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Irina Slav

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Irina Slav

Irina is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing on the oil and gas industry.

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  • BLM Greenlights Solar Project Despite Environmental Opposition

    Published 02 November 2018 | viewed 5,970 times

    The Bureau of Land Management has approved the 500 MW Palen solar farm, a large-scale project in California that will be able to power as…

  • U.S. Grants Iran Sanction Waivers To Eight Countries

    Published 02 November 2018 | viewed 29,214 times

    Washington has granted eight Iranian oil importers waivers from the sanctions that enter into effect next Monday, among them Japan, South Korea, and India, a…

  • Encana Expands Shale Footprint With $5.5B Newfield Acquisition

    Published 01 November 2018 | viewed 7,113 times

    Canada’s Encana said today it will buy Newfield Exploration for US$5.5 billion in an all-stock deal that will also assume Newfield’s debt of US$2.2 billion…

  • Does U.S. Oil Really Need More Oil Export Terminals?

    Published 01 November 2018 | viewed 12,343 times

    When U.S. crude oil exports earlier this year hit a record high of 3 million bpd, there was much joy and back-slapping, but amid this…

  • Saudi Arabia’s Deficit Inches Down In Q3

    Published 01 November 2018 | viewed 6,098 times

    Saudi Arabia reported a fiscal deficit of US$1.95 billion (7.3 billion riyals) for the third quarter of the year, down from US$1.97 billion (7.4 billion)…

  • India Gets Much Needed Iran Sanction Waiver From U.S.

    Published 01 November 2018 | viewed 10,737 times

    Washington has granted India a waiver from the sanctions against Iran that snap back this Monday, the Economic Times reports, noting the waiver was secured…

  • The Clock Is Ticking: How Much Oil Will Iran Lose?

    Published 01 November 2018 | viewed 10,324 times

    Those energy analysts who are not yet bored to death with the whole Iran business must be having a field day making forecast after forecast…

  • Trump: There’s Enough Oil To Offset Iran Loss

    Published 01 November 2018 | viewed 14,431 times

    President Donald Trump has determined there was enough crude oil and oil products supply globally to offset any loss of supply from Iran after U.S.…

  • Oilfield Service Companies May Struggle To Pay Debt

    Published 31 October 2018 | viewed 7,917 times

    The oilfield service sector has been on the path of recovery from the 2014 industry downturn, but just when the industry says things are starting…

  • Petrobras Puts Brakes On Chevron Drilling Plan

    Published 31 October 2018 | viewed 14,143 times

    Brazil’s state energy giant Petrobras has decided not to go through with a drilling plan at a field operated by Chevron, effectively ruining the supermajor’s…

  • Bentley Considers All-Electric Model

    Published 31 October 2018 | viewed 4,402 times

    Bentley is considering an all-electric model in a bid to reduce the carbon emission footprint of its other models, Automotive News reported this week, noting…

  • Oil Prices Buoyed By Draws In Gasoline, Distillate Inventories

    Published 31 October 2018 | viewed 10,866 times

    With the snap-back of U.S. sanctions against Iran just days away, oil markets continue to be jittery, yet prices seem to be rather oblivious to…

  • Greenland To Launch Onshore Oil, Gas Tender In 2021

    Published 30 October 2018 | viewed 12,547 times

    Greenland plans to auction onshore oil and gas blocks in 2021 with two Chinese state majors already expressing interest in bidding, Reuters reports, citing government…

  • UK Budget Spares Oil Industry

    Published 30 October 2018 | viewed 4,959 times

    The UK government will keep oil and gas taxes at their current level to support the industry and” help the oil and gas industry continue…

  • PDVSA Makes Critical Bond Payment

    Published 30 October 2018 | viewed 6,161 times

    Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA has made a US$949-million payment on a bond maturing in 2020, Argus Media reports, citing sources from the financial sector.…

  • High Oil Prices Are Already Destroying Demand

    Published 30 October 2018 | viewed 19,440 times

    Crude oil prices have gone up high enough to begin hurting demand for the commodity, the chief of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said…

  • Innovations Are Rocking The Battery Industry

    Published 29 October 2018 | viewed 18,089 times

    The battery world is a fascinating place to be right now. There is so much innovation going on as the world sets course towards a…

  • Iraq Expects Exemption From U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

    Published 29 October 2018 | viewed 9,898 times

    Iraq should be exempted from U.S. sanctions against Iran because of the heavy reliance of the former on the latter for gas and electricity supplies,…

  • Iran Sells First 280,000 Barrels Of Crude On Exchange

    Published 29 October 2018 | viewed 13,015 times

    A little over a quarter of a one-million-barrel offering of Iranian crude on the local energy exchange found buyers in the first day of trading,…

  • Rouhani Replaces Key Economic Officials Ahead Of Sanctions

    Published 29 October 2018 | viewed 5,366 times

    Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani has replaced several senior economic officials a week before U.S. sanctions against Tehran come into effect, Sputnik reports, citing a statement…

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