Iran starts oil sales to private exporters to beat U.S. sanctions
Iran began selling crude oil to private companies for export on Sunday, part of a strategy to counter U.S. sanctions which come into effect on Nov. 4 and aim to Continue Reading
Iranian Port Project Poses a Dilemma for U.S.
Those measures aim to punish Iran for what the U.S. sees as unacceptable behavior in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and elsewhere. They follow the Trump administration’s decision this year to withdraw Continue Reading
Is Libya’s Latest Oil Production Target Too Ambitious?
Libya is one of the most unreliable oil producers in OPEC and outside it. Production outages are a frequent occurrence as various armed groups vie for power over the country’s Continue Reading
Tribesmen stage protest at Libya’s El Sharara oilfield
A small group of Libyan tribesmen staged a protest at the southern El Sharara oilfield last week, threatening to close down production unless their living conditions improved, a videotape showed Continue Reading
Japan steel industry group head worried about signs of slowing China economy
The head of the Japanese steel industry group said on Monday that he is worried about signs of a slowing Chinese economy. “The U.S.-China trade spat still has limited impact Continue Reading
What Big Oil can learn from Exxon’s curious case
Do oil companies tell shareholders the unvarnished truth about the risks posed by climate change to their business models? Climate campaigners have long argued that they don’t, claiming that wicked Continue Reading
Driven by Trump Policy Changes, Fracking Booms on Public Lands
The parade of trailer trucks rolling through Jay Butler’s dusty ranch is a precursor to a new fracking boom on the vast federal lands of Wyoming and across the West. Reversing Continue Reading
Can U.S. Gas Demand Keep Up With Surging Production?
Natural gas production hit another high in the United States at approximately 87 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) over the last weekend. The rise in production contributed to a Continue Reading
Science can succeed on climate change where politics fails
For the past 20 years the orthodox response to the threat of climate change has been focused on the search for a global agreement to reduce emissions. Such an approach Continue Reading
Report finds says “negative emissions technologies” need to play a large role in mitigating climate change
To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating Continue Reading