Irina Slav

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• Tech Titans Start Internet Space Race

  Published 25 September 2019 | viewed 14,161 times

  Last week, when CNN reported SpaceX planned to start beaming Internet from space next year, it drew attention to a fascinating and potentially extremely lucrative…

• Colonizing Mars Is No Longer A Dream

  Published 25 September 2019 | viewed 19,589 times

  The idea of colonizing Mars left the sphere of speculation a long time ago, and it’s taking long strides towards a reality. In fact, scientists…

• Mexican President Slams Predecessor’s Energy Reform

  Published 25 September 2019 | viewed 10,672 times

  Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has slammed the energy sector reform that his predecessor, Enrique Pena-Nieto, enacted when he took office, saying that it…

• Oil Prices Slide On Bearish Crude Inventory Data

  Published 25 September 2019 | viewed 32,379 times

  Crude oil deepened its latest losses after the Energy Information Administration reported a 2.4-million-barrel build in crude oil inventories for the week to September 20.…

• Aramco Considers Doubling Stake For IPO

  Published 25 September 2019 | viewed 7,626 times

  Aramco is considering the offer of not 5 but 10 percent of its stock in the much-hyped initial public offering that has been delayed several…

• Big Oil Starts Climate Initiative To Win Young People Back

  Published 24 September 2019 | viewed 11,437 times

  More than a dozen international oil companies this week announced the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative aimed at addressing the concerns expressed loudly by young…

• Russia Signs Paris Agreement, Adopts Emissions Law By End-2020

  Published 24 September 2019 | viewed 7,406 times

  Russia will have a law on emissions by the end of 2020, the country’s climate envoy Ruslan Edelgeriev said as quoted by TASS. Edelgeriev spoke…

• Korea’s Kogas Buys More US LNG In Supply Deal With BP

  Published 24 September 2019 | viewed 11,327 times

  South Korea’s Kogas has struck a deal with BP for the supply of 1.58 million tons of U.S. liquefied natural gas annually over a period…

• World’s Longest Elevator Could Trigger New Commodity Race

  Published 24 September 2019 | viewed 32,750 times

  Before you read the article: Investing in space ventures is quickly becoming one of the hottest investment trends. Our researchers have distilled a number of…

• Is Aramco Lying About Its Damaged Oil Infrastructure?

  Published 23 September 2019 | viewed 45,871 times

  Repairs at the Khurais field and the Abqaiq processing facility may take several months rather than the ten weeks tops that Aramco had initially estimated,…

• World Leaders Issue Statement Supporting Libyan NOC’s Legitimacy

  Published 23 September 2019 | viewed 7,062 times

  The U.S, the UK, France, Italy, Germany and the UAE have issued a joint statement in recognition of the National Oil Corporation of Libya as…

• Oil Wealth Could Fund Free Education In This State

  Published 22 September 2019 | viewed 8,222 times

  Money from New Mexico’s general fund would be used in a plan for providing local students with free college education regardless of their income level.…

• Shell, Exxon Close Deal To Build Five LNG Import Terminals

  Published 20 September 2019 | viewed 50,111 times

  Shell and Exxon are among the companies picked by the Pakistani government to build five LNG import terminals as part of efforts to boost natural…

• The World's Top Oil Basin Is Running Out Of Space

  Published 20 September 2019 | viewed 65,494 times

  Oil companies drilling so-called child wells in the Permian risk losing 15 to 20 percent of the crude oil that could be recovered otherwise, investment…

• It's Time For Traders To Take Advantage Of High Oil Prices

  Published 20 September 2019 | viewed 18,564 times

  Citigroup is advising traders to sell their positions on oil and use the proceeds to hedge against a decline in equity markets, Bloomberg reports, citing…

• Wealthy Saudis Are Being Bullied Into Buying Aramco

  Published 20 September 2019 | viewed 40,164 times

  Saudi Arabia is pressuring wealthy nationals into taking part in Aramco’s upcoming IPO, The Financial Times reports, citing sources in the know. The report follows…

• New Mexico Deploys Robots To Tackle Methane Emissions

  Published 20 September 2019 | viewed 7,168 times

  New Mexico, which shares the Permian shale play with Texas, is using satellites and artificial intelligence to track methane emissions as part of plans to…

• Can Hydrogen Trucks Kill Diesel Demand?

  Published 19 September 2019 | viewed 38,766 times

  Hydrogen, once touted as the fuel of the future and then slipping into near oblivion as electric cars gained popularity, may still have a future…

• EU On Edge As Russia And Ukraine Restart Gas Talks

  Published 19 September 2019 | viewed 9,224 times

  Russia and Ukraine are scheduled to restart their gas transit negotiations today in Brussels, with the mediation of EU officials. The negotiations are closely watched…

• Why Is This Supermajor Dumping Its Aussie Assets?

  Published 19 September 2019 | viewed 8,051 times

  Exxon has put up for sale its assets in Australia’s Gippsland Basin as part of a $15-billion divestment program, Reuters reports, quoting a company statement.…