Irina is a writer for Oilprice.com with over a decade of experience writing on the oil and gas industry.
Depressed oil prices, rampant corruption, and pipeline vandalism are only parts of Nigeria’s oil problem. It’s now losing a massive 400,000 barrels of crude daily…
A cargo of 650,000 barrels of crude left the Libyan port of Hariga yesterday, in the eastern part of the conflict-torn country, sparking what promises…
Europe is on track to send security experts to Libya after it successfully installed a so-called unity government that is willing to work with international…
On Tuesday, Sinopec, one of China’s top energy companies, received the first LNG cargo at its new import terminal in Beihai. The company is now…
Low oil prices appear poised to claim another energy victim by sidelining the wider adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for shipping fuel by as…
The Brazilian pre-salt bonanza has now officially begun, with Norway’s Statoil and partners announcing production of the first oil and gas from the offshore Gavea…
Though a game-changing gas discovery for Israel and for the discoverer, Texas-based Noble Energy, the giant Leviathan offshore gas field in the Eastern Mediterranean has…
It’s a tricky game that Premier Oil is playing in the ultra-expensive North Sea, but is it finally paying off? Premier Oil, the independent UK…
There is a new drama on the oil front: those who have it in excess can’t get it to those who want it—at least not…
Canada exported 3.2 million barrels of crude per day to the United States last year, the Energy Information Agency reported, a 10 percent annual increase and…
Marathon Oil announced it has found buyers for assets worth a total $950 million, to be sold as part of a divestment plan launched last…
A recent speech by the European Commission’s vice-president in charge of energy Maroš Šef?ovi? has added fuel to an ongoing debate about the second part…
The April drilling productivity report of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) has confirmed the downward trend in both oil and gas production, despite improving oil…
There’s not much money in new well drilling these days. In fact, the latest figures from the American Petroleum Institute (API) reveal a 70 percent…
A report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has revealed that most of the world’s nations hiked their military budgets last year, marking the…
UK-listed BP and China’s CNPC aren’t exactly strangers, already jointly developing Iraq’s Rumaila oilfield, but BP’s new shale gas deal with CNPC is the British…
Unable to sustain their own livestock in the desert, Saudi Arabia is scooping up more and more American farmland, with the onus now on drought-stricken…
Eminent domain is a tough pill to swallow for Americans who take their property rights very seriously, and the aggressive moves by Sabal Trail to…
Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed media reports that it is looking to sell part of its production holdings in the North Sea, saying all these…
The world’s top oilfield services provider Schlumberger announced last week it has received approval from the Chinese antitrust authorities for its acquisition of Cameron International,…