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• Total Tally For Fukushima Decommission Is $75 Billion

  Published 30 March 2018 | viewed 14,687 times

  The decommissioning of the Fukushima nuclear power plant will cost an annual US$2 billion (220 billion yen) until 2021, an unnamed source told the Japan…

• FirstEnergy Asks For Government Bailout

  Published 30 March 2018 | viewed 10,196 times

  Utility FirstEnergy has asked for what is effectively a government bailout for several nuclear and coal-fired plants, after it said it would have to shutter…

• Judge Deals Exxon Blow In Climate Cover-Up Case

  Published 30 March 2018 | viewed 6,835 times

  A federal judge has put an end to Exxon’s attempt to sue the district attorneys of New York and Massachusetts for investigating the company with…

• Saudi Stock Market Prepares New Rules For Aramco Listing

  Published 30 March 2018 | viewed 7,131 times

  New financial market rules aimed at preventing major price drops in newly listed companies on Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul exchange will be ready by the end…

• Iraq’s Oil Reserves May Be Much Higher Than Thought

  Published 29 March 2018 | viewed 24,164 times

  Iraq’s crude oil reserves may turn out to be much higher than believed, the country’s oil minister Jabar al-Luaibi said at a recent industry event,…

• The Struggle Continues For Bankrupt Shale Drillers

  Published 29 March 2018 | viewed 23,059 times

  Remember the wave of bankruptcies that hit shale E&Ps and oilfield services providers in the shale patch between 2015 and 2017? Over those two years,…

• China’s New Oil Futures Face Volatility Fears

  Published 29 March 2018 | viewed 6,943 times

  It has been a hectic three days for the newly launched Chinese crude oil futures on the Shanghai Exchange, with the contract plunging heavily yesterday…

• Judge: Saudi Arabia Must Stand Trial For 9/11

  Published 29 March 2018 | viewed 7,379 times

  The chances of Aramco listing in New York just slumped to close to zero after a U.S. District Judge in Manhattan ruled against Riyadh’s bid…

• $9.5B Deal Creates Biggest Player In The Permian

  Published 29 March 2018 | viewed 22,287 times

  Concho Resources has struck a deal to acquire natural gas peer RSP Permian for US$9.5 billion in an all-stock deal that is the biggest acquisition…

• Alberta's Aggressive Renewable Energy Push

  Published 28 March 2018 | viewed 10,827 times

  One Canadian province has set its sights on generating almost a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. This will take some US$7.77…

• Washington Sells 7 Million Barrels Of SPR Crude

  Published 28 March 2018 | viewed 9,897 times

  The department of Energy has sold seven million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to at least five buyers at prices of…

• Will Lithium-Air Batteries Ever Become Viable?

  Published 28 March 2018 | viewed 22,401 times

  Lithium-air batteries sound too good to be true—using the oxygen available in the air to produce electricity. Theoretically, they could become serious competitors to lithium-ion…

• Iran-Iraq Oil Swap Deal Starts In 2 Weeks

  Published 28 March 2018 | viewed 12,171 times

  Shipments of Kirkuk crude oil to Iran under an oil swap deal will begin in two weeks, Alaa al-Yasiri, head of Iraq’s oil marketing company…

• Oil Prices Fall As EIA Confirms Inventory Build

  Published 28 March 2018 | viewed 27,433 times

  After a surprise 5.32-million-barrel inventory build reported by the American Petroleum Institute (API) weighed on oil prices yesterday, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) is reporting…

• Tesla Nose Dives On Downgrade, Fatal Crash

  Published 28 March 2018 | viewed 7,827 times

  Moody’s is downgrading Tesla’s corporate family rating to B3 from B2 and cutting its outlook on the company to Negative from Neutral in a blow…

• Offshore Oil Closes In On Shale

  Published 27 March 2018 | viewed 17,456 times

  Offshore crude oil extraction, including deepwater, is closing in on shale in terms of cost thanks to new production technologies, a senior Chevron executive said…

• GM Korea Faces Ultimatum: Bankruptcy Or Investment

  Published 27 March 2018 | viewed 7,840 times

  GM Korea is preparing to file for bankruptcy if the management fails to reach an agreement with the company’s local labor union over a restructuring…

• Thousands of Jobs At Risk As Nigerian Oil Industry Crumbles

  Published 27 March 2018 | viewed 20,247 times

  Thousands of oil workers in Nigeria may lose their jobs after a wave of picketing against several service companies from the industry from members of…

• Canada Slams Husky Energy With 10 Spill-Related Charges

  Published 27 March 2018 | viewed 7,492 times

  The Canadian Department of Environment is charging Husky Energy with nine counts of environmental damage related to an oil spill that occurred in 2016, and…

• Is This The World’s Next Petrochemical Hub?

  Published 26 March 2018 | viewed 19,364 times

  Appalachia is about to turn into the largest gas-producing region in America, accounting for 37 percent of the total by 2040, a study by IHS…