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James Burgess

James Burgess studied Business Management at the University of Nottingham. He has worked in property development, chartered surveying, marketing, law, and accounts. He has also studied journalism and has written many articles over the years for a wide variety of sources.
James is the Deputy Editor of Oilprice.com

Latest articles from James

  • U.S. Could Allow Atlantic Offshore Surveying This Year

    Published 07 April 2014 | viewed 5,004 times

    A top Department of Interior official said that the Obama administration may allow oil and gas companies to begin seismic testing in the Atlantic Ocean…

  • U.S. Oil Imports Continue to Decline

    Published 05 April 2014 | viewed 6,097 times

    New EIA data shows that U.S. oil imports continued to decline in 2013 as domestic production increased. The U.S. is now importing less oil than…

  • Russia-Iran Oil Swap Deal Gains Momentum

    Published 03 April 2014 | viewed 8,716 times

    Russia and Iran are moving closer to a $20 billion oil-for-goods deal launched earlier this year, according to a Reuters report citing unnamed sources close…

  • Panic as June Deadline Nears for Ethanol Mandate

    Published 03 April 2014 | viewed 5,340 times

    As the June deadline nears for a decision on the ethanol mandate, lobbying picks up momentum in Washington as ethanol struggles in a purgatory somewhere…

  • World Entering “Golden Age of Gas”

    Published 03 April 2014 | viewed 5,621 times

    Bloomberg published a lengthy article on the proliferation of shale gas drilling around the world, with interviews from top oil and gas executives. Drillers are…

  • Problems Mount at Kashagan Oil Field

    Published 02 April 2014 | viewed 8,966 times

    The massive Kashagan oil project in the Caspian Sea has suffered from huge cost overruns and delays, and the problems do not seem to be…

  • Total, Lukoil To Drill in ‘Russian Bakken’

    Published 01 April 2014 | viewed 4,966 times

    Russia’s Lukoil and France's Total SA have reportedly signed a memorandum to develop the Bazhenov shale oil fields in western Siberia, according to Russian news…

  • Oil Tanker Shot at in Strait of Hormuz

    Published 01 April 2014 | viewed 5,521 times

    An oil tanker was fired upon by armed men in a skiff as it made its way through the Strait of Hormuz on March 30.…

  • Lithuania Asks US to Expedite Gas Exports

    Published 31 March 2014 | viewed 5,604 times

    Lithuania's energy minister has joined Central European calls for Washington to expedite approval for US natural gas exports to Europe to reduce dependence on Russia.…

  • Wind Power Hits Record in Texas

    Published 31 March 2014 | viewed 4,964 times

    In the Lone Star state, the wind industry hit a new record for generation. On the night of March 26, wind power surpassed 10,000 megawatts…

  • Canada Approves LNG Exports for Project Hopefuls

    Published 29 March 2014 | viewed 9,107 times

    While liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals proposals are languishing under the measured pace of approval in the United States, Canada is approving licenses in…

  • Lesser Prairie Chicken Could Impede Oil and Gas Development

    Published 29 March 2014 | viewed 11,931 times

    The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Lesser Prairie Chicken on a list of “threatened” species under the Endangered Species Act, providing it with…

  • Hungary’s MOL Gets Ambitious in North Sea

    Published 27 March 2014 | viewed 5,728 times

    Hungarian-based oil and gas company MOL has finalized the $375-million acquisition of 14 offshore oil licenses in the North Sea from German BASF’s Wintershall subsidiary.The…

  • President Obama Meets Saudi King amid Changing Relationship

    Published 27 March 2014 | viewed 5,006 times

    U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah on March 28, a time in which their nations’ long-held alliance is undergoing a dramatic…

  • China Eyes Massive Production from First Shale Project

    Published 26 March 2014 | viewed 8,647 times

    China’s Sinopec is planning to develop a production capacity of 10 billion cubic meters per year by 2017 at the Fuling shale gas field, making…

  • EU Eyes Fracking for Energy Security

    Published 26 March 2014 | viewed 5,003 times

    The dependence of many European Union members on Russian gas has been the topic of discussion for several weeks now, and a G7 meeting this…

  • US Green Lights 7th LNG Export Project

    Published 25 March 2014 | viewed 11,578 times

    The US government on Monday approved a seventh natural gas export project, giving the green light for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Oregon,…

  • Cold Weather Draws Down Coal Inventories

    Published 25 March 2014 | viewed 4,451 times

    The remarkably cold winter in the eastern U.S. has depleted coal supplies as demand for electricity and heat spiked. Coal-fired power plants often keep several…

  • Small Oil Companies Eye Huge Prize in Ghana

    Published 24 March 2014 | viewed 13,308 times

    Since the first discovery of the massive Jubilee oilfield in Ghana by a start-up company, the West African playing field has begun to change, and…

  • Houston Shipping Channels Shuttered for 3rd Day After Oil Spill

    Published 24 March 2014 | viewed 5,505 times

    A late-night collision on March 22 between an oil barge and a cargo ship spilled 168,000 gallons of oil into the Galveston Bay in Houston…

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