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• Venezuela Declares An Energy Emergency

  Published 20 February 2020 | viewed 94,577 times

  Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has declared emergency for the country’s oil industry, calling for measures to ensure Venezuela’s energy security, Sputnik reports, quoting a tweet…

• Oil Rallies On Small Crude Inventory Build

  Published 20 February 2020 | viewed 22,280 times

  As the effect of the coronavirus epidemic begins to recede and oil prices start to recover, the Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil inventory…

• Suncor Gets Alberta Approval for 40,000-Bpd Oil Sands Project

  Published 20 February 2020 | viewed 15,175 times

  Suncor has received the approval of the Alberta government for its Meadow Creek West oil sands project that will produce 40,000 bpd of crude, Canadian…

• The Permian Pipeline Even Environmentalists Should Support

  Published 19 February 2020 | viewed 21,352 times

  The idea that an oil or gas pipeline could be positive news for the environment is completely alien to those who believe we should put…

• Chinese Refinery Run Rates Fall To 6-Year Low

  Published 19 February 2020 | viewed 14,199 times

  Chinese oil refiners have cut their daily run rates further, to around 10 million bpd, which is the lowest since 2014, according to industry insiders…

• Guyana Reports 35,600 Bpd In Oil Production For December

  Published 19 February 2020 | viewed 20,062 times

  Guyana produced 35,607 barrels of oil daily in December, the country’s Finance Ministry said, as quoted by Reuters, which added the government’s royalty on that…

• EIA Cuts 2020 Oil Demand Forecast By 378,000 Bpd

  Published 19 February 2020 | viewed 26,765 times

  After on Friday OPEC slashed its oil demand outlook for this year by 230,000 bpd, the Energy Information Administration followed, revising its global oil demand…

• European Gas Prices Set To Slump

  Published 18 February 2020 | viewed 8,929 times

  Earlier this month analysts sounded the alarm for European natural gas prices when it turned out that a lot of Asian buyers are turning down…

• China Could Grant Tariff Exemptions On U.S. Oil And LNG

  Published 18 February 2020 | viewed 14,384 times

  China has opened for applications for tariff exemptions on a number of U.S. products and commodities including crude oil and liquefied natural gas, Reuters reported…

• Eni Strikes Oil Offshore Mexico

  Published 18 February 2020 | viewed 23,605 times

  Italy’s Eni has announced a new oil discovery offshore Mexico, in the Sureste Basin, saying it could contain between 200 and 300 million barrels of…

• IMF Slashes Nigeria GDP Outlook On Coronavirus Impact

  Published 18 February 2020 | viewed 6,736 times

  The International Monetary Fund cut Nigeria’s economic growth outlook, citing the effect that the Chinese coronavirus outbreak has had on global oil demand. The revision…

• Three Innovations To Upend The Energy Storage Market

  Published 17 February 2020 | viewed 42,173 times

  The battery craze isn’t really about batteries at all. It’s about something far grander than a battery, which is simply a conduit to a much…

• Qatar Delays Gas Field Expansion Amid Price Slump

  Published 17 February 2020 | viewed 18,865 times

  Qatar Petroleum has decided to postpone the start of expansion operations at its North Field, four unnamed sources told Reuters. The Qatari state energy firm…

• Libya Faces Disaster If Oil Blockade Continues

  Published 17 February 2020 | viewed 10,852 times

  Libya is facing financial disaster if the Libyan National Army does not lift the oil port blockade, the Prime Minister of the UN-recognized Government of…

• U.S. Top Energy Man Says Russia Can’t Complete Nord Stream Alone

  Published 17 February 2020 | viewed 8,980 times

  U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouilette believes Russia’s Gazprom will not be able to complete the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project on its own due…

• Can LNG Kill Oil?

  Published 16 February 2020 | viewed 44,606 times

  Natural gas--the bridge fuel to our renewable future--is cleaner and cheaper than oil. If it’s the clearly green fuel and already widely used to generate…

• What Will Oil Prices Do After The Coronavirus?

  Published 16 February 2020 | viewed 54,203 times

  The coronavirus outbreak in China has hogged headlines for a month now, battering oil prices and sending OPEC into a frenzy to find a way…

• The Next Renewable Energy Source Could Be Rain

  Published 16 February 2020 | viewed 32,512 times

  The quest for the next source of renewable energy is well under way, with no natural phenomenon overlooked. We have already harnessed the power of…

• Can Digital Tech Solve Oil’s Talent Crisis?

  Published 15 February 2020 | viewed 14,644 times

  The oil industry isn’t just struggling to maintain a modicum of positive reputation under the growing anti-fossil fuel pressure from multiple sides--it’s also struggling to…

• Business Leaders Lash Out At Gas Pipeline Protesters

  Published 14 February 2020 | viewed 11,102 times

  Protests against the Coastal GasLink pipeline that will deliver natural gas to Canada’s first LNG plant are having repercussions across industries as they paralyze railway…