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• Oil Markets Unimpressed By Small Crude Build

  Published 26 September 2018 | viewed 21,946 times

  A day after the American Petroleum Institute reported an inventory build that some traders took as a surprise and started selling their oil holdings, the…

• Tesla Inches Closer To Completely Autonomous Driving

  Published 26 September 2018 | viewed 7,496 times

  Tesla will release its biggest software update in two years by the end of the week, chief executive Elon Musk, true to himself, said in…

• Traders Turn Bullish Ahead Of Iran Sanctions

  Published 25 September 2018 | viewed 21,694 times

  It’s that season again: ahead of the final quarter of the year, oil markets are once again riled by an event that will have a…

• Keystone XL Construction Could Start Next Year

  Published 25 September 2018 | viewed 13,187 times

  TransCanada could begin work on the construction of the now notorious Keystone XL oil pipeline as soon as next year after an environmental impact review…

• EU Sets Up Vehicle For Iran Oil Trade To Avoid Sanctions

  Published 25 September 2018 | viewed 8,251 times

  The European Union said it has set up a special-purpose vehicle that will handle transactions involving Iranian oil and European goods, AFP reports, citing a…

• Don't Underestimate The Trade War Impact On Oil Demand

  Published 25 September 2018 | viewed 23,463 times

  A squeeze on oil demand is looming as a result of the U.S.-China trade war, a senior BP executive told Reuters. Acknowledging the bullish effect…

• Guyana Suspends Oil Auctions To Set Up Oil Ministry

  Published 25 September 2018 | viewed 6,266 times

  Guyana has put all oil auctions on hold until it sets up a ministry to deal with all things energy, Reuters reports, citing Minister of…

• OPEC: IMO Rules Will Boost Oil Demand By 400,000 Bpd

  Published 24 September 2018 | viewed 13,669 times

  The entry into effect of tighter emission rules for bunkering fuel will cause a temporary spike in crude oil demand as refineries increase their daily…

• Saudis To Pump More Crude Oil In The Next Three Months

  Published 24 September 2018 | viewed 12,050 times

  Saudi Arabia will boost its crude oil production in the coming months as it expects stronger demand, Oil Minister Khalid al-Falih said this weekend, as…

• OPEC, Russia Dash Hopes Of Higher Oil Production

  Published 24 September 2018 | viewed 13,844 times

  OPEC and Russia have no immediate plans to increase their combined production despite last week’s call from President Trump for the cartel to start pumping…

• South Korea Has Bought No Iranian Oil In Three Months

  Published 24 September 2018 | viewed 10,741 times

  South Korea has not bought any Iranian oil since June, an official from the Iranian oil ministry told Shana. This makes it the first country…

• Venezuela Can Wreck U.S.-Chinese Relations

  Published 23 September 2018 | viewed 31,935 times

  When the New York Times earlier this month reported that President Trump had met with Venezuelan military officers unhappy with the country’s government to discuss…

• Emirati Oil Co. Begins Hoarding Jet Fuel

  Published 21 September 2018 | viewed 11,070 times

  Emirates National Oil Company has begun storing jet fuel on tankers ahead of U.S. sanctions against Iran, to make sure planes arriving and leaving Dubai…

• Reliance Shuts Down Oil Field On Production Decline

  Published 21 September 2018 | viewed 14,971 times

  India’s Reliance Industries has shut down an oil and gas field in the offshore Krishna-Godavari basin after its production rates began to decline several months…

• Mexico Needs to Produce More Gas to Ensure Supply Security

  Published 21 September 2018 | viewed 6,106 times

  With growing demand for natural gas for power generation and other applications, Mexico needs to prioritize a domestic production increase, the head of Mexico’s National…

• Pemex, Talos Strike Deal To Evaluate Overlap Of Two Blocks

  Published 21 September 2018 | viewed 6,046 times

  Mexico’s state energy company Pemex and a consortium led by U.S. Talos Energy have agreed to evaluate whether a field discovered by Talos in the…

• Will Canada’s $30 Billion Megaproject Be Approved?

  Published 20 September 2018 | viewed 22,739 times

  Oilfield service providers suffered the heaviest blows from the 2014 oil price meltdown—there is little question about that. And the situation was particularly grave in…

• Iraq Oil Exports From South Close To Record-High

  Published 20 September 2018 | viewed 6,543 times

  Crude oil exports from southern Iraq are close to a record-high so far in September, averaging 3.6 million bpd as of yesterday, Reuters reports, citing…

• Japanese Refiners Stop Buying Iran Oil Ahead Of Sanctions

  Published 20 September 2018 | viewed 8,926 times

  Japanese refiners have stopped buying Iranian crude ahead of the November 4 deadline set by Washington to all countries doing business with Iran before economic…

• Canada Transport Ministry Fast-Tracks Crude Oil Rail Car Phase-Out

  Published 20 September 2018 | viewed 19,347 times

  Canada’s transport ministry will fast-track a phase-out of two models of rail cars for the transportation of crude oil and condensate as oil exports by…