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Month: January 2018

Category:
  • Russia
  • USA

As Siberian Gas Awaits US Landing, a Second Ship May Be Coming

“(N)o one has been able to build pipelines from the shale plays in the Northeast to demand centers,” said a Houston-based analyst. (Bloomberg) — A second tanker carrying Russian natural Continue Reading

Posted On : 27 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Shale Oil

Saudi Oil Minister Tired Of Shale Hype

“Leave us alone and leave all these issues. We had enough of shale oil and talks of shale. Please talk about anything else,” Saudi oil minister Khalid al-Falih said in Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

Iraq production resilient despite Kirkuk shut-in

Incremental gains from southern fields have helped Iraq partially recover from temporary production stoppages at Bai Hassan and Avana. The Badra oil field on Dec. 6, 2017. (SAMYA KULLAB/Iraq Oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Nigeria

Nigeria Adds 200,000 Barrels Per Day To Its Offshore Output Capacity

deal . The vessel’s arrival is part of a $16 billion project by Total on the Egina field, the French company told AFP. Egina lies 150 kilometers from Nigeria’s southeastern Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Niger Delta Leaders Plead With Avengers to Call Off Threat

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) yesterday convened an emergency meeting to address the rising tension in the region, particularly the threat by the Niger Delta Avengers to commence “operation Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China

China plans crackdown on oil refiners’ unofficial capacity growth

China’s state planner said on Friday it will launch a fresh crackdown on oil refiners that expand capacity without official approval, the latest sweeping move by Beijing to curb unfettered Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Can Venezuela Save Its Oil Industry?

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Venezuela’s oil output in December fell by 11 percent, to 1.62 million barrels per day (BPD). That capped a decline of 29 Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Mexico

The Revival Of Mexico’s Oil Industry

Over the past decade, Mexico’s crude oil production has been falling due to a natural decline at mature fields and a lack of significant start-ups to compensate. Over the past Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

The Dark Side of America’s Rise to Oil Superpower

The last time U.S. drillers pumped 10 million barrels of crude a day, Richard Nixon was in the White House. The first oil crisis hadn’t yet scared Americans into buying Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Biofuels

Exclusive: U.S. small refiners make surge of biofuel waiver requests – sources

More than two dozen small U.S. refineries are seeking waivers from the nation’s biofuels law, an unusually high number that reflects growing oil industry resistance to the program, according to Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply

Oil and gas survey reveals fear of oversupply

Most U.S. oil and gas companies plan to at least keep performance stable this year, but a survey reveals concerns of an oversupplied market. File photo by Gary C. Caskey/UPI Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Natural Gas Supply
  • Netherlands

An Unsolvable Natural Gas Dilemma

Natural gas isn’t the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of the Netherlands. Clean energy is a more likely association. And yet gas is at the center Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Coal
  • France

France Vows To Shut All Coal-Fired Power Plants By 2021

IN a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, pledging that his country will be on the forefront in the global fight against climate change. “I want to make Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • p-

Texas Oil Economist Predicts Record Output in 2018

Oil production in 2018 is set to break records, according to oil economist Karr Ingham. There were talks of record-breaking oil production in 2018 during the Texas Petro Index (TPI) Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : ASPO-USA
Category:
  • p-

Texas Oil Economist Predicts Record Output in 2018

Oil production in 2018 is set to break records, according to oil economist Karr Ingham. There were talks of record-breaking oil production in 2018 during the Texas Petro Index (TPI) Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Jan 2018 Published By : ASPO-USA
Category:
  • Prices

Futures: Crude back on 2014-high on EIA data, weaker US dollar

Front-month ICE Brent and NYMEX crude oil futures spiked overnight, breaching the $70/b and $66/b levels, respectively, and extended their bull run Thursday morning in Asia on a weaker US Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

Oil hits $71 for first time since 2014 on tighter supply and weak dollar

Oil hit $71 a barrel on Thursday for the first time since 2014, supported by OPEC-led supply curbs, a record-breaking run of declines in U.S. crude inventories and a weaker Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply

More oil and gas firms expect to hike capital spending in 2018: survey

More global oil and gas firms expect to increase capital spending this year as confidence picks up after crude prices climbed above $70 a barrel in January for the first Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

What Could Push Oil To $100?

If anyone thought the latest oil market outlooks of the EIA and the IEA are upbeat, here’s an even more upbeat one from Energy Aspects: The consultancy expects crude demand Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

Why Oil Prices Could Dive

WTI briefly touched $65 per barrel after the EIA reported a surprise drawdown in inventories — the highest price since late 2014. Although the rally hit some stumbling blocks in recent Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply

OPEC Moves Another Crucial Oil Market Metric

The OPEC agreement is starting to move the needle on one stubborn metric that had remained depressed since the market downturn began more than three years ago: investment in new Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply
  • USA

Oilfield Services Bounce Back On Oil Rally

The oilfield services industry was hit hard by the 2014 oil price crash after exploration and production companies reduced investments and drilling during the downturn. The ripple effect on the Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply
  • Prices
  • USA

Oil Markets Relieved After EIA Reports Crude Inventory Draw

A day after the American Petroleum Institute surprised the market with a substantial inventory build, the Energy Information Administration dispelled doubts about the balance between supply and demand by reporting Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply

Big Oil Flush With Cash Again, But No Party Yet

The world’s top oil companies are expected to generate more cash in 2018 than at any other time this decade, but it isn’t party time yet. LONDON, Jan 24 (Reuters) Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply

Sharp Rise in Oil, Gas Industry Confidence in 2018

There has been a sharp rise in industry confidence in 2018, according to a new study by DNV GL, a technical advisor to the oil and gas sector. DNV GL’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia
  • USA

Aramco seeks to expand in U.S., says Trump is pro-oil

Saudi oil giant Aramco is looking to expand in the United States where President Donald Trump’s tax cuts and support for the oil industry are making business increasingly attractive, its Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Shale Oil

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister says IEA overhyped US shale boom

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister took a rare sideways swipe at the International Energy Agency on Wednesday, accusing the body of overhyping the impact of US shale growth on the oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Azerbaijan

Is This The World’s Most Critical Pipeline?

