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.
The Iowa branch of the Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit against the state’s Utilities Board (IUB) and Dakota Access LCC in an effort to…
SAMIR, Morocco’s sole oil refinery, will be liquidated, according to a decision made by an appeals court this week. The refinery’s holding company, Corral, which…
In November 2013, the United States Library of Congress released a report describing Algeria’s macroeconomic position as “strong” during a month when Brent oil prices…
The Denver-Julesburg basin in Colorado hosts the most commercial, or low-cost, fraclog in the United States, according to a study by Rystad Energy. The costs…
The United Kingdom’s net revenues from taxes levied on oil and gas companies operating on or near the North Sea turned negative “for the first…
Gearing up for a campaign against the Democratic nominee for president, Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to pull the United States out of the Paris…
Genel Energy, the largest oil producer in Iraqi Kurdistan said it received an US$11 million payment from the Kurdistan Regional Government on Thursday as compensation…
The man who stole explosives from firms working in North Dakota’s oil patch and stashed them in his home also possessed prohibited guns, over 1,100…
Strikes at all French nuclear power stations have added to the energy crisis in France, where one-third of France’s gas station ran out or ran…
The Nigerian government owes a number of international air carriers U.S. $575 million dollars in ticket costs because the ongoing oil-price crisis has depleted the…
British Petroleum, Royal Dutch Shell and four other international firms have submitted their bids to run and expand Qatar’s largest offshore oil field, Reuters reported…
Iran has awarded a contract worth more than US$1 billion to a Russian shipbuilder for the construction of five offshore drilling rigs to be used…
A climate change activist could become a member on Exxon Mobil’s board of directors after the company adopted a measure on Wednesday that would allow…
Around 66 percent of Wells Fargo’s credit lines to energy exploration and production companies have been reduced as a result of the two-year drop in…
Total announced, in a strategy paper on Tuesday, that it aims to have renewable energy make up 20 percent of its portfolio by 2035. The…
Chesapeake Energy Corp. has agreed to pay nearly US$53 million dollars to settle a suit over unpaid royalties in north Texas, according to Oklahoma state…
A minimum price of $65 a barrel for oil is “badly needed at the moment” according to Qatari energy minister Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada. On…
The oil market has “turned a corner” and Brent oil barrel prices will increase to $50 in the third quarter of 2016, “if not earlier”,…
Riding high on a series of major discoveries and what appears to be renewed investor interest in Egypt’s energy sector, the Oil Ministry is now…
In a 7-4 vote, Councilors of the county of North Yorkshire approved industrial tests on Monday in a move that will allow fracking in Britain…