1. 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  
      


  2. Highly watched rig count comes out tomorrow at 1pm EST. 
      


  3. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-11/trump-is-said-to-open-door-for-oil-drilling-off-u-s-east-coast


  4. As Iran preparing itself for making its presence in the crude oil market again, without being hampered by a myriad of sanctions, Israel dashed...
      


  5. 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...
      


  6. The brazen attack on the Israel-connected tanker near Oman coast has the potential to open up a new conflict in addition to the catalogue...
      


  7. Russian pension funds are considering investments in Aramco, and so are Chinese companies. Won't that be the best shareholder lineup EVER?
      


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


  9. Will they or won't they? http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/02/01/trans-mountain-pipeline-is-going-to-get-built-despite-b-c-s-attempts-trudeau-says_a_23350383/  


  10. OPEC+ Gambles US Shale's Golden Age Is Done     (Bloomberg) -- For years, OPEC ignored the rise of the U.S. shale industry and came to regret...
      


  11.  Statoil, the Norwegian state oil giant will invest $6 billions in development of Arctic oil projects. Name of oil field is Castberg and it's...


  12. Canada’s Enbridge is asking oil shippers to sign at least eight-year contracts to move crude on its Mainline pipeline network, as it proposes to...
      


  13. Mass Offshore Oil-Servicer Busts Imperil $30 Billion of Debt       Bloomberg) -- Offshore oil servicers are going bust at the fastest pace in three years as...
      


  14. U.S. energy consumption, production, and exports reach record highs in 2018 The United States produced a record amount of energy from various sources in 2018,...
      


  15. https://www.ft.com/content/bd8187d8-db64-11e7-a039-c64b1c09b482


  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. Anyone know anything about this? Iranian news agency says they're not giving French Total the South Pars oil development now ... but the explanation...
      


  18. Oil price that has been rising for the past few weeks, judging by the above chart, shows signs of becoming static – finally. Neither the...
      


  19. Amin Nasser, Saudi Aramco Chief Executive Officer, says the global oil and gas industry needs to invest more than $20 trillion over the next...
      


  20. Very interesting article from safehaven.com on the correlation between gold and oil prices. I encourage everyone to read it and would love to hear...
      


  21. I expect US drillers to now increase their drilling budgets nicely for Q1/2 2018. Makes sense if they scaled back drilling budgets when prices...
      


  22. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2017/12/06/appalachian-basin-produces-more-natural-gas-than-any-opec-country/#e1fc81344c50
      


  23. China's tariffs into effect today. World didn't stop turning as far as I can tell. Per Houston Chronicle, "Last year the United States exported 832,000...


  24. US navy increased its Mediterranean fleet, in anticipation of Exxon sending its survey vessels there in a couple weeks. Makes sense, since Turkish Navy...


  25. This article contains still images from the interactive dashboards available in the original blog post. To follow the instructions in this article, please use...
      


  26. The bulls might be on center stage right now, but really, the oil price predictions are fraught with wild variations. Saxo Bank is now...
      


  27. This article contains still images from the interactive dashboards available in the original blog post. To follow the instructions in this article, please use...
      


  28. https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/2022/company/porsche-highly-innovative-fuels-hif-opening-efuels-pilot-plant-haru-oni-chile-synthetic-fuels-30732.html CO2 and water converted to gasoline using wind power.


  29. Just as Nigeria agrees to an oil production cap....more unrest as wells are shuttered. LOCK IT DOWN, NIGERIA, YOUR PEEPS ARE OUT OF CONTROL! http://saharareporters.com/2017/11/30/bayelsa-oil-community-shuts-down-2-oil-wells-shells-field-over-power-supply-0


  30. The Saudi state-owned oil producer is planning to become a publicly listed company and has appointed five new board members. Among them is Lynn...