The Southern Gas Corridor, connecting Azerbaijan to the world’s largest economic block, is one of the most important infrastructure pipeline projects worldwide, bringing Caspian gas into Europe. Europe wants to Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia
  • USA

Saudi Aramco To Expand Business In The U.S. After Tax Bill

“We are looking at new business opportunities in the U.S. and with the tax cuts it will make it much more profitable … It is part of our strategy to Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia May Link Aramco Revenue Royalty To Oil Prices

Saudi Arabia may link the royalty on oil revenue that Aramco currently pays to oil prices, the state oil giant’s chief executive Amin Nasser told Bloomberg in an interview at Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Iraq

Ministry drops Nassiriya Integrated Project

Iraq will rely on a newly formed state oil company to develop the Nassiriya oil field, leaving only the nearby refinery project for investors, ending more than six years of Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Nigeria

Niger Delta Militants List Key Oil Assets Targeted for Destruction

A Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators yesterday listed a number of oil fields and installations as targets for resumed attacks if Federal Government failed to address specific grievances agitating the Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Total’s 200,000 B/D Capacity Egina FPSO Arrives Nigeria

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Total Upstream Nigeria Limited, (TUPNI) and her partners yesterday announced the arrival of the Egina Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading unit (FPSO) to the Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Total Achieves U.S.$603 Million Cost Savings On Egina Field Project

The 200,000 barrels per day Egina oil project which encompasses a 330 metre long Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platform designed to process oil from the field from December Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Nigeria

Nigeria: Construction of Greenfield Refineries in Kano, Kaduna to Commence Soon – Baru

The construction of Greenfield refineries will commence this year in Kano and Kaduna, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru has said. Baru Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Venezuela

Venezuela’s presidential battle begins, Maduro favorite

Venezuela’s presidential election race has begun with favorite and incumbent Nicolas Maduro signaling a nationalist, “anti-Trump” campaign while his demoralized foes scramble to find a viable candidate for a vote Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • North Korea

China barely exports any oil products to North Korea in December: customs

China exported no oil products to North Korea in December except for a tiny cargo of jet fuel, data showed on Thursday, the latest sign that Beijing has kept up Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Air Quality
  • China

Study: air pollution may shorten telomeres in newborns—a sign of increased health risks

A study conducted before and after the 2004 closure of a coal-burning power plant in Tongliang, China, found that children born before the closure had shorter telomeres than those conceived Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China

Oil imports by China could lead to zero-sum game

One of the assumptions most observers of the crude oil market make is that China will continue to be the engine of global demand growth, thereby providing underlying support to Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA

Baker Hughes reports mixed performance amid uncertain market

The performance for drilling services company Baker Hughes was mixed and the market was still uncertain, despite a hike in oil prices, its CEO said Wednesday. Baker Hughes, now a Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Plug-in vehicles not yet straining U.S. grid

Plug-in electric vehicles aren’t yet putting a strain on the national grid, but may require upgrades to infrastructure as demand increases, a U.S. report found. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • France
  • Offshore

Total takes slice of Chevron oil find in the Gulf of Mexico

A French energy company said it was setting a deeper footprint in the U.S. waters of the Gulf of Mexico by taking a minority stake in a Chevron-controlled field. For Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Natural Gas Supply
  • USA

Cold Weather Heats Up Natural-Gas Market

The threat of another blast of bitterly cold arctic air bearing down on the U.S. is sending natural-gas futures prices to their highest level in more than a year. On Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Hydro
  • Wind

Wind expected to surpass hydro as largest renewable electricity generation source

As one of the first technologies used to generate electricity, hydroelectric power has historically provided the largest share of renewable electricity generation in the United States. However, this year EIA Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Electric Cars

Colorado releases plan to support EVs on state’s highways, accelerate EV adoption

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper released of the Colorado Electric Vehicle (EV) Plan , delivering on a directive set forth in the July 2017 Executive Order, “Supporting Colorado’s Clean Energy Transition.” Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Oil Supply
  • USA

Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending January 19, 2018

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.5 million barrels per day during the week ending January 19, 2018, 392,000 barrels per day less than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Italy
  • Russia
  • USA

Eni Says Is Drilling In Black Sea Project While Monitoring US Sanctions

Italian oil and gas group Eni said on Wednesday afternoon that it was carrying out exploratory drilling in the Black Sea in a Rosneft-led offshore project – while ensuring its Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • p-

Heavy snow continues to hit central, eastern China – Xinhua | English.news.cn

View full article at www.xinhuanet.com

Posted On : 25 Jan 2018 Published By : ASPO-USA
Category:
  • Prices

Oil prices ease as U.S. crude inventories rise unexpectedly

Oil prices slipped on Wednesday, under pressure from a rise in U.S. crude and gasoline inventories although crude remained near three-year highs. Brent futures eased 24 cents to $69.72 a Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Prices

A tightening oil market drives oil back toward $70 per barrel

Signs of a global market for crude oil moving closer to erasing the surplus on the five-year average for stockpiles put oil prices back near $70 on Tuesday. The price Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Jan 2018 Published By : Tom Whipple

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