OIL

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Big Michigan business concerned by Enbridge oil pipeline
Jul 11, 2017 (UPI)
"We have oil that's coming from Canada, passing through Michigan, and the great majority of it goes to Canada," Larry Bell, owner of Bell's Brewery, said in a s...
Oklahoma says economic recovery under oil price pressure
Jul 11, 2017 (UPI)
Oklahoma accounts for as much as 5 percent of the total national output of crude oil, making it one of the more significant oil producers in the nation. It's th...
Oil-rich Alberta unveils investment tax credit program
Jul 11, 2017 (UPI)
"Alberta business leaders told us this tax credit would be an important way to help local companies grow and create good jobs," Alberta Premier Rachel Notley sa...
Demand factors push gas prices higher in the U.S.
Jul 11, 2017 (UPI)
Gasoline prices are 3.5 percent less than they were this time last month, according to the motor club, but higher than they were last week. "Drivers are beginni...
More oil discovered off the coast of Senegal
Jul 11, 2017 (UPI)
Scottish energy company Cairn leads a consortium probing the reserves in waters off the coast of West Africa. At its FAN South-1 exploration well offshore Seneg...
OPEC supply concerns drag oil prices lower
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
Libya and Nigeria are two members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries exempt from the effort to balance the market through coordinated producti...
Norway's DNO financed for drilling in Kurdish region of Iraq
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
Budgetary constraints for the semiautonomous Kurdistan Regional Government caused contractual issues with international energy companies working in the region i...
More jobs coming from British gas field development
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
The oil and gas division of Danish conglomerate Maersk awarded the services company with a contract to help commission the Culzean gas field in the British wate...
Russian gas at play in U.S.-Ukrainian diplomacy
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
Ukrainian President Petro Poreshenko hosted U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during the weekend, as U.S. President Donald Trump met with international lead...
Total next to make strides with LNG as a marine fuel
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
The company said it signed a series of agreements with a ferry company to supply LNG as a fuel. Brittany Ferries ordered its first ferry ever chartered for regi...
Oil spills disrupt entire food webs, new study shows
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
Too often, researchers argue, oil spill assessments focus exclusively on the species most obviously affected. But the latest study shows oil spills have unexpec...
China, diplomacy and oil part of the mix in South Sudan
Jul 10, 2017 (UPI)
South Sudan marked its sixth year of independence from Sudan on Sunday. Beijing faced broad criticism in 2008 for its support for the Sudanese government, which...
Mattis affirms US-Qatar cooperation: Pentagon
Jul 07, 2017 (AFP)
It was also announced that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Kuwait -- one of the countries angry at Qatar in the spat -- on July 10 at the invita...
North Sea gas field delayed at least a year
Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)
A May accident at a South Korean shipyard left six people dead and more than 20 others injured. The collapse of a crane at the Geoje shipyard took place during ...
Oil prices move high on U.S. energy sector indicators
Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)
Crude oil prices lost nearly 5 percent of their value in the Wednesday session after Saudi Arabia decided to offer a discount to Asian customers and Russia, a c...
More gas coming from offshore Norway in 2019
Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)
Statoil said it's agreed on a development solution for the Snefrid Nord gas discovery, located near the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea. "The discover...
Energy firms hit by oil dive, N.Korea crisis fuels uncertainty
Jul 06, 2017 (AFP)
Crude fell around four percent Wednesday on renewed concerns about a global supply glut that overshadowed data pointing to a drop in US stockpiles. Investors ar...
Halliburton acquires pumping service company
Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)
For undisclosed terms, Halliburton acquired Summit ESP, identified as a leader in pumping technology and services. "This accretive transaction accelerates our s...
Production, storage, a focus for Saudi Aramco
Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)
The company known commonly as Saudi Aramco issued an annual review of operations during 2016, saying it was positioned to maintain its role as a global oil and ...
Greenpeace: U.S. bowed to pressure over Atlantic energy work
Jul 06, 2017 (UPI)
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published a notice in the Federal Register stating that the public comment period for "five proposed inciden...
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