From UPI
The Norwegian government said Monday it was assessing the discovery of oil from an appraisal well drilled by Austria’s …
From Reuters
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Russian oil major Rosneft will invest in gas pipelines in Iraq’s Kurdistan, expanding its commitment to the region ahead of its independence vote to help it become a major exporter of gas to …
From the Associated Press/NewsOK
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota oil drillers and U.S. Sen. John Hoeven want federal geologists to reevaluate the amount of recoverable crude oil in …
India’s biggest natural gas marketing company had through the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) invited bids for hiring four LNG carrying tankers.
From Economic Times
New Delhi: State-run gas utility GAIL India Ltd has chartered an LNG tanker from French …
From Utility Dive
Accelerating clean energy and climate goals in California have policymakers thinking in unprecedented …
Multi-stage fracs could make Alaska formations economic
From the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
ANCHORAGE — Defying lackluster crude oil prices, ConocoPhillips is planning an aggressive North Slope exploration program this winter.
“We are currently considering up to a five-well winter …
From Triangle Business Journal
The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality wants more information from Duke Energy and Dominion Energy before approving the 600-mile natural gas pipeline they’re pushing to build across the state.
In a four-page letter dated Thursday, NCDEQ …
From Midland Reporter-Telegram
With about 40 percent of the nation’s drilling rigs deployed in the Permian Basin, the International Association of Drilling Contractors gathered in Midland on Wednesday to …
From NewsOK
Oklahoma City oilman Jack Rawdon had many options when his company sold and he was looking for new work.
The former vice president of Oklahoma City-based RKI Exploration & Production LLC had spent his career in the oil …
From WindPower
The new government in Germany will have to substantially raise onshore and offshore wind energy caps after the federal elections on 24 September 2017, industry leaders have said at the Husum Wind 2017 event.
The leading political figures …
From CCJ
Though the driver of a Tesla sedan, which was speeding and operating (against Tesla’s advice) in a fledgling version of an autonomous mode, was mostly to blame for a fatal May 2016 crash in Williston, Florida, the truck …
From Engineering.com
With Industry 4.0 right around the corner (or maybe it’s already here) manufacturing is about to make an exponential leap forward. We’ve …
From The Hill
Lawmakers voted Wednesday to block implementation of a key Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pollution rule.
The House voted 218-195 to strip funding for an Obama-era EPA effort to limit methane emissions from new oil and gas drilling …
From The Canadian Press
Shell Canada and other companies were shutting in natural gas wells in southwestern Alberta on Tuesday due to the threat of growing wildfires.
The Alberta Energy Regulator said Shell has shut in 24 wells and associated …
From the Council on Foreign Relations
Inventories play a crucial role in oil and gas commodity markets by smoothing out short term dislocations and sudden changes in …
From gCaptain
The Department of Homeland Security’s Acting Secretary, Elaine Duke, has extended the limited Jones Act waiver for tankers that it had issued last week ahead of Hurricane Irma’s landfall in Florida.
The original waiver, which was specifically …
From Bloomberg/gCaptain
Seadrill Ltd., the offshore driller controlled by billionaire John Fredriksen, filed for bankruptcy protection after working out a deal with almost all its senior lenders to inject $1 billion of new money into the company.
Under …
From China Daily
China has for the first time set a targeted timeline to roll out the use of ethanol in gasoline nationwide for cars by 2020, part …
From CCJ
Long-term freight challenges loom for the trucking industry as the economy and the supply chain become more efficient, more digitized …
From The American Lawyer
Atrium has been quietly building intrigue across both the technology and the legal community. The …
From the Denver Post
Federal securities officials’ five-year pursuit against former oilman Roger Parker on civil charges that he tipped his buddies about billionaire Kirk Kerkorian’s massive investment in his company ended in a hung jury after a week of …
From Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) – Oil major Royal Dutch/Shell said on Wednesday it would focus its efforts on the development and growth of the Basra Gas Company in Iraq after handing over operations of the Majnoon oil venture back to …
From Arab News
When will the oil market rebalance? The answer to this question much depends on when the current production-cuts agreement between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other producers from outside the group finally ends.…
Raymond James on Sept. 8 shifted critical business operations from its St. Petersburg, Florida, base to other facilities nationwide due to …
From: Utility Dive
The fact that California’s three investor-owned utilities were at the top of the Smart …
From CNNMoney
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Hurricane Harvey packed such a powerful punch that more than a dozen Gulf Coast oil refineries are still hurting two weeks after the storm struck Texas.
Five oil refineries remain shuttered as of Monday, …
From Freight News
PRODUCTION BOOST
Iran’s oil production has continued to rise in the past few months and is now above its OPEC quota of 3.797 million b/d.
According to a recent Platts OPEC survey, Iranian crude oil production was …
SOMO told customers it needs more time to study a plan to change its price benchmark for Basra crude to DME Oman futures from the average of Platts’ Oman-Dubai prices with effect from January 2018, according to the letter dated …
