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U.S. Braces For Second Major Hurricane In Two Weeks

U.S. Braces For Second Major Hurricane In Two Weeks

Sep 05, 2017 at 17:39 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Hurricane Irma has reached category 5-level winds, according to the latest reports from the Atlantic Ocean. If it hits land near Texas, it could destroy an oil and gas…

Norway Plans Tax Breaks For Oil Companies In Arctic

Norway Plans Tax Breaks For Oil Companies In Arctic

Sep 05, 2017 at 17:29 | Zainab Calcuttawala

New tax breaks will put Norwegians on the hook for oil production taxes levied by the United Nations for drilling deeper in the Arctic, according to Reuters. The report…

Qatar’s Latest Move Against The GCC Blockade

Qatar’s Latest Move Against The GCC Blockade

Sep 05, 2017 at 17:14 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Three months after the announcement of a Gulf blockade against Qatar, the country is accelerating trade growth via a special port located on its shores, according to reports emerging…

Goldman: Post-Harvey Reconstruction To Boost U.S. Oil Demand

Goldman: Post-Harvey Reconstruction To Boost U.S. Oil Demand

Sep 05, 2017 at 15:26 | Tsvetana Paraskova

As devastating as Hurricane Harvey was to Texas, reconstruction is now expected to be ultimately positive for U.S. oil demand in a few months as fuel consumption is expected to…

Brazil To Limit Private Stakes To 5% In Eletrobras Privatization

Brazil To Limit Private Stakes To 5% In Eletrobras Privatization

Sep 05, 2017 at 14:56 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Brazil will allow private investors willing to buy into its state-held utility giant Eletrobras to obtain a maximum of 5 percent each, regardless of whether they are domestic or foreign…

UK Aims To Lead Global Oil Decommissioning Industry

UK Aims To Lead Global Oil Decommissioning Industry

Sep 05, 2017 at 11:10 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The UK, whose offshore waters hold some of the most mature oil and gas fields, has the chance to become a pioneer in oil decommissioning, and should develop the expertise…

Local Industry Welcomes Indonesia’s Revised Oil Sharing Deals

Local Industry Welcomes Indonesia’s Revised Oil Sharing Deals

Sep 05, 2017 at 09:41 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Struggling to attract international investors to revive its declining oil production, Indonesia has tweaked anew the production sharing contracts it introduced at the beginning of this year­—a move that is…

Oil Output From UK North Sea Startups Highest In 10 Years

Oil Output From UK North Sea Startups Highest In 10 Years

Sep 04, 2017 at 17:10 | Tsvetana Paraskova

A total of 14 startups with a combined production of 230,000 bpd are expected to come on stream in the UK section of the North Sea this year, the highest…

Russia Expands Control Over Oil Pipeline Monopoly

Russia Expands Control Over Oil Pipeline Monopoly

Sep 04, 2017 at 17:04 | Zainab Calcuttawala

A Transneft share swap could give the Russian sovereign wealth fund more control over the oil pipeline monopoly, according to a new report by Reuters. The Russian government already…

Foreign Workers Evacuated At Libya’s Sharara Oil Field

Foreign Workers Evacuated At Libya’s Sharara Oil Field

Sep 04, 2017 at 16:49 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Reuters reports that foreign workers at Libya’s largest oil field have been evacuated after news emerged on Monday of unspecified activities near the site. An engineer at the field…

Insolvencies Jump In Canada’s Oil Country

Insolvencies Jump In Canada’s Oil Country

Sep 04, 2017 at 15:15 | Irina Slav

Canada’s oil-producing regions saw the highest increase in insolvencies over the 12 months to June 2017, according to the latest insolvency report by the federal government. Total insolvencies in…

Natural Gas Output In Kurdistan Set To Jump

Natural Gas Output In Kurdistan Set To Jump

Sep 04, 2017 at 14:43 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Natural gas output in Iraqi Kurdistan is set to jump as the regional government settles a court case with a consortium of companies active in the area, according to

How To Incentivize Purchasing Of Eco-Homes

How To Incentivize Purchasing Of Eco-Homes

Sep 04, 2017 at 14:20 | City A.M

Two seemingly perennial challenges concerning the UK are; the urgent need (and legal obligation) to reduce the country’s carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050; and the supply and…

Indian ONGC To Bid For Israel’s Offshore Oil & Gas Blocks

Indian ONGC To Bid For Israel’s Offshore Oil & Gas Blocks

Sep 04, 2017 at 11:57 | Tsvetana Paraskova

In what could be a first major official energy deal between the two countries, India’s state-owed ONGC plans to bid for exploration rights of oil and gas blocks offshore Israel,…

Brent Prices Fall After North Korean Nuclear Test

Brent Prices Fall After North Korean Nuclear Test

Sep 04, 2017 at 09:55 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Brent prices were down on Monday morning after investors shied away from crude oil markets and instead turned to safer-haven gold futures after North Korea conducted its sixth and most…

Rosneft, Chinese CEFC Ink Strategic Deal

Rosneft, Chinese CEFC Ink Strategic Deal

Sep 04, 2017 at 09:39 | Irina Slav

Russia’s largest state oil major, Rosneft, along with CEFC China Energy Company, sealed a strategic cooperation deal for the joint development of oil and gas projects in Siberia at this…

U.S. Taps 4.5 Million Barrels Of Oil From Strategic Reserve After Harvey

U.S. Taps 4.5 Million Barrels Of Oil From Strategic Reserve After Harvey

Sep 01, 2017 at 16:05 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Approximately 4.5 million barrels of oil have been released from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in response to Hurricane Harvey’s effect on national gasoline availability.  Three million barrels of the…

Cash-Strapped Venezuela Offers $5 Million To Harvey Victims

Cash-Strapped Venezuela Offers $5 Million To Harvey Victims

Sep 01, 2017 at 16:00 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Venezuela is offering five million dollars’ worth of Hurricane Harvey relief to the United States just days after the White House approved a new round of sanctions against Caracas, according…

China Readies Yuan-Priced Crude Oil Benchmark Backed By Gold

China Readies Yuan-Priced Crude Oil Benchmark Backed By Gold

Sep 01, 2017 at 15:57 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The world’s top oil importer, China, is preparing to launch a crude oil futures contract denominated in Chinese yuan and convertible into gold, potentially creating the most important Asian oil…

Chinese Teapots Team Up In Refining Conglomerate

Chinese Teapots Team Up In Refining Conglomerate

Sep 01, 2017 at 15:30 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The Shandong province in China has approved a request by the largest independent oil refiners—typically known as teapots and most located in the province—to set up a refining conglomerate to…

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