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First Nation Tribes in Canada Secure Victory Against Enbridge

First Nation Tribes in Canada Secure Victory Against Enbridge

Jul 06, 2016 at 16:16 | Zainab Calcuttawala

First Nation tribes in Canada secured a court victory against oil major Enbridge’s plan to build a pipeline transporting crude from Alberta to British Columbia, according to a…

Centerra Buys Thompson Creek in US$1.1 Billion Deal

Centerra Buys Thompson Creek in US$1.1 Billion Deal

Jul 06, 2016 at 16:16 | Erwin Cifuentes

Toronto-based Centerra Gold will purchase Thompson Creek Metals Co. in a deal valued at US$1.1 billion, Bloomberg reports. The transaction will include a US$135 million stock swap…

Latest Pipeline Bombing Adds to Industry Woes in Colombia

Latest Pipeline Bombing Adds to Industry Woes in Colombia

Jul 06, 2016 at 15:11 | Lincoln Brown

The government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels announced plans to begin peace talks in March but the situation between the two entities has remained…

Nigerian Militants Continue Strikes Against Oil Facilities

Nigerian Militants Continue Strikes Against Oil Facilities

Jul 06, 2016 at 12:47 | Erwin Cifuentes

Armed secessionists have purportedly struck against Nigerian energy facilities in the oil-rich Niger Delta region for the second time in two days, according to AllAfrica. The latest…

Tullow Oil Issues $300M in Fresh Debt, Stock Dives

Tullow Oil Issues $300M in Fresh Debt, Stock Dives

Jul 06, 2016 at 11:40 | Irina Slav

UK-based exploration company Tullow Oil announced today that it has issued a convertible bond to the tune of US$300 million maturing in 2012. The announcement hit Tullow’s…

India Demonstrates Insatiable Thirst for LNG

India Demonstrates Insatiable Thirst for LNG

Jul 06, 2016 at 10:41 | Irina Slav

After it was touted as the biggest driver of global oil demand growth, India, Asia’s second-largest economy, is now emerging as a solid LNG consumer as well. Bloomberg…

Lebanon Gearing Up For First Offshore Oil Tender

Lebanon Gearing Up For First Offshore Oil Tender

Jul 06, 2016 at 09:45 | Irina Slav

Lebanon is preparing to join the ranks of oil and gas producers in the Mediterranean after lagging behind neighbors such as Israel and Egypt for years, unable…

Qatar Sees Spike in LNG Exports to South Asia, Middle East

Qatar Sees Spike in LNG Exports to South Asia, Middle East

Jul 06, 2016 at 09:19 | Lincoln Brown

Qatar’s exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to India and Pakistan grew by 50 percent annually over the first half of the year. LNG deliveries to South…

Move Over Canada, U.S. Shale Gas is Here to Stay

Move Over Canada, U.S. Shale Gas is Here to Stay

Jul 05, 2016 at 17:59 | Irina Slav

A Canadian Energy Research Institute survey has found that the country’s natural gas exports will continue to slide over the coming years, with their market share eaten…

Nigeria’s Buhari Selects New Leadership for National Oil Firm

Nigeria’s Buhari Selects New Leadership for National Oil Firm

Jul 05, 2016 at 16:58 | James Burgess

A new board of directors for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has been announced by the country’s President Muhammadu Buhari, focusing media attention further on the…

Petrobras To Sell “Junk” Oil Fields To Pay Debt

Petrobras To Sell “Junk” Oil Fields To Pay Debt

Jul 05, 2016 at 13:12 | Erwin Cifuentes

Brazilian state-owned oil giant Petrobras plans to sell nine oil fields as part of its previously announced move to lower the company’s massive debt. The Wall…

Nigeria Spearheads OPEC’s June Output Jump

Nigeria Spearheads OPEC’s June Output Jump

Jul 05, 2016 at 11:34 | Irina Slav

A ramp-up in oil production in Nigeria pushed up OPEC’s total in June, also helped by smaller but meaningful production increases in Libya and Saudi Arabia. A…

Tesla Q2 Sales Miss Target by 15%

Tesla Q2 Sales Miss Target by 15%

Jul 05, 2016 at 11:18 | Irina Slav

Tesla shipped 14,370 cars in the second quarter of the year, missing its sales target from May by 15 percent. The company produced 18,345 cars in the…

Chevron-Led Consortium To Splash $37 Billion On Tengiz Field Expansion

Chevron-Led Consortium To Splash $37 Billion On Tengiz Field Expansion

Jul 05, 2016 at 10:00 | Lincoln Brown

A consortium of international oil majors led by Chevron has approved a $36.8-billion output expansion plan for the giant Tengiz oilfield in Kazakhstan, the country’s Energy…

Shell Warns Of Further Job Cuts

Shell Warns Of Further Job Cuts

Jul 05, 2016 at 09:02 | Irina Slav

Shell may have to cut more jobs after laying off 12,500 people over the past year, CEO Ben van Beurden told The Telegraph. The new cuts would be…

Exxon And BP Battle For ‘Oil Contract Of The Century’

Exxon And BP Battle For ‘Oil Contract Of The Century’

Jul 04, 2016 at 13:01 | Zainab Calcuttawala

ExxonMobil and British Petroleum have been facing off over the terms of the renewal of the “contract of the century” in Azerbaijan, according to sources that spoke to…

Exxon Find In Guyana Could Yield Double The Estimated Output

Exxon Find In Guyana Could Yield Double The Estimated Output

Jul 01, 2016 at 16:38 | Erwin Cifuentes

An offshore oil find near Guyana by Exxon Mobil could yield double the anticipated production, according to a statement from the company cited by Reuters…

Chevron Halts Production At Gorgon Plant For Second Time This Year

Chevron Halts Production At Gorgon Plant For Second Time This Year

Jul 01, 2016 at 15:18 | Lincoln Brown

For the second time this year, Chevron has stopped production at its Gorgon liquefied natural gas operation in Australia. The plant had to be evacuated…

North Dakota Issues New Rules On Spill Containment

North Dakota Issues New Rules On Spill Containment

Jul 01, 2016 at 14:20 | Lincoln Brown

On Wednesday, industry regulators in North Dakota issued new rules to curb oil spills in the state. The new rules include third-party inspections on…

For Those Who Miss the Rumble: Tesla’s Model S Now Has It

For Those Who Miss the Rumble: Tesla’s Model S Now Has It

Jul 01, 2016 at 13:53 | Irina Slav

Many drivers jokingly—or not so jokingly—have lamented the soundlessness of electric cars. Now Tesla has teamed up with Mutual Mobile, an app developer, to address the lament. The…

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