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• Inflation Could Push Oil Supply Into The Danger Zone

  Published 24 January 2022 | viewed 2,932 times

  Concern about crude oil supply began to show around the time some central bank policy observers started warning against taking inflation trends lightly, as something…

• Mexico's Energy Minister Hits Back At Refinery Criticism

  Published 24 January 2022 | viewed 756 times

  The new Dos Bocas refinery that Mexico’s government is building to reduce the country’s dependence on fuel imports is “being built in record time. Opinions…

• Iraq Is Preparing For Higher Oil Demand

  Published 24 January 2022 | viewed 2,187 times

  Iraq is already scheduling crude oil shipments for delivery in March thanks to strong demand, the deputy head of the State Organization for the Marketing…

• New ESG Wave Hits Wall With Disinterested Investors

  Published 23 January 2022 | viewed 6,813 times

  “Not everyone likes ESG” is how Bloomberg columnist Matt Levine titled a recent column in which he discussed pro-ESG arguments and then went on to…

• Canada Sees Oil Investment Rise 22% In 2022

  Published 21 January 2022 | viewed 3,075 times

  Investments in crude oil this year in Canada could rise by as much as 22 percent, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. While…

• IEA ''Loses'' 200 Million Barrels Of Crude Oil

  Published 21 January 2022 | viewed 48,342 times

  The International Energy Agency is looking for 200 million barrels of oil. The crude has not been displaced, it seems. Rather, there is a 200-million-barrel…

• Oil Prices Move Higher On Small Crude Inventory Build

  Published 20 January 2022 | viewed 4,688 times

  Crude oil prices rose today after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported a modest inventory build of 500,000 barrels for the week to January 14.…

• Market Shrugs Off Biden's Readiness To Tackle Oil Price Rally

  Published 20 January 2022 | viewed 4,040 times

  Crude oil prices dipped this week after the White House said there were still tools on the table to address the rising prices of the…

• Energy Storage Could Emerge As The Hottest Market Of 2022

  Published 19 January 2022 | viewed 5,856 times

  A few years ago, battery energy storage began drawing attention as what one industry executive at the time called the Holy Grail of renewable energy.…

• White House Ready To Deploy "Tools" For Oil Price Control

  Published 19 January 2022 | viewed 12,967 times

  The Biden administration stands ready to deploy its tools to address the latest increase in oil prices, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council said…

• Permian Oil Output Hits Record

  Published 19 January 2022 | viewed 15,811 times

  Crude oil production in the Permian shale play reached a record-high last month, averaging 4.92 million bpd, the Energy Information Administration reported in the latest…

• The Worst Is Yet To Come For UK Households As Energy Prices Soar

  Published 18 January 2022 | viewed 4,681 times

  When in December the UK government discussed raising a ceiling on household power utility bills, a warning immediately ensued, stating that such a move would…

• Oil Market Shows No Signs Of Cooling

  Published 18 January 2022 | viewed 6,281 times

  The crude oil market has been running hot lately and is showing no signs of cooling, based on the latest trading insight from Bloomberg. Traders…

• Stop Building Coal Plants Now: UN Chief

  Published 18 January 2022 | viewed 1,474 times

  The world should stop building new coal plants and phase out those already in existence, the secretary-general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said at…

• White House Helpless As Oil Prices Climb Higher

  Published 17 January 2022 | viewed 13,974 times

  When President Joe Biden announced plans to release up to 50 million barrels of oil from the strategic petroleum reserve to lower retail fuel prices,…

• Libya Oil Production Rebounds

  Published 17 January 2022 | viewed 2,032 times

  Libya’s crude oil production has rebounded to 1.2 million barrels daily, according to the country’s oil minister, Mohammed Oun. Speaking to Bloomberg, Oun said Libya’s…

• World’s Largest Oil Trader: Prices Are Set To Rise Further

  Published 17 January 2022 | viewed 21,918 times

  Crude oil has already gained 10 percent since the start of the year and has further to go, Vitol's head of Asia told Bloomberg in…

• Why The Bears Completely Missed The Mark On Oil Demand

  Published 16 January 2022 | viewed 12,768 times

  In 2020, as the coronavirus locked down country after country, many energy industry observers and even participants floated the argument that this was the end…

• Could Oil Really Reach $200?

  Published 14 January 2022 | viewed 35,144 times

  Oil is about to post its fourth week of gains in a row, and the outlook remains bullish thanks to supply constraints and demand strength.…

• China’s Crude Imports Fell For The First Time In 20 Years

  Published 14 January 2022 | viewed 3,571 times

  Crude oil imports into China fell by 5.4 percent last year on an annual basis for the first time in two decades, Reuters reported citing…