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 Iranian tanker that sank in the East China Sea has caused an oil spill that is now the size of Paris, according to emerging…
A 17-year-old effort by the Nigerian government to stimulate growth and transparency in the petroleum industry is taking a step forward in the country’s legislature,…
Venezuelan oil output dropped 13 percent in 2017, falling to a 28-year low, official figures released by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said…
In the latest indication of the strength of the recovery of global oil prices, European refineries are struggling to pay their crude bills as margins…
U.S. shale suppliers are forcing OPEC to revise upward its estimates for supplies originating outside the bloc’s member nations, according to the latest data released…
Official advisors to Caracas recommend that the Petro—a new oil-backed cryptocurrency set up by the Venezuelan government to circumvent U.S. sanctions—be sold at a discount…
American crude oil output is set to rise by 1.8 million barrels per day from the nation’s largest shale producing areas over the next year,…
Volume constraints on the Keystone pipeline system levied by U.S. regulators have widened the spread between Western Canadian Select crude prices and benchmark American crude…
Norway awarded a record seventy-five new offshore oil exploration leases to companies in its latest bidding round, according to a new report by Reuters. “The…
The Chinese appetite for clean energy has boosted international investments in solar energy, according to a new report by Bloomberg. Renewables and clean energy innovators…
Colombia’s Transandino pipeline stopped operating on Sunday after a bomb planted by ELN rebels caused a crude spill into a nearby river, according to a…
Royal Dutch Shell approved a deal on Monday to buy a 43.8 percent stake in Silicon Ranch Corp, a solar energy company currently owned by…
Oil production in Venezuela has jumped to nearly 1.9 million barrels per day, suggesting the Latin American nation’s output is on the road to recovery…
Russia may be on its way out of the OPEC output reduction deal, according to the country’s Energy Minister, Alexander Novak. Reuters reports that Novak…
The Iranian oil tanker that collided with another vessel in the East China Sea is now drifting towards the Japanese exclusive economic zone due to…
The green energy company Xcel Energy reported low bids on orders for wind and solar installations with storage in 2016. Bids for wind energy alone…
A heavy explosion at the Nigeria Gas Company pipeline, which crosses the Ugbokodo community near the Warri Refinery, caused chaos in the area, according to…
Venezuela is getting ready to pre-mine its cryptocurrency for an official release six weeks from now, just one day after the country’s National Assembly declared…
Rystad Energy expects the Trump administration’s new oil and gas leasing plan to make 65 billion barrels of oil equivalent newly available to fossil fuel…
Five major oil exploration, production, and refining companies face lawsuits in the city of New York over allegations that they contributed to global warming, according…