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• BP Faces Platform Workers’ Strike

  Published 21 March 2019 | viewed 16,989 times

  Petrofac workers on BP offshore platforms plan to walk out of all platforms as a result of an unresolved dispute regarding work rota arrangements. “The…

• U.S. On The Hunt For Iranian “Ghost Tankers”

  Published 20 March 2019 | viewed 21,667 times

  When Washington announced the return of economic sanctions against Iran, the main idea was pretty clear: cut exports of vital oil to zero to paralyze…

• Japanese Refiners To Stop Iran Oil Purchases By April

  Published 20 March 2019 | viewed 9,337 times

  Japanese refiners are unlikely to continue buying Iranian crude from April onwards, the president of the Petroleum Association of Japan said as quoted by Reuters.…

• BP Considers Powering U.S. Operations With Solar

  Published 20 March 2019 | viewed 10,318 times

  BP is planning to start powering some of its operations in the United States with electricity produced by solar farms, Bloomberg reports, quoting the chief…

• UK Oil, Gas Production Up 20% Since 2014

  Published 20 March 2019 | viewed 8,021 times

  Despite its notoriety as a legacy producing region, the UK’s continental shelf yielded 20 percent more oil and gas in the last five years after…

• Oil Prices Shoot Up On Large Inventory Draw

  Published 20 March 2019 | viewed 44,247 times

  A day after API’s estimate of another weekly crude oil inventory draw in a row sent WTI higher, the Energy Information Administration confirmed a large…

• After Libya And Venezuela, Is This The Next OPEC Wildcard?

  Published 19 March 2019 | viewed 13,753 times

  Anti-government protests in Algeria were probably supposed to end after long-term president Abdelaziz Bouteflika dropped his plan to run for a fifth term in office…

• Mexico’s Pemex To Drill 3x More New Wells In 2019

  Published 19 March 2019 | viewed 9,843 times

  Pemex will drill three times more new wells this year than previously planned, Reuters reported, citing the company’s chief executive. This should boost production by…

• SEC Slams Musk For Failing to Adhere To Tweet Approval Rule

  Published 19 March 2019 | viewed 5,913 times

  The Securities and Exchange Commission has approached a Manhattan court accusing Tesla chief executive Elon Musk of violating an agreement with the regulator that required…

• Canada Pension Fund Boosts U.S. Shale Presence with $3.8 Billion JV

  Published 19 March 2019 | viewed 7,519 times

  The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board announced it was expanding in U.S. shale gas through a US$3.8-billion joint venture with U.S. independent energy company Williams.…

• B.C. Admits It Can’t Stop Trans Mountain But Wants To Limit Oil Flow

  Published 19 March 2019 | viewed 9,353 times

  The British Columbia government has admitted it has no power to stop the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project but has argued it should have…

• LNG Sector Dangerously Dependent On Chinese Demand

  Published 18 March 2019 | viewed 16,853 times

  The liquefied natural gas industry has become too reliant on demand for the fuel from China, industry executives warned at last week’s CERAWeek, advising players…

• Why Russia Fails To Comply With The OPEC+ Cuts

  Published 18 March 2019 | viewed 14,590 times

  Russia’s crude oil production to date is 140,000 bpd lower than the average daily rate for October 2018, Energy Minister Alexander Novak said as quoted…

• Crude Oil Stocks Rise Despite U.S. Sanctions

  Published 18 March 2019 | viewed 10,212 times

  Crude oil inventories in the world are rising despite U.S. sanctions, which have affected Venezuelan and Iranian production, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said,…

• Iran To Boost South Pars Gas Output Via 4 New Phases

  Published 18 March 2019 | viewed 8,412 times

  Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani officially launched four new development phases at the giant South Pars offshore gas field, which will add 110 million cubic meters…

• Kazakhstan To Shut Down Giant Kashagan Field To Comply With OPEC+ Cuts

  Published 18 March 2019 | viewed 14,032 times

  Kazakhstan will shut down production at its giant Kashagan field to comply with production cuts agreed by OPEC and its partners in December. S&P Global…

• Cuba Faces Oil Crisis As Venezuela Crumbles

  Published 17 March 2019 | viewed 50,859 times

  When Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido earlier this week said he had decreed the suspension of all crude oil shipments to Cuba, he explained the…

• LNG Canada May End Up With Double Its Initial Capacity

  Published 15 March 2019 | viewed 14,192 times

  LNG Canada may end up with a total capacity of 28 million tons of the fuel annually, to be built in two phases, the project’s…

• Tesla Unveils Model Y

  Published 15 March 2019 | viewed 6,445 times

  Tesla last night unveiled the latest member of its passenger vehicle family, the Model Y crossover SUV, which sports a range of up to 300…

• California Cities Want Big Oil Lawsuit Back In Court

  Published 15 March 2019 | viewed 8,060 times

  San Francisco and Oakland have approached a federal appeals court with a request to reinstate their lawsuits against five Big Oil companies, which a U.S.…