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• This Country Is Far Ahead Of Its Renewables Targets

  Published 08 July 2018 | viewed 24,578 times

  Sweden is on track to reach its 2030 renewable capacity target by the end of this year, the Swedish Wind Power Association said. Wind farm…

• Conoco Hunts Down Citgo For PDVSA Deposition

  Published 06 July 2018 | viewed 13,499 times

  ConocoPhillips has won a court ruling allowing it to depose Citgo, the U.S. unit of troubled Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, Reuters reports. The move…

• South Korea Suspends Iranian Oil Imports

  Published 06 July 2018 | viewed 12,398 times

  South Korea has suspended all buying of Iran crude and superlight crude, more commonly known as condensate after the U.S. stepped up pressure on Iran…

• Mexico’s New Government Won’t Upend Energy Reforms

  Published 06 July 2018 | viewed 8,948 times

  The new Mexican government will not remove the energy sector reform introduced by the previous administration in 2013, the president-elect’s chief of staff told Bloomberg…

• Is Aramco’s IPO Under Threat?

  Published 06 July 2018 | viewed 8,985 times

  "Everyone is almost certain it (IPO) is not going to happen," a senior Aramco executive told the Wall Street Journal yesterday, confirming already existing doubts…

• East Libyan Government Accuses Qatar Of Aiding Militants

  Published 05 July 2018 | viewed 7,614 times

  The eastern Libyan government based in Tobruk has accused Qatar of aiding the militant groups that tried to take over the country’s oil ports last…

• Iran Will Only Trade With Oil Buyers

  Published 05 July 2018 | viewed 7,051 times

  Iran plans to reduce its international trade relations only to countries that buy its crude oil, an Iranian MP told Iranian media. The new trade…

• Asia’s Newest LNG Hedge

  Published 05 July 2018 | viewed 9,019 times

  If fuels were actors, LNG would be the rising star. Everyone wants LNG: it’s cheaper and cleaner than oil, and it is abundant enough to…

• Oil Prices Slide On Small Crude Build

  Published 05 July 2018 | viewed 15,204 times

  As oil prices continue to press on higher the EIA reported an inventory build of 1.2 million barrels for the week to June 29. This…

• U.S. Sour Oil Sellers Panic, Cut Prices To Asia

  Published 05 July 2018 | viewed 16,659 times

  U.S. sour crude oil sellers have reduced their pricing for Asian customers, fearing that demand for U.S. oil may drop as China threatens to slap…

• Oil Markets Look Forward To A Quiet Hurricane Season

  Published 04 July 2018 | viewed 15,427 times

  Last year, hurricane season disrupted a lot of oil production and refining capacity along the U.S. Gulf Coast, sending oil prices soaring. This year, however,…

• Oil Tycoon Batista Gets 30 Years In Jail

  Published 04 July 2018 | viewed 12,998 times

  One of Brazil richest men, Eike Batista, has received a 30-year prison sentence for bribes given to the former governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio…

• Kinder Morgan To Resume Trans Mountain Work After Delay

  Published 04 July 2018 | viewed 8,760 times

  Kinder Morgan will restart work on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project next month, the company said in a filing. CTV reports that the company…

• Nigeria Rated Poorest Country Despite Oil Earnings

  Published 04 July 2018 | viewed 25,890 times

  Nigeria was recently rated the poorest country in the world, ahead of India, and that’s despite several hundred billion dollars in oil earnings over the…

• China Throws Venezuela’s Oil Industry A $5B Lifeline

  Published 04 July 2018 | viewed 43,842 times

  China’s Development Bank has approved a US$5-billion loan for Venezuela’s oil industry, Bloomberg reports, quoting the troubled South American country’s Finance Minister Simon Zerpa. “We’ve…

• The New Oil Cartel Threatening OPEC

  Published 03 July 2018 | viewed 346,288 times

  When reports emerged that India and China are in talks about forming an oil buyers’ club, OPEC was probably too busy with its upcoming June…

• Russia, Saudi Reiterate Oil Output Increase Commitment

  Published 03 July 2018 | viewed 10,378 times

  Russia and Saudi Arabia have reaffirmed their commitment—and that of the OPEC+ group—to increase crude oil production by 1 million bpd, Bloomberg reports, citing a…

• Oil Industry Faces Unexpected Skill Shortage

  Published 03 July 2018 | viewed 38,866 times

  Automation, data analytics, the Internet of Things—you name it, the oil industry wants it. In the new post-crisis, efficiency-driven industry the adoption of digital technology…

• Rhode Island Launches Anti-Oil Lawsuit

  Published 03 July 2018 | viewed 6,460 times

  Rhode Island yesterday filed a lawsuit against 21 oil companies, including Exxon, Chevron, and ConocoPhillips, for contributing to climate change that is hurting the state’s…

• Saudi King To Trump: We Will Boost Oil Output If Needed

  Published 02 July 2018 | viewed 15,270 times

  The White House has dismissed a suggestion that President Trump made in a tweet that Saudi Arabia is ready and willing to increase oil production…