1. Rebels resumed pipeline attacks in Colombia hours after the ceasefire expired.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkZC7sqImaM


  2. 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...


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


  4. Everybody seems to be eager to give their money to Aramco ahead of its IPO. And if it flops?
      


  5. Not sure how many members are on board with that, but I think Iraq is probably gung ho for higher oil prices, what with...


  6. EIA ups oil growth demand forecast for 2018 by 100,000 bpd. Prices reacting favorably to this and to the expectation that crude oil inventories...


  7. Protests in Iran, possibility of new sanctions or isolation of that country, are opening speculation about new jump of oil prices on market. But,...
      


  8. Pulau Bukom (Singapur)  is the largest wholly owned Shell refinery in the world in terms of crude distillation capacity. Seventeen men have been arrested...
      


  9. In a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Maine's senators say the risks of environmental and economic damage outweigh any potential benefits. Last week, the...
      


  10. Fracking firm Cuadrilla has been given the go-ahead to explore for oil near a West Sussex village that was the site of the UK’s biggest...
      


  11. So, Exxon is planning to sue several California municipalities for making markedly different statements regarding the environmental risks they face in the lawsuits they filed...
      


  12. Not sure if anyone's been keeping up with Angola post Dos Santos era, but the new president is really going after the former ruling...
      


  13. Per Bloomberg: Oil supertankers are the 'biggest victims' of the OPEC cuts deal. Cargoes from the Middle East to Asia are down, and supertankers...
      


  14. New study released today shows oil and gas drilling causes birds..  even hardy species, to have fewer chicks.


  15. Big money movers are circling over the Aramco IPO, even if it is slow to start. Reports say Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank...
      


  16. NNPC said that its Escravos-Lagos is back up and functioning again after explosion last week.  Still unclear whether the power plants are up yet.  


  17. Vietnam is trying dozens of executives from its state-owned energy firm for losses incurred. Penalties on the table include death penalty. HARSHEST OF HARSH!


  18. The Central American nation of Belize, in a move to protect the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, has banned the offshore extraction...
      


  19. Damn, it looks like that Iranian oil tanker could be about to explode.... https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Iranian-Oil-Tanker-Engulfed-In-Flames-Following-Collision.html
      


  20. Just read that Libya's Ras Lanuf refinery, which can handle 200,000 bpd, could restart in the second half of this year, feeding the glut...
      


  21. OPEC doesn't think about rising oil production, so the crisis in Venezuela and protests in Iran are not so important in this segment of...
      


  22. Exxon found its sixth oil find off coast of Guyana (6th since 2015). I think Guyana is expected to keep 50% of oil proceeds. Expected...


  23. 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...
      


  24. I think this makes 11 of the last 12 weeks for increasing US crude oil production, with the last week of the year being...


  25. Saudi Aramco has converted into a joint stock company and this is a pre-step in process for a Saudi IPO. Aramco's IPO will comply...
      


  26. UK consulting company IHS has lodged a bid in a public tender launched by Bosnia's Federation in search for a consultant to advise the...
      


  27. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe for OPEC and Russia, courtesy of Bloomberg. I'm sure we'll be seeing a lot more stories like this one and...
      


  28. Wondering if we're about to see oilfield services start to charge more for drilling this year because they're the ones who got the short...
      


  29. Demand for Canadian heavy crude will increase as mexico and venezuela struggle to get oil to US refinery market, according to study from Deloitte. 
      


  30. Researching from Rystad Energy is showing how U.S, in 2018. can be world No1 as leading crude oil producer. Since 1975. the U.S. hasn't...