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China To Lower Export Quotas For Majors By 40 Percent

China To Lower Export Quotas For Majors By 40 Percent

Dec 30, 2016 at 14:48 | Oil & Gas 360

Larger quotas expected later in 2017 China will cut its export quotas to the country’s oil majors by 40 percent in the first round of licenses for 2017, reports…

Exxon’s 2040 Outlook: Fossil Fuels Aren’t Going Anywhere

Exxon’s 2040 Outlook: Fossil Fuels Aren’t Going Anywhere

Dec 30, 2016 at 14:12 | Oil & Gas 360

Gas, Nuclear, and Renewables Will Grow the Most, in that Order The global energy mix will not look that much different for oil and gas in 2040, according to Exxon…

Turkmenistan Signs Last-Minute Gas Deal With Iran

Turkmenistan Signs Last-Minute Gas Deal With Iran

Dec 30, 2016 at 11:30 | Eurasianet

Turkmenistan has managed to avert the loss of one of its only two buyers of natural gas with some desperate, last-gasp negotiations. Iran’s Mehr news agency reported on December 30…

This $4.3 Billion Warning Sign Is Flashing In China’s Coal Business

This $4.3 Billion Warning Sign Is Flashing In China’s Coal Business

Dec 30, 2016 at 10:41 | Dave Forest

Coal has been one of the big stories of 2016. With this beat-down market taking flight during the last half of the year — lifting stocks of major producers like…

Oil & Gas IPO’s To Spike in 2017

Oil & Gas IPO’s To Spike in 2017

Dec 29, 2016 at 12:05 | Charles Kennedy

2017 could be a banner year for oil and gas companies who are looking for fresh equity. According to Tudor Pickering Holt & Co., as many as 40 oil and…

Can Chinese Crude Demand Continue To Grow In 2017?

Can Chinese Crude Demand Continue To Grow In 2017?

Dec 29, 2016 at 12:01 | Tom Kool

The OPEC deal might have revived oil prices for now, but a combination of elevated inventories and the threat of lower demand growth in China in 2017 could come back…

China’s Largest Oilfield To Cut Capex By 20% In 2017

China’s Largest Oilfield To Cut Capex By 20% In 2017

Dec 29, 2016 at 10:35 | Josh Owens

PetroChina has reported plans to cut capital spending at China’s largest oilfield by 20 percent in 2017. In its statement the oil major claimed that, despite the decrease in…

Contract Negotiations Threaten To Derail The World’s Largest Copper Mine

Contract Negotiations Threaten To Derail The World’s Largest Copper Mine

Dec 29, 2016 at 10:34 | Dave Forest

It’s contract negotiation season in the world’s largest copper-producing nation, Chile. And news this week suggests that the country’s biggest mining operation may be headed for some tense discussions with…

Oil Falls After API Reports The Biggest Crude Inventory Build In 6 Weeks

Oil Falls After API Reports The Biggest Crude Inventory Build In 6 Weeks

Dec 28, 2016 at 16:05 | Tom Kool

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after having to 18-month highs as oil markets are anticipating OPEC cuts that are expected to be made starting January 1 next year. The American…

Chinese Coal Industry Sees Earnings Explode In 2016

Chinese Coal Industry Sees Earnings Explode In 2016

Dec 28, 2016 at 12:13 | Todd Royal

China recently reported rising coal industry earnings. The Chinese National Bureau of statistics mentioned a growth of “157 percent in the first 11 months of 2016”, while industries such…

Egypt Signs Oil & Gas Deals, Plans To Jump Start Drilling

Egypt Signs Oil & Gas Deals, Plans To Jump Start Drilling

Dec 28, 2016 at 11:50 | Charles Kennedy

Egypt has signed several large deals with a handful of oil majors, which could lead to more oil and gas production in the energy-starved nation. The deals are worth…

Energy Bonds Soared 37 Percent In 2016

Energy Bonds Soared 37 Percent In 2016

Dec 27, 2016 at 10:53 | Charles Kennedy

In a normal year, double-digit returns for the average investor would be a cause of celebration. But 2016 was not a normal year. At the start of 2016, energy investors…

Power Crisis Looms In Tajikistan

Power Crisis Looms In Tajikistan

Dec 27, 2016 at 10:52 | Eurasianet

When the first snow fell in late November in Tajikistan, it caught many by surprise, including the country’s power providers. The last two years have accustomed Tajiks to…

Coal Demand Is Shifting To Asia

Coal Demand Is Shifting To Asia

Dec 23, 2016 at 16:22 | Oil & Gas 360

As Europe and America consume less coal, China gains greater influence over coal industry In its medium-term coal market report for 2016, IEA reports that global coal demand growth has…

The U.S. Prepares To Sell Off Its Oil Reserves

The U.S. Prepares To Sell Off Its Oil Reserves

Dec 23, 2016 at 16:08 | Nick Cunningham

The U.S. is beginning to wind down one of the core energy security policies of the past half century as the boom in domestic drilling eases concerns about supply.

Offshore Drillers Could Cut Costs By 30% With Standardized Equipment

Offshore Drillers Could Cut Costs By 30% With Standardized Equipment

Dec 23, 2016 at 15:55 | Charles Kennedy

The offshore oil industry could cut exploration costs by more than 30 percent if it would just agree to use standardized equipment, according to the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA).…

Reservoir Damages May Stop OPEC From Cheating

Reservoir Damages May Stop OPEC From Cheating

Dec 23, 2016 at 14:58 | Drilling Info

OPEC oil production comes primarily from conventional reservoirs. These reservoirs require reservoir pressure management. Some have suggested that Saudi Arabia’s rationale for cutting production was to reverse the reservoir damage…

Shale Gas Is Back With This $2 Billion Acquisition

Shale Gas Is Back With This $2 Billion Acquisition

Dec 23, 2016 at 13:06 | Charles Kennedy

A nearly $2 billion natural gas deal could signal a sign that companies are interested in gas drilling again after a long downturn. Gulfport Energy announced plans to issue new…

Three Big Breakthroughs Sure To Give Gold Prices A Boost

Three Big Breakthroughs Sure To Give Gold Prices A Boost

Dec 23, 2016 at 08:43 | Dave Forest

Gold has subsided that last two months — giving back much of the stellar gain the metal enjoyed at the beginning of 2016, to a current price of $1,130 per…

Russian Oil: Cutting Against Projected Growth

Russian Oil: Cutting Against Projected Growth

Dec 22, 2016 at 11:30 | Ekaterina Pokrovskaya

Russia has pledged to OPEC and other Non-OPEC countries to cut its oil output by 300,000 bpd in the first six months of 2017 in a joint effort to reduce…

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