1. Interest Rate Hike Hits Oil Hard Oil prices have been slammed over the past week, dragged down by a variety of forces, including soaring U.S....


  2. Saudi Aramco’s Motiva eyes $6.6B petrochemical expansions If it's worth less than a few billion bucks, we won't bother with it, seems to be the...
      


  3. Okay, it's obvious I'm bored out of my mind, so I'm hanging around here, flooind the forum with topics but well... I'm bored. Two headlines...
      


  4. I'd call it the Big Stink. Nigeria (and Italy) are going after Eni and Shell on charges of corruption re an oilfield purchase. The latest,...
      


  5. Just when they were beginning to boost their production steadily, another field blockade plus heavy rains has slashed production. Weather aside, will Libya ever...
      


  6. I had previously predicted that the Canadian government would end up pushed into building internal domestic refining capacity instead of shutting in WCS oilsands...
      


  7. The API again wildly differs from the more accurate Weekly Petroleum Status Report causing unnecessary gyrations in oil prices.  Why does anybody put any...
      


  8. How on earth did I miss this report from the U.S. Geological Survey / U.S. Department of the Interior? USGS Announces Largest Continuous Oil Assessment...
      


  9. Yeah, glut, yeah, economic slowdwn, yeah, sanction waivers. I think the most telling sign oil markets will never be the same again was (dramatic...
      


  10. It includes “commercial financial support” loans of C$1 billion from Export Development Canada, and $371 million (C$500 million) in commercial financing from the Business...


  11. OPEC+ needs to cut more. Their 1.2 million bbl/day cut is not enough to do anything because Russia and Frackers are producing too much. 1.2...


  12. So, China's struck deals with nine oil companies to explore for oil and gas in China. A demonstrative gesture or actual opening-up? Here.
      


  13. First of all this has nothing to do with the oil's industry's struggle as of now. Right now is merely a bump in the...
      


  14. Russia’s Rosneft quits Iran, $30B of potential joint investments Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft has decided to quit Iran and the possibility of US$30 billion...
      


  15. ConocoPhillips Co. is backing an effort to impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions. The company is pledging $2 million over the next two...


  16. Qatar Petroleum is looking to invest at least $20 billion in the United States over the coming few years, after this state unexpectedly quit...


  17. "Quebec's premier is quick to reject "dirty" oil from Western Canada in favour of hydro power, but new data indicate the province's citizens are...
      


  18. North Dakota – update through October 2018 This article contains still images from the interactive dashboards available in the original blog post . To follow the...
      


  19. The global oil market could move into deficit sooner than expected thanks to OPEC’s output agreement with Russia and to Canada’s decision to cut...
      


  20. Now that overproduction of oil has lowered prices. What will happen to oil producing countries that are overly dependent on oil profits? I can...
      


  21. This article today on Oil Price main news site could probably use a few more eyeball views.  Good distinctions made, which were glossed over...


  22. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-46565896 stow away from Italy, Gordon the gecko apparently posed a great risk to Native species and was consequently put down.  🦎 RIP, Gordon! 😔


  23. A gallon of gasoline has an energy equivalent to 32Kwh. For the purposes of this discussion 'gasoline' means n-heptane - C7H16. Diesel fuel has...
      


  24. "Russian pipeline monopoly Transneft expects Russia’s oil output to rise by about 2 million tonnes next year, RIA news agency cited the company’s head,...
      


  25. Malware named "Operation Sharpshooter" AKA "Rising Sun". Information: https://www.securityweek.com/operation-sharpshooter-hits-global-defense-critical-infrastructure-firms At least 87 organizations worldwide were infected with the same malware as part of a newly discovered campaign targeting...
      


  26. Interesting reading from SRSrocco Report.  Long article, presents quite a bit of information to consider and mull over. Has Peak Diesel Arrived? The Data Doesn’t...
      


  27. In Congress, on Facebook and in statehouses nationwide, Marathon Petroleum, the country’s largest refiner, worked with powerful oil-industry groups and a conservative policy network...


  28. The last thread---What does the future hold (as WTI and Brent touched historic highs) has some considerable discussion and comments for all of us...
      


  29. despite the country's Twitter ban look who is on there now:   https://mobile.twitter.com/BijanZanganeh/with_replies add, add, add!