Crude Oil
Cause of refinery fire causes concern for other facilities
Safety experts and activists are asking numerous questions concerning the fire which devastated the U.S. East Coast’s largest and oldest refinery, Kallanish Energy understands. One big question is how did a ...
EOG Resources cuts $2 billion or 31% from capex budget
Texas-based EOG Resources is cutting its 2020 capital spending by $2 billion or 31%, in the wake of the spreading coronavirus and the crude oil price war ...
BP eyes 10 FIDs by 2021, reviews exploration approach
British oil supermajor BP has roughly 10 new projects in the pipeline expected to receive a final investment decision (FID) by 2021, potentially adding 900,000 barrels of oil-equivalent per day ...
Putin says shale oil technologies are ‘barbaric’
Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticized countries like the U.S. for ignoring the environmental impact of shale oil and natural gas production, describing it as a “barbaric” process the ...
Petrobras accelerates biofuels exit
Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras is seeking to accelerate its exit from the biofuels segment and has started the process to sell a large stake in BSBios Biodiesel, ...
BLM withdraws acreage from Nevada O&G lease sale
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has pulled 332,247 acres from the Nov. 12 oil and natural gas lease sale in Nevada due to a court order blocking ...
Kinder Morgan sells Pembina Pipeline interest for $764M
Pipeline operator Kinder Morgan announced last week it’s sold all of its 25 million shares of Canada’s Pembina Pipeline Corp. for $764 million after taxes, Kallanish Energy reports. The money ...
BLM ends five-year drilling moratorium in central California
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has approved a plan to open up 1.2 million acres in central California to hydraulic fracturing (fracking), Kallanish Energy reports. The ...
Nigeria’s Oil Output Reaches 1.7 Million Barrels Per Day in November: Analysis and Implications
Nigeria, one of Africa’s leading oil producers, has seen its oil output reach 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) in November, according to recent data. This development carries significant implications ...
Energy Transfer boosts Q2 net income by $523M
Energy Transfer LP has reported second quarter 2019 net income of $878 million, or 33 cents per share, Kallanish Energy reports, up $523 million, or 147.3%, compared to Q2 2018. The ...