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
As the Syrian refugee crisis reaches a critical impasse, both in terms of European security and refugee human rights, Brussels has found itself having to…
Tanzania made its way onto the world energy map beginning in 2011 with a series of consecutive finds; now it’s making history again with another…
SunEdison, one of the giants in solar power globally, may file for bankruptcy protection, as the solar industry gambles on its future, struggling to compete…
Egypt is close to joining the club of unconventional gas producers after Shell and Apache announced their local joint venture was ready to start work…
While the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest report showing an easing of global oil supplies and a slight let up in OPEC crude…
Iran has agreed to join an output freeze after it reaches 4 million barrels per day in production, which essentially means that it will not…
Struggling with a fourth-quarter loss of US$588 million, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), the second largest U.S. oil producer, is now believed to be working towards a…
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (NYSE:APC) will not only be slashing its capital budget this year by 50 percent and its rig count by 80 percent in…
Iran’s 26 February parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections saw strong gains for pragmatic forces, heralding a new openness in Iran and a much better…
Iran has already increased oil exports by 500,000 barrels per day since sanctions have been lifted, and now it’s looking at an additional 250,000 bpd…
As the oil price downturn continues unabated, producers are hedging future production in order to lengthen their lifelines as March interest payments loom large. February…
Total petroleum deliveries for January rose 0.8 percent to 19.4 million barrels per day, according to the American Petroleum Institute (API) today. Petroleum deliveries are…
As it refocuses on deepwater projects and bigger and more complex assets, Chevron Corp. is moving to speed up its sale of shallow water assets,…
Soros Fund Management of billionaire philanthropist George Soros has dumped all of its shares in supermajor Chevron, Oklahoma-based Chesapeake Energy and Texas-based NRG Energy. The…
Irish explorer Tullow Oil says that when it launches production this summer at its Tweneboa, Enyenra and Ntomme (TEN) fields in Ghana, it will add…
After a week-long flirtation with higher oil prices thanks to vague rhetoric and ambiguous talk from the world’s major producers about an output freeze to…
Militants have attacked the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik oil pipeline in the southern Turkish province of Sanliurfa, interrupting oil exports from the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern…
For the first time in 20 years, Venezuela has raised gas prices, and fears persist that the move could lead to dangerous riots. Venezuela’s President…
French Supermajor Total S.A. (TOTF.PA) signed a deal Thursday with the government of Sri Lanka to explore potential offshore ultra-deep water blocks, according to the…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its weekly crude oil inventory report, showing an increase of 2.1 million barrels last week, sending oil…