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US Shale Is Immune To An Oil Price Crash In 2017

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shale in particular—is effectively capping the oil price gains from that agreement. Four months after the OPEC/NOPEC deal took effect, oil prices dropped to the levels preceding the agreement, amid concerns over still stubbornly high inventories and rising U.S.

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bp Statistical Review shows 4.5% drop in primary energy consumption in 2020; mainly driven by oil

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This fall was driven mainly by oil, which accounted for almost three quarters of the net decline. Natural gas prices declined to multi-year lows; however, the share of gas in primary energy continued to rise, reaching a record high of 24.7%. World oil production fell for the first time since 2009 by 6.6 million b/d). The US (-2.3

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Study Finds That CO2 Standards for Vehicles Can Reduce Price of Oil

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A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.

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Lux: nearly $7B in private investment in emerging oil & gas E&P technologies over last decade

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The evolving deepwater sector, primarily driven by North Sea assets, has driven investment into Europe’s oil and gas start-up community; Norway, accounts for about 55% of Europe’s investment activity. European companies have also raised significant funding, with $770 million from 107 transactions, Lux found.

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GE and Sargas AS partner on gas-fired plants with carbon capture for enhanced oil recovery

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GE has concluded a commercial alliance agreement with Norway-based Sargas AS to provide a gas turbine for one of the world’s first gas-fired plants with integrated carbon capture for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Overview of the Sargas system. Source: Sargas. Click to enlarge.

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The New Oil Cartel Threatening OPEC

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oil and gas production gives us greater leverage against OPEC,” the Times of India quoted an Indian official as saying last month after the formal start of said talks. What’s more, they might not be alone in this attempt to curb OPEC’s clout on the global oil market. The boom in U.S. Europe could help and benefit from it.

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Eni report: global oil reserves and oil production up in 2018 due to US

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Eni has released the 18 th edition of the World Oil, Gas and Renewables Review , the annual statistics report on oil, natural gas and renewables sources. The first volume of the report, the World Oil Review, is devoted to oil reserves, supply, demand, trade and prices with a special focus on crude oil quality and on refining industry.