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• Tesla Could Be The Biggest Loser In The Trade War

  Published 06 April 2018 | viewed 2,164 times

  A few years ago, Elon Musk said that Tesla could sell more cars in China than in America in the long term, because the Chinese…

• Trump Backs Oil Over Agriculture

  Published 05 April 2018 | viewed 2,699 times

  The Trump administration seems to be leaning towards allying with the oil refining industry in its fight against Big Corn and federal rules requiring the…

• Musk Sleeping At Tesla Factory To Address Model 3 Woes

  Published 03 April 2018 | viewed 4,060 times

  They say not to bring your work home with you, but what about bringing your home to work? Elon Musk is doing just that, saying…

• Fukushima Decommissioning To Cost $75 Billion

  Published 02 April 2018 | viewed 2,403 times

  The decommissioning of the Fukushima nuclear power plant will cost an annual US$2 billion (220 billion yen) until 2021, an unnamed source told the Japan…

• EV Battle Heats Up Despite Trade War Fears

  Published 30 March 2018 | viewed 2,570 times

  Electric vehicle makers have largely relied on aluminum to make their cars lighter in hopes of offsetting the weight of the battery pack and reducing…

• Russia Says No To Crypto For Venezuelan Debt

  Published 29 March 2018 | viewed 2,700 times

  If crisis-hit Venezuela was hoping to pay off its US$3.15-billion debt to Russia with its new cryptocurrency, those hopes have been shattered as the Russian…

• China's Crude Futures Launch With 10 Billion Yuan Traded In First Hour

  Published 26 March 2018 | viewed 2,492 times

  China’s yuan-denominated crude oil futures launched today in Shanghai with 15.4 million barrels of crude for delivery in September changing hands over two and a…

• The Biggest Threat To Chinese Oil Futures

  Published 21 March 2018 | viewed 2,963 times

  This week will see a historic event: on March 26, trading will begin in yuan-denominated crude oil futures contracts on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange.…

• ‘Data Is King’: The Oil Industry’s Next Most Valuable Resource

  Published 20 March 2018 | viewed 2,858 times

  The faster oil services firms and oil exploration companies adopt digitalization, the more data they generate with every well they drill and every digital map…

• U.S. Sanctions Russia For Election Meddling And Cyberattacks

  Published 16 March 2018 | viewed 1,897 times

  The Trump administration issued a series of punitive sanctions against Russia for coordinating a cyberattack on the U.S. energy grid, aviation systems, and other infrastructure,…

• The Mysterious Chinese Company Looking To Buy Russia's Energy Giant

  Published 09 March 2018 | viewed 3,996 times

  When a little-known private Chinese company said in September 2017 that it would be buying 14 percent in Rosneft, many analysts were wondering how an…

• The Oil Industry Is Going Digital

  Published 07 March 2018 | viewed 3,373 times

  If there is ever a poll for the most annoying, most abused word or phrase in the technology field, “innovation” will be up there in…

• Are Renewables An Attractive Investment For Oil Companies?

  Published 06 March 2018 | viewed 2,971 times

  Pressured by investors who expect to see higher returns after the oil price downturn, oil and gas companies are finding themselves without much incentive to…

• RoboTaxis Won’t Be Taking Over Any Time Soon

  Published 05 March 2018 | viewed 3,041 times

  Automakers are making serious commitments to robotic, electrified vehicles of the future - but car buyers haven’t yet bought in. The Center for Automotive Research…

• Hong Kong Makes Buying EVs More Attractive

  Published 28 February 2018 | viewed 3,696 times

  Hong Kong is introducing a new tax benefit for residents buying an electric car that would make EVs cheaper, as it tries to encourage battery-powered…

• OPEC ‘Supergroup’ Keeps Oil Exports Subdued

  Published 23 February 2018 | viewed 2,160 times

  I was jesting the other day about who would be on guitar in OPEC's supergroup, but it got me thinking about the various global oil producers,…

• U.S. And China To Face Off Over Aramco IPO

  Published 22 February 2018 | viewed 5,573 times

  Speculation continued into early 2018 about who — or which organization — would be the ultimate buyer of the five percent stake being offered for…

• Why The Next Oil Boom Will Be Fueled By Blockchain

  Published 21 February 2018 | viewed 0 times

  Big Oil is due for a disruption. The world’s most important industry has been carrying on without any significant changes in its day to day…

• 5 Record Breaking Gemstones Even Billionaires Can’t Buy

  Published 20 February 2018 | viewed 0 times

  As Elizabeth Taylor once said: “I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can't possess radiance, you can only admire it.” It’s…

• Clean Oil That Only Costs $20

  Published 13 February 2018 | viewed 0 times

  The United States is in the midst of an energy revolution. Oil production has risen by 5 million barrels per day (bpd) since 2010, an…