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Ecuador Won’t Ask Exemption From OPEC Oil Production Cuts

Ecuador Won’t Ask Exemption From OPEC Oil Production Cuts

Nov 16, 2017 at 15:21 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Ecuador has temporarily shelved its idea to ask from OPEC later this month to be exempt from its share of the production cuts, because the cartel’s supply restrictions are successfully…

Norway’s $1 Trillion Wealth Fund Proposes To Ditch Oil Stocks

Norway’s $1 Trillion Wealth Fund Proposes To Ditch Oil Stocks

Nov 16, 2017 at 11:45 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s US$1-trillion Government Pension Fund Global, recommended on Thursday the removal of oil and gas stocks—US$35 billion worth of shares—from the fund’s equity…

Ecuador Seeks To Clear Schlumberger Debt By End-November

Ecuador Seeks To Clear Schlumberger Debt By End-November

Nov 16, 2017 at 10:38 | Irina Slav

Ecuador’s state oil company Petroamazonas plans to clear its US$850-million remaining debt to oilfield service giant Schlumberger by the end of this month. The company has US$300 million in…

Santos Admits It Rejected $7.2B Takeover Bid

Santos Admits It Rejected $7.2B Takeover Bid

Nov 16, 2017 at 09:02 | Irina Slav

Australia’s second-largest energy company Santos said it had in August rejected a takeover bid from a private equity-backed company, Harbour Energy. The statement was issued in response to media…

U.S. Senate Panel Votes To Open Alaskan Refuge To Drilling

U.S. Senate Panel Votes To Open Alaskan Refuge To Drilling

Nov 15, 2017 at 15:18 | Zainab Calcuttawala

The U.S. Senate energy and natural resources panel voted to open a portion of an Alaskan wildlife refuge to allow oil drilling on Wednesday, angering conservationists who had fought…

Africa’s Richest Woman Fired From Sonangol

Africa’s Richest Woman Fired From Sonangol

Nov 15, 2017 at 14:57 | Zainab Calcuttawala

The new Angolan president fired his predecessor’s daughter as head of the national oil company Sonangol, according to news emerging from one of Africa’s largest oil producers. Isabel Des…

Oil And Gas M&A Deal Appetite Highest Since 2013

Oil And Gas M&A Deal Appetite Highest Since 2013

Nov 15, 2017 at 14:14 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The oil and gas sector has become increasingly positive about corporate earnings and credit availability to the point that 69 percent of industry executives expect to actively pursue an acquisition…

Russian Hackers Target British Energy Industry

Russian Hackers Target British Energy Industry

Nov 15, 2017 at 12:37 | Irina Slav

Russian hackers have attacked targets from the British energy industry over the last 12 months, the head of the country’s National Cyber Security Center, Ciaran Martin said. The warning, according…

Venezuela Signs $3.15B Debt Restructuring Deal With Russia

Venezuela Signs $3.15B Debt Restructuring Deal With Russia

Nov 15, 2017 at 12:37 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Russia is throwing a life-line to defaulting Venezuela after the two countries signed on Wednesday a deal to restructure US$3.15 billion worth of Venezuelan debt owed to Moscow. Under…

DOJ: Protestors Interfering With Pipeline Construction Will Be Prosecuted

DOJ: Protestors Interfering With Pipeline Construction Will Be Prosecuted

Nov 15, 2017 at 11:40 | Zainab Calcuttawala

The U.S. Justice Department will begin prosecuting climate activists and protestors that perpetrate violence and destruction towards pipelines or other oil infrastructure to make their political points, Reuters said…

Lower Oil Prices Benefit European Refiners

Lower Oil Prices Benefit European Refiners

Nov 15, 2017 at 10:58 | Tsvetana Paraskova

European refiners have seen their energy costs drop alongside the fall in oil prices, which has boosted their competitive position compared to North and South America, but Europe is still…

World’s Biggest Private Equity Firm Raises $1 Billion To Invest In Oil

World’s Biggest Private Equity Firm Raises $1 Billion To Invest In Oil

Nov 15, 2017 at 09:21 | Tsvetana Paraskova

On the back of renewed confidence in higher oil prices, the world’s biggest private equity firm, The Carlyle Group, is looking to raise US$1 billion to create a new fund…

Oil Prices Tank After API Reports Strong Build In Crude Inventories

Oil Prices Tank After API Reports Strong Build In Crude Inventories

Nov 14, 2017 at 15:46 | Julianne Geiger

The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a shocking build of 6.513 million barrels of United States crude oil inventories, against a Wall Street Journal analyst expectation that inventories would draw…

Iraq Oil Revenue Not Enough For Sustainable Development

Iraq Oil Revenue Not Enough For Sustainable Development

Nov 14, 2017 at 14:37 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Oil revenues still are not high enough to allow the Iraqi government to fund the reconstruction of the country, according to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi. “Oil prices are…

Sudan In Talks With Foreign Oil Firms To Boost Crude Production

Sudan In Talks With Foreign Oil Firms To Boost Crude Production

Nov 14, 2017 at 12:22 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Sudan has discussed the development of its oil industry following the removal of many U.S. sanctions on the country—including on oil and petrochemical industries—with Russia’s Lukoil and with other…

Shell: Four Oil Platforms Shut In Gulf Of Mexico After Fire

Shell: Four Oil Platforms Shut In Gulf Of Mexico After Fire

Nov 14, 2017 at 11:42 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Four oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico have been shut after a fire broke out at Shell-operated Enchilada oil platform last week, Shell said on Tuesday. “Production is…

OPEC To Recruit New Members To Fight Market Imbalance

OPEC To Recruit New Members To Fight Market Imbalance

Nov 14, 2017 at 10:50 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Some non-OPEC members allied with OPEC in the oil production cuts could become official members of the cartel in the future, the UAE’s Energy Minister Suhail Al Mazrouei said on Tuesday.…

Green Groups Want Norway’s Arctic Oil Drilling Licenses Canceled

Green Groups Want Norway’s Arctic Oil Drilling Licenses Canceled

Nov 14, 2017 at 09:48 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Environmentalist organizations took the Norwegian government to court over the awarding of oil drilling licenses in the Arctic, and argued on the first day of hearings on Tuesday that…

Venezuelan Oil Output Drops To Lowest In 28 Years

Venezuelan Oil Output Drops To Lowest In 28 Years

Nov 13, 2017 at 17:31 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Venezuela’s oil output dropped to its lowest in 28 years last month, according to new data released by OPEC on Monday. The oil-dependent economy produced only 1.863 million barrels…

Shale Production Rises By 80,000 BPD In Latest EIA Forecasts

Shale Production Rises By 80,000 BPD In Latest EIA Forecasts

Nov 13, 2017 at 17:26 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Shale production at American oil production sites will increase by 80,000 barrels per day next month, according to estimates from the Energy Information Administration. So far, every month in…

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