James Burgess studied Business Management at the University of Nottingham. He has worked in property development, chartered surveying, marketing, law, and accounts. He has also studied journalism and has written many articles over the years for a wide variety of sources.
James is the Deputy Editor of Oilprice.com
Koch Industries’ Kansas-based Flint Hills Resources (FHR) will invest $300 million in a Minnesota refinery to improve energy efficiency and clean fuels production, after being…
Oil drillers in the Bakken are taking steps to reduce gas flaring in order to capture more natural gas for sales. Flaring has become a…
The oil industry hasn’t started off 2014 with a bang. The oil majors – ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Chevron, BP – all posted disappointing fourth…
Shell, the operator of Iraq’s giant Manjoon oil field, has contracted engineering company Foster Wheeler to help build new facilities and rehabilitate existing infrastructure to…
A new report finds that Texas holds an estimated $140 billion in “petro-wealth” in proved reserves. About $110 billion of that total is owned by…
Japan’s Chuo Electric Power Co. is preparing to launch the country’s first new geothermal power project in 15 years at a time when Tokyo is…
On March 19 the U.S. Department of Interior sold leases on tracts of ocean in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration. The…
Investing in smaller companies setting their sights on frontier prospects comes with an immense amount of risk given the high cost of drilling just one…
German power giant RWE has announced plans to sell its oil and gas unit Dea to Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s L1 Energy in a $7.1…
Four refining companies have come together to oppose the growing push to scrap the crude oil export ban in the U.S. Fuel Fix reported on…
The Crimean parliament voted on March 17 to nationalize the assets of Chornomorneftegaz, a day after holding a referendum on secession from Ukraine. Chornomorneftegaz is…
A US federal judge ruled Tuesday in favor of Chevron in a record $19 billion-dollar judgment against the company for contaminating Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest. A…
The Wall Street Journal reported on a government study that found that the U.S. electrical grid is vulnerable to huge blackouts from even minor attacks…
The US appears to be building pressure on Russia over its actions in Ukraine by releasing crude oil from its emergency stockpile onto the market,…
A county executive blocked further development in oil processing plants at the Port of Albany in New York, citing the impact on public health. The…
Switzerland-based commodity trader and miner Glencore has expressed interest in purchasing Shell’s oil assets in Nigeria, putting the company on the shortlist of consortiums that…
Officers at India’s state-owned coal company plan to go on a three-day strike over pay, which could cut into India’s coal production. Coal India, the…
The icy cold winter in the eastern half of the United States demonstrates the need for stable baseload power, according to executives from the coal…
Supergiant oil company ExxonMobil Corp. says it plans to simultaneously cut spending and launch production at a record 10 major projects this year, adding 300,000…
Reuters published a profile of Equatorial Guinea on March 10 that details the efforts of Equatorial Guinea to improve how it is viewed by the…