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• Russia Keeps Top Spot As China’s No.1 Crude Supplier

  Published 23 August 2017 | viewed 4,886 times

  Russia continued to be China’s biggest crude oil supplier in July for a fifth consecutive month, while Chinese refineries have been taking in more Brent-price-linked…

• Renewables: Trump’s Key To U.S. Energy Dominance?

  Published 22 August 2017 | viewed 8,949 times

  Since a pro-oil administration entered the White House, the oil industry lobby has praised the ‘America-First’ energy strategy, while proponents of cleaner energy have been…

• Foreign Investors Offer $3.6B To Develop Iran Renewables

  Published 22 August 2017 | viewed 7,143 times

  Foreign investors have filed proposals for a combined US$3.6 billion to develop renewable energy projects in oil and gas rich Iran, which has set an…

• Fire At Exxon's Dutch Refinery As Europe’s Diesel Imports Soar

  Published 22 August 2017 | viewed 6,830 times

  The Dutch unit of ExxonMobil said on Monday that a fire broke out at its Rotterdam refinery, just as Shell is working to bring back…

• Iraqis Retake Oil Refinery From ISIS Near Mosul

  Published 22 August 2017 | viewed 6,562 times

  Iraqi military forces on Tuesday retook two villages and an oil refinery on the outskirts of Tal Afar in northwestern Iraq, according to media reports.…

• As Compliance Slips, OPEC Decides To 'Reconsider' Output Deal

  Published 22 August 2017 | viewed 13,376 times

  While the oil market is focused on the U.S. inventory draws and crude oil production, OPEC is not letting investors forget the cartel’s jawboning weapon—the…

• China Sets Stage For Spike In NatGas Imports

  Published 21 August 2017 | viewed 6,256 times

  China’s natural gas imports rose last year and are expected to continue to increase in coming years as Beijing is increasingly using natural gas to…

• Lithuania Gets First LNG Cargo From The U.S.

  Published 21 August 2017 | viewed 5,954 times

  Lithuania today received its first cargo of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) as it tries to diversify its gas supplies away from Russia, despite Moscow’s…

• In Breakaway Move From Saudis, Iraq May Change Oil Pricing

  Published 21 August 2017 | viewed 19,856 times

  In a bid to increase oil revenues and possibly setting the stage for its own benchmark crude grade, Iraq has told customers it may change…

• Hedge Funds Shun WTI While Brent Hits 12-Week High

  Published 21 August 2017 | viewed 9,319 times

  Brent prices reached a 12-week high on Friday, while WTI Crude prices—although surging on the latest drop in the U.S. rig count—were not touching week-highs,…

• Goldman Lost $100M On Marcellus Natural Gas Bet

  Published 21 August 2017 | viewed 7,818 times

  When construction on a key pipeline to transport Marcellus shale natural gas was delayed, Goldman Sachs lost more than US$100 million on a bet that…

• Oil Holds Steady As OPEC Meets To Talk Slipping Compliance

  Published 21 August 2017 | viewed 13,093 times

  Oil prices were steady early on Monday morning, searching for a catalyst for direction while OPEC is holding a meeting of its Joint OPEC-Non-OPEC Technical…

• Forget Oil Prices, Oil Majors Are A Buy

  Published 20 August 2017 | viewed 29,559 times

  Oil stocks have been performing dismally this year, and oil prices have failed to sustain a rally, so why are these stocks still attractive? Low…

• Big Oil Nervous As Venezuela’s Maduro Seizes More Power

  Published 18 August 2017 | viewed 25,126 times

  The pro-government constitutional assembly loyal to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro seized the powers of the opposition-led congress today, in a move that necessarily has Big…

• Iran Seeks 500,000 Bpd Oil Swap With Caspian Countries

  Published 18 August 2017 | viewed 12,201 times

  Iran is ready to swap 500,000 bpd of oil with its fellow Caspian Sea countries, Iranian Fars news agency reported on Friday, quoting a senior…

• Huge Chinese Refinery Fire Did Not Impact Operations

  Published 18 August 2017 | viewed 7,961 times

  Firefighters have managed to extinguish a massive fire that broke out at state-run PetroChina’s 410,000-bpd refinery earlier this week, narrowly avoiding a halt in oil…

• These Oil Giants Just Jumped Into A Brand New Market

  Published 18 August 2017 | viewed 13,206 times

  In a sign that Mexico’s energy reform continues to attract foreign companies, Chevron and Glencore have announced separate plans for jumping into the Mexican retail…

• The Make Or Break Moment For Argentina’s Shale Boom

  Published 17 August 2017 | viewed 8,854 times

  Argentina’s abundant shale resources have attracted a growing number of major international companies since the beginning of this year—all of them interested in developing the…

• Russia, Iran, Turkey Form $7B Oil Deal

  Published 17 August 2017 | viewed 19,251 times

  Turkish energy company Unit International, Russia’s Zarubezhneft, and Iran’s non-governmental firm Ghadir Investment Company have pledged to invest a combined US$7 billion to drill at…

• Buffett Won’t Go Higher than $9B For Oncor Utility Giant

  Published 17 August 2017 | viewed 5,128 times

  Berkshire Hathaway Energy is standing by its US$9-billion offer to buy 80 percent of Texas-based Oncor Electric Delivery Company and will not be raising the…