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• Rig-Spotting – A New Tourist Fad

  Published 28 July 2016 | viewed 3,896 times

  With the oil industry still in the doldrums, some businesses have come to the conclusion that even in such a depression fun could be had.…

• How Much Energy Does It Take To Fuel The Pokemon Go Craze?

  Published 27 July 2016 | viewed 9,933 times

  Do you know how much energy it takes to connect one Pokémon GO player? You may neither know nor care but you will find out…

• Oil Tanks After EIA Reports 1.7M Barrel Crude Build

  Published 27 July 2016 | viewed 19,736 times

  The Energy Information Administration said that commercial crude oil inventories gained 1.7 million barrels in the week to July 22, reaching 521.1 million barrels. This…

• Oil Continues To Fall After API Reports 1.4M Barrel Build At Cushing

  Published 26 July 2016 | viewed 21,297 times

  The American Petroleum Institute reported an 800,000-barrel draw in crude oil inventories for the week to July 22. Strategic inventories at Cushing, Oklahoma, however, were up by…

• Tesla On Course To Open Gigafactory Early, But Plenty Of Hurdles Remain

  Published 26 July 2016 | viewed 9,406 times

  If one follows the media coverage of Elon Musk, the overwhelming impression would be of a man in a huge rush. The last couple of…

• North Sea Platform Workers Launch Biggest Strike in Decades

  Published 26 July 2016 | viewed 11,198 times

  As many as 400 oil platform workers have stopped work for 24 hours in what is the largest industrial action in the North Sea for…

• Syrian Army Retakes Key Points Along Major Oil Pipeline

  Published 25 July 2016 | viewed 9,637 times

  The Syrian army wrestled control of a strategic points along a major oil pipeline in Al-Badia in western Syria from ISIS, after several days of…

• Iran Looks To Raise Gas Output To 385 Bcm Per Day By 2020

  Published 25 July 2016 | viewed 5,209 times

  Iran will be able to produce 385 billion cubic meter of natural gas daily by 2020, much of which will go to India, China, and…

• Why Are Oil Producers Rushing To The STACK?

  Published 25 July 2016 | viewed 20,973 times

  Crude oil prices may be falling again but shale producers are building up their acreage and drilling wells, eying an eventual rebound. Naturally, cash-strapped shale…

• NDA Claims Responsibility for Yet Another Pipeline Blast

  Published 25 July 2016 | viewed 6,247 times

  The Niger Delta Avengers have claimed responsibility for the latest pipeline blast in the Niger Delta, this time of a gas transport facility of the…

• Middle East Still Not Ready For Nuclear Power

  Published 24 July 2016 | viewed 13,518 times

  Nuclear energy is slowly building, or rather, rebuilding its reputation as a cleaner, more cost-efficient alternative to hydrocarbons, with new and safer technology being developed…

• Moody’s Scolds Oil Executives for Pay Model

  Published 22 July 2016 | viewed 6,151 times

  Moody’s has slammed the current model used by oil companies to remunerate executives as too dependent on growth and as such, outdated and not in…

• ‘’The Worst Is Behind Us’’ Schlumberger CEO Sees Reason For Optimism

  Published 22 July 2016 | viewed 13,060 times

  All’s not well in oilfield services, but it might start getting a bit better from now on. That’s the essence of a statement made by…

• India’s ONGC Issues US$1B Bonds To Buy Stake In Russian Oil Field

  Published 22 July 2016 | viewed 5,425 times

  India’s state oil company ONGC has collected US$1 billion in proceeds from two bond issues, which will be used to refinance a loan, taken out…

• Pipeline Leak Spills Crude in North Saskatchewan River

  Published 22 July 2016 | viewed 5,821 times

  Canadian media are quoting oil and gas company Husky Energy as having told authorities that a leak from a pipeline has spilled between 200,000 and…

• Russia Ramps Up Arctic Oil Production

  Published 21 July 2016 | viewed 18,249 times

  Three export terminals on Russia’s Arctic coast shipped an average of 230,000 barrels of crude in the second quarter of 2016. This figure is almost…

• Russia may Take Bourgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline Off Shelf

  Published 21 July 2016 | viewed 7,275 times

  An oil pipeline project that was suspended due to financial problems a few years ago may once again be on the agenda because of the…

• UAE Gets Closer to Commissioning First Ever Nuclear Plant

  Published 21 July 2016 | viewed 6,172 times

  The UAE is hardly the country one thinks would rely on nuclear energy, but times are changing, and the emirates are all for renewable energy…

• This Is How Elon Musk Plans To Dominate Global Transportation

  Published 21 July 2016 | viewed 7,043 times

  It’s out. The second part of Elon Musk’s Top Secret Master Plan has been published on the Tesla website. The much-awaited document gave rise to…

• Lunar Drilling: The Resource Race For The Moon Is On

  Published 20 July 2016 | viewed 21,920 times

  The race for the Moon is on. Nobody is really sure exactly what resources are located on the Moon, or how vast they are, but…