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• Venezuela Says Electromagnetic Attack Behind Latest Blackout

  Published 23 July 2019 | viewed 10,938 times

  Another blackout turned the lights off in more than half of Venezuela, Reuters reports citing witnesses and social media posts. The report added that Caracas…

• Libya Lifts Force Majeure After Giant Sharara Field Starts Pumping Again

  Published 22 July 2019 | viewed 12,293 times

  Libya has lifted its force majeure on Monday after it stopped loading crude oil for the weekend from the Zawiya terminal following the suspension of…

• UK Prime Minister To Chair Meeting On Iran Tanker Crisis

  Published 22 July 2019 | viewed 6,710 times

  UK’s Prime Minister Theresa May will chair a meeting of emergency committee Cobra following Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker last Friday, the BBC reports.…

• RBC: Natural Gas Glut Will Last Into 2020s

  Published 22 July 2019 | viewed 19,355 times

  A supply overhang in natural gas will persist into the next decade, the Royal Bank of Canada has projected, adding that China will be the…

• 30,000 In NYC Without Power During Heat Wave Weekend

  Published 22 July 2019 | viewed 6,730 times

  Some 30,000 Con Ed customers in New York City were left without power temporarily yesterday as the utility fought a string of outages caused by…

• Oil Market Prepares For Super Secret Mexico Hedge

  Published 22 July 2019 | viewed 16,174 times

  Wall Street banks have started preparing their positions on oil ahead of the annual Mexico oil hedge, in which Mexico places bets of as much…

• Oil Halts Slide On Crude Draw

  Published 17 July 2019 | viewed 28,729 times

  The Energy Information Administration reported a modest oil inventory draw of 3.1 million barrels for the week to July 12, confirming and even exceeding the American Petroleum…

• What’s Behind The Drop In Renewable Spending?

  Published 16 July 2019 | viewed 15,283 times

  A marked decline in spending on renewable energy projects during the first half of the year has suggested that wind and solar have yet to…

• EV Giants Vie For Battery Dominance

  Published 15 July 2019 | viewed 14,013 times

  While researchers seek alternatives to lithium ion dominance in the battery space and European carmakers and governments pour billions into local battery production capacity to…

• Is This The Most Important And Overlooked Energy Source?

  Published 13 July 2019 | viewed 11,317 times

  Last year, global carbon dioxide emissions hit a record despite the fast growth in renewable energy adoption. While this fact may have made many wonder…

• Anadarko To Vote On Oxy Takeover In August

  Published 12 July 2019 | viewed 15,487 times

  The shareholders of Anadarko Petroleum will vote on the company’s takeover by Occidental on August 8, Reuters reports, adding that Occidental avoided a shareholder vote…

• U.S. Threatens China With Sanctions On Iranian Oil Imports

  Published 12 July 2019 | viewed 19,853 times

  The U.S. State Department has threatened China with sanctions because of its continued imports of Iranian oil—a move that was only to be expected but…

• Is A Crude Glut Looming?

  Published 12 July 2019 | viewed 11,909 times

  Crude oil supply in the world exceeded demand by 900,000 bpd in the first half of the year, the International Energy Agency said in its…

• Is Shell's Latest Blockchain Venture A Gamechanger?

  Published 11 July 2019 | viewed 9,509 times

  Shell has furthered its stated commitment to cleaner electricity by investing in a U.S startup that has developed a blockchain-based platform for energy sharing. The…

• OPEC: This Is Where Most New Oil Will Come From In 2020

  Published 11 July 2019 | viewed 46,296 times

  Non-OPEC crude oil supply will rise by 2.4 million bpd next year, OPEC said in its latest Monthly Oil Market Report. The cartel added that…

• Iran Tries To Seize British Oil Tanker

  Published 11 July 2019 | viewed 37,583 times

  Iranian military boats tried to seize a British tanker near the Strait of Hormuz after threats this would happen following the seizure by Gibraltar of…

• Pennsylvania Willing To Let Shuttered Oil Refinery Die

  Published 11 July 2019 | viewed 14,925 times

  The Pennsylvania government will not finance the recovery of the largest refinery on the U.S. East Coast, which suffered a devastating string of explosions late…

• Middle East Tanker Insurance Rates Soar 10-Fold

  Published 10 July 2019 | viewed 12,082 times

  Insurance rates for tankers going through the Strait of Hormuz have skyrocketed tenfold in the two months since the first attacks on tankers off the…

• Oil Jumps On Hefty Crude Draw

  Published 10 July 2019 | viewed 56,396 times

  The Energy Information Administration reported a huge oil inventory draw of 9.5 million barrels for the week to July 5, confirming and even exceeding the…

• Oil Producers Begin Evacuation From Gulf Of Mexico Platforms Ahead Of Storm

  Published 10 July 2019 | viewed 17,051 times

  Oil producers in the U.S. part of the Gulf of Mexico have begun evacuating employees from their platforms ahead of a possible storm that is…