Andy Tully

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• Russia To Help Iran Reboot Oil Industry

  Published 03 January 2016 | viewed 18,552 times

  Now that Iran appears on the verge of resuming prodigious oil production, it’s becoming clear that it plans to do so by forming ever-closer ties…

• Shell Ends The Year On A Positive Note, Gets Drilling Permission In Ireland

  Published 03 January 2016 | viewed 4,782 times

  Shell hasn’t had a good 2015. Beyond the scourge of low oil prices, which afflicts all energy companies, the Anglo-Dutch giant also had to abandon…

• Saudi Arabia Cuts Subsidies As Budget Deficit Soars

  Published 30 December 2015 | viewed 30,190 times

  The price of crude oil has dropped so low that Saudi Arabia is facing a growing budget deficit, prompting the rich oil kingdom to make…

• Turkish Stream Might Not Be Dead Yet As Russians Prepared To Talk With Turkey

  Published 30 December 2015 | viewed 12,881 times

  No one really expected a shooting war between Russia and Turkey, a NATO member, over the downing of a Russian bomber after it reportedly violated…

• Oil Crash Shrinks Russian GDP; Energy Minister Blames Saudis

  Published 29 December 2015 | viewed 14,661 times

  Russia’s oil-dependent economy appears headed for a second year of recession, and Energy Minister Alexander Novak says the blame falls squarely on the Saudis. The…

• Scottish Communities Reaping Benefits Of Renewables

  Published 29 December 2015 | viewed 5,241 times

  Green energy evidently has survived its reputation of being too expensive for the amount of power it provides, especially when compared to fossil fuels. Like…

• Iran Denies Reports It Plans To Resume Oil Sales With Steep Discounts

  Published 28 December 2015 | viewed 5,659 times

  Iran is dismissing a report that it plans to offer steep discounts on oil to many customers, particularly in Asia, when it returns to the…

• As Oil Prices Stay Low, Alaska Mulls Income Tax

  Published 28 December 2015 | viewed 5,764 times

  Once upon a time, Alaska operated pretty much like any of the other 49 U.S. states, particularly in how it raised money to serve its…

• OPEC: $95 Oil, But Not Until 2040

  Published 26 December 2015 | viewed 19,592 times

  This week opened with the average global price of oil at an 11-year low, yet OPEC expects its own producers eventually will cut back on…

• Ex Oil Magnate Khodorkovsky Faces New Criminal Charges

  Published 26 December 2015 | viewed 4,485 times

  Mikhail Khodorkovsky may have thought himself a free man at last when Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned him of financial crimes two years ago. Now,…

• Japan To Restart Several Nuclear Plants, But Opposition Is Fierce

  Published 23 December 2015 | viewed 11,344 times

  A Japanese court says it’s too early to resume operations at the Takahama nuclear power plant on the country’s western coast, citing the risk of…

• Chevron Seeks To Weather Storm Of Low Prices With China LNG Deal

  Published 23 December 2015 | viewed 6,197 times

  U.S. energy giant Chevron Corp. says it’s got a tentative deal to sell liquid natural gas (LNG) from its Australia operations to a Chinese energy…

• Russian Oil Industry Could Begin Deteriorating in 2017

  Published 22 December 2015 | viewed 8,141 times

  So far, Russia has managed to maintain generous oil production despite OPEC’s persistent refusal to cut its own output. “I will tell you when Russian…

• Shell-BG Merger Awaits Shareholders Approval, Looks Shaky

  Published 22 December 2015 | viewed 6,342 times

  Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group say their shareholders will vote in late January on the companies’ merger, even though the proposed deal, announced in…

• Saudi Arabia Continues to Ramp Up Oil Output in Face of Market Glut

  Published 21 December 2015 | viewed 26,516 times

  Saudi Arabia increased its exports of oil during October, shipping out more crude than it had in the previous four months, aggravating a supply glut…

• U.S. Budget Deal A Boon For Solar And Wind

  Published 21 December 2015 | viewed 5,953 times

  As Britain’s Conservative government moves to reduce subsidies for renewable energy technology, the U.S. Congress appears at least to have suspended its partisan legislative logjam…

• Icahn Ousts Cheniere CEO For ‘Aggressive Expansion’ Plans

  Published 19 December 2015 | viewed 10,354 times

  Cheniere Energy, a U.S. exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has fired its CEO, apparently because of his plans for aggressive expansion, but is still…

• Israeli Gas Dreams Move Forward

  Published 19 December 2015 | viewed 5,306 times

  Israel’s High Court of Justice must now decide whether the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was right in approving a controversial U.S.-Israeli partnership to…

• Trump Foiled In Effort To Halt Scottish Wind Farm

  Published 17 December 2015 | viewed 6,266 times

  Real estate mogul Donald Trump may be enjoying continued success in his quest for the U.S. presidency, but he struck out in a big way…

• LG Chem Makes Big Move In U.S. Energy Storage Market

  Published 17 December 2015 | viewed 6,374 times

  No matter how a utility generates electricity, whether with fossil fuels, solar or wind, there will always be the need for backup power. That means…