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World’s Biggest Oil Trader Questions Its Own Fate

Oct 06, 2017 at 09:25

Vitol’s chief executive, Ian Taylor, said he expected the shift to electric vehicles and non-fossil fuel sources of energy to shrink the oil industry. Speaking at an event in…

The Permian Boom Is Coming To An End

Oct 05, 2017 at 16:45

The pressure on shale drillers to throttle back on their aggressive drilling continues to crop up in new places, and there are growing signs that the Permian is slowing down.…

Tax Breaks Make $50 Oil Profitable In The U.S.

Oct 05, 2017 at 16:36

While the U.S. administration is pushing for a tax code overhaul and supports American “energy dominance”, an environmental group suggests in a new study that at the current oil prices…

Venezuela And Russia Team Up To Tackle The Petrodollar

Oct 05, 2017 at 16:31

Three weeks after the U.S. imposed financial sanctions on Venezuela in an effort to cripple its economy and choke the Maduro regime, which in turn prompted Caracas to announce it would…

Russia To Become A Leader In Energy Storage

Oct 05, 2017 at 15:58

Here’s a fun fact about Russia: it gets a fifth of its energy from hydropower. This might sound shocking for a country whose image is so tightly linked to…

Why Russia Is Playing All Sides In The Middle East

Oct 05, 2017 at 13:56

With the Trump administration lately focused mostly on domestic policy - even as Mueller's ongoing Russian probe continues to hang over Trump's head – U.S. power and influence in the…

Iran, Iraq, And Turkey Unite To Block Kurdish Oil Exports

Oct 05, 2017 at 13:45

Iraq, Iran, and Turkey are taking a unified stance against Kurdistan’s oil sector after the region elected to seek independence from Baghdad in a referendum in September, according to a…

Oil Prices May Hit $60 By End Of 2017

Oct 05, 2017 at 12:25

As it turned out, my predictions of where prices would end up by the end of September were spot on. And now, we’re entering a period of rather narrow trading…

Is This The Missing Link In Lithium Batteries?

Oct 05, 2017 at 10:52

Lithium batteries made with asphalt could charge 10 to 20 times faster than the commercial lithium-ion batteries currently available. The researchers developed anodes comprising porous carbon made from asphalt that…

Record U.S. Oil Exports Weigh On Oil Prices

Oct 05, 2017 at 09:31

West Texas Intermediate briefly slumped below US$50 after a brief rally, as EIA data about U.S. crude oil exports showed these had hit a record-high of 1.98 million bpd.…

The Trillion Dollar Market That Stopped Chasing Profits

Oct 04, 2017 at 16:31

Every carmaker worth their salt is developing electric cars. It’s like a virus that’s going around infecting car manufacturing companies. The virus’ name, of course, is Tesla—with observers seeing Elon…

Activist Investors Crack Down On Shale CEO Salaries

Oct 04, 2017 at 16:11

The growth-at-all-costs model for shale drillers has succeeded in ramping up U.S. oil production, but it hasn’t necessarily led to impressive financials. A group of activist investors are hoping to…

Who Is Winning The Market Share War In China?

Oct 04, 2017 at 16:06

The pace of China’s crude oil imports and demand growth is one of the key pieces of data for the oil market and analysts to gauge global oil demand growth.…

IEA: “Era Of Expensive Renewables Is Over”

Oct 04, 2017 at 15:52

After a record breaking year in 2016 for solar PV, the IEA overhauled its forecast for the next five years, significantly raising the projected growth profile for renewable energy. In…

China’s Oil Demand Is Far Ahead Of Last Year’s Pace

Oct 04, 2017 at 13:52

OPEC recently released its Monthly Oil Market Report which covers the global oil supply and demand picture through July. OPEC crude oil production decreased by 79,000 BPD in August to average…

Can Mali Maintain Its Gold Mining Status?

Oct 04, 2017 at 13:51

Mali’s gold exports are falling, and new discoveries aren’t enough to make up for the loss of its giant legacy mines, where production is already dead or winding down, and…

U.S. Department Of Energy Looks To Subsidize Coal Plants

Oct 04, 2017 at 12:44

In a Canute-like move, On September 29, the US Department of Energy sent a proposal to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that would, if adopted, significantly increase the value…

The Natural Gas Giant To Challenge Israel

Oct 04, 2017 at 11:52

When Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri paid a visit to Russian President Vladimir Putin mid-September, most media coverage revolved around political and military issues. Yet the meeting was part…

Qatar Uses Saudi Strategy To Conquer LNG Markets

Oct 04, 2017 at 10:47

Qatar holds the third largest natural gas reserves in the world behind Iran and Russia. The country’s offshore region is host to the largest natural gas field in the world,…

Strong Crude Draw Boosts Oil Prices

Oct 04, 2017 at 09:47

The biggest oil price third-quarter rally in years came to a grinding halt this week with preliminary OPEC production figures for September suggesting an increase, quickly dampening enthusiasm about record-high…

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