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• Enbridge Line 5 Project Dealt Severe Blow In Michigan

  Published 29 March 2019 | viewed 18,702 times

  The Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer, has ordered the suspension of all work on a tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac that’s part of a…

• Goldman Sachs: U.S. Drillers Aren’t Hedging Enough

  Published 29 March 2019 | viewed 12,119 times

  Oil producers in the United States are not hedging enough future production while oil prices trend higher, Goldman Sachs has warned. According to the investment…

• Carlyle Moves Ahead With Oil Export Terminal In Texas

  Published 29 March 2019 | viewed 9,470 times

  Carlyle Group secured a 50-year lease on a land plot near Corpus Christi on the Texas coast in another step ahead on its US$1-billion oil…

• The One Thing That Could Derail The U.S. Oil Boom

  Published 28 March 2019 | viewed 30,467 times

  Two South Korean refiners have canceled the delivery of U.S crude oil cargoes that were due to arrive in January and February this year, Bloomberg…

• South Africa Eyes Oil Deal With South Sudan

  Published 28 March 2019 | viewed 12,229 times

  South Africa is negotiating an oil deal with South Sudan, Energy Minister Jeff Radebe told media following reports that South Africa was in talks to…

• Canadian Indigenous Groups Look To Buy Into Controversial Pipeline

  Published 28 March 2019 | viewed 9,016 times

  At least five indigenous groups are looking to buy a stake in the Trans Mountain pipeline that the Canadian federal government bought from operator Kinder…

• Sempra Eyes Top Spot In U.S. LNG

  Published 28 March 2019 | viewed 9,614 times

  Sempra Energy has ambitions to become the top U.S. liquefied natural gas producer, the company’s chief executive told Reuters. Sempra has five LNG projects under…

• Japan Secures Insurance For Iranian Oil Ahead Of Waiver Decision

  Published 28 March 2019 | viewed 8,176 times

  The Japanese parliament approved an extension of insurance coverage for imports of Iranian crude oil effective from the start of April and expiring a year…

• Washington’s Secret Nuclear Deal With Saudi Arabia

  Published 28 March 2019 | viewed 8,548 times

  Washington has secretly given the go-ahead to several companies to sell nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia, Reuters reports, citing a document it had obtained.…

• Idaho Eyes 100% Renewable Energy By 2045

  Published 28 March 2019 | viewed 8,766 times

  Idaho Power, the state utility, plans to retire all its coal power plants and generate all of its electricity from renewable sources by 2045, NPR…

• Oil Sands M&A Grinds To A Halt

  Published 27 March 2019 | viewed 13,495 times

  Two years after an M&A boom driven by the exit of several oil majors from the oil sands, sellers of oil and gas assets are…

• U.S. Gulf Coast To Become Net Oil Exporting Region

  Published 27 March 2019 | viewed 7,795 times

  The U.S. Gulf Coast is set to become a net crude oil exporting region for the first time in a quarterly basis, signaling a shift…

• Solar Car Parks To Pop Up Across Scotland In Pilot Project

  Published 27 March 2019 | viewed 6,532 times

  A consortium is preparing to start building solar-powered car parks across Scotland as part of a trial project for so-called Smart Hubs that will feature…

• Venezuela Main Oil Port Shuts Down Amid Blackout

  Published 27 March 2019 | viewed 12,220 times

  Venezuela’s largest oil-exporting terminal Jose is not working after a power outage that happened on Monday. Reuters reports the port has yet to resume normal…

• New Commission Will Look Into Oil Spills In Nigeria

  Published 27 March 2019 | viewed 5,788 times

  A commission has been convened in Nigeria’s Bayelsa state to look into oil spills in the Niger Delta to try and hold oil companies more…

• Oil Falls After EIA Reports Crude Build

  Published 27 March 2019 | viewed 25,523 times

  Crude oil prices fell slightly after the Energy Information Administration reported a moderate build in U.S. crude oil inventories for the week to March 22.…

• Refinery Investments In Low-Sulfur Crude Production Hit $1B

  Published 27 March 2019 | viewed 10,643 times

  Investments in the production of lower-sulfur fuels at refineries across the world have reached US$1 billion to date, a BP executive said at an industry…

• Hedge Funds Are Buying Oil Again

  Published 26 March 2019 | viewed 17,200 times

  Hedge funds are buying oil once again after a pause earlier in March, signaling returning optimism about U.S. - China relations and subsiding concern about…

• Equinor Plans Battery Investment

  Published 26 March 2019 | viewed 7,542 times

  Norway’s state oil and gas major Equinor plans to join a battery technology investment fund worth US$180 million as part of a diversification strategy focused…

• B.C. Prepares Tax Incentives For LNG Projects

  Published 26 March 2019 | viewed 7,132 times

  The government of British Columbia has proposed tax incentives for energy companies with ambitions in the LNG segment, CBC reports, citing Finance Minister Carole James,…