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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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  • Rosneft Vietnam Worried About South China Sea Drilling

    Published 17 May 2018 | viewed 15,101 times

    Russia’s Rosneft earlier this week announced that it had started drilling a production well off the coast of Vietnam in the South China Sea. Today,…

  • Asia’s Oil Bill May Hit $1 Trillion

    Published 17 May 2018 | viewed 6,594 times

    As Brent climbs closer to US$80, Asia’s oil expenses could reach US$1 trillion, Reuters reports, citing robust demand and a stronger greenback. This would likely…

  • Iran Braces For Lower Oil Exports To South Korea

    Published 17 May 2018 | viewed 6,587 times

    Iran is expecting to see a decline in its crude oil exports to South Korea as a result of U.S. sanctions on tanker transport, the…

  • B.C. Threatens To Sue If Alberta Turns Oil Tap Off

    Published 17 May 2018 | viewed 10,316 times

    British Columbia is planning to take Alberta to court over legislation that will give Alberta the powers to turn the oil taps to B.C. off,…

  • This Major LNG Exporter Is Facing A Gas Shortage

    Published 16 May 2018 | viewed 16,266 times

    Australia is on track to become the world’s largest LNG exporter by next year. Home to several giant offshore projects such as the Gorgon, Wheatstone,…

  • China Books 65% Rise In Oil Stockpiles In April

    Published 16 May 2018 | viewed 9,402 times

    China’s crude oil inventories rose by 65.3 percent between March and April, or by 37.84 million barrels, on the back of lower refinery throughput rates…

  • Conoco Proceeds With More PDVSA Asset Seizures

    Published 16 May 2018 | viewed 13,589 times

    ConocoPhillips has embargoed two cargoes of crude oil and fuel at a storage terminal in Aruba operated by Venezuelan PDVSA’s U.S. subsidiary Citgo, Reuters reports…

  • Oil Prices Rebound On Crude Inventory Draw

    Published 16 May 2018 | viewed 24,744 times

    A day after the American Petroleum Institute’s crude oil inventory report put a restraint on oil prices, the Energy Information Administration pushed prices up again…

  • Canada LNG Construction Could Start This Year

    Published 16 May 2018 | viewed 7,912 times

    A US$31.1-billion (C$40-billion) LNG project in British Columbia could begin construction by the end of the year as rising oil prices have improved the investment…

  • Can The U.S. Avoid The LNG Export Trap?

    Published 15 May 2018 | viewed 12,279 times

    The United States began exporting LNG just two years ago, and last year it was already a net exporter of the fuel, despite a global…

  • Tankers Across The Caribbean Wait For PDVSA Payments

    Published 15 May 2018 | viewed 9,770 times

    Ten tankers carrying various oil products are sitting anchored across the Caribbean awaiting payment for the delivery from Venezuela’s PDVSA, unnamed sources told S&P Platts.…

  • U.S. Shale Oil Production Rises At Record-Breaking Rate

    Published 15 May 2018 | viewed 31,773 times

    Shale oil production in the United States will rise by a record-breaking 144,000 bpd from May to June, hitting 7.178 million bpd, the Energy Information…

  • Brent Crude Hits New High On Soaring Demand

    Published 15 May 2018 | viewed 25,494 times

    Brent crude hit a new high of over US$79 a barrel on data about higher demand in key markets such as China and OPEC’s bullish…

  • Major Reorganization Going On At Tesla

    Published 15 May 2018 | viewed 5,393 times

    Tesla is undergoing a major reorganization that includes streamlining activities and functions to improve its performance, the company confirmed after the Wall Street Journal reported…

  • Iran Sanctions Threaten The Petrodollar

    Published 14 May 2018 | viewed 34,391 times

    One country must be quite pleased with the prospect of new U.S. economic sanctions against Iran’s oil industry, and this country is the largest oil…

  • Nigeria Opposition Leader Promises Partial Oil Firm Privatization

    Published 14 May 2018 | viewed 8,102 times

    A former ally of Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to privatize parts of the country’s national oil company if he wins the presidential vote…

  • ConocoPhillips Moves To Seize Venezuelan Oil Assets

    Published 14 May 2018 | viewed 16,075 times

    ConocoPhillips has seized the oil product inventory of Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA following the issuance of two court orders granting it this right as…

  • India Looks To Aramco, Adnoc For $44B Refinery Project

    Published 14 May 2018 | viewed 6,392 times

    India will be counting on the financial support of Saudi Aramco and Emirati Adnoc for its planned US$44-billion Ratnarigi refinery and petrochemicals project, the country’s…

  • Adnoc To Double Oil Refining Capacity

    Published 14 May 2018 | viewed 7,629 times

    The UAE’s state-owned oil company Adnoc plans to make a major push into downstream operations, eyeing a twofold boost to its refining capacity until 2025,…

  • UK Torn Between Hydrogen And U.S. LNG

    Published 13 May 2018 | viewed 14,301 times

    The United Kingdom is very diligent in its efforts to become a greener country. This year, local media were proud to report that electricity produced…

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