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Waste-Made Polymer Soaks Up Oil Spills
The "sponge" is made from used cooking oil sodium chloride and sulfur, and it can soak up crude and diesel. I like this sort...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Saskatchewan, Quebec Join Alberta/B.C. Spat
Soooo, two more provinces have joined in the shin-kicking between Alberta and B.C. Saskatchewan is on Alberta's side, planning its own oil export-cutting legislation...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Shell Afraid of Commitment?
Shell Advises Shareholders To Reject Binding Climate Resolution Proposed by Follow This “We share the objective of Follow This for Shell to show leadership in...- Rodent Replied
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Thousands of Oil Workers Fleeing Venezuela's State-Run Company?
Reuters reports today that workers are fleeing PDVSA in the thousands, running from Major General Manuel Quevedo, the new oil czar. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-oil-workers-insight/under-military-rule-venezuela-oil-workers-quit-in-a-stampede-idUSKBN1HO0H9- TraderTate Replied
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trade war
a good read about this trade war stuff, I have my doubts that trump would do much at this time because the way this...- cattleman Replied
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Fear & Uncertainty: Oil bolstered As Investors Factor In Supply Risks
Oil rose boosted by investors’ growing concern over the potential for disruptions to crude supply, especially in the Middle East.Brent crude oil futures LCOc1...- Pavel Replied
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Aramco Needs Oil at $120 for $2 Trillion Valuation
So said the FT after making some calculations. That's harsher than what Bloomberg's Liam Denning estimated but not as harsh as what this guy...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Is Valero Really Standing on an 'Ocean of Oil"?
Opinion piece on Forbes is plugging Valero, as such: VLO owns 15 petroleum refineries across the globe in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K, that...- TraderTate Replied
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EIA: US Shale Output To Rise By 125,000 bbl/d In May
U.S. shale oil production is expected to increase in May for the fourth consecutive month, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data showed today (April...- CMOP Replied
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BP's new low-carbon plans leave environmentalists cold
BP new report "Advancing The Energy Transition" calls for lowered greenhouse gas emissions through 2025 from operations. Did BP go as far as anyone...- Rodent Replied
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Increase oil prices are just because of geopolitical situation or any Conspiracy behind it?
Visit of Crown prince of saudi arabia to washington DC, then he said his ambition that "We believe oil prices will get higher in...- Harsh vardhan singh Replied
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British Columbia At It Again
I guess they just weren't satisfied enough by trying to thwart pipeline projects--now they're taking aim at oil by rail too. What's next? https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-bc-will-ask-court-for-authority-to-limit-oil-by-rail/- Rodent Replied
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Total World Oil Supply Up 180,000bpd in March
OPEC said Thursday its crude oil output fell last month amid compliance with the oil cartel’s agreement to cut production, even as the world’s...- Royalblood Replied
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Oil Companies Vs. Hackers
In that battle, my money is on the hackers. Let's look at a side-by-side, shall we? Hackers are young, oil companies are run by old people. Hackers...- Rodent Replied
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$44 Billion Refinery Facing Environmental Opposition
That $44 Billion refinery that Saudi Arabia and India signed yesterday is now being opposed, citing environmental concerns such as destruction of mango and...- Rodent Replied
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Exxon Mobil boosted CEO pay to $17.5 million for 2017
Exxon Mobil Corp Chairman and Chief Executive Darren Woods’s compensation package rose about 4 percent last year to $17.5 million, his first year running the...- exxon mobil
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New Zealand Bans New Offshore Drilling, Citing Climate Change
New Zealand will stop issuing permits for offshore oil and gas exploration as it moves to combat climate change. “When it comes to climate change,...- new zealand
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OPEC Sees Oil Markets Tighten Further Even As U.S. Shale Boost
The global oil stocks surplus is close to evaporating, OPEC said, citing healthy energy demand and its own supply cuts while revising up its...- damirUSBiH Replied
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Is Current oil spike is just because of situation derived by geopolitical tension?
Oil prices are now touching the magical figure of $72. But is this sudden spike in oil prices are fundamental or it is just...- Harsh vardhan singh Replied
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Oil company hit with $12.5M fine
California regulators have issued at $12.5 million fine to an oil company with a long history of safety violations and regulatory lapses. The Department of...- CMOP Replied
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India's Bad Oil Habit
India has become hooked on oil too quickly and now needs to break this habit, some people believe. Really, when you think about it, all...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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New Oil Movie Released Tonight
Pop that corn, oil peeps! Who doesn't love a good movie about crude oil? Deepwater Horizon? Check. Syriana? Yup. There Will Be Blood? Ah.. no. How...- Rodent Replied
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Trans Mountain Not Dead Yet
Kinder Morgan may have threatened to pull the plug, but Alberta is considering buying up the whole Trans Mountain bailiwick just to keep it...- Rodent Replied
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Oil Theft Up 50% in Nigeria
crude oil theft back on the rise, according to Shell: Nigeria crude oil theft 2015 25,000 bpd Nigeria crude oil theft 2016 6,000 bpd Nigeria crude oil...- Rodent Replied
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Motives Behind Moving OPEC Goalpost?
OPEC has discussed changing the way the "average" is calculated, which would make goal harder to achieve. One proposal considered measuring the OECD commercial stocks against the...- Rodent Replied
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Abu Dhabi launches first-ever bidding for 6 oil and gas blocks
Adnoc will make available 6 new onshore and offshore blocks for competitive bid within Abu Dhabi. Our estimates suggest that these new blocks contain...- CMOP Replied
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What's Behind Oil Price Volatility?
Everything seemed so bullish at the end of last week, and geopolitical risk seems to be growing by the day. With that in mind...- J Owens Replied
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Total, Aramco To Build $9B Petrochemical Complex
France’s oil major Total and Saudi Aramco signed on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding to build a giant petrochemical complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, which will...- aramco
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Oil-Eating Bacteria
New research on oil-eating bacteria. I couldn't help but wonder what will happen to all those oil-everything opponents if there's bacteria that can degrade...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Is Exxon Taking Advantage of Tiny Guyana's Huge Oil Wealth?
I guess this is another resource curse story ... The IMF is calling on Guyana to rewrite its tax laws because of an Exxon...- cryptocurator Replied
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