Tsvetana Paraskova

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• U.S. Oil Looks To Conquer European Market

  Published 23 April 2018 | viewed 14,693 times

  U.S. crude oil and condensate exports to Europe are expected to hit an all-time high of around 550,000 bpd in April, according to shipping programs,…

• Hedge Funds Are Certain Oil Prices Will Head Higher

  Published 23 April 2018 | viewed 18,285 times

  Money managers have amassed close to record long positions in the six-major oil-linked futures and option contracts, and the ratio of longs to shorts is…

• Halliburton Returns To Q1 Profit On Strong North America Business

  Published 23 April 2018 | viewed 6,117 times

  On Monday, Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) reported a net income for the first quarter, compared to a net loss for the same period last year, as the…

• Is The Oil Market Ready For Sanctions On Iran?

  Published 21 April 2018 | viewed 31,943 times

  Oil market participants and analysts will be intently watching the Trump Administration over the next month. May 12 is the deadline for the U.S. President…

• Shell’s Profits Soar From Strong Asian Demand

  Published 20 April 2018 | viewed 19,753 times

  Oil major Shell has snapped up over 8 million barrels of June-loading crude oil grades from the Middle East and Russia and has resold some…

• Private Chinese Chemical Giant Gets Largest-Ever Oil Import Quota

  Published 20 April 2018 | viewed 18,660 times

  Hengli Petrochemical, a unit of private Chinese chemical giant Hengli Group, has obtained state approval to import 400,000 bpd of crude oil—the largest quota ever…

• Can $80 Oil Be Justified?

  Published 20 April 2018 | viewed 15,498 times

  Oil prices could reach $80 a barrel in April, although such a price would not be justified by market fundamentals, Russia’s Energy Minister Alexander Novak…

• EPA Set To Unveil More Flexible Rules For Oil And Gas Industry

  Published 20 April 2018 | viewed 9,366 times

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to announce on Friday a new policy that could help avoid costly legal battles over companies violating…

• Trump Slams OPEC For Manipulating Oil Prices

  Published 20 April 2018 | viewed 17,977 times

  Oil prices reversed gains and dipped early on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted that oil prices are “artificially very high” and “will not…

• Gazprom And Saudi Aramco Boost Gas Cooperation

  Published 19 April 2018 | viewed 9,449 times

  Russia’s state-controlled gas giant Gazprom and Saudi Aramco have agreed to boost their cooperation in the gas sector, widening the possible areas of collaboration in…

• Senegal Has A Chance To Dodge The ‘Oil Curse’

  Published 19 April 2018 | viewed 9,976 times

  Senegal is a newcomer to the oil industry, and as the international companies that ventured into the West African country and struck oil in 2014…

• Is OPEC Underestimating U.S. Shale?

  Published 19 April 2018 | viewed 13,153 times

  The oil production cuts and healthy oil demand growth have helped the global inventory surplus to nearly vanish and it certainly looks very much like…

• OPEC Panel Confirms The Oil Glut Is All But Eliminated

  Published 19 April 2018 | viewed 12,572 times

  A meeting of the Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of the OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers part of the supply-cut pact found on Thursday that oil…

• Oil Soars To Highest Price Since 2014

  Published 19 April 2018 | viewed 17,163 times

  Oil prices reached highs last seen at the end of 2014 early on Thursday, with WTI Crude trading just below $70 a barrel after another…

• CNOOC Sells LNG In First Auction As China Looks To Avoid New Gas Crunch

  Published 18 April 2018 | viewed 13,372 times

  China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) sold two liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes on a local exchange for the first time, just as China emerged…

• Four U.S. States Generate Over 30% Of Their Electricity From Wind

  Published 18 April 2018 | viewed 17,505 times

  Wind power generated a record 6.3-percent share of total U.S. electricity last year, with four states generating more than 30 percent of their electricity from…

• Shale Boom Creates New Petrochemical Hub

  Published 18 April 2018 | viewed 20,469 times

  The record-setting natural gas production in the United States is benefiting not only consumers. The shale-growth-driven natural gas output is expected to bring benefits to…

• Oil Trader Gunvor Joins Payments Transparency Initiative

  Published 18 April 2018 | viewed 9,434 times

  One of world’s biggest independent oil traders, Gunvor, is joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a voluntary disclosure program for improving transparency of revenues…

• OPEC Oil Producer Angola Seeks IMF Help To Reform Economy

  Published 18 April 2018 | viewed 11,033 times

  Africa’s second-largest oil producer Angola is seeking non-financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help it with reforms aimed at revitalizing the economy…

• Tesla Starts 24h Shifts In Attempt Ramp Up Model 3 Production

  Published 18 April 2018 | viewed 8,633 times

  Tesla’s halt of Model 3 production is due to a comprehensive set of upgrades that will allow it to ramp up production to up to…