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Month: November 2015

Category:
  • Prices

Oil Set for Worst Month Since July as OPEC Seen Standing Firm

Oil headed for its largest monthly drop since July as Iran signaled the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries won’t reduce its production target at a meeting this week. Futures were Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

Dollar rises versus euro, oil drops before ECB, OPEC meetings

The dollar hit its strongest since mid-March against its peers at the start of a week likely to highlight the divergent outlooks for U.S. and euro zone interest rates, while Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • OPEC

Oil States Need Price Jump to Balance Budget: OPEC Reality Check

If the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries keeps its policy of favoring market share over prices when it meets Dec. 4, most members will probably find themselves unable to balance Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom

For Shell and BG, All Roads Lead to Lower Spending

Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A 0.28 % can’t forcibly renegotiate the deal it struck in April to buy oil and gas producer BG: The U.K. Takeover Panel wouldn’t allow it. And Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

Pearl wins $2 billion ruling against KRG

A London tribunal has ruled that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) owes its largest gas investors nearly $2 billion for past production.In an award from the London Court of International Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Biting Fuel Scarcity and Sliding Economy (2)

The embarrassment of fuel scarcity in an oil-exporting country continued for the 5thweek across the country, with petrol selling for as high as N400 per litre in some states. It Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran offers 50 oil projects to foreign investors: media

Iran offered on Saturday about 50 oil and gas projects to be developed by foreign investors with local partners under a new scheme it hopes will initially generate $25 billion Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran’s Mines Could Bring in Even More Cash Than Crude

Iran, OPEC’s fifth-largest crude producer, has potential to generate more revenue from mining than it does from crude if the government puts more focus on developing the metals sector, according Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Tehran Presents New Model for Oil-Development Contracts

Iran on Saturday presented a new model for oil contracts it could offer to foreign oil firms as it seeks to attract Western investors ahead of an end to sanctions. Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela’s PDVSA says Crystallex $2.8 billion claim unfounded

Venezuela’s PDVSA said on Friday that Canadian miner Crystallex had no justification for a complaint in a U.S. court seeking to recover $2.8 billion from the state oil company.  Crystallex Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • OPEC

OPEC Is Ready to Rumble Over Saudi Output

Pressure is building on Saudi Arabia to rein in its oil output after a year of pumping full tilt, setting up the most contentious OPEC meeting in years. A year Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Oil Supply

Quiet Gulf Hurricane Season End Leaves Oil Drowned in Oversupply

Oil bulls can say farewell to another quiet Atlantic hurricane season in the Gulf of Mexico, which ends Monday without a storm-induced price rise to lift crude from its once-in-a-generation Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China

China Plans to Shake Up Electricity Pricing

China’s government on Monday took aim at the nation’s grid companies with a plan to introduce more competition into its power sector that could ultimately lower electricity prices for Chinese Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China

IMF poised to admit China’s renminbi in elite currency basket

The International Monetary Fund is expected to admit China’s renminbi to its elite basket of reserve currencies on Monday in what would be a major vote of confidence in Beijing’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Climate

Chinese Report on Climate Change Depicts Somber Scenarios

Rising seas besieging China ’s economically vital coastal zones. Mighty feats of infrastructure, like the Three Gorges Dam and railway in Tibet , strained by turbulent rainfall and the melting Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • OPEC
  • Shale Oil

One Year Later and OPEC Still Hasn’t Killed Shale

“No change.” It was roughly one year ago that Kuwait’s oil minister succinctly delivered the message that would turn the oil market on its head. The group of oil producing Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Russia

Ruble Falls for a Fourth Day on Turkish Sanctions, Oil Prices

The ruble headed for its biggest monthly decline since July amid a flight by investors unnerved by geopolitical tension following Russia’s imposition of sanctions against Turkey and a renewed sell Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Russia

Putin’s sanctions decree raises fears of Russian isolationism

Russian president Vladimir Putin all but banned his citizens from the Turkish beaches of Antalya this weekend, making good on his promise of “serious consequences” following the downing of a Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Negotiators grab head start on monumental climate challenge

French police officers patrol in front of the entrance at the venue for the World Climate Change Conference 2015 (COP21) at Le Bourget, near Paris, France, November 29, 2015. Senior Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Scientists Dispute 2-Degree Model Guiding Climate Talks

The single most important benchmark underpinning this week’s talks in Paris on climate change —two degrees Celsius—has guided climate-treaty discussions for decades, but scientists are at odds on the relevance Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Obama and Bill Gates to Launch Clean Energy Initiative

PARIS—President Barack Obama and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will launch a multi-billion-dollar initiative Monday to accelerate clean-energy research and development as part of a global effort to fight climate change. Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

COP21 Paris climate talks: a beginner’s guide

Who is attending and what are they trying to achieve? About 40,000 ministers, officials, business executives, climate campaigners and journalists are expected to descend on the Le Bourget airfield convention Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Paris Deal Would Herald an Important First Step on Climate Change

President Obama and more than 100 world leaders will convene with thousands of diplomats on Monday on the outskirts of Paris to open two weeks of intense negotiations aimed at Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate

Short Answers to Hard Questions About Climate Change

Photo Credit James Yang for The New York Times As of this October, the Earth had warmed by about 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit since 1880, when tracking began at a global Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

Oil complex settles lower on bearish China demand

The oil complex settled lower in low-volume, post-holiday US trade Friday, led by prompt NYMEX crude and ULSD futures. NYMEX January crude settled $1.33 lower at $41.71/b, while December ULSD Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply
  • Prices

