1. IEA just dubbed Venezuela, country with largest oil reserves, as the biggest risk to global markets. In the same breath, IEA claims Venezuela may...


  2. "U.S. crude oil exports went to 37 destinations in 2017, compared with 27 destinations in 2016. Similar to previous years, Canada remained the largest...


  3. A title I'm sure they're only too happy to shed. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/weekly/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosgenerate&stream=top-stories "New Mexico surpassed California and Alaska to become the third-largest crude oil-producing state in the...


  4. Perhaps best moment of American Idol's latest season auditions (after a two-year pause), and perhaps a secret advertisement for the oil industry: Katy Perry: What do...


  5. Probably not a good thing for oil prices. Some highlights:  "Recoverable reserves from the Middle East, which holds the largest oil resources, could be increased...


  6. Brazil`s state-owned oil company Petrobras has reported a net loss of R$446m ($136m) for last year compared with a loss of R$14.8bn a year...
      


  7. By IEA, global oil demand is expected to pick up this year but supply is growing at a faster pace, leading to a rise...
      


  8. Well, I mean, it's all relative. In the court of public opinion, Exxon has apparently transitioned from Purposeful Killer of Our Beloved Earth, to the latest:...


  9. Soaring shale production is now the biggest problem for OPEC. Oil cut deal is now going to an end in coming months and still...


  10. So says a state-owned energy firm, Petoro. I'm beginning to be confused about Norway. It's the greenest of them all in Europe but it...
      


  11. South Korea's fuel oil imports are skyrocketing as it tries to phase out coal and nuclear plants enter maintenance season. But I was thinking,...
      


  12. What would they do without Japan? They'd have to stick to their banishment of Qatar, I guess.  https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/UAE-Qatar-Warily-Extend-Joint-Oilfield-Concession.html  


  13. https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Indias-Oil-Imports-From-Venezuela-Plunge-To-Lowest-Since-2012.html And this is what happens, my friends, when you get so far into debt. You're beholden to your creditors. Venezuela pumps at the mercy...


  14. https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Which-Oil-Major-Has-The-Best-Investment-Strategy.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+oilpricecom+(Oil+Price.com+Daily+News+Update) Total's low-cost purchase in Libya, Exxon's aggressive capex when others are skimping, or Hess's buybacks?


  15.   We have protests, we have defunding, we even have banks who refuse to loan to the dirty oil industry. The latest? Legislative weapons. "The Baltimore...


  16. Dinosaur-era volcanos, of course! That is, if we are to believe a study from Rice University. http://www.worldoil.com/news/2018/3/13/geologists-link-ash-from-dinosaur-era-volcanoes-with-shale-oil-gas  


  17. Iraq's oil ministry said the nation would reduce its petroleum products imports by 25 percent as crude oil refineries are being rehabilitated following fighting...
      


  18. Testimony to the vitality of your crude reserves ... Shell, BP and most recently PetroChina are signing major LIbyan crude contracts regardless of the...
      


  19. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-08/saudi-oil-minister-hints-aramco-ipo-could-be-delayed-until-2019 If you could only see my super sarcastic mock surprised face right now. I don't want to say I told you so. Wait. Yes...


  20. Oh my, oh my. We're shunning Big Oil from putting money towards the arts now?  http://www.france24.com/en/20180312-climate-protest-prompts-partial-evacuation-louvre My favorite line: "Some 30 activists had laid a long stretch...


  21. BC to Alberta: We don't want the Trans Mountain pipeline expanded. Alberta to BC: But our oil needs shipping and selling, and we need the revenues...
      


  22. Analysts agree, PetroChina is a bargain.  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-12/at-232-billion-world-s-3rd-largest-oil-major-is-seen-as-cheap


  23. The oil and natural gas industry urged Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to maintain his offshore drilling plan and open up federal waters from coast...
      


  24. Oh, North America. I'm bored with your irrational pipeline hatred. https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/canada-thousands-protest-trans-mountain-pipeline-expansion-180309060838063.html It will be interesting to see how many protestors actually show up here (they optimistically...


  25. There's internal disagreement in OPEC as to what the best price of oil should be. The crack is between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Saudis...
      


  26. According to their lawyer, Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has sued a group of oil trading companies through a U.S. trust over a multi-billion...
      


  27. a) Shell/Blackstone Eye $10B BHP Billiton Shale Purchase b) Sempra Gets Regulator Nod for $10B Oncor   


  28. BP's fields, including maturing ones, produced more last year than the year before, CEO Dudley says he's never seen a negative decline rate in...
      


  29. Many see the US as mostly apathetic to the plight of the renewable energy industry. 


  30. Big oil and big corn continue their clash about on proposed biofuels policy reforms. Valero Energy Corp a major oil refiner, funded a study...