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• New Iraq-Syria Crossing Could Breathe New Life Into Iran’s Oil Exports

  Published 24 May 2019 | viewed 15,426 times

  A new border crossing between Iraq and Syria is under construction in an area controlled by Iran-affiliated militias, Fox News reports, citing satellite images revealing…

• The Next $4 Trillion Democratic Party Climate Change Plan

  Published 24 May 2019 | viewed 7,159 times

  Former Maryland Congressman John Delaney has become the latest in a growing list of Democratic presidential candidates pledging trillions in climate change fighting initiatives, CNN…

• Norwegian Oil Output Set To Fall To Lowest Level In Three Decades

  Published 23 May 2019 | viewed 16,109 times

  Norway’s crude oil production slipped to 1.38 million bpd in April from 1.387 in March and 1.531 million bpd a year ago, the Norwegian Petroleum…

• Thailand Prepares For Oil, Gas Shortage On Middle East Tension

  Published 23 May 2019 | viewed 13,510 times

  Thailand’s Energy Ministry has asked regulators to keep a close eye on developments in the Middle East lest these cause an oil and gas shortage…

• Red Flag For Oil Markets: Asian Refining Margins Plunge To 16-Year Low

  Published 23 May 2019 | viewed 37,754 times

  Persistent pressure on profit margins has forced Asian refiners to start considering a reduction in their run rates, Reuters reports, citing unnamed sources from the…

• U.S. Energy Storage Capacity Set To Double This Year

  Published 23 May 2019 | viewed 14,779 times

  U.S. grid-connected energy storage capacity this year is set for a twofold increase to 712 MW from 376 MW last year. What’s more, between 2019…

• Alberta Introduces Carbon Tax Repeal Bill

  Published 23 May 2019 | viewed 9,815 times

  Staying true to their promise from the campaign trail, Alberta’s Conservatives have introduced a bill to repeal a carbon tax introduced by their predecessors at…

• Chinese Oil Buyers Shun U.S. Crude

  Published 22 May 2019 | viewed 19,532 times

  Chinese oil traders and refiners no longer want to sign long-term supply agreements with U.S. producers, said the chief executive of Enterprise Products Partners as…

• Bearish EIA Data Sends Oil Lower

  Published 22 May 2019 | viewed 35,182 times

  As confusion among oil traders persists regarding where oil prices are going to go from here, the Energy Information Administration scored one for the bears…

• Aramco Takes Bite Out Of Massive US LNG Project

  Published 22 May 2019 | viewed 17,768 times

  Saudi Aramco struck a deal with U.S. Sempra Energy to buy 5 million tons of liquefied natural gas annually from Sempra’s Port Arthur LNG plant,…

• Tesla Faces ‘’Herculean Task’’ As Share Price Tanks

  Published 21 May 2019 | viewed 10,648 times

  A spike in doubts about Tesla’s ability to deliver on its financial performance targets has caused a more than 20-percent drop in its stock, with…

• Hydrogen Fuel Tech Just Got A Major Boost

  Published 21 May 2019 | viewed 37,601 times

  Hydrogen as a fuel has been drawing a lot of attention ever since the world decided to start weaning itself off fossil fuels. However, after…

• Mid-Caps In Oil & Gas Hard Pressed For New Money

  Published 21 May 2019 | viewed 12,366 times

  Mid-cap oil and gas companies are having trouble securing fresh investments because fund managers are reorienting their priorities towards alternative energies, says the chief financial…

• China Raises Oil Export Quotas Ahead Of Driving Season

  Published 21 May 2019 | viewed 8,423 times

  China has allocated a new batch of oil product export quotas that has brought the total since the start of the year to 50 million…

• China Pours US$23B In Offshore Wind Power Project

  Published 21 May 2019 | viewed 10,942 times

  China will invest some 160 billion yuan (US$23.5 billion) in an offshore wind power project that will have an installed capacity of more than 10GW…

• Venezuela's Military To Oversee Fuel Rationing

  Published 20 May 2019 | viewed 10,014 times

  Venezuelans are having their fuel rationed with the rationing overseen by the military, Reuters reported on Sunday as fuel shortages begin to bite deeper. As…

• OPEC Considers Extending Production Cuts Till End-2019

  Published 20 May 2019 | viewed 11,832 times

  OPEC and its partners may decide to keep the oil production cuts until the end of the year as the cartel fears a steep price…

• Are California Gasoline Prices Being Manipulated?

  Published 20 May 2019 | viewed 9,428 times

  Market manipulation could be behind the fact that California drivers pay more for gasoline than the rest of the country, the Lost Angeles Times reports,…

• The Fear Factor Is Back For Oil

  Published 19 May 2019 | viewed 33,827 times

  Saber-rattling in the Middle East and the continued deterioration in Venezuela have once again trumped considerations such as supply and demand in the fluctuations of…

• The World’s Last Coal Plant Will Be Constructed Soon

  Published 19 May 2019 | viewed 30,423 times

  In its latest energy investment report, the International Energy Agency said energy companies continued investing in coal as demand for electricity continued growing fast and…