Zainab Calcuttawala is an American journalist based in Morocco. She completed her undergraduate coursework at the University of Texas at Austin (Hook’em) and reports on international trade, human rights issues and more.
Canada’s largest heavy oil and gas producer announced that it would slow output due to steep discounts caused by low transportation capacity out of Alberta,…
PetroChina Co. is now a regular buyer of Libyan oil, according to a new contract signed by the Chinese state-run company and the Libyan National…
In 2017, American gasoline consumption fell for the first time in five years, according to a new report by Bloomberg. While it was a fall,…
Overzealous crude production cuts from the United Arab Emirates caused OPEC’s monthly output to fall to a 10-month low in February, according to a survey…
Western Greece can expect new drilling activity from France’s Total and Italy’s Edison in the coming months, according to a go-ahead authorized by the nation’s…
By 2030, Israel will end all diesel fuel, coal, and gasoline use, according to a new announcement by Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz. An energy conference…
U.S. oil sanctions on Venezuela are due to expand before a critical vote in the Latin American country in April, according to a new report…
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and the Kurdish regime in Erbil have agreed on a plan to restart oil flows from Kirkuk, though neither party…
An increased number of Ecuador’s oil and gas fields will go up for auction in March, according to Oil Minister Carlos Perez, who added that…
A new round of U.S. sanctions targets Libyan smugglers to block the unauthorized exploitation of natural resources in the North African country, according to a…
Shell projects that the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets may need up to $200 billion in investments by the end of 2030, according to…
British Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry asked the United Kingdom’s biggest energy firms to restrict lobbying against a new bill that would instill…
S&P Global Platts released a blockchain-based product that “will allow market participants to submit weekly inventory oil storage data” to the United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah…
The effects of U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s economy have caused disruptions in planned upgrades for a key refinery in Aruba. Now the island’s government has…
A Trump administration initiative plans to turn the moon “into a kind of gas station for outer space,” according to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross. Development…
China will exceed U.S. nuclear power production “soon” due to recent initiatives taken by Beijing to accelerate adoption of the alternative fuel source, according to…
Saudi Arabian authorities have taken a step forward in actualizing their nuclear power program as the nation prepares to diversify away from fossil-fuel based power…
Spain’s Iberdrola plans to invest $13 billion in renewable energy within the next four years, according to the corporate group’s chairman Ignacio Galán. ScottishPower Renewables…
The Koch brothers are against a $0.25 gasoline tax hike that would pay for planned infrastructure construction, according to a new report in the Washington…
In a new report, Transparency International argues that 2017 has been a “very bad year” for public scrutiny of the oil and gas industry due…