Smoke and flame rose from Manbij in what Syria Democratic Forces said were U.S.-led airstrikes… U.S.-backed forces entered the Islamic State-controlled city of Manbij in Syria for the first time Continue Reading
The White House is pushing to ease the way for companies to complete deals with Iran, aiming to cement the landmark nuclear agreement reached last year and make it difficult Continue Reading
U.S. Airstrikes Twelve ground and air strikes in Syria and 22 in Iraq, conducted by the United States-led coalition against the Islamic State, targeted the terrorist organization’s lucrative oil and Continue Reading
Venezuela’s sliding oil output may be tumbling at a rate faster than initially anticipated and production could soon reach a 27-year low. As mentioned by Argus Media on 22 June Continue Reading
We are on the precipice of a food fight among 7 billion people, and potash will be right at the center of it. If you can add 200,000 people every Continue Reading
The Colombian government and FARC rebels are close to ending their decades-long armed conflict following the anticipated signing of a bilateral ceasefire. The announcement of the agreement was made on Continue Reading
On June 26, the Panama Canal Authority, the body that operates the Panama Canal, will inaugurate a third set of locks, which will allow for the transit of larger ships. Continue Reading
Another airline bites the dust of Venezuela’s worsening crisis, adding to the increasingly common sight of a near-empty tarmac at the Simón Bolívar airport serving Caracas. Aeromexico, Mexico’s largest carrier, Continue Reading
Oil prices have surged by more than 80 percent since February on the back of unexpected supply disruptions. But the market could be missing yet another potential supply disruption that Continue Reading
The Organization of American States will meet Thursday to discuss the deepening crisis in Venezuela, where the opposition is pushing forward with efforts to activate a recall referendum of President Continue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Chinese investments in Russian energy sector a welcome part of strengthening diplomatic ties. Photo by David Silpa/UPI MOSCOW, June 23 (UPI) — Chinese partnerships in Continue Reading
A wave of recent reports from China make it clear that the country is now facing a water crisis of massive proportions. As Jules Suzdaltsev explains in today’s Seeker Daily Continue Reading
Apple will soon be selling more than MacBooks, iPhones, iPads and watches to consumers. It may also be selling electricity. In what is being regarded as something of a bombshell Continue Reading
Demand for US natural gas for export — including both pipeline and LNG exports — is set to skyrocket through the next few decades, a US Department of Energy official Continue Reading
“ Green Groups Ease Opposition to Nuclear Power ” (Business & Tech, June 17) gets it wrong. The Sierra Club remains in firm opposition to dangerous nuclear power. The article Continue Reading
Oil companies are pumping more crude off the U.S. coast in the Gulf of Mexico, a surprising trend that shows the resilience of the nation’s energy industry. Despite the worst Continue Reading
Canadian oil output is forecast to decline this year for the first time since 2009 after a wildfire in northern Alberta curtailed more than one million barrels a day for Continue Reading
As much as 60,000 tonnes of Asian gasoline is heading to South and Central America as higher prices and a supply shortfall in the region opened the rare east-to-Americas trade Continue Reading
The United States expanded its oil storage capacity by 34 million barrels, or six percent, from September 2015 to March 2016, according to the Energy Information Administration’s latest report on Continue Reading
Fracking is once again becoming a hot topic in the oil and gas world., with Germany moving Tuesday to impose an indefinite ban on the unconventional drilling technique. But in Continue Reading
The Federal Railroad Administration said it has made a preliminary determination that the derailment of a crude oil train in Oregon earlier this month resulted from the failure of Union Continue Reading
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the federal government would continue pressing its authority over hydraulic fracturing in the courts. From Wyoming, U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl found the federal Continue Reading
Canada can play a major role on the global oil market provided the right infrastructure is in place, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said. “Canada has an important role Continue Reading
Bryan Mound, nestled in a 500-acre marshland south of Houston, is among the heavily guarded salt caverns on the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana. There, the government keeps the Continue Reading
Philadelphia Energy Solutions, the Carlyle Group-backed company that breathed new life into a “zombie” refinery complex on the East Coast is now trying to shed the investment in the face Continue Reading
