Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Iraq Plan to Fix Oil Pipeline to Turkey Isolates Kurds

From Bloomberg Iraq’s oil minister ordered urgent repairs to a disused pipeline from northern fields to a Turkish port, a step that could eliminate the central government’s need to export crude via Iraq’s Kurdish region and further isolate the independence-seeking Kurds. Minister Jabbar al-Luaibi directed the North Oil Co. and State Co. for Oil Projects to complete repairs on the pipeline

EPA Chief Pulls Plug on Clean Power Plan

For coal the damage is already done, plants are switching to natural gas Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that proposes to repeal the prior administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP). “After reviewing the CPP, EPA has proposed to determine that the Obama-era regulation exceeds the Agency’s statutory authority,” the agency

North Dakota Sets Records

Six months of new record well counts The North Dakota Industrial Commission released its latest Oil and Gas Production Report today, outlining hydrocarbon activity in the state for August 2017. Gas production reaches 1,943 Mcf/d despite increased flaring Gas production also rose in August, reaching 1,943 Mcf/d. This is also an all-time high for North Dakota. Four of the last

Oil Price and Currency Relationships: Beyond Energy Supply and Demand

[contextly_auto_sidebar] Oil is traded in dollars; that brings in exchange rates While supply and demand are doubtless the most crucial factors in determining oil price, they are not the only key variables. Almost every country, with the exception of Iran and Venezuela, trades oil in dollars. This means that the strength of the dollar at least partially drives the price