Charles is a writer for Oilprice.com
Oil from Canada’s oil sands is around 20 percent more carbon-intensive on average than crude from elsewhere. That is the damming conclusion from a forthcoming…
If the U.S. is willing to conclude a deal with Iran, lift sanctions and allow Iran to export oil, shouldn’t the U.S. itself allow oil…
Russian energy giant Gazprom is building up a global portfolio with a western oil major. Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell are teaming up on several…
India is now the world’s third largest importer of crude oil after the United States and China. The country’s oil imports have steadily climbed along…
Crude-by-rail is no longer growing like gangbusters. The number of shipments for crude oil on North America’s railways surged in recent years from previously negligible…
Royal Dutch Shell announced on June 14 that it was removing some of its workers from its offshore oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico…
The US is poised to become a major exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the coming years, with the first shipments leaving the Gulf…
The fight against ISIS has taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks, with strategic cities and territory having been captured by the militant…
The connection between wastewater injection wells and an alarming increase in the frequency of earthquakes is getting a lot more scrutiny these days. First was…
Who ever said there wouldn’t be any news coming out of the OPEC meeting in Vienna this week? In a surprise announcement, Indonesia has decided…
Recognizing its position as the world’s largest oil importer, China is moving to create a futures contract for crude. The new contract would be listed…
A group of European oil companies have banded together to call upon the international community to institute a global carbon price. In a letter to…
With major setbacks in the fight against ISIS in Iraq, the Obama administration has been faced with questions about its strategy. Rather than making progress…
More than a dozen people were killed as massive rain storms hit Texas, flooding large swathes of land across much of the state. The storms…
The deadline for a comprehensive deal between Iran and the P5+1 nations is quickly approaching, with the outcome no more certain than it was a…
Low oil prices are endangering an increasing number of exploration and production companies.According to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service, the oil and gas…
A pipeline in California broke and spilled oil into the Pacific Ocean on May 19. Oil washed up on the shores in Santa Barbara County…
While we constantly analyze short-term data, the industry has a longer-term problem. And it is not related to what lies below the ground.There is a…
Libya has been torn apart from violence and political instability, and its oil sector has been severely impacted as a result. But amid all the…
With mounting evidence that the fracking industry is causing a dramatic rise in seismic activity in Oklahoma, a growing chorus is calling for a moratorium…