Zainab Calcuttawala

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• Africa’s Richest Woman Fired From Sonangol

  Published 15 November 2017 | viewed 45,608 times

  The new Angolan president fired his predecessor’s daughter as head of the national oil company Sonangol, according to news emerging from one of Africa’s largest…

• DOJ: Protestors Interfering With Pipeline Construction Will Be Prosecuted

  Published 15 November 2017 | viewed 12,566 times

  The U.S. Justice Department will begin prosecuting climate activists and protestors that perpetrate violence and destruction towards pipelines or other oil infrastructure to make their…

• Iraq Oil Revenue Not Enough For Sustainable Development

  Published 14 November 2017 | viewed 14,199 times

  Oil revenues still are not high enough to allow the Iraqi government to fund the reconstruction of the country, according to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider…

• Venezuelan Oil Output Drops To Lowest In 28 Years

  Published 14 November 2017 | viewed 12,356 times

  Venezuela’s oil output dropped to its lowest in 28 years last month, according to new data released by OPEC on Monday. The oil-dependent economy produced…

• Shale Production Rises By 80,000 BPD In Latest EIA Forecasts

  Published 13 November 2017 | viewed 7,178 times

  Shale production at American oil production sites will increase by 80,000 barrels per day next month, according to estimates from the Energy Information Administration. So…

• U.S. Grid Narrowly Escapes Apocalyptic Attack

  Published 13 November 2017 | viewed 24,823 times

  The American grid security story grows increasingly grim. Last week, security consulting firm Symantec warned that recent cyberattacks gave hackers direct access to the nation’s…

• GE Considers Selling Baker Hughes Assets

  Published 13 November 2017 | viewed 25,814 times

  General Electric is going through some serious changes in its core business structure, according to some news from CEO John Flannery, and is looking at…

• Are Electric Cars As Clean As They Seem?

  Published 12 November 2017 | viewed 20,200 times

  Tesla’s unveiling of its mass market Model 3 sparked a global interest in making electric vehicles the next big thing in automobile manufacturing. But can…

• The Oil Rig Drilling 10 Miles Under The Sea

  Published 10 November 2017 | viewed 33,273 times

  Final sea trials for the Blue Whale II underwater drilling rig are now underway, according to the technology’s producer, CIMC Raffles, marking a new milestone…

• Baghdad Agrees To Ship Kirkuk Oil To Iran

  Published 10 November 2017 | viewed 12,911 times

  Tehran and Baghdad have reached an agreement on a plan to export oil from Kirkuk in northern Iraq to Iran, according to a new announcement…

• Another Group Joins Niger Delta Avengers’ Ceasefire Boycott

  Published 10 November 2017 | viewed 8,045 times

  Another militant group in the Niger Delta has vowed to break its truce against the Abuja government and restart attacks on oil and gas infrastructure…

• China To Invest $83B In U.S. Shale

  Published 10 November 2017 | viewed 16,579 times

  West Virginia’s shale gas business is getting an $83 billion investment from the world’s largest power company, China Energy, according to a new report by…

• Aramco To Spend $100 Billion In Capital Expenditures Next Year

  Published 09 November 2017 | viewed 6,912 times

  Capital spending at Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company should pass $100 billion over the coming financial year, according to a top official at Aramco. The…

• Saudis To Cut Oil Exports By 120,000 BPD In December

  Published 09 November 2017 | viewed 15,851 times

  Saudi Arabia will reduce oil exports to oil regions as a further measure to end the global oil supply glut to boost barrel prices worldwide,…

• U.S. Weekly Oil Output Hits All-Time High

  Published 08 November 2017 | viewed 12,675 times

  Government data indicates American output hit an all-time high last week, signaling the resilience of North American drilling as oil prices begin another recovery. The U.S. produced…

• Citi: Don’t Expect OPEC To Extend Production Cuts

  Published 08 November 2017 | viewed 16,430 times

  Citigroup predicts that companies planning to profit off of an OPEC deal extension next month are setting themselves up to be disappointed. So far, most…

• Oil Tycoons Make Billions In Saudi Purge

  Published 08 November 2017 | viewed 21,701 times

  Oil tycoons are applauding Saudi Arabia’s recent anti-corruption raid, which has boosted the net worth of the world’s 21 largest oil tycoons by $1.4 billion,…

• Goldman’s Venezuelan “Hunger Bonds” Deal Backfires

  Published 07 November 2017 | viewed 7,673 times

  The $2.8 billion Venezuelan bond deal made by Goldman Sachs, which brought the bank harsh criticism from its peers and activists, is now making the…

• OPEC Prepares For Peak Oil Demand In Late-2030s

  Published 07 November 2017 | viewed 7,314 times

  Oil demand could peak in the 2030s if the electric car boom proceeds as promised by the world’s green energy innovators, according to OPEC. The…

• Italy May Sell Eni Stake To Pay Off National Debt

  Published 06 November 2017 | viewed 8,908 times

  Italy could soon sell its stake in Eni to pay down debts, a source close to the matter told reporters on Monday. The price of…