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• Essar Oil Seeks Looks To Raise More Than $1 Billion From Oil Traders

  Published 22 February 2018 | viewed 5,569 times

  India’s refiner Essar Oil—in which Russian state-controlled oil firm Rosneft holds 49 percent—is looking to raise more than US$1 billion in pre-finance loans from oil…

• Has OPEC Been Too Successful?

  Published 21 February 2018 | viewed 14,119 times

  Last week, OPEC said in its Monthly Oil Market Report that based on OECD commercial stocks numbers from December, “In line with the existing overhang,…

• U.S. Mediation On Israel-Lebanon Offshore Oil Dispute Reportedly Failed

  Published 21 February 2018 | viewed 10,785 times

  The U.S. mediation between Lebanon and Israel in a dispute over offshore oil and gas blocks and maritime borders has reportedly failed, Lebanese media reported…

• Row Over Port Control Disrupts Russia’s Oil Product Exports

  Published 21 February 2018 | viewed 5,684 times

  Russia’s exports of oil products from the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk have been disrupted since the beginning of this month due to a conflict…

• Iraq, Kurdistan Nearing Agreement On Oil Dispute

  Published 21 February 2018 | viewed 6,850 times

  Iraq and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan are close to settling their dispute over oil exports and oil revenue sharing, according to an Iraqi oil…

• Tesla Has Been Cryptojacked

  Published 20 February 2018 | viewed 6,764 times

  Hackers have infiltrated a public cloud environment owned by Tesla Inc and have cryptojacked it to mine cryptocurrency, a Cloud Security Intelligence (CSI) team at…

• U.S. Crude Exports Hit A Major Milestone

  Published 20 February 2018 | viewed 17,083 times

  “There could not be a better time to offer this service as domestic production surpasses 10 million barrels per day in the ever-dynamic global crude…

• Congo Looks To Renegotiate $2 Billion Debt To Oil Trading Firms

  Published 20 February 2018 | viewed 6,346 times

  Congo Republic has appointed investment bank Lazard to help it renegotiate US$2 billion worth of debt to oil and commodity traders Trafigura and Glencore, as…

• Fitch: EVs Growth Could Lead To Peak Oil Demand By 2030

  Published 20 February 2018 | viewed 6,465 times

  Greater product awareness and technological changes could fast track the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) that could plausibly lead to a peak oil demand before…

• Venezuela Launches El Petro Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency

  Published 20 February 2018 | viewed 12,359 times

  Two months after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro surprised analysts and the cryptocurrency world with his idea to launch an oil-backed cryptocurrency, the socialist president said…

• India Will Lead Global Oil Demand By 2035

  Published 19 February 2018 | viewed 26,931 times

  Oil market participants and analysts have been closely watching the record level of supply coming out of the United States that is threatening to undo…

• Gubernatorial Hopeful Ohio Vows To Ban All Oil & Gas Drilling

  Published 19 February 2018 | viewed 8,706 times

  Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dennis Kucinich—a vocal opponent of fracking—vows to ban all oil and gas drilling in the state, if elected, and even take…

• Louisiana Port Starts U.S. Crude Oil Exports On Supertankers

  Published 19 February 2018 | viewed 13,510 times

  The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) said on Sunday that it had successfully loaded the first Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) with U.S. oil bound…

• Platts: Johan Sverdrup Oil Prime Candidate For Brent Benchmark

  Published 19 February 2018 | viewed 10,952 times

  Oil from the giant Johan Sverdrup field in the North Sea—due to start production in late 2019—is a prime candidate for a future addition to…

• S&P Global Platts Launches Oil Trading Game

  Published 19 February 2018 | viewed 12,924 times

  S&P Global Platts has launched a commodities trading game that simulates oil trading in which players can compete for virtual profit for fun and learning.…

• Offshore Oil Is Poised For Significant Growth

  Published 18 February 2018 | viewed 30,493 times

  Following three painful years of portfolio repositioning, cost cuts, and deferred projects, the offshore oil and gas industry is now more prepared to deliver projects…

• Iran Ready To Share Its Oil, Gas Resources With India

  Published 16 February 2018 | viewed 15,309 times

  Oil and gas-rich Iran is ready to share its natural resources with India to help its development, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on a visit…

• Total CEO Dismisses Norway’s Wealth Fund Claims

  Published 16 February 2018 | viewed 8,030 times

  Owning shares in integrated oil companies is much more than buying a barrel of oil, so the proposal of Norway’s US$-1-trillion wealth fund to ditch…

• Eni Returns To Profit On Higher Oil Prices, New Projects

  Published 16 February 2018 | viewed 6,394 times

  New oil and gas project startups and higher oil prices helped Italy’s oil major Eni (NYSE:E) to return to profit in 2017 and more than…

• India’s January Crude Oil Imports Hit Record High

  Published 15 February 2018 | viewed 13,256 times

  High refinery runs and expanding refining capacity amid a strong recovery in demand pushed India’s crude oil imports to a record 4.93 million bpd in…