1. The surprise move by the Trump Administration  to reverse plans for new offshore oil and gas drilling off the coast of Florida quickly spurred...
      


  2. Transneft pipeline caught fire today in Russia after a leak caused by pressure loss. 7500 sq meters of fire at last report.


  3. suspected shooter in a DAPL protest (for firing at officers) was let out of her halfway house prior to trial to attend adult learning...


  4. Venezuela said over the weekend that it managed to lift oil production for December. How likely is this? How much discrepancy is there going to be...
      


  5. OPEC's MOMR, released today, has non-OPEC supplies increasing by 1.15 million bpd in 2018 (last MoMR had this estimated at 900,000 bpd). That's nearly...


  6. China’s Commerce Ministry announced how they will limit exports of crude oil, refined oil products, steel and other metals to North Korea. The experience...
      


  7. so.. after 17 long years, the legislature passed a bill that would reform Nigeria's petroleum sector. Senate approved late last year, now legislature. All...


  8. New paper warns against salt water injection back into the ground with serious quakes in Oklahoma continuing. This topic seems to have lost its...
      


  9. Trying to wrap my head around this. TankerTrackers is reporting a possible oil spill in Iraq.  "2ND UPDATE! We now have TWO anonymous industry sources...


  10. API is expected to report an inventory draw for oil today of 3.588 million bpd, but both API and EIA data have been increasingly...


  11. US oil production set to increase to 10.3 million bpd next year, breaking a 1970 record of 9.6 million bpd. Between Feb 17 and...


  12. Looks like the oil and gas industry only purchased 7% of the public land acres that the Bureau of Land Management offered up in 2017,...
      


  13. Car sales in Europe hit a ten-year high last year, with SUVs dominating the market. No mention what the portion of EVs in the...
      


  14. China is panting under a major glut of oil products that it is planning to dump on the regional market. That's a problem for...
      


  15. BP said Tuesday it will take an additional charge of $1.7 billion (1.4 billion euros) in the fourth quarter of 2017 linked to the...
      


  16. Chevron getting bold and fixing to restarting drilling in Kurdistan. This seems like a huge risk to me.  
      


  17. globally, almost $335 billion was sunk into renewable energy in 2017, almost half of this went to solar, and about 40% was from China.


  18. Norway has awarded a record 75 offshore oil exploration licenses, to Statoil, Aker BP Shell, Total and ConocoPhillips among others. The licenses comprised 45 in...
      


  19. Lots of Shell news today. Shell's finished in Iraq... officially. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-energy-shell/shell-agrees-to-sell-its-stake-in-iraqs-west-qurna-1-oilfield-to-japans-itochu-idUSKBN1F41TO  


  20. Defendants include BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Royal Dutch Shell.  I see they have one of the largest smog problems in america, but when it comes...


  21. Royal Dutch Shell gave the green light on Monday for an expansion of the Penguins oil and gas field in the U.K. North Sea,...
      


  22. With fundamentals improving, analysts (via Forbes) pinpoint these three oil and gas companies to disappear in mergers:  RSP Permian Inc Callon Petroleum Co. Lilis Energy Inc  
      


  23. Energy Intelligence says sources from 01/10 say IPO may slip into 2019. But official word as late as yesterday says IPO still on track...


  24. T. Boone Pickens is closing his hedge fund and Andy Hall is apparently heading out of the business... Hedge funds have a key role...
      


  25. An Oklahoma oil and gas industry group is challenging a tax on new wells that would give teachers in the state a $4,000 pay...
      


  26. "Russia should start exiting a global deal to cut oil output if crude prices remain at $70 per barrel for more than six months,...


  27. is open house scheduled yet? Is the price negotiable? Why is 90 year old "single man" selling it? Too many questions on this one https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oil-tycoon-pickens-selling-texas-ranch-for-250-million/      


  28. T.M. vows to end all plastic waste by 2042. It includes "plastics-free" aisles in supermarkets and tax on takeout containers.  Is this realistic?


  29. Venezuela's oil exports to US drop 12% month on month as production falls.
      


  30. An oil project in Falklands Islands is on track to get the go-ahead by the end of this year as the companies involved in the...