Julianne Geiger

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• U.S. Oil Rig Count Falls For The First Time In 12 Weeks

  Published 13 January 2017 | viewed 14,076 times

  The number of active oil and gas rigs in the United States dipped on Friday by 6 for a total of 659 active rigs, according…

• Markets Brace As API Estimates First Crude Inventory Build In Eight Weeks

  Published 10 January 2017 | viewed 20,260 times

  The American Petroleum Institute (API) reported a 1.5-million-barrel build in its latest data release on Tuesday afternoon. The build to crude inventory sent oil prices…

• Google’s Waymo To Release Its First Fleet Of Self-Driving Minivans

  Published 09 January 2017 | viewed 6,400 times

  Waymo’s first fleet of self-driving Chrysler Pacific minivans will hit public roads later this month, according to an announcement made at Detroit’s North American International…

• U.S. Rig Count Rises To Highest Point In 1 Year

  Published 06 January 2017 | viewed 18,601 times

  Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes is ringing in the new year with a 7-rig increase this week to the number of active oil and gas…

• The U.S. Oil Rig Count Continues Its Rapid Climb

  Published 16 December 2016 | viewed 24,706 times

  Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes reported a 13-rig increase this week to the number of oil and gas rigs active in the United States, bringing…

• Oil Platform Collapses In Caspian Sea, 1 Dead, 9 Missing

  Published 16 December 2016 | viewed 111,429 times

  At least one oil worker is dead, with another nine missing early on Thursday, after an offshore oil rig operated by Azerbaijan’s state-run oil firm…

• U.S. Government Issues New Permits To Eagle Killing Wind Farms

  Published 15 December 2016 | viewed 8,546 times

  The U.S. Federal government is set to issue permits to wind farms that could end the lives of thousands of Bald Eagles—the bird that has…

• Libya’s Rayayina Oil Pipelines Reopened After A Two-Year Closure

  Published 14 December 2016 | viewed 7,358 times

  The Rayayina Patrols Brigade of the Petroleum Facilities Guard agreed on Wednesday to end a two-year-long blockade of two of Libya’s major oil pipelines, according…

• Rick Perry Shortlisted For Energy Secretary

  Published 12 December 2016 | viewed 6,739 times

  Former Texas Governor Rick Perry is sitting at the top of Trump’s shortlist for United States Energy Secretary, according to people familiar with the president-elect’s…

• Kuwait Appoints New Oil Minister

  Published 12 December 2016 | viewed 10,071 times

  Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah has appointed a new oil minister for the country, following early elections held in late November in which the…

• The OPEC Effect? U.S. Rig Count Spikes Most In 31 Months

  Published 09 December 2016 | viewed 27,155 times

  The number of oil and gas rigs in the United States was up again this week, with an increase of 27. Active oil rigs in…

• Iraqi Kurds May Reject Oil Cuts, Putting Baghdad In Difficult Position

  Published 08 December 2016 | viewed 10,558 times

  Authorities of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq have announced that they will most likely not take part in the recently agreed oil…

• Oman to Announce Oil Output Cuts After Vienna Meet

  Published 06 December 2016 | viewed 9,102 times

  Omani authorities say the country will cooperate in OPEC’s planned output cut, but is holding out on a specific cut commitment until the cartel’s 10…

• Saudi Arabia Blames Iran For Serious Cyber Attacks

  Published 03 December 2016 | viewed 43,383 times

  Saudi Arabia was hacked again—in a major way—two weeks ago, destroying computers at six critical organizations in the country, according to Saudi news agency, SPA,…

• Iran Issues Threats As US Senate Votes To Extend Sanctions

  Published 02 December 2016 | viewed 21,236 times

  Iran issued fighting words on Friday after the United States Senate passed a bill with a 99-0 vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA).“Nothing…

• Winners And Losers Of The OPEC Deal

  Published 01 December 2016 | viewed 45,469 times

  It’s no secret I’ve been one of the consistent naysayers about the OEPC deal. I was confident a deal wouldn’t be had, and that if…

• Harold Hamm Rejects Trump’s Offer of Energy Secretary

  Published 01 December 2016 | viewed 27,885 times

  Energy mogul Harold Hamm will not be taking President-Elect Trump up on his offer to name him Energy Secretary, according to Fox News. Hamm, who…

• Energy ETFs Win Big On OPEC Promises

  Published 01 December 2016 | viewed 6,490 times

  Energy ETFs are soaring on the coattails of OPEC’s Wednesday promise to cut oil output to 32.5 million barrels per day, and right now it…

• Ahead Of OPEC’s Meeting, API Inventory Report Shows Major Crude Build At Cushing

  Published 29 November 2016 | viewed 49,632 times

  On the eve of the biggest OPEC decision in recent history, the American Petroleum Institute (API) has released crude inventory data showing the biggest build…

• Mexico’s Promising Deepwater Auction To Include These Bidders

  Published 29 November 2016 | viewed 8,102 times

  The final list for the 17 lucky oil companies that received a pre-qualification to bid in Mexico’s highly sought after deepwater oil auctions has been…