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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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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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More Signs Saudi Arabia is Ready to Give Up On Foreign IPO for Aramco
Saudi Arabia is making a play to woo foreign money into its Tadawul ahead of the Aramco IPO. Looks more and more like Saudi...- Rodent 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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If Oil Price Falls, Blame It on U.S. Exports
So says Tom Kloza from the Oil Price Information Service. And if China slaps tariffs on U.S. oil imports... Okay, I'm rubbing my hands...- Marina Schwarz 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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north sea oil rig shuttered on protests
tools downed by protesters citing safety issues https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/breaking-workers-said-to-have-downed-tools-on-north-sea-oil-rig/- Rodent Replied
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russia to trade oil in other currencies
not just El petro, but Iran and turkey too http://iran-daily.com/News/212827.html- Rodent Replied
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bosphorus strait shutdown
entire strait shut down after tanker crash https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2707088&Language=en- Rodent Replied
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Don't Worry, Oil Spills = Jobs
Just when you think you've heard it all, in comes an oil major, focusing on the positive side of oil spills (more jobs!). If...- Rodent Replied
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China's growing influence in Venezuelan oil
interesting report on China's influence in Venezuela by csis https://www.csis.org/analysis/when-investment-hurts-chinese-influence-venezuela can Venezuela ever break free now?- Rodent Replied
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sure be nice if trump would just shut his mouth
this whole ego feeding is producing a lot of unnecessary market volatility- cattleman Replied
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Tesla Glitch--2nd Time in Same Spot
"Tesla driver using the car's Autopilot retraces the route of a fatal Model X accident in California - and almost crashes in the exact...- Rodent Replied
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Saudi Raises Arab Light Prices to Asia??
Saudi raises Arab Light prices. I think the general thought was that they were going to lower prices? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-05/saudi-arabia-unexpectedly-lifts-key-oil-price-for-asian-buyers- Rodent Replied
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Trudeau on the Oil Tightrope
PM Trudeau is heading to western Canada, where he will have to face opponents to the Trans Mountain project as well as the oil industry...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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Busted? Shell Knew about Oil's Role in Climate Change
An internal document from 1988 reveals Shell knew about climate change and about the effects of the oil industry on the environment. Okay, no...- shell
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Conoco: The Great Trend-Bucker
I'm adding Conoco to Shell in my brand new list of Smart Oil Companies. Instead of boosting spending to grow production, Conoco is selling non-core...- conocophillips
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Will Trump Go After China's Yuan Next?
So, the next question is definitely whether Trump will try to attack the Yuan as China makes its first serious moves to trade oil...- dowmike Replied
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Is Russia Really Going To Trade In El Petro?
Rumor has it that Russia may support Venezuela's Petro by using it in "international transactions". Russia has a huge interest here--but will they really start trading...- Rodent Replied
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UK Oil Fund S/B Worth $703 Billion
If UK had set up a SWF in the 80s as a tool for investing its North Sea oil revenues like Norway did in the...- Rodent Replied
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Environmentalists Lash Out at UN for "Greenwashing"
Environmentalists are unhappy about the UN Climate's support of Shell's plan for transitioning from fossil fuels to renewables. I'm confused: they're bad when they...- Marina Schwarz Replied
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All Quiet on the Venezuelan Front?
I haven't heard much news in the way of Venezuela's oil industry in the last few days, but this morning I saw that a...- Rodent Replied
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Relationship between oil futures/oil prices and finance
Does anyone know what I can read (recent) to better understand the relationship with oil and finance in the U.S. and elsewhere?- Terry Karl Replied
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Crazy Crude Oil Inventory Fact
Happy API day to all! Ever get frustrated by how far apart API and EIA inventory data is? Many people put more stock into EIA's...- Rodent Replied
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Does oil price shocks impact on energy consumption?
The shocks in the oil price have a great effect on energy consumed through the demand side. This penetrates through the increase in the...- Longe Adedayo Emmanuel Replied
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ConocoPhillips reports first-quarter sale, purchase activity
In this year’s first quarter, the company closed or entered definitive agreements for $250 million of proceeds from the sale of noncore assets. Several...- CMOP Replied
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