Joao is a writer for Oilprice.com
On April 9, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Gazprom should postpone the upfront payment of billions of dollars by Ukraine for natural gas. Gazprom…
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy went to lengths to emphasize the fact that states will have flexibility when deciding on how to implement new greenhouse gas…
Natural gas-fired power plants accounted for more than half of newly installed capacity last year, surpassing all other forms of power generation combined, according to…
Last Week Oil Price reported on the mounting problems at the massive Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan. The latest developments seem to be much worse…
One of the world’s largest oil and gas producers agreed to disclose the risks of hydraulic fracturing and the impact of its operations on air…
China announced plans to support greater adoption of electric vehicles by exempting buyers of EV’s from paying a sales tax. Vice Premier Ma Kai said…
The Libyan rebels that have controlled several key ports have agreed to hold talks with the central government and will reopen ports within a few…
One of Iraq’s largest oil fields – as well as one of the world’s largest untapped fields – began commercial production on March 29. Russia’s…
A floating offshore oil production ship briefly lost power on March 28, drifted from its location, and spilled a small amount of oil into the…
Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) are pushing for an overhaul of how LNG export applications are reviewed in order to prioritize projects…
Gazprom aims to capture 15% of the global LNG market over the next 15 years. In a press release, it stated that its board of…
Declining costs of solar power are making off-grid energy systems increasingly viable, getting closer to grid-parity with conventional sources of power from the electrical grid.…
The past week has not been a good one for the oil industry. There have been several high profile oil spills across the U.S. The…
The number of oil rigs in operation hit a multi-decade high as productivity plateaus. The oil industry added 12 more rigs according to the most…
President Xi Jinping is leading an effort to reform China’s energy sector, which has long been under the strict purview of state-owned enterprises. China is…
By the end of the decade, California may cut gasoline consumption by 9% due to state policies and rapidly improving fuel efficiency. As Californians switch…
Theft in the Niger Delta may prevent Nigeria from meeting its ambitious goal of boosting oil output by 30% by 2020, according to oil officials…
The Bureau of Land Management approved ExxonMobil’s plan for an oil shale research and development project in Colorado. The approval clears a key hurdle for…
Greater supplies of key commodities have prevented price surges over the brewing crisis in Crimea. Europe has an abnormally high supply of natural gas in…
Iraq produced oil at a rate of 3.62 million barrels per day in February, a 35-year high. Monthly output jumped by 530,000 bpd from a…