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Irina Slav

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  • Protests Halt Production At Iraqi Oil Field

    Published 20 January 2020 | viewed 10,496 times

    Escalating protests in Iraq have led to a halt in production at the Al Ahdab oil field, which pumps some 70,000 bpd, Bloomberg reports, citing…

  • Putin’s Powerplay Could Jeopardize The OPEC Deal

    Published 17 January 2020 | viewed 24,643 times

    In classic Putin style, the Russian president is now trying to push through reforms that would weaken the future presidency at the expense of the…

  • Gas Deliveries At Sabine Pass LNG Plant Fall Due of Fog

    Published 17 January 2020 | viewed 12,408 times

    A dense fog in the area of the Sabine Pass LNG facility in Louisiana has suffered reduced supplies of natural gas and limited tanker movement,…

  • Trans Mountain Expansion Scores Big Win In Court

    Published 17 January 2020 | viewed 7,761 times

    Canada’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by British Columbia that aimed to stop work on the controversial Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, Bloomberg reports,…

  • Why Oilfield Service Giants Are Dumping Assets

    Published 17 January 2020 | viewed 31,882 times

    The three biggest oilfield service providers have all announced asset sales as they adapt to an environment featuring laxer demand for their services, Reuters reports.…

  • Total To Drill World’s Deepest Well In Angola

    Published 16 January 2020 | viewed 27,508 times

    Total will drill an ultra deepwater well off the coast of Angola that will be the deepest in the world, Bloomberg reports, citing Maersk Drilling,…

  • How China Could Restart The U.S. Oil Export Boom

    Published 16 January 2020 | viewed 16,803 times

    China may resume purchases of U.S. crude oil and products after the Phase 1 deal Washington and Beijing signed yesterday, Bloomberg reports. The terms of…

  • Florida To Buy Part Of Everglades To Protect Them From Oil Drilling

    Published 16 January 2020 | viewed 8,430 times

    Florida has agreed to buy part of the Everglades wetlands to protect the sensitive ecosystem from oil drilling, Reuters reports, citing an announcement by the…

  • Iran Regime Change Could Push To $40 Oil

    Published 15 January 2020 | viewed 35,833 times

    It sounds counterintuitive and counterlogical, but there is a possibility that if the current government of Iran is toppled, crude oil prices could drop to…

  • Washington Might Compromise On Fuel Economy Standards Rollback

    Published 15 January 2020 | viewed 7,605 times

    The Trump administration, which vowed to roll back Obama-era fuel economy standards to make cars more affordable might stop short of freezing these at 2020…

  • Encana Shareholders Approve Move To U.S., Name Change

    Published 15 January 2020 | viewed 11,374 times

    As many as 90 percent of Encana shareholders voted in favor of the company’s proposed renaming and move to the United States as the company…

  • Massive Oil Product Build Sends Prices Lower

    Published 15 January 2020 | viewed 37,548 times

    A day after the API’s crude oil inventory report pressured prices, the EIA relieved some of the pressure by reporting an inventory draw of 2.5…

  • The Unexpected Consequences Of Germany’s Anti-Nuclear Push

    Published 14 January 2020 | viewed 54,386 times

    Germany, the poster child for renewable energy, sourcing close to half of its electricity from renewable sources, plans to close all of its nuclear power…

  • UK Oil Producer Sees Shares Tumble 70% On Loan Fraud

    Published 14 January 2020 | viewed 7,346 times

    London-listed oil producer Lekoil has suspended trade in its shares amid a budding scandal involving a loan from a company claiming to act on behalf…

  • Ontario Government Warns Residents of Nuclear Incident—Accidentally

    Published 14 January 2020 | viewed 9,353 times

    The Canadian government sent out an incident alert for a nuclear plant near Toronto on Sunday, urging residents in the vicinity of the Pickering nuclear…

  • Why U.S. LNG Can’t Win In Europe

    Published 13 January 2020 | viewed 35,896 times

    When Washington imposed sanctions on companies, the move drew criticism not just from Russia but from Germany as well. The sanctions, targeting firms building the…

  • Has OPEC Found Its Oil Price Sweet Spot?

    Published 13 January 2020 | viewed 15,021 times

    Most OPEC members seem to be quite happy with where oil prices are now, according to the energy minister of one of the smaller members…

  • Aramco Supersizes IPO, Issues More Shares

    Published 13 January 2020 | viewed 14,480 times

    Aramco has exercised the greenshoe option attached to its initial public offering, issuing another 450 million shares to raise an additional $3.8 billion, the company…

  • How Far Has Renewable Energy Come In The Last 20 Years

    Published 11 January 2020 | viewed 44,806 times

    This isn’t a revolution. It’s an evolution, and while that may lack the shock and awe of something like the shale boom, its long-term impact…

  • Iranian Cyberattack Hits Bahrain Oil Company

    Published 10 January 2020 | viewed 19,021 times

    A cyberattack with a data-wiping malware originating in Iran hit Bahrain’s oil company Bapco in late December, ZDNet reports, citing unnamed sources. According to the…

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