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Mar 19, 2015 at 16:51 | Andy Tully

Saudi crude exports rallied in January to their highest levels in nine months, ending a disappointing slump in demand throughout much of 2014. Oil exports from…

Mar 19, 2015 at 16:44 | Andy Tully

Europe may have found a way to dramatically reduce its reliance on Russian gas by getting the fuel from Azerbaijan through a pipeline in Turkey. On…

Mar 18, 2015 at 16:26 | Andy Tully

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s government has begun a series of talks with oil producing countries, whether they’re members of OPEC or not, to find ways to…

Mar 18, 2015 at 16:21 | Andy Tully

Kuwait and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are discussing how the oil-rich country might begin imposing taxes on local companies in an effort to diversify sources…

Mar 17, 2015 at 17:17 | Andy Tully

OPEC says the rate of growth in US crude output may be reduced by half this year primarily because of a decline in drilling by cash-strapped…

Mar 17, 2015 at 17:11 | James Hamilton

The EIA released a new drilling productivity report last week, allowing us to update our graph of the drilling rig count in the four major…

Mar 17, 2015 at 17:02 | Andy Tully

SolarCity, which specializes in rooftop solar energy panels, has long accused utility industries of monopolistic practices that discourage the change necessary to expand power options. Until…

Mar 16, 2015 at 14:11 | Andy Tully

US international security officials said Washington’s embassy in Riyadh has suspended all consular services in three major Saudi cities because of concerns that an unnamed “terrorist organization” may be intent…

Mar 16, 2015 at 14:08 | Charles Kennedy

The relationship between the U.S. and Venezuela – which has been an icy one for years – took a hit after the Obama administration passed sanctions on individuals high up…

Mar 13, 2015 at 17:30 | Andy Tully

Royal Dutch Shell and the United Steelworkers (USW) have reached a tentative agreement on a new contract covering pay, worker safety and other matters to end…

Mar 13, 2015 at 17:25 | Andy Tully

Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL), the state’s largest utility, is asking the Florida Public Service Commission to let it buy a coal-fired power plant just…

Mar 12, 2015 at 17:44 | Andy Tully

When it comes to surviving the plunge in oil prices, timing is everything. While many oil companies large and small are reducing, postponing or outright abandoning costly future projects to…

Mar 12, 2015 at 17:35 | Andy Tully

The European Commission (EC) plans to tighten its relations with several nations, including Turkey, as a part of the Continent’s effort to lessen its dependence on…

Mar 11, 2015 at 17:13 | Andy Tully

“Pee If You Want to Help Refugees.” Not exactly a zinger of a bumper sticker, and it sounds a bit daffy, but it’s actually a serious…

Mar 11, 2015 at 16:19 | Andy Tully

PNC Financial Services Group, the seventh-biggest US bank, has given in to environmental and financial pressure to dramatically reduce the financing it provides to companies that…

Mar 10, 2015 at 16:33 | Andy Tully

For years, solar energy has been widely viewed as a promise of clean, abundant energy that simply can’t be kept because of its inefficiency expense. But…

Mar 10, 2015 at 16:20 | MINING.com

MINING.com toured Chile’s El Teniente mine, the world's largest underground copper operation and the sixth biggest copper mine by reserve size.

Mar 09, 2015 at 17:07 | Andy Tully

Egypt’s deal with BP to jointly invest $12 billion to develop offshore gas fields shows that oil companies’ faith in the country’s political stability is gradually…

Mar 09, 2015 at 17:02 | Andy Tully

The American oil giant Occidental Petroleum Corp. has agreed to an undisclosed out-of-court settlement with members of a tribe of Peruvian natives in the Amazon basin,…

Mar 09, 2015 at 16:53 | Climate Progress

  Credit: Courtesy Of Solar Impulse© On Monday in Abu Dhabi, two Swiss pilots set off in a solar-powered airplane in…