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• Russian Experts Say Country’s Oil Output to Hit All-Time High in 2016

  Published 25 August 2016 | viewed 7,032 times

  Russia is on track to pump record oil volumes this year, with production expected to rise by 1.5-1.6 percent annually to 539 million-540 million tons,…

• New Johns Hopkins Study Links Migraine to Fracking

  Published 25 August 2016 | viewed 7,457 times

  A new study published on Thursday has found that fracking is associated with migraine headache, nasal and sinus, and fatigue symptoms among residents in Pennsylvania,…

• China’s Biggest Offshore Producer Posts First-Ever Half-Year Loss

  Published 24 August 2016 | viewed 4,806 times

  China’s biggest offshore oil and gas producer Cnooc Ltd (NYSE:CEO) reported on Wednesday its first-ever net loss for a half-year, of US$1.16 billion (7.74 billion…

• The Eagle Ford: Down But Not Out

  Published 24 August 2016 | viewed 13,264 times

  Most companies have struggled to come to grips with the 2014 crude price crash by curbing investments and delaying projects. The top developers in the…

• U.S. Gasoline Prices Surprisingly Rise In Late-Summer Week

  Published 23 August 2016 | viewed 6,250 times

  In one of the rare recent increases for a late-summer week, U.S. retail gasoline prices unexpectedly rose in the week to August 22, by US$0.044…

• Iraq’s Army Surrounds Oil Refinery As It Prepares To Fight ISIS In Mosul

  Published 23 August 2016 | viewed 7,295 times

  Iraqi Army troops have surrounded an oil refinery in the town of al-Qayyara, 40 miles out of ISIS-held Mosul, as they prepare for an assault…

• Iran Output Freeze Headlines Spur Speculation Despite The Fine Print

  Published 23 August 2016 | viewed 9,101 times

  Wiping out two-day losses, oil spiked on Tuesday on vague speculation emanating from a Reuters report headlining “positive signals” from Iran that it could back…

• Georgia Foils Terror Attack on Russia-Armenia Gas Pipeline

  Published 22 August 2016 | viewed 12,771 times

  Georgia’s security services have thwarted an attempt by terrorists to blow up a pipeline that supplies natural gas from Russia to Armenia in an area…

• Syrian Army Hits ISIS In Oil-Rich Homs Area

  Published 22 August 2016 | viewed 6,042 times

  Syria’s Army has hit major gatherings of ISIS in an oil-rich area in Homs, east of the ancient city of Palmyra, inflicting a heavy death…

• Natural Gas Pipelines Hit by Artillery Fire in Eastern Ukraine

  Published 19 August 2016 | viewed 9,968 times

  Three natural gas pipelines were damaged overnight by artillery fire in Ukraine’s self-proclaimed eastern republic of Donetsk, Russian media reported on Friday, citing gas supplying…

• Australia Says No to China’s Buyout of Aussie Power Grid

  Published 19 August 2016 | viewed 6,545 times

  Citing national interest concerns, Australia officially banned on Friday the sale of a majority stake of its largest power distribution grid to foreign investors, drawing…

• Brazil Seizes $655M Odebrecht, OAS Assets in Petrobras Damage Compensation

  Published 19 August 2016 | viewed 11,045 times

  The federal auditing court of Brazil, TCU, has ordered the seizure of assets worth the equivalent of US$655 million from Latin America’s largest engineering group…

• Spread Between Brent And WTI Hits Six-Month High

  Published 18 August 2016 | viewed 8,823 times

  With the Brent premium over the WTI price rising to US$2.50 per barrel on Tuesday – the most in six months – oil traders hastened…

• Premier Oil Turns to Profit, But Debt-Deal Talks Drag On

  Published 18 August 2016 | viewed 4,229 times

  Boosted by asset acquisitions and weaker sterling after the Brexit vote, the UK’s biggest independent oil producer Premier Oil reported on Thursday a return to…

• Oil Product Demand In This Middle-East Nation Just Hit An All-Time High

  Published 18 August 2016 | viewed 12,312 times

  Despite low crude prices, Qatar’s non-oil economy is still strong – unlike the more sluggish growth of neighboring Gulf countries – and its demand for…

• Saudis Ramping Up Oil Output To Gain Leverage In OPEC Talks

  Published 17 August 2016 | viewed 22,161 times

  Saudi Arabia suggests it may be increasing its August crude output to a new all-time high as it could give it more leverage to influence…

• One Of The World’s Top Oil Traders Is An Olympic Hopeful

  Published 17 August 2016 | viewed 12,650 times

  A millionaire oil trader at Geneva-based Trafigura—the world's third-largest private oil and metals trader—is jumping for a medal in the Rio Olympics, competing for Argentina…

• Oil Retreats Expecting Fed Minutes, Inventory Data

  Published 17 August 2016 | viewed 7,906 times

  Ending a several-day-running-streak, oil prices are retreating from five-week-highs on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar bounced back with traders betting on hawkish Fed minutes and…

• Native Americans Locked in Standoff with Dakota Access Pipeline

  Published 16 August 2016 | viewed 11,551 times

  Hundreds of Native Americans have been protesting against the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, with the protests leading to arrests and…

• UK Approves The World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

  Published 16 August 2016 | viewed 7,341 times

  The UK’s Business and Energy Secretary, Greg Clark, approved on Tuesday the development of the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Hornsea Project Two, which will…