Volkswagen AG’s ( VOWG_p.DE ) diesel emissions settlement with U.S. regulators is valued at nearly $10.3 billion, a source briefed on the agreement said on Thursday. The settlement includes offers Continue Reading
After agreeing to a program aimed at raising capital, Irish oil and gas company Providence said it would examine frontier area oil and gas prospects. Providence said it was offered Continue Reading
Oil major BP said on Friday its headquarters would remain in the United Kingdom, despite Britain voting to leave the European Union. “It is far too early to understand the Continue Reading
Royal Dutch Shell ( RDSa.L ) said it will work with the British government and European institutions on any implications for its business from Britain’s decision to leave the European Continue Reading
A worker walks past oil pipes at a refinery in Wuhan, Hubei province March 23, 2012. Oil prices rose in early Asian trading on Thursday, shrugging off a smaller than Continue Reading
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak has a contrarian message for those who question the wisdom of freezing global levels of oil output. Despite the collapse of talks on restraining production Continue Reading
OPEC said its oil revenue plunged by $438 billion to a 10-year low last year, as an increase in export volumes failed to compensate for the collapse in prices. The Continue Reading
The global oil glut will probably persist until at least next summer as markets take time to absorb excess crude in storage, according to the head of research at the Continue Reading
Newly appointed Saudi Oil Minister Khalid Al-Falih declared the oil glut over during a visit to Saudi Aramco facilities in Houston, Texas, today. Speaking to the Houston Chronicle about the Continue Reading
A gas flame is seen in the desert near the Khurais oilfield, about 160 km (99 miles) from Riyadh, in this June 23, 2008 file photo. Saudi Arabia, the world’s Continue Reading
A Nigerian militant group known as the Niger Delta Avengers which has been attacking oil facilities might agree to a ceasefire on Thursday to allow the government time to meet Continue Reading
Offshore Oil Rig Angola’s state-run oil giant Sonangol, recently taken over by the president’s daughter, has announced a gas discovery in the offshore Kwanza Basin that could hold 813 million Continue Reading
Nigeria in May exported 1.89 million barrels per day, contrary to fears that crude export has dropped to as low as 1.3 million barrel per day. Data released by Windward, Continue Reading
Attacks on oil and gas production sites in the Niger Delta are threatening both production volumes and power supply of West African countries. Recent attacks on Nigeria’s energy infrastructure are Continue Reading
Venezuela is suffering the worst economic crisis in its history. Ordinary people in the oil-rich country are regularly going without food. Three-quarter empty supermarkets are being ransacked by angry, hungry Continue Reading
On July 8, 2009, the champagne finally flowed. After an intense two-year competition, a consortium led by a Spanish company in severe financial distress learned that its rock-bottom bid of Continue Reading
Refiners in southern California are bracing for potential disruptions ahead of possible blackouts this summer after the closure of a key natural gas field prompted state regulators to warn of Continue Reading
A federal judge in Wyoming made permanent a temporary block of an Interior Department rule setting stricter standards for hydraulic fracturing on public lands, a blow to President Barack Obama’s Continue Reading
US petrol inventories sit at the highest level in decades for the start of summer driving season, threatening oil’s rally to $50 a barrel. More than 237m barrels of petrol was Continue Reading
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories have increased by more than 71 million barrels (15%) since the end of September, pushing crude oil storage capacity utilization to a near record high Continue Reading
Rarely has there been an industry as stable as the car industry. Except for design modifications, the basics of the automobile as a product haven’t changed in half a century. Continue Reading
The entire Los Angeles metropolitan area and most of Southern California can expect blackouts this summer. The power grid is under direct threat as a result of the unprecedented, but Continue Reading
British energy services company Subsea 7 said it was trimming its labor force by more than 1,000 in an effort to adjust to the era of lower oil prices. The Continue Reading
Shell Rig Ben Van Beurden, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell has laid out an ambitious plan to overtake ExxonMobil as the number one oil company in the world. Continue Reading
“Peak oil demand” has become a fashionable concept among climate campaigners but the evidence suggests oil consumption is growing at the fastest rate for a decade and shows no sign Continue Reading
