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  1. CB


    It's not just militia factions vying for power who are meddling with Libyan oil production. The latest shutdown was Sunday at the giant El...
      

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  2. Marina Schwarz


    The trial against Shell and Eni, along with several executives from the two supermajors has started. They are accused of bribery in a Nigeria...
      

  3. Rodent


    Could Canada's dire oil position get any more dire? Yes, indeedy. Thirty-one Canadian oil refinery workers just won $60 million in the lottery and...

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  4. Rodent


    Professor slams last year's study that concluded Exxon knew about effects of oil industry on environment and did nothing. Reasons cited include bias, lack...

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  5. PP


    French energy company Total substantially raised its presence in Libya with the purchase of a 16.33 percent stake in Libya’s Waha concessions from U.S....
      

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  6. SM


    Oil exploration project between Exxon Mobil and a Russian government-owned oil company Rosneft will be abandoned by Exxon after United States government sanctions prevented the venture...
      

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  7. Marina Schwarz


    Chevron says its business won't suffer from climate change measures at least until 2040. The company cites the IEA's three scenarios on the possible...
      

  8. Marina Schwarz


    First Nations in Alberta are vying for higher stakes in the local oil and gas industry by buying interests in oil wells and--the horror--in...
      

  9. Rodent


    American gasoline consumption fell for the first time in five years in 2017 (by .0006%). Bloomberg "blaming" it on illegal immigrants who stopped driving...

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  10. DD


    Iraq and Iran have agreed to swap up to 60,000 barrels per day of crude produced from Kirkuk for Iranian oil to be delivered...
      

  11. Rodent


    Now a whole aisle in a grocery store in Amsterdam is plastic-free. Trend or fad? https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/28/war-on-waste-plastic-free-shopping-aisle-opens-in-amsterdam-supermarket.html

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  12. JT


    An Interior Department advisory committee voted unanimously to cut the royalty rate that oil and gas companies pay for offshore drilling in federal waters. The...
      

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  13. Rodent


    Meet South Sudan's latest problem (as if they needed a new one). "South Sudanese lawmakers have accused the consortium running the country’s last working...

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  14. Rodent


    Exxon is going to quit its Russian JVs after sanctions freeze by US.

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  15. AW


    "A U.S. Department of the Interior committee voted on Wednesday to recommend to Secretary Ryan Zinke that the agency lower royalty rates for federal...

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  16. Rodent


    WOWZERS. OPEC hits 149% compliance on the back of Libya and Venezuela, and the most from the UAE. WTI and Brent still down massively...

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  17. Rodent


    South Korea said it will shutter 5 coal plants in Q2 2018 in an effort to reduce smog and such. But what I don't...

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  18. OS


    Trying to get a handle on gains and losses in oil market share to China ... See numbers for Jan show Russia and Angola...
      

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  19. Harsh vardhan singh


    Saudi oil minister Khalid al-Falih said that he hopes that OPEC can relax the production limits next year, while putting in place a more...

  20. Marina Schwarz


    Chevron is the biggest taxpayer and employer in Richmond, California. The city is suing it (again) on allegations that it is destroying its future...
      

  21. KT


    Missed this a couple of days ago, but the US has slapped sanctions on 6 people, 24 companies and a handful of vessels for...
      

  22. Rodent


    This article estimates that Nigeria has forfeit about $74 billion by not prosecuting fraud cases, mostly involving the oil industry. http://saharareporters.com/2018/02/15/‘10-corruption-cases-can-fetch-nigeria-745billion-n25trillion’-falana Will they ever have the...

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  23. Rodent


    Barkindo is planning to have dinner with U.S. shale company executives on Monday in Houston.  I'm less excited about the news of this, and more...

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  24. Rodent


    US investors looking to snap up US-based Citgo to keep it out of Russian hands. How likely is it really that it would fall...

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  25. DD


    According by EIA U.S. will overtake Russia as the world’s biggest oil producer by 2019 at the late. U.S. oil is also increasingly being...
      

  26. Marina Schwarz


    Just a random thought in light of record-high production in the U.S. and record-high net longs on oil. If traders start selling, WTI could...
      

  27. Rodent


    US may stop sending Naptha to Venezuela--they need this to mix with their heavy oil or it doesn't flow in the pipelines. This would...

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  28. Rodent


    British Energy and Clean Growth Minister: Claire Perry US Energy Secretary Rick Perry COINCIDENCE? I think not.  

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  29. Marina Schwarz


    Chinese refiners are holding back on buying crude on tax reform fears. This on top of warnings that oil demand growth in the country...
      

  30. Marina Schwarz


    Shale investors are still waiting for some payback, Iran and Venezuela are no better economically than they were two years ago, and OPEC is...