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• The Oil Rally Is Helping Renewables

  Published 31 January 2018 | viewed 12,938 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 7,531 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,…

• Oil Prices Fall After Strong Crude Inventory Build

  Published 31 January 2018 | viewed 26,802 times

  As investment banks become increasingly bullish on crude oil, the Energy Information Administration reported a 6.8-million-barrel build in U.S. crude oil inventories for the week…

• British Columbia Proposes New Rules For Trans Mountain Pipeline

  Published 31 January 2018 | viewed 9,341 times

  The province of British Columbia has put one more hurdle in front of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline project by proposing new rules that…

• Analysts Raise Average WTI Forecast To $58 In 2018

  Published 31 January 2018 | viewed 10,508 times

  For yet another month, analysts raised their average forecasts for oil prices this year—expecting WTI Crude to average $58.11 a barrel—but warned that Brent Crude…

• Big Oil Enters Growth Mode

  Published 30 January 2018 | viewed 11,404 times

  M&A activity in the oil and gas industry picked up last year after three depressed years of underinvestment while the industry fought for its life,…

• China’s Coal-To-Gas Transition Sputters

  Published 30 January 2018 | viewed 7,646 times

  China’s ambitious program to shift from coal to gas is showing more signs of stuttering as the province of Hebei this week stopped a program…

• JP Morgan: Oil Could Hit $78 Within Months

  Published 30 January 2018 | viewed 37,981 times

  J.P. Morgan beat all other investment banks in their forecasts for the price of Brent crude this year, setting its projection at US$70 a barrel.…

• Iraq Loosens Export Rules To Get Better Prices

  Published 30 January 2018 | viewed 8,079 times

  Iraq has relaxed its crude oil exporting rules in a bid to pocket better prices for its most precious commodity despite the continuing rally. Baghdad…

• UK's Secret Cold War Plan For Middle East Oil Fields

  Published 29 January 2018 | viewed 19,495 times

  The 1950s were a turbulent time on both sides of the Iron Curtain. With the Second World War over and the star role played by…

• Ecuador Makes Progress In Oil Export Talks With China

  Published 29 January 2018 | viewed 10,566 times

  Ecuador and Chinese oil companies have reached a partial agreement on exports from the Andean country, but Quito will continue to insist on better conditions,…

• First Ever Russian LNG Cargo Arrives In The U.S.

  Published 29 January 2018 | viewed 11,552 times

  The Gaselys tanker carrying the first LNG cargo produced by Russia’s first LNG facility in Yamal has arrived in Boston, the U.S. Coast Guard told…

• WTI-Brent Spread Narrows To Smallest In Five Months

  Published 29 January 2018 | viewed 13,707 times

  Rising U.S. rig count and oil production—along with a firmer U.S. dollar—sent oil prices down by 1 percent early on Monday, but the spread between…

• Chinese Coal Futures Spike On Shortage Concerns

  Published 29 January 2018 | viewed 5,410 times

  Prices of coal futures in China hit the highest since they were launched three years ago on growing worry about shortages of the fuel as…

• Texas Set For Another Oil Boom

  Published 28 January 2018 | viewed 61,584 times

  Texas is set for another oil boom, with production this year expected to hit a record high. That’s according to Karr Ingham, the oil economist…

• NYC Mayor Wants Big Oil Dead

  Published 26 January 2018 | viewed 9,645 times

  New York City’s mayor Bill de Blasio threatened Big Oil with more lawsuits on the Bernie Sanders Show podcast, comparing the industry to the tobacco…

• Oil Prices Ease As Refinery Maintenance Season Draws Near

  Published 26 January 2018 | viewed 17,318 times

  Crude oil prices eased in early trading today, with WTI at US$65.43 a barrel in morning trade in Europe, after yesterday hitting US$66.66 a barrel,…

• China Faces Fresh Heating, Power Shortages

  Published 26 January 2018 | viewed 9,218 times

  New heating and electricity shortages are looming over parts of China due to the combination of cold weather and insufficient coal supplies. That’s what four…

• An Unsolvable Natural Gas Dilemma

  Published 25 January 2018 | viewed 15,082 times

  Natural gas isn’t the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of the Netherlands. Clean energy is a more likely association. And yet…

• Chevron, Exxon And Total On Niger Delta Hit List

  Published 25 January 2018 | viewed 23,245 times

  A group of militant organizations calling itself a Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators has released a list of oil targets that include fields and infrastructure…