Hurricane Harvey Is A Disaster For OPEC
The skies are clearing over Houston, but the damage from the remaining elements of Hurricane Harvey has spread east to Port Arthur and Lake Charles along the Texas-Louisiana border. That Continue Reading
I Was an Exxon-Funded Climate Scientist
ExxonMobil’s deliberate attempts to sow doubt on the reality and urgency of climate change and their donations to front groups to disseminate false information about climate change have been public Continue Reading
Platts plans assessments for Iraqi Basrah Light and Basrah Heavy crude
Oil price agency S&P Global Platts is proposing to start price assessments for Iraqi Basrah Light and Basrah Heavy crude oil cargoes on a free-on-board (FOB) Basrah basis from Nov. Continue Reading
Will This Bring Big Oil Back To The Bakken?
If shale plays were people, everyone would be jealous of the Permian for getting all the attention. It is the leader in overall national oil output growth, and just last Continue Reading
Democratic Senator Urges Trump To Sell Oil In Strategic Reserves
Federal officials should release fuel from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to prevent gas prices from rising in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Democratic Senator Edward Markey from Massachusetts told President Continue Reading
Gazprom says sanctions won’t stop Nord Stream 2 pipeline project
The $11 billion Nord Stream 2 project to add a second Russian trans-Baltic gas export pipeline will be implemented regardless of how new U.S. sanctions are interpreted, an official at Continue Reading
The Slow Death Of Nuclear Power In Europe
Nuclear energy has been moving away from power-rich countries to nations bereft of diverse power generation opportunities, all the more so after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Europe has been particularly Continue Reading
Norway Oil and Gas: Reserves, Production and Future Projection
Norwegian oil production peaked in 2000 to 2001; gas production may be peaking about now. Oil hit a low in 2013 and then recovered towards a new local peak, probably Continue Reading
Danish Energy Company Is Turning the Page on Oil and Gas
A company whose name stands for Danish Oil and Natural Gas is getting out of both businesses. Dong Energy AS DENERG -0.91% , Denmark’s majority state-owned energy company, is selling Continue Reading
Oil dips as U.S. floods cause large-scale refinery shutdowns
Oil prices slid on Wednesday as refinery shutdowns in the wake of Hurricane Harvey cut U.S. demand for crude, the most important feedstock for the petroleum industry. U.S. West Texas Continue Reading