Oil: The Wildfire Spreads

The fires continue to burn in the oil sector. The longer that oil prices persist near cycle lows, the more likely it is that a wave of defaults from the Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

Oil prices have moved into ‘super contango’

It looks to be a volatile final few weeks for crude oil prices. So far, the low for WTI oil prices in 2015 of $37.75 a barrel set in August Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

Oil Prices Pressured By Stronger Dollar, Global Oversupply of Crude

Oil prices fell Friday, pressured by a stronger dollar and growing pessimism that the global oversupply of crude remains strong. January crude closed down $1.33, or 3.1%, to $41.71 a Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

Economy returns to haunt oil prices

Macroeconomic concerns emerged as factors weighing on crude oil prices after tensions surrounding Middle East violence eased in Wednesday trading. Belgian security concerns following terror attacks in Lebanon, France, Mali Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

Iran set to reveal framework for oil and gas contracts

Iran is set to reveal the framework of oil and gas contracts to lure back international oil companies on Saturday. It is expected to offer more flexible terms on oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iranian media is revealing that scores of the country’s fighters are dying in Syria

An increasing number of Iranian soldiers and militiamen appear to be dying in Syria’s civil war, and observers credit media from an unexpected country for revealing the trend:  Iran. A Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Syria
  • Turkey

How Turkey Exports ISIS Oil To The World: The Scientific Evidence

Over the course of the last four or so weeks, the media has paid quite a bit of attention to Islamic State’s lucrative trade in “stolen” crude. On November 16, Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Climate

Air pollution in Beijing hits hazardous levels

Air pollution in Beijing reached hazardous levels on Saturday as smog engulfed large parts of China despite efforts to clean up the foul air.  At noon, the U.S. Embassy in Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Canada

Canadian Energy Companies Seen Disappearing in Oil’s `New World’

Canada is poised to lose energy companies as the industry faces the “new normal” of lower and more volatile oil prices along with tougher climate and regulatory policies, billionaire investor Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

No Country For Old Biofuels

The corn ethanol lobby is shocked—shocked, it says —that the United States government has declined to list the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) as one of the measures the country will Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal
  • Ukraine

Ukraine seeks imports of anthracite coal as shortages loom

Ukraine is seeking extra imports of anthracite coal from South Africa and other sources on looming shortages after supplies from Russia and territories controlled by pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk and Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • France

France bows to Obama and backs down on climate ‘treaty’

France has offered a key concession to the US on the eve of historic climate talks in Paris, saying a new global climate accord will not be called a “treaty” Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Ukraine

Crimea Power Outages Move Into Sixth Day

Activists continue to block repair work to power lines in southern Ukraine that supply electricity to Crimea, as power outages in the disputed peninsula move into their sixth straight day, Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

Oil prices drop on China data, firmer dollar

Crude oil futures fell on Friday with losses this month standing at around 9 percent, hurt by disappointing Chinese economic data and worries over a supply glut. A firmer U.S. Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

UN: no clear-cut picture of whether Iran worked on nukes

The U.N. atomic energy agency is preparing to wrap up a more than a decade-long probe of alleged nuclear weapons work by Iran, but its report will stop short of Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran’s Nuclear Past May Remain Unclear Even as Atomic Probe Ends

Questions will probably be left unanswered when International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors conclude their assessment of Iran’s past nuclear activities next week. Investigators’ conclusion on whether Iran’s nuclear work has Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Libya

Glencore Says Disputed Libyan Oil Deal Has Global Support

Glencore Plc oil chief Alex Beard defended the company’s crude-export contract with Libya’s National Oil Corp. in the west of the divided country after the competing administration in the east Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia ‘to execute more than 50 convicted of terrorism’

Ali al-Nimr – whose case sparked a global outcry – is reportedly among those at risk of execution Amnesty International has expressed alarm at reports that the authorities in Saudi Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iran

Iran’s Nuclear Report Won’t Be ‘Black and White,’ U.N. Official Says

The United Nations atomic energy arm is unlikely to draw clear conclusions in its report next month on whether Tehran once had a nuclear weapons program, the agency’s chief suggested Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Abu Dhabi
  • Israel

Israel soon to open Abu Dhabi office for renewable energy

Israel’s Foreign Ministry says the country will soon open an office at a renewable energy agency in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates’ capital – even though the two nations Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Coping With Looming Post-Oil Age

The recurrent deterioration of the financial crisis that repeatedly hits the already economically struggling state governments in Nigeria, and which further exhausts their rapidly depleting finances hence affects their ability Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Brazil

Petrobras scandal: Brazil billionaire arrest widens probe

In his last interview before his arrest on Wednesday morning, Brazilian billionaire banker André Esteves gave no hint of any impending trouble.  “We are in a tough moment,” the relaxed Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Nicaragua

Nicaragua’s $50bn canal plan delayed

Doubts over a planned $50bn waterway across Nicaragua that aims to compete with the Panama Canal are set to intensify after the Chinese-led project was postponed by up to a Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China

Black Friday for China stocks but metals not so heavy

Chinese shares slumped 5 percent on Friday, hit by regulatory and industrial sector worries, though it wasn’t enough to derail the first weekly rise for metals like copper and zinc Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China

China October industrial profits fall for fifth straight month

Profits earned by Chinese industrial companies fell 4.6 percent in October from a year earlier, data from the statistics bureau showed on Friday, declining for the fifth consecutive month. Industrial Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Nov 2015 Published By : Tom Whipple

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