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• Canadian Oil Prices Reach 12-Month High

  Published 08 January 2019 | viewed 14,943 times

  Canadian crude oil hit the highest price level in more than a year on growth in oil-by-rail shipments, Bloomberg reports based on data about price…

• The Overlooked Factor Driving The Rally In Oil

  Published 07 January 2019 | viewed 18,959 times

  The overall sentiment among oil traders is wary these days. The OPEC+ production cuts went into effect at the start of 2019, but it’s too…

• Newcomer To Help Venezuela Reverse Oil Production Drop

  Published 07 January 2019 | viewed 14,094 times

  A fledgling U.S. company set up last year will help Venezuela turn around its falling oil production that has led to the country’s oil exports…

• Libya Aims To Double Oil Production Within 2 Years

  Published 07 January 2019 | viewed 9,730 times

  Libya plans to pump 2.1 million bpd of crude oil by 2021 if the security situation improves, the chairman of the National Oil Corporation, Mustafa…

• Fuel Theft Offensive Causes Gasoline Shortage In Mexico

  Published 07 January 2019 | viewed 11,439 times

  Mexican drivers in several states are struggling to fill their tanks as the new government fights massive fuel theft by seeking to move more gasoline…

• Why Goldman Just Drastically Slashed Its Oil Price Prediction

  Published 07 January 2019 | viewed 32,398 times

  Goldman Sachs reduced its outlook for oil prices this year citing abundant supply, Bloomberg reports, quoting a note to clients. The investment bank’s analysts now…

• European Gas Market Braces For Price Slump

  Published 05 January 2019 | viewed 22,311 times

  At the end of last year, Gazprom’s chief executive Alexei Miller said he expected Gazprom’s natural gas deliveries to Europe and Turkey to book another…

• California’s Oil-By-Rail Imports Climb Near Record In 2018

  Published 04 January 2019 | viewed 13,167 times

  California imported an average 447,063 barrels of crude oil by rail over the first nine months of last year, the latest data available from the…

• S&P Cuts Brent, WTI 2019 Price Outlook By $10

  Published 04 January 2019 | viewed 24,726 times

  S&P Global Ratings cut its price outlook for Brent crude oil from US$65  to US$55 and for West Texas Intermediate from US$60 to US$50 for…

• Major Gasoline, Distillate Build Caps Oil Price Gains

  Published 04 January 2019 | viewed 12,497 times

  A day after the American Petroleum Institute reported sizeable builds in fuel inventories, the Energy Information Administration confirmed a build in gasoline and distillate inventories…

• U.S. Oil, Gas Sector Walks In Place On Price Drop

  Published 04 January 2019 | viewed 15,276 times

  Business activity in the U.S. oil and gas sector slowed down considerably in the fourth quarter of the year as benchmark oil prices plunged by…

• Oil Rises On Hopes Of A U.S.-China Trade Deal

  Published 04 January 2019 | viewed 14,991 times

  After starting the New Year in the red, crude oil stabilized higher today on reports that China plans to hold talks with the United States…

• 2019 Could Make Or Break OPEC

  Published 03 January 2019 | viewed 15,020 times

  When OPEC+ agreed to begin cutting crude oil production again in December, hardly anyone in the cartel thought the effect of the news on prices…

• Two European Nuclear Reactors Come On Stream

  Published 03 January 2019 | viewed 13,661 times

  Two third-generation nuclear power reactors are slated to begin operation this year in Finland and France, after years of delays and budget overruns, S&P Platts’…

• Oil Buyers’ Market In Asia Set To Continue

  Published 03 January 2019 | viewed 9,790 times

  With all the oversupply concern among oil traders, the buyers’ market in Asia is likely to remain strong this year, S&P Global Platts reports today,…

• Government Shutdown Delays To Release Oil & Gas Lease Sale

  Published 03 January 2019 | viewed 9,818 times

  The ongoing partial government shutdown has delayed the release of the final plan for oil and gas lease sales of offshore blocks in the Gulf…

• Moody’s: The Shale Band Is Back, And Here To Stay

  Published 03 January 2019 | viewed 13,661 times

  Oil prices will remain volatile this year but within range, Moody’s said in its annual report on the oil and gas industry. The top factor…

• Sharara Oil Filed Loses 8,500 Bpd To Looters

  Published 03 January 2019 | viewed 6,843 times

  Libya’s largest producing oil field, Sharara, may be losing 8,500 bpd of crude to looters, the National Oil Corporation said today. The field, which normally…

• Tesla Q4 Deliveries Hit All-Time Record

  Published 03 January 2019 | viewed 6,538 times

  Tesla delivered 90,700 vehicles in the last quarter of 2018, more than all the cars it delivered to clients in 2017, the company reported. It…

• U.S. Gasoline Prices Could Be About To Skyrocket

  Published 03 January 2019 | viewed 60,632 times

  Gasoline prices at the pump are at more than a year’s low, but this may change in the coming months, according to the head of…