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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.

Latest articles from Irina

  • The $80 Billion Megaproject Splurge In Oil

    Published 15 August 2018 | viewed 19,404 times

    The oil and gas industry has been in recovery mode for at least a year now, and although the improvement in performance is clearly there,…

  • Libyan Oil Recovers, Exceeds 1 Million Bpd

    Published 15 August 2018 | viewed 10,176 times

    Libya’s crude oil production has exceeded 1 million bpd for the first time since June, when port blockades and a kidnapping caused production outages that…

  • Oil Prices Fall On Significant Crude Build

    Published 15 August 2018 | viewed 44,813 times

    After the American Petroleum Institute surprised markets yesterday by reporting a build of 3.66 million barrels for the week ending August 10, the Energy Information…

  • Tesla Faces 3 Lawsuits Over “Funding Secured” Tweet

    Published 15 August 2018 | viewed 5,113 times

    Tesla and more specifically its chief executive Elon Musk are facing three lawsuits over an already notorious tweet by Musk, in which the CEO said…

  • Is This A Game Changer For Drones?

    Published 14 August 2018 | viewed 31,545 times

    Drones are making inroads into the oil and gas industry, and these inroads could very well turn into highways for this technology in an industry…

  • Venezuelan Drivers Brace For More Expensive Gas

    Published 14 August 2018 | viewed 5,223 times

    Prices at the pump in Venezuela will soon catch up with world market ones as the government seeks ways to tackle rampant fuel smuggling that,…

  • Goldman, Silver Lake Advice Tesla On Going Private Plan

    Published 14 August 2018 | viewed 6,068 times

    Goldman Sachs and Silver Lake are the financial advisors to Tesla on chief executive Elon Musk’s plan to take the company private, he said in…

  • Iran’s Latest Tactic To Save Market Share

    Published 14 August 2018 | viewed 19,134 times

    Iran will lower the price of its crude for Asian clients, who are its biggest buyers, Iran reported, citing a source from the country’s oil…

  • PDVSA To Start Using ‘El Petro’ Next Week

    Published 14 August 2018 | viewed 13,911 times

    Venezuela’s state-owned oil company PDVSA will start using the local cryptocurrency El Petro for all its transactions on August 20, President Nicolas Maduro said, as…

  • PetroChina Mulls Suspension Of U.S. LNG Imports This Winter

    Published 13 August 2018 | viewed 7,159 times

    PetroChina is mulling over a suspension of U.S. LNG cargo purchases on the spot market during the winter in a bid to avoid having to…

  • Can China Afford To Slap Tariffs On U.S. Oil?

    Published 13 August 2018 | viewed 35,105 times

    Chinese refiners and the U.S. oil industry welcomed a decision by Beijing last week to exclude crude oil exports from a list of goods worth…

  • Shia Militia Smuggles Oil From Kurdistan To Iran: Iraqi MP

    Published 13 August 2018 | viewed 8,139 times

    Iran-affiliated militia Hashd al-Shaabi is smuggling oil from the Kirkuk province in Iraq into Iran, a former Iraqi MP told media. Amira Zangana added that…

  • Top Australian Gas Distributor Accepts CK Infrastructure $9.45B Offer

    Published 13 August 2018 | viewed 5,637 times

    One of Australia’s top gas pipeline operator APA Group has accepted a US$9.45-billion (A$12.98-billion) takeover bid made by a consortium led by Hong Kong-based CK…

  • Peak Lithium Won’t Happen Anytime Soon

    Published 12 August 2018 | viewed 57,245 times

    First it was peak oil—back in the 1970s, no less. Then it was peak oil again and again. Now we have moved up a rung…

  • Big Oil Backs Tesla Short Sellers, Says Wealth Manager

    Published 10 August 2018 | viewed 14,259 times

    Big Oil companies are behind many short sellers seeking to sink the shares of Tesla, a wealth manager has said, adding that Big Oil stood…

  • Chinese Refiners Relieved As Beijing Backpedals Tariffs On U.S. Crude

    Published 10 August 2018 | viewed 15,358 times

    Beijing’s decision to not impose tariffs on U.S. crude oil imports has relieved local state refiners, who have been expanding their purchases from U.S. suppliers,…

  • Crystallex Wins Right To Tap Citgo For Compensation

    Published 10 August 2018 | viewed 7,325 times

    Canadian gold miner Crystallex was ruled the winner in a long-running case against Venezuela, which it has sued for the forced nationalization of its assets…

  • Goldman: Trade War Won't Crash Oil Prices

    Published 10 August 2018 | viewed 13,519 times

    In spite of the ongoing—and worsening—trade spat between the United States and China, Goldman Sachs has maintained its price forecast for West Texas Intermediate at…

  • Is This The Next Natural Gas Giant?

    Published 09 August 2018 | viewed 15,149 times

    Shell’s presence in Nigeria has been controversial, what with lawsuits for the pollution of the Niger Delta, chronic pipeline vandalism and, in recent years, militant…

  • 1.6M Acres In California Could Soon Be Open To Oil Drilling

    Published 09 August 2018 | viewed 9,038 times

    Following the end of a five-year moratorium on oil and gas drilling in public land in California, the Bureau of Land Management could open up…

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