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Irina Slav

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Irina Slav

Irina is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing on the oil and gas industry.

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  • Iran Calls On OPEC To Sway Libya, Nigeria To Join Cut

    Published 25 September 2017 | viewed 8,408 times

    OPEC should approach Libya and Nigeria, the two exempted OPEC members who were allowed to continue raising their crude oil output despite the November 2016…

  • Baghdad Asks World To Stop Buying Kurdish Oil

    Published 25 September 2017 | viewed 15,868 times

    A day before an historic vote for independent Kurdistan, the central government of Iraq issued a statement calling on “neighboring countries and countries of the…

  • Iraq Says Shell May Not Quit Majnoon Oilfield

    Published 25 September 2017 | viewed 8,736 times

    Negotiations between Baghdad and Shell regarding the company’s possible exit from the Majnoon oilfield are still continuing, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luiebi said on Sunday.…

  • Are OPEC’s Hands Tied?

    Published 24 September 2017 | viewed 7,929 times

    Brent is back above US$55 for the first time since February and WTI is hovering above US$50. The world should look like a better place…

  • Japan Court Slams Tepco With Fukushima Damages Bill

    Published 22 September 2017 | viewed 8,763 times

    The Chiba District Court in Japan has ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, or Tepco, to pay damages to a group of Fukushima prefecture residents…

  • Total Joins Chevron In Gulf Of Mexico Development

    Published 22 September 2017 | viewed 8,161 times

    French Total has expanded its presence in the Gulf of Mexico by closing a farm-in agreement with Chevron for the development of seven prospects covering…

  • Goldman Chief Urges Riyadh To Get Vision 2030 Going

    Published 22 September 2017 | viewed 11,587 times

    Goldman Sachs’ chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein, has urged Saudi Arabia to pursue faster progress on its Vision 2030 economic diversification program. Speaking at the Bloomberg…

  • North Sea Oil Sees Investment Rush

    Published 21 September 2017 | viewed 14,434 times

    Hundreds of millions in decommissioning costs, field depletion, high taxes and low oil prices have been the highlights of media coverage of the UK’s North…

  • Peruvian Villagers Shut Down 50 Oil Wells In Protest

    Published 21 September 2017 | viewed 6,803 times

    Villagers in the Peru Amazon have shut down 50 oil wells in protest against the negotiations of a new oil field development contract between Lima…

  • Hurricane Damage To Trigger Fuel Glut

    Published 21 September 2017 | viewed 10,939 times

    Damage from hurricanes in the Caribbean, which sends a substantial amount of fuel oil to the U.S. Gulf Coast, could lead to a glut of…

  • Bay Area Sues Big Oil For Billions

    Published 21 September 2017 | viewed 10,848 times

    The cities of San Francisco and Oakland have filed lawsuits against Chevron, Exxon, ConocoPhillips, BP, and Shell for the effect of their activities on climate…

  • Will The White House Prevent Rosneft From Buying Citgo?

    Published 20 September 2017 | viewed 11,613 times

    Senators have pressed the Trump Administration to review the chances of Russia’s Rosneft acquiring Venezuela’s PDVSA and its U.S. business, Citgo. Marco Rubio and Bob…

  • The Race For The “Holy Grail” Of Renewables

    Published 20 September 2017 | viewed 17,309 times

    In February, AES Energy’s Escondido battery storage facility in California was hailed as the largest one to date, with a capacity of 30 MW/120 MWh.…

  • Has The EIA Been Overestimating Oil Production?

    Published 20 September 2017 | viewed 21,081 times

    The Energy Information Administration is overestimating U.S. crude oil production, Continental Resource’s chief executive Harold Hamm said today in an interview with Fox Business. Hamm…

  • Is Artificial Intelligence The Next Step In Total's Tech Push?

    Published 20 September 2017 | viewed 9,223 times

    France’s top oil player Total has once again demonstrated that it is wasting no time to prepare for the future realities of an increasingly green,…

  • EIA Report Kills Bullish Sentiment

    Published 20 September 2017 | viewed 24,150 times

    Amid restarting refineries along the Gulf Coast and growing optimism about strengthening demand, the EIA dampened spirits somewhat by reporting a substantial increase in crude…

  • Gulf Keystone Plans Further Oil Output Increase In Kurdistan

    Published 19 September 2017 | viewed 6,057 times

    Independent E&P Gulf Keystone, whose operations are concentrated in Kurdistan, said it has enough cash flow to invest in further crude oil output production in…

  • Venezuela’s Crisis Deepens As Hurricane Approaches

    Published 19 September 2017 | viewed 10,849 times

    Oil traders have started to divert fuel shipments from their original destination in Venezuela as Hurricane Maria approaches the Caribbean, Reuters vessel tracking data has…

  • Tension Rises In Oil-Rich Kurdistan

    Published 19 September 2017 | viewed 5,737 times

    Ethnic tensions are heating up in Kirkuk, the center of northern Iraq’s oil industry, ahead of an independence referendum that the Kurdistan Regional Government has…

  • The Chinese Giant Taking Over Energy Markets

    Published 18 September 2017 | viewed 13,273 times

    Last week’s announcement of the US$9-billion acquisition by Chinese CEFC of a more than 14-percent stake in Rosneft sent ripples across the oil industry and…

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