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Irina Slav

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    Published 18 December 2017 | viewed 9,929 times

    Russia’s Rosneft has sealed a deal with the Venezuelan government for the development of two of its offshore gas fields for a period of 30…

  • The Secret To Replacing Fossil Fuels

    Published 17 December 2017 | viewed 14,840 times

    When it comes to renewables, skeptics tend to point out the lower efficiency rates as opposed to fossil fuels, the high costs, and the dependence…

  • BP To Invest $200 Million In Solar

    Published 15 December 2017 | viewed 6,817 times

    BP today announced the acquisition of a 43-percent interest in solar power company Lighthouse for US$200 million, following in the footsteps of peers Shell and…

  • Petrobras CEO Hints At New Partner In Oil-Rich Campos Basin

    Published 15 December 2017 | viewed 4,579 times

    Petrobras chief executive Pedro Parente said at an event yesterday that the company was preparing to announce a partnership for the development of the prolific…

  • Venezuela Sells Oil Refinery Stake To Cuba

    Published 15 December 2017 | viewed 13,956 times

    Venezuela has sold its stake in the Cienfuegos refinery to its partner in the joint venture, Cuba. Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA held 49 percent…

  • Adapt Or Die: Oil Majors In The New World

    Published 14 December 2017 | viewed 16,016 times

    The world’s biggest public oil company is facing a challenge: it needs to continue to grow in a world that is drastically different from what…

  • The Most Important Part Of The OPEC Deal

    Published 14 December 2017 | viewed 7,890 times

    The OPEC meeting in Vienna last month was, despite all the hype, always going to be a dull affair. The extension of the oil supply…

  • Struggling Venezuela Launches Tender To Buy U.S. Crude

    Published 14 December 2017 | viewed 26,223 times

    Struggling Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has launched tenders to purchase a total 4.2 million barrels of U.S. and Russian crude oil, which includes up…

  • The Oil And Gas Industry Is Under Attack

    Published 14 December 2017 | viewed 19,599 times

    Almost two-thirds of oil and gas companies have recently had a serious cybersecurity incident, and only a small minority of them felt confident that their…

  • Australian Watchdog Blocks BP Fuel Station Acquisition

    Published 14 December 2017 | viewed 4,396 times

    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission blocked BP’s US$1.4-billion (A$1.8 billion) acquisition of Woolworths’ fuel station network after months of negotiations. According to the competition…

  • Aramco Announces $40 Billion Investment Program

    Published 13 December 2017 | viewed 11,443 times

    Saudi Aramco has announced it will spend US$40 billion annually through 2027, a 25-percent increase on its previous ten-year investment program that was made public…

  • EIA Reports Major Draw In Crude Inventories

    Published 13 December 2017 | viewed 21,701 times

    Amid rising oil prices thanks to the three-week suspension of the Forties pipeline and a major inventory draw estimated by API, the Energy Information Administration…

  • Top Insurer Axa To Exit Oil Sands

    Published 13 December 2017 | viewed 11,569 times

    The oil industry is quickly turning into a pariah as more institutional investor are divesting their fossil fuel portfolios. The latest blow to oil’s popularity…

  • Cyberattacks: The Biggest Threat To OPEC

    Published 12 December 2017 | viewed 58,479 times

    Oil and cybersecurity in one sentence certainly makes for a thrilling read, and there will be an increasing amount of information on the topic as…

  • The Noose Tightens: Venezuela Struggles To Ship Oil

    Published 12 December 2017 | viewed 20,493 times

    The picture for Venezuela grows grimmer by the day, as tankers waiting to load fuel oil from Venezuela ports grow in number as the national…

  • Exxon To Start Reporting On Climate Change Effect

    Published 12 December 2017 | viewed 4,771 times

    Exxon has given in to shareholders who have demanded that the company increase its transparency with regards to the effect of climate change policies on…

  • Why Is Canadian Oil So Cheap?

    Published 12 December 2017 | viewed 40,522 times

    Western Canadian heavy crude’s price discount to WTI widened to the most in three years, at US$23 for the January contract and US$27 for the…

  • Panama Canal Can’t Handle U.S. LNG Boom

    Published 11 December 2017 | viewed 21,918 times

    The International Energy Agency recently predicted that the United States could become the world’s top LNG exporter within ten years. This prediction, however, is far…

  • Will Libya Be First To Ditch The OPEC Production Deal?

    Published 11 December 2017 | viewed 12,283 times

    Just two weeks after it pledged to cap its crude oil production at the level of 1 million barrels daily, Libya has sent a signal…

  • Kuwaiti Oil Minister: OPEC Cuts May End Earlier Than Planned

    Published 11 December 2017 | viewed 9,790 times

    To keep the air of mystery, or whatever remains of it after the November 30 Vienna Club meeting, Kuwait’s Oil Minister Issam al Marzouq yesterday…

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