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• Solar Stocks Jittery Ahead Of Subsidy Phase-Out

  Published 15 August 2019 | viewed 13,218 times

  The end of this year will see the beginning of a phase-out for the Investment Tax Credit that was introduced more than a decade ago…

• Petrobras Repays Billions In China Debt Before Term

  Published 15 August 2019 | viewed 13,053 times

  Petrobras has settled a debt of US$3 billion with the China Development Bank ahead of time and will repay another debt, this one of US$5…

• Gibraltar Releases Iranian Tanker

  Published 15 August 2019 | viewed 7,919 times

  The authorities of Gibraltar have ruled to release Iranian-flagged tanker Grace 1 today, according to media reports, despite the US DOJ claim that it had…

• Koch Exits Canadian Oil Sands

  Published 15 August 2019 | viewed 21,858 times

  Koch Industries has sold its oil sands assets to Canadian Cavalier Energy, the Financial Post reports, noting that the deal closed two months ago. Cavalier…

• A Booming Niche In Energy’s Hottest Market

  Published 14 August 2019 | viewed 14,063 times

  The issue of battery recycling only recently came to light in the media as more and more attention is being paid to electric vehicles. Their…

• Shale Pioneer Hamm Calls For Production Slowdown

  Published 14 August 2019 | viewed 17,768 times

  U.S. shale producers need to slow down with production growth and focus more on capital discipline in an oversupplied market, Continental Resources’ Harold Hamm told…

• Oil Erases Gains On Crude Inventory Build

  Published 14 August 2019 | viewed 14,342 times

  Crude oil prices fell further down today after the Energy Information Administration reported a 1.6-million-barrel build in crude oil inventories for the week to August…

• China Oil Refinery Throughput Jumps 4% In July

  Published 14 August 2019 | viewed 9,587 times

  Refinery throughput in China went up by 4 percent last month, to a total 52.6 million tons, or about 12.44 million bpd, Reuters reports, citing…

• Oil Demand Growth Slowdown Isn’t Over Yet

  Published 13 August 2019 | viewed 11,916 times

  Two energy authorities reduced their crude oil demand outlooks in their latest reports. The U.S. Energy Information Administration cut its demand growth outlook by 70,000…

• Freeport LNG May Be Ready To Start Exporting

  Published 13 August 2019 | viewed 16,657 times

  The Freeport LNG plant in Texas may soon be ready to start loading its first LNG cargo, S&P Global Platts reports, after data from its…

• Heat Wave Pushes Texas Power Demand To Record-High

  Published 13 August 2019 | viewed 13,122 times

  Unusually high temperatures caused a surge in power consumption in Texas yesterday and could continue driving record consumption today as well, as weather forecasts point…

• Oxy Plans Quick Debt Reduction After Anadarko Takeover

  Published 13 August 2019 | viewed 16,963 times

  Occidental will reduce its US$40-billion debt load it used to acquire Anadarko as soon as possible, the company’s chief financial officer said at an industry…

• Is This The End Of Silicon Solar Cells?

  Published 12 August 2019 | viewed 81,065 times

  Silicon has been to the solar power industry—not to mention the IT industry—what oil has been for the car industry: an essential element without which…

• Iran Looks To Reduce Dependence On Oil To Zero

  Published 12 August 2019 | viewed 23,977 times

  Iran will restructure its budget in a way that should reduce the country’s dependence on oil revenues to zero, a senior government official told Mehr…

• Iran To Stop Gas Flaring At Southern Fields

  Published 12 August 2019 | viewed 19,280 times

  Iran will stop gas flaring in at least four fields in the South within three years, a former chief executive of the National Iranian South…

• The Revival Of A $53 Billion Megaproject

  Published 12 August 2019 | viewed 13,852 times

  The Iraqi government is still in talks with Exxon about a megadeal worth US$53 billion over three decades, Iraqi media reported, quoting the Oil Ministry…

• Lebanese Companies Smuggle Iranian Crude To Syria Against Sanctions

  Published 12 August 2019 | viewed 10,590 times

  A couple of Lebanese companies owned by a Syrian businessman on the U.S. sanction list are helping to bring Iranian oil into the country, Albin…

• US Gas Prices Slump Despite Soaring Demand

  Published 11 August 2019 | viewed 47,848 times

  Natural gas demand in the United States is growing. It’s growing thanks to the switch from coal to gas-fired power generation and thanks to the…

• Venezuela Plans Oil Production Boost Amid Worsening Crisis

  Published 09 August 2019 | viewed 20,964 times

  Venezuela plans to increase its oil production by 65,000 bpd by expanding the output of a joint venture between PDVSA and China’s CNPC, Reuters reports,…

• Tesla Owner Sues Company For Alleged Battery Fraud

  Published 09 August 2019 | viewed 15,556 times

  A Tesla owner has filed a suit against the carmaker claiming the company used a software update to deliberately reduce the battery range of his…