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• Are Investors Turning Away From Big Oil?

  Published 25 April 2018 | viewed 12,616 times

  Earlier this year, when Big Oil reported its results for the final quarter of 2017, analysts projected that investors would be happy, making the industry…

• PDVSA Bond Holders Prepare For Interest Payment

  Published 25 April 2018 | viewed 8,302 times

  A group of investors holding part of a secured US$2.5-billion bond issued by Venezuela’s PDVSA and maturing in 2020 are organizing ahead of an interest…

• UK Needs A Fracked Well A Day To Reduce Gas Imports

  Published 25 April 2018 | viewed 6,147 times

  The UK will need to have one well per day fracked in the period between 2021 and 2035 if it wants to reduce its natural…

• Oil Prices Dip On Crude, Gasoline Build

  Published 25 April 2018 | viewed 24,817 times

  After API surprised markets with a 1.1-million-barrel build in crude oil inventories yesterday, the EIA reinforced the mood by reporting a 2.2-million-barrel build for the…

• Government Pressure Could Cancel CEFC-Rosneft Deal

  Published 25 April 2018 | viewed 9,616 times

  Beijing’s investigation into energy giant CEFC has significantly affected the acquisition deal for an almost 15-percent interest in Russia’s Rosneft, but the talks between the…

• Goldman: Oil Demand Will Continue To Soar

  Published 24 April 2018 | viewed 22,243 times

  Oil demand is growing, and production is falling. This is the message we have been receiving for a few weeks now with increasingly frequency, especially…

• Can China’s EV Industry Survive Without Subsidies?

  Published 24 April 2018 | viewed 9,201 times

  A Chinese electric vehicle maker, BYD, is attracting a lot of positive sentiment from analysts covering the company, according to a Bloomberg poll among 27…

• Can China Combat Its Natural Gas Crisis?

  Published 24 April 2018 | viewed 9,589 times

  Last December, LNG imports into China hit a record high amid natural gas shortages due to the government moving too fast with its shift from…

• Sudan Extends Invitation To Russian Oil Explorers

  Published 24 April 2018 | viewed 7,883 times

  Sudan has invited Russian companies to take part in the development of its oil industry, Sputnik reports, quoting the adviser to Sudan’s energy minister. Abdel…

• Rystad Upbeat About Oilfield Service Providers

  Published 24 April 2018 | viewed 5,940 times

  Rystad Energy expects a strong performance from the oilfield service sector based on the first-quarter reports of the top three players in this field, which…

• Brent Breaches $75 As Iranian Sanctions Loom

  Published 24 April 2018 | viewed 10,020 times

  Brent oil prices topped $75 in early trading on Tuesday as the market grows increasingly worried that the chance of renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran…

• Russia Bets Big On Arctic Oil

  Published 23 April 2018 | viewed 19,367 times

  Gazprom Neft, Russia’s fourth largest oil producer, has big plans for its Arctic oil operations, and it seems that neither sanctions nor production cuts can…

• Kuwait Plans Massive Oil Tanker Expansion

  Published 23 April 2018 | viewed 15,100 times

  Despite the ongoing oil production cuts across OPEC, Kuwait has announced plans to expand its oil and oil product tanker fleet twofold over the next…

• 19 Oil Tankers Held Hostage Off Yemeni Coast

  Published 23 April 2018 | viewed 42,677 times

  The Yemeni Houthis have captured 19 oil tankers and are keeping them from entering the Hodeidah port, according to reports from Saudi media quoting the…

• Terror Attack Shuts Down Libyan Oil Pipeline

  Published 23 April 2018 | viewed 17,793 times

  The pipeline feeding crude from the Waha oil field into Libya’s Es Sider export terminal has been shut down for repairs after a fire broke…

• Michael Bloomberg To Personally Fund U.S. Paris Agreement Commitment

  Published 23 April 2018 | viewed 6,609 times

  Michael Bloomberg will pay US$4.5 million to the UN Climate Change Secretariat in a bid to make sure that the United States upholds its commitment…

• Why China’s Shale Boom Is Struggling

  Published 21 April 2018 | viewed 30,620 times

  A few years ago, there was a lot of talk about a Chinese shale revolution as the country’s fast-growing demand for natural gas sparked enthusiasm…

• Is Alberta Suffering From The Oil Curse?

  Published 20 April 2018 | viewed 10,717 times

  Alberta needs long-term fiscal planning to avoid the adverse effects of oil price swings on the contents of its coffers, outgoing auditor general Merwan Saher…

• Russia And Iran Hit Back At The Petrodollar

  Published 20 April 2018 | viewed 31,570 times

  Russia and Iran have launched an oil-for-goods exchange program seeking to eliminate bilateral payments in U.S. dollars and plan to keep it going for five…

• Oil Prices Fall As Russia Reconsiders Production Cuts

  Published 20 April 2018 | viewed 15,135 times

  OPEC and non-OPEC producers could reconsider the size of the production cuts they agreed in December 2016 and “ease the cuts,” Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander…