At $55

Apr 27, 2017 at 12:30 | Irina Slav

In its latest Commodity Markets Outlook, the World Bank maintained its Q1 forecast for oil prices at $55 a barrel, saying, however, that overall energy prices will increase 26…

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