Irina Slav

Latest articles from Irina

• Gas Exporters Want Oil-Linked Prices

  Published 13 March 2018 | viewed 5,828 times

  Natural gas exporters want to link the prices for their product to oil benchmarks to keep revenues predictable and supply steady, the new head of…

• UAE, Qatar Warily Extend Joint Oilfield Concession

  Published 13 March 2018 | viewed 5,383 times

  The United Arab Emirates and Qatar have extended a concession for an offshore oilfield that the two share—but warily, since the UAE is part of…

• The Latest Challenger To Lithium-Ion Batteries

  Published 12 March 2018 | viewed 16,198 times

  The race for cheaper, better batteries has never been more intense and more interesting. The latest contender comes from Australia, from RMIT University. It is…

• British Government Sources: Aramco Listing Delayed Until 2019

  Published 12 March 2018 | viewed 6,387 times

  After months of tireless assurances by Riyadh officials that the Aramco listing is going according to plan and will take place as scheduled in the…

• Schwarzenegger Accuses Big Oil Of 1st Degree Murder

  Published 12 March 2018 | viewed 28,324 times

  Actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has accused Big Oil of first-degree murder and plans to sue the supermajors, he said during a Politico…

• The OPEC Deal Could Fall Apart In June

  Published 12 March 2018 | viewed 16,676 times

  OPEC’s oil production cut agreement could start falling apart soon, as Saudi Arabia and Iran once again face off. This time, however, the spat is…

• Will Rosneft Move Forward In The Arctic Without Exxon?

  Published 11 March 2018 | viewed 9,851 times

  When Vladimir Putin awarded Exxon’s then-CEO Rex Tillerson the Order of Friendship in 2012, little did either of them know that six years later they…

• BP Reports Surprise Production Jump At Mature Fields

  Published 09 March 2018 | viewed 14,255 times

  BP reported a surprise increase in oil production from aging fields that, according to chief executive Robert Dudley, he hadn’t seen in his close to…

• Alberta Ready To Turn Off Oil Taps For B.C.

  Published 09 March 2018 | viewed 17,612 times

  Alberta’s government may be considering a suspension of crude oil shipments to British Columbia in the latest episode of what is turning into a drama…

• Venezuela Sues Oil Traders For Corruption

  Published 09 March 2018 | viewed 9,305 times

  Venezuela’s state oil company has filed a lawsuit against a Miami-based company, alleging it provided insider information to a number of large trading companies that…

• Saudi Arabia Plans Its Own Shale Revolution

  Published 08 March 2018 | viewed 26,493 times

  Saudi Arabia has big gas plans, with Aramco eyeing a twofold increase in its natural gas production over the next ten years as it seeks…

• China To Consolidate Energy Industry Authority In New Ministry

  Published 08 March 2018 | viewed 5,944 times

  China’s government plans to consolidate its energy industry authority into a new ministry, to replace the National Energy Administration, unnamed sources told Reuters. The NEA…

• Rick Perry: U.S. Should Ramp Up Oil, Tech Exports

  Published 08 March 2018 | viewed 8,098 times

  The United States should make the best use of its oil and gas wealth by boosting exports and sharing production technology with other parts of…

• Tesla Semis Go On First Trip

  Published 08 March 2018 | viewed 10,037 times

  Tesla’s Semi, the electric truck that the company unveiled a few months ago, has been sent on its first cargo trip, transporting battery packs from…

• Angola Faces Oil Industry Crisis

  Published 07 March 2018 | viewed 17,879 times

  Angola has been OPEC’s second most compliant member with regard to the 2016 oil production cut deal, but just like the number-one compliant member, Venezuela,…

• Is The Argentinian Shale Boom Finally Taking Off?

  Published 07 March 2018 | viewed 8,914 times

  Argentina’s state oil and gas company YPF expects its oil and gas production from shale deposits to increase 35 percent this year thanks to falling…

• Can Tech Really Transform The Oil Industry?

  Published 07 March 2018 | viewed 11,324 times

  If there is ever a poll for the most annoying, most abused word or phrase in the technology field, “innovation” will be up there in…

• Hong Kong Looks Increasingly Attractive For Aramco Listing

  Published 07 March 2018 | viewed 6,268 times

  Hong Kong is emerging as the frontrunner for Aramco’s international listing, unnamed sources familiar with developments around the IPO of the century told Reuters. New…

• Oil Prices Rebound After EIA Reports Build In Crude Inventories

  Published 07 March 2018 | viewed 31,392 times

  The Energy Information Administration reported a 2.4-million-barrel build in crude oil inventories for last week. The report’s out a day after the S&P 500 futures…

• Saudi Ex-Oil Minister Not Worried About Demand Forecasts

  Published 06 March 2018 | viewed 6,796 times

  Saudi Arabia’s former oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, is not worried about demand forecasts that suggest OPEC may have a hard time keeping prices high enough…