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• China Gas Imports Hit All-Time High

  Published 12 January 2018 | viewed 10,287 times

  Natural gas imports into China reached an all-time high in December as the country fought a cold spell amid efforts to reduce its dependence on…

• Shell Considers Buying Dutch Green Energy Supplier

  Published 12 January 2018 | viewed 7,173 times

  Shell is mulling over a bid for Dutch green energy company Eneco Group, which is active in wind, solar, and biomass, the Dutch newspaper De…

• Norway Reports Record Gas Sales To Europe In 2017

  Published 11 January 2018 | viewed 5,779 times

  Norway delivered a record-high 4.1 trillion cu ft of natural gas to Europe, including the UK, last year, capturing a quarter of the market, the…

• UAE Oil Minister: OPEC Deal Could Extend Beyond 2018

  Published 11 January 2018 | viewed 14,159 times

  The OPEC/Russia deal for crude oil production cuts could extend beyond 2018, the United Arab Emirates’ energy minister, Suhail al-Mazrouei has suggested. Speaking to CNBC,…

• Expect A New Wave Of Oilfield Service IPOs In 2018

  Published 10 January 2018 | viewed 18,095 times

  This time last year, the oilfield service sector started showing the first signs of hope and optimism after the OPEC/Russia deal to cut crude oil…

• Iranian Oil Tanker Explodes, Could Continue To Burn For A Month

  Published 10 January 2018 | viewed 10,019 times

  An Iranian tanker carrying condensate that collided with a Chinese freight ship on Saturday is still burning and could burn for a month, the South…

• Oil Prices Slip After Lower Than Expected Crude Draw

  Published 10 January 2018 | viewed 24,652 times

  A day after the American Petroleum Institute took markets by surprise with a massive, 11-million-barrel inventory draw, the Energy Information Administration reported the draw was…

• Florida Gets An Oil Drilling Pass

  Published 10 January 2018 | viewed 5,814 times

  Florida will be exempt from the Trump administration’s new offshore drilling plans—a decision made after the state’s governor pleaded with Washington that it be excluded…

• Exxon Accuses California Of Climate Change Hypocrisy

  Published 09 January 2018 | viewed 6,312 times

  Exxon has called out a deliberate discrepancy between statements made by several California municipalities and cities in lawsuits against it and more than a dozen…

• $2.3 Million Seized Following Singapore Oil Heist

  Published 09 January 2018 | viewed 6,409 times

  The Singapore police have arrested seventeen people and have seized millions of dollars in cash after a raid prompted by a complaint about a theft…

• China Nears 2016 Carbon Emissions Target

  Published 09 January 2018 | viewed 4,659 times

  China’s climate change watchdog said 27 of the country’s 31 regions have met the carbon emission reduction targets Beijing set in 2016. The targets include…

• Is This Lithium Battery Breakthrough Too Good To Be True?

  Published 08 January 2018 | viewed 30,930 times

  It would be a dull month if a new rechargeable battery project didn’t make headlines amid all the excitement surrounding electric cars. This month’s indisputable…

• Vietnam Oil Executives Could Face Death Penalty In Corruption Case

  Published 08 January 2018 | viewed 10,069 times

  Vietnam’s government has put on trial 22 executives from state-owned energy company PetroVietnam for losses incurred by the company. Some of the offenses the executives…

• Libyan Oil Company Calls For Reopening Of Ras Lanuf Refinery

  Published 08 January 2018 | viewed 9,433 times

  Libya’s National Oil Corporation has called for the reopening of the Ras Lanuf crude oil refinery after it won two arbitration cases against the owner…

• Iranian Oil Tanker Engulfed In Flames Following Collision

  Published 08 January 2018 | viewed 7,303 times

  A tanker carrying almost a million barrels of Iranian condensate to South Korea collided with a Chinese freighter in the South China Sea on Saturday,…

• Europe Becomes Victim of Russia’s Newest Oil Strategy

  Published 07 January 2018 | viewed 41,167 times

  Higher shipments of Russian crude oil to China may saddle European importers with a fatter bill, an industry consultancy warned at the end of last…

• Toshiba Dumps Westinghouse For $4.6B

  Published 05 January 2018 | viewed 5,971 times

  Toshiba has sold its U.S. nuclear power business, Westinghouse, for US$4.6 billion to a group of investment companies led by Brookfield Asset Management. The deal…

• Saudis Slash Oil Price To Save U.S. Market Share

  Published 05 January 2018 | viewed 25,340 times

  Saudi Aramco has cut the price of Arab Light for the U.S. market further for February despite shipping record-low amounts to its biggest customer. U.S.…

• Aramco Takes Big Step Toward IPO

  Published 05 January 2018 | viewed 5,981 times

  Saudi Arabia’s state energy giant Aramco has been made a joint stock company in preparation for its initial public offering, planned to take place in…

• The 5 Most Popular Energy Stories Of 2017

  Published 04 January 2018 | viewed 8,784 times

  The year in which WTI went from barely above $50 to over $60 a barrel and Brent hit OPEC’s much sought after $65 was full…