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• Iran Seizes Iraqi Vessel In The Gulf

  Published 05 August 2019 | viewed 12,832 times

  The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Sunday it had seized an Iraqi boat carrying 700,000 liters of fuel the Iranian army said was being…

• Turning Natural Gas Into Fuel Just Became Cheaper

  Published 04 August 2019 | viewed 45,711 times

  The advantages of natural gas over the other two fossil fuels—coal and crude oil—seem to be indisputable when it comes to carbon emissions. Natural gas…

• Indian Oil Companies Should Borrow More Internationally: Minister

  Published 02 August 2019 | viewed 11,885 times

  Indian oil companies should increase their international borrowing to keep the industry growing, the country’s oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today as quoted by Reuters.…

• Asset Sales Drive Petrobras To Highest Ever Quarterly Profit

  Published 02 August 2019 | viewed 4,088 times

  Brazil’s state oil and gas major Petrobras, once the company with the biggest debt pile in the global oil and gas industry, booked the highest…

• CNPC, ONGC May Leave Sudan’s Oil Industry

  Published 02 August 2019 | viewed 19,231 times

  China’s CNPC, Indian ONGC, and Malaysian Petronas may exit Sudan’s oil industry as the African country’s unpaid dues to the trio swell. The Economic Times…

• Light Oil Set To Flood Global Market

  Published 01 August 2019 | viewed 19,728 times

  Shale oil production growth to record highs in the United States drove a 2.5-million-bpd increase in global oil production last year despite OPEC+ cuts, Italy’s…

• Amazon Looks To Buy Into India’s Oil Boom

  Published 01 August 2019 | viewed 7,637 times

  Amazon is reportedly in talks to acquire a stake in Reliance Retail, the retail arm of the conglomerate and the largest retailer in India. According…

• Naftogaz Targets Russia With New $5.2 Billion Lawsuit

  Published 01 August 2019 | viewed 7,732 times

  Ukraine’s state oil and gas company Naftogaz Ukrainy has filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation for assets that the latter seized after its annexation…

• Consumers Aren’t Crazy About Electric Cars

  Published 01 August 2019 | viewed 15,798 times

  Enthusiasm among drivers is lacking about autonomous vehicles and even electric cars, J.D. Power’s latest Mobility Confidence Index has revealed. The results of the survey…

• A Surprising Innovation In Energy’s Hottest Market

  Published 31 July 2019 | viewed 26,761 times

  The world’s geothermal power generation capacity this year hit 14.9 GW. The figure is minuscule compared with fossil fuel or even renewable generation capacity but…

• Tesla Dumps $62 Million In R&D In Q2

  Published 31 July 2019 | viewed 9,648 times

  Tesla shelved research and development projects worth a total US$62 million during the second quarter, the company said in a filing with the Securities and…

• Noble, Delek Mull Over New LNG Terminal

  Published 31 July 2019 | viewed 10,620 times

  Noble Energy and Delek Drilling, the operators of the Leviathan offshore gas field in Israel, may add a floating LNG export terminal to their project…

• Oil Prices Soar On Huge Inventory Draw

  Published 31 July 2019 | viewed 43,880 times

  A day after yet another bullish oil inventory estimate from the American Petroleum Institute, the Energy Information Administration reported another solid decline in inventories, which…

• Should Tesla Give Up On Solar?

  Published 30 July 2019 | viewed 18,055 times

  When earlier this year Wood Mackenzie reported Tesla’s share of the solar installations market had fallen to just 6.3 percent during the first quarter, it…

• Tesla Launches Megapack

  Published 30 July 2019 | viewed 12,973 times

  Tesla has introduced a utility-scale energy storage system dubbed Megapack, with up to 3 MWh of storage capacity and 1.5 MW of inverter capacity, the…

• Iran, Russia Plan Joint Military Drills In Strait Of Hormuz

  Published 30 July 2019 | viewed 26,211 times

  Iran and Russia are planning a joint military drill in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, the Commander of the Iranian Navy, Rear…

• A Ticking Time Bomb For Oil Markets

  Published 30 July 2019 | viewed 54,614 times

  Crude oil in floating and onshore storage in Iran has exceeded 110 million barrels, energy data analysts at Kpler reported this week, noting the number…

• Emirati Gas Company To Sell Egypt Assets

  Published 29 July 2019 | viewed 7,861 times

  Emirati Dana Gas has put its Egyptian energy assets up for sale and has hired Tudor Pickering, Holt & Co. as advisor, Reuters reports, citing…

• Second Royal Navy Warship Arrives In Persian Gulf

  Published 29 July 2019 | viewed 8,994 times

  A second warship sent by the British Royal Navy to the Persian Gulf in the wake of deteriorating relations between the UK and Iran has…

• China Imports Of Iranian Oil Slump In June

  Published 29 July 2019 | viewed 11,553 times

  Chinese crude oil imports from Iran fell in June as expected after the end of sanction waivers that the United States granted eight Iranian oil…