1. Steel and aluminium tariffs could cause some damage to the US oil and gas industry... “The implementation of new tariffs will disrupt the U.S. oil...


  2. Who wants to go with me to tour an Iranian oilfield?  https://financialtribune.com/articles/travel/87475/oil-ministry-ready-to-offer-oilfield-tours "The Oil Ministry welcomed a proposal by Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization...


  3. Venezuela stopped payments to India's ONGC Videsh Ltd, who owns jointly with PDVSA the San Cristobal energy project. PDVSA is into OVL for about...


  4. Very interesting article from safehaven.com on the correlation between gold and oil prices. I encourage everyone to read it and would love to hear...
      


  5. IATA executives are meeting in Australia for their annual meeting and: "IATA, which represents about 280 airlines comprising 83 percent of global air traffic, in...
      


  6. For lurkers, if you do a quick check of my comments, you will see I have been commenting repeatedly that I've been hoping for...
      


  7. So I've been waiting and waiting for this news to come out.  Due to higher oil prices, many U.S. Shale Oil companies are starting...
      


  8. Raise your hand if you link OPEC is going to lend a helping hand to Saudi Arabia's old chum, Iran. Iran has been a constant...


  9. The recent sanctions on Iran by USA seems to be a closely considered act by Trump administration. This looks like an act to make...


  10. Cartels gonna cartel. I've mentioned before, purpose of a cartel is to restrict supply in order to increase prices. And in the last year, OPEC has...
      


  11. despite the shenanigans over the trans mountain pipeline, BC still wants to receive billions as part of the original deal. sounds like blood money...


  12. No takers for this preaalt oil now that they can't wheel and deal on prices. The implications for not finding a buyer are significant.  https://www.reuters.com/article/brazil-oil-auction/brazil-receives-no-bids-for-contracts-for-pre-salt-oil-cargo-idUSL2N1T1263?rpc=401&


  13. Total liquid fuels inventories return to five-year averages in the United States and OECD https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=36392    


  14. Kuwait and Iran are leading a faction in the cartel that are upset about an agreement struck between Saudi Arabia and Russia last week....
      


  15. Brazilian oil workers began a 72-hour strike on Wednesday in a new blow to President Michel Temer following a nationwide trucker protest that has...
      


  16. "The global oil industry should ramp up investment to ensure it can cope with future consumption growth and avoid supply shortages, OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad...
      


  17. EVs will displace 2.5 million bpd of oil demand by 2030 according to a senior analyst at the IEA based on its new report: Global EV Outlook...


  18. Listened to a Freakonomics podcast about Corporate Social Responsibility and one phrase got my attention: "there is a study showing that when people express a...
      


  19. On one of my old hard drives, I stumbled across a Word document of one of my old articles for Oilpro from 2015.  The...
      


  20. All sorts of things jostling around lately in international oil & gas + related geopolitics. This article covers quite a bit of them. And I'm hoping...
      


  21. Thank you, dear banks. Your moral high ground is truly inspiring. https://www.ft.com/content/7d6be782-6328-11e8-90c2-9563a0613e56


  22. Saudi, Kuwait, UAE to meet before the OPEC June 22 meeting, Bloomberg reported. I guess this is Saudi dragging other OPEC members along for a...


  23. Brent crude oil rose on Tuesday, paring losses triggered by expectations that Saudi Arabia and Russia could pump more crude to compensate for a...
      


  24. for 3.5 billion https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-29/canada-to-buy-kinder-s-trans-mountain-pipeline-for-3-5-billion  


  25. Oil prices surged to their highest level in over there years last week, and strategists were marveling that prices had shot up so quickly.   US crude...
      


  26. I guess they are in between a rock and a hard place, with being a major importer. https://www.rferl.org/a/india-top-iranian-oil-importer-says-will-not-honor-us-sanctions-swaraj/29256213.html


  27. Saudi Arabia and Russia are discussing raising OPEC and non-OPEC oil production by some 1 million barrels a day, sources said, while OPEC's chief...
      


  28. Lukoil, Russia’s second largest oil producer, said net profit in the first quarter of 2018 jumped an annual 75 per cent, as higher crude...
      


  29. The judge presiding over the case of San Francisco and Oakland vs Chevron, Exxon, BP, Shell, and Conoco has given everyone homework: evaluate the...
      


  30. Would love to hear the experts' take on this Bloomberg piece citing sources who say OPEC and 'allied producers' "have already cleared surplus" https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-27/opec-committee-is-said-to-see-oil-stockpiles-below-5-yr-average