Last year some investors in the energy market took a beating when numerous U.S. oil shale producers filed for bankruptcy. However, those losses have not deterred investors from making massive new investments betting on the future of the oil shale industry. In the first three months of 2017 investors placed nearly $20 billion with private… Keep reading →
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Investors Flock to Oil Shale
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Royal rivalries, oil uncertainties, and premature optimism about reform initiatives could jeopardize the kingdom’s hopes for transformative economic change. On April 25, 2016, Saudi Arabia announced Vision 2030, an ambitious economic plan intended to confirm the kingdom’s status as “the heart of the Arab and Islamic worlds, the investment power house, and the hub connecting… Keep reading →
100 Days: Industry Is Committed To Environmental Protection
By Energy Tomorrow Blog
Our industry’s commitment to protecting the environment shows in recent EPA air quality data and other benchmarks. First, look at the downward trajectories in air emissions: Occurring alongside increases in economic output, vehicle miles traveled and population: Both reflect technological advances – U.S. refineries producing cleaner gasoline and diesel fuels that go into today’s more… Keep reading →
Assad’s Chemical Attack Signals An Imminent Idlib Offensive
By Fabrice Balanche
The regime’s latest atrocity was spurred by clear military motivations, and the situation will likely worsen as the army begins a wider ground campaign against rebel strongholds in Idlib province. In claiming that the Syrian army was not responsible for the April 4 chemical attack on Khan Sheikhoun, Russia has argued that the Assad regime… Keep reading →
How The President’s Executive Order Will Affect U.S. Oil, Natural Gas And Coal Industries
By HAYDEN HOLLIMAN, I. BOBBY MAJUMDER, ROBERT MAYNARD, LYNWOOD REINHARDT | PERKINS COIE
President Donald Trump’s recently signed Executive Order on Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth.
100 Days: Refining Sector Produces For U.S.
By Energy Tomorrow Blog
Every day Americans head off to work or play, use a cellphone or countless other consumer products made from petroleum, they should thank a refiner. U.S. refineries are the essential link between America’s ongoing renaissance in energy production and the actual benefits Americans enjoy from that production. Modern, sophisticated refineries that process all types of… Keep reading →
Breakeven oil prices have fallen below $40 per barrel as of late – a trend that some analysts believe on applies to shale companies, such as Devon Energy and EOG Resources. However, new data shows that even the big players, the major oil companies, have reached the same breakeven levels. These shale companies (also known… Keep reading →
Is Oil About to Stabilize?
By Michael VinciThe International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a statement that they believe the oil market is soon approaching equilibrium, mostly due to the success of the OPEC production deal. The agency’s data shows that demand is growing at a constant and regular pace in the oil market. “The numbers are there to support it,” according… Keep reading →
A Closer Look At President Trump’s Executive Order On Energy Independence
By Dimitrios Karakitsos, Isabel Lane, Beth Viola | Holland & Knight LLP
President Donald Trump’s Executive Order entitled “Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth” is a broad directive accomplishing a number of the Trump Administration’s energy-related priorities.
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Coal Plant Closure Signals Major Changes for Central Arizona Project
By Danielle IzzoArizona utilities have come to an agreement on the future of the operations at the Navajo Generating Station. Their recent decision will result in the closing of the coal plant which has been a key energy source for the Central Arizona Project. The Central Arizona Project, which makes use of power to transport water to… Keep reading →
