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• Oil Billionaire Becomes Wind Energy’s Top Influencer

  Published 21 November 2017 | viewed 14,511 times

  Billionaire Philip Anschutz—who has built his fortune in oil, railroads, and entertainment—has been named the most influential individual in wind energy in the annual Top…

• Tesla To Spike, Then Crash

  Published 21 November 2017 | viewed 15,172 times

  Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) will offer investors a thrilling and chilling ride next year with sky-high volatility that could first push the stock up to $400 in…

• Can OPEC Control The Oil Bulls In Vienna?

  Published 20 November 2017 | viewed 21,488 times

  Until a month ago, oil analysts and investors thought a nine-month extension of the OPEC production cut agreement was a foregone conclusion.     But as…

• South Iraq Oil Exports Close To Record High To Offset Kirkuk Drop

  Published 20 November 2017 | viewed 6,494 times

  Between November 1 and 20, Iraq’s crude oil exports from the south averaged 3.5 million bpd, up by 150,000 bpd from October and close to…

• Iraqi Forces Find Mass Graves In Oil Wells Near Kirkuk

  Published 20 November 2017 | viewed 14,192 times

  Iraq’s security forces have found mass graves inside oil wells in an area in northeastern Iraq close to the oil-rich Kirkuk, and they believe the…

• Chevron Joint Venture Signs $1.7B Oil, Gas Deal In Nigeria

  Published 20 November 2017 | viewed 9,706 times

  Chevron’s Nigerian unit and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have signed the second and final phase of a US$1.7-billion alternative financing agreement for a…

• Iran: Most OPEC Producers Back Extension Of Cuts

  Published 20 November 2017 | viewed 7,025 times

  The majority of OPEC members are in favor of the cartel extending the oil production cuts, but a final decision will be made at the…

• Is This The New Sweet Spot For Shale?

  Published 19 November 2017 | viewed 22,335 times

  Over the last year, ‘permania’ has become so frenzied that the land rush drove exploration rights prices in West Texas sky high—and along with it,…

• Statoil To Boost Exploration Drilling Offshore Norway In 2018

  Published 17 November 2017 | viewed 9,518 times

  Norway’s oil major Statoil plans to significantly step up its exploration drilling for oil and gas on the Norwegian Continental Shelf in 2018, a spokesman…

• $1.6 Billion Canadian-US Hydropower Project Approved

  Published 17 November 2017 | viewed 10,972 times

  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved on Thursday a US$1.6-billion Canada-New Hampshire transmission line project that has been languishing in regulatory purgatory since 2010.…

• Venezuela Officially In Default

  Published 17 November 2017 | viewed 14,395 times

  After rating agencies declared Venezuela in selective default and after a meeting with creditors on debt restructuring failed earlier this week, the International Swaps and…

• Tesla’s Surprise Unveiling Reveals Fastest Production Car Ever

  Published 17 November 2017 | viewed 10,132 times

  While all EV enthusiast and investor eyes were focused on Tesla’s Semi-truck unveiling last night, the EV maker shocked the crowed with a bonus at…

• Ecuador Won’t Ask Exemption From OPEC Oil Production Cuts

  Published 16 November 2017 | viewed 7,742 times

  Ecuador has temporarily shelved its idea to ask from OPEC later this month to be exempt from its share of the production cuts, because the…

• Oil Tycoon Hamm Slams EIA’s Overoptimistic Shale Forecasts

  Published 16 November 2017 | viewed 26,302 times

  As a powerful oil market mover, the EIA needs to have “more sophisticated” forecasts about U.S. shale production, because overly optimistic expectations depress oil prices…

• Norway’s $1 Trillion Wealth Fund Proposes To Ditch Oil Stocks

  Published 16 November 2017 | viewed 13,399 times

  The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway’s US$1-trillion Government Pension Fund Global, recommended on Thursday the removal of oil and gas stocks—US$35 billion worth of…

• The Undisputed Leader Of Tomorrow’s Oil & Gas Markets

  Published 16 November 2017 | viewed 16,222 times

  The United States will become the undisputed leader of global oil and gas production in the longer term, Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the…

• Oil And Gas M&A Deal Appetite Highest Since 2013

  Published 15 November 2017 | viewed 9,486 times

  The oil and gas sector has become increasingly positive about corporate earnings and credit availability to the point that 69 percent of industry executives expect…

• Trump Offers To Mediate South China Sea Dispute

  Published 15 November 2017 | viewed 9,534 times

  Reining in North Korea and discussing bilateral trade with China were at the top of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Asian tour agenda. But after he…

• Venezuela Signs $3.15B Debt Restructuring Deal With Russia

  Published 15 November 2017 | viewed 15,919 times

  Russia is throwing a life-line to defaulting Venezuela after the two countries signed on Wednesday a deal to restructure US$3.15 billion worth of Venezuelan debt…

• Lower Oil Prices Benefit European Refiners

  Published 15 November 2017 | viewed 5,106 times

  European refiners have seen their energy costs drop alongside the fall in oil prices, which has boosted their competitive position compared to North and South…