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• Petrobras Ready To Sell Troubled US Refinery

  Published 07 February 2018 | viewed 8,797 times

  Petrobras is preparing to launch a tender for its 110,000-bpd refinery in Pasadena, Texas, the company said this week. The facility has become notorious as…

• Oil Market Makes Major Shift As US Oil Heads To Middle East

  Published 07 February 2018 | viewed 19,730 times

  A cargo of U.S. condensate has reached Abu Dhabi in the latest sign how much the oil market has changed in the last few years.…

• The Shale Driller's Dilemma

  Published 06 February 2018 | viewed 12,881 times

  Shale boomers are having a field day, adding rigs, improving well efficiencies, pumping in more water and frac sand, and ultimately expanding production. This is…

• Mexico’s Obrador Steps Up Oil Nationalism Rhetoric

  Published 06 February 2018 | viewed 7,633 times

  Not a week after Mexico hosted its latest oil auction, the frontrunner for the next presidency in Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has stepped up…

• Gulf Of Guinea Pirates Release Oil Tanker Crew

  Published 06 February 2018 | viewed 8,590 times

  Pirates have released the 22-strong crew of the Marine Express tanker, which they captured a few days earlier. The tanker’s owner, Anglo-Eastern, said in a…

• Maduro Proposes OPEC Cryptocurrency

  Published 06 February 2018 | viewed 16,381 times

  Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro seems intent on milking the digital currency fad for all it has. After proposing an oil-backed national cryptocurrency, as it were,…

• Most Big Banks Are Now Bullish On Oil

  Published 05 February 2018 | viewed 13,318 times

  This time last year, all the big banks that OPEC and Russia took by surprise a month earlier by agreeing to an oil production cut…

• Tesla Threatens To Pull Out Of Hong Kong Over EV Incentives

  Published 05 February 2018 | viewed 9,882 times

  Tesla is considering curbing its presence in Hong Kong if the city’s authorities don’t start offering EV buyers more incentives, a source close to the…

• ISIS Tries To Attack Libyan Oilfield

  Published 05 February 2018 | viewed 20,211 times

  Terrorists from the Islamic State have tried to attack the Dhara oilfield, sources from the Libyan National Army told local media. The LNA confronted the…

• U.S. Considers Cutting Venezuelan Oil Imports

  Published 05 February 2018 | viewed 15,107 times

  Washington may be nearing a decision on extending sanctions against Venezuela to include imports of Venezuelan crude and exports of U.S. refined products to the…

• The U.S. Oil Boom Is Attracting Canadian Drillers

  Published 04 February 2018 | viewed 15,966 times

  Canadian oil and gas drillers are moving their rigs to the United States in response to greater demand for their service there and an investment…

• Oil From Sunk Tanker May Have Reached Japan

  Published 02 February 2018 | viewed 7,518 times

  Blobs of oil-like liquid have been detected on several Japanese beaches, government officials report, cited by AFP, worried that it could be contamination from the…

• Washington Further Facilitates Oil Drilling on Federal Lands

  Published 02 February 2018 | viewed 6,190 times

  The Interior Department has furthered its efforts to make oil and gas drilling on federal land easier by implementing a policy aimed at streamlining the…

• Mexico’s Obrador Reiterates Plan To Review Oil Contracts

  Published 02 February 2018 | viewed 5,271 times

  Just a day after the most successful offshore oil and gas tender in Mexico since the 2013 energy industry reform, the frontrunner for the July…

• Can OPEC Deal With Its Success?

  Published 01 February 2018 | viewed 6,908 times

  The 2017 data is in: OPEC’s success with its oil production cuts is now proved. In fact, the cartel and its partners — led by…

• Asian Oil Companies Face $100B Well Decommissioning Bill

  Published 01 February 2018 | viewed 6,883 times

  Asian state-owned oil companies—and taxpayers in the Asia-Pacific—are facing a potential bill of up to US$100 billion for the decommissioning of tens of thousands of…

• White House Prepares Severe Blow To The Renewables Industry

  Published 01 February 2018 | viewed 12,278 times

  The Trump administration may be preparing a very bad surprise for the renewable energy industry and environmentalists with a proposal to cut funding for clean…

• Shell Snaps Up Nine Blocks In Mexico Oil Tender

  Published 01 February 2018 | viewed 6,543 times

  Shell emerged as the top bidder in Mexico’s second offshore oil and gas block licensing tender since the start of its energy reform in 2013,…

• The Oil Rally Is Helping Renewables

  Published 31 January 2018 | viewed 12,935 times

  It may sound counterintuitive, but higher crude oil prices have proved to be a boon for the renewable energy industry, at least when it comes…

• Cuba Expands Fuel Imports From Algeria As Venezuela Falters

  Published 31 January 2018 | viewed 7,530 times

  Cuba has signed a deal with Algeria to increase the amount of oil products it imports from the North African country as its main supplier,…