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bloomberg.com - Javier Blas - Venezuela? Big Oil Is Seeking Riches in Another Thorny Country
Venezuela? Big Oil Is Seeking Riches in Another Thorny Country
Bloomberg

The oil-rich country is starting to emerge from years of economic devastation. It sits atop of one of the world's largest petroleum reserves. And Big Oil is ready to take on the investment risk. Sound familiar? It isn't Venezuela, but Libya. For…

marketwatch.com - MarketWatch Automation - Tourmaline Oil Corp. stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market
Tourmaline Oil Corp. stock rises Wednesday, outperforms market
MarketWatch

Shares of Tourmaline Oil Corp. TOU rallied 2.96% to C$61.83 Wednesday, in what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index GSPTSE rising 0.31% to 32,851.53. Tourmaline Oil Corp.

bloomberg.com - Robert Tuttle - Pipelines Get Pinched as Alberta Keeps Pumping Out More Oil
Pipelines Get Pinched as Alberta Keeps Pumping Out More Oil
Bloomberg

Welcome back to Canada Daily, the newsletter on business, economics and politics from Vancouver to Montreal and beyond. If this was forwarded to you, sign up here. The Canadian oil industry's two-year reprieve from pipeline bottlenecks may be…

upi.com - Macarena Hermosilla - Venezuela receives first revenues from oil sales to United States
Venezuela receives first revenues from oil sales to United States
UPI

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- Venezuela received $300 million Tuesday as part of revenues from oil sales to the United States, interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on social media. The funds represent the first tranche of a $500 million oil deal announced by…

bloomberg.com - Robert Tuttle - Canada's Pipeline Problem Returns as Oil Sands Output Surges
Canada's Pipeline Problem Returns as Oil Sands Output Surges
Bloomberg

The Canadian oil industry's two-year reprieve from pipeline bottlenecks may be nearing an end as global crude glut weighs on prices. Enbridge Inc. rationed the most space on its Mainline pipeline system for February than in any month since March…

dailymail.co.uk - Erbil Gunasti - Big gas and oil finds in the Mediterranean could be a game changer
Big gas and oil finds in the Mediterranean could be a game changer
Mail Online

Call it the Monroe Doctrine, the Donroe Doctrine or what you will, but the lessons of Trump's strike against Venezuela and his kidnapping of its autocratic president Nicolas Maduro are clear enough. That you'd better take Donald Trump seriously…

thestar.com.my - Oil prices settle higher on expected tighter supply
Oil prices settle higher on expected tighter supply
The Star Online

HOUSTON: Oil prices closed 0.5% higher on Wednesday on optimism around tighter supply after a temporary shutdown at two large fields in Kazakhstan and as low volume of Venezuelan oil exports highlighted slow progress in reversing output cuts in the…

thestar.com.my - Oil edges up after Trump backs off tariff threat on Greenland
Oil edges up after Trump backs off tariff threat on Greenland
The Star Online

BEIJING/SINGAPORE: Oil prices edged up on Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump ratcheted down tension with Europe over his demand for Greenland, while disruptions in supply from two large fields in Kazakhstan and a better demand outlook for…

forbes.com - Ariel Cohen - Trump Says Ayatollah's Dictatorship Must Go - What About Iranian Oil?
Trump Says Ayatollah's Dictatorship Must Go - What About Iranian Oil?
Forbes

Protests sweeping Iran are the widest ranging since 1979. The world is transfixed not just because of its iconic imagery or even geopolitics, but rather one commodity: oil. Each new crisis in Iran revives fears of a repeat of 1979, when Iranian oil…

bloomberg.com - Venezuela to Discuss Oil Revamp That Will Allow Foreign Drillers
Venezuela to Discuss Oil Revamp That Will Allow Foreign Drillers
Bloomberg

Venezuela's legislature on Thursday is set to discuss oil reforms that, if implemented, will unwind the state monopoly of the industry and let private companies produce and sell crude from the country's vast reserves. The proposed changes to the…

ttnews.com - Robert Tuttle - Canada's Pipeline Problem Returns as Oil Sands Output Surges - TT
Canada's Pipeline Problem Returns as Oil Sands Output Surges - TT
Transport Topics

A refinery near the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline in Sarnia, Ontario. (Cole Burston/Bloomberg) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The Canadian oil industry's two-year reprieve from pipeline bottlenecks may be nearing an end…

ttnews.com - Ella Feldman - US Seizes Seventh Sanctioned Oil Tanker Tied to Venezuela - TT
US Seizes Seventh Sanctioned Oil Tanker Tied to Venezuela - TT
Transport Topics

Sculpture of a hand holding an oil drilling rig outside Petroleos de Venezuela SA's headquarters in the capital city of Caracas. (Javier Campos/picture alliance/Getty Images) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] U.S.

standard.co.uk - David Hughes - Trump hits out at UK over North Sea oil barriers
Trump hits out at UK over North Sea oil barriers
Evening Standard

Get our award-winning daily news email featuring exclusive stories, opinion and expert analysis I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. US president Donald Trump has hit out at the…

wsj.com - Oil Edges Higher, Aided by Prospects of Stronger Demand
Oil Edges Higher, Aided by Prospects of Stronger Demand
Wall Street Journal

0118 GMT — Oil edges higher in early Asian trade, aided by prospects of stronger demand. The IEA lifted its forecast for global oil-demand growth owing to an improved economic outlook and lower crude prices. The IEA now expects demand to…

upi.com - Darryl Coote - U.S. seizes seventh oil tanker connected to Venezuela
U.S. seizes seventh oil tanker connected to Venezuela
UPI

Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. military has seized a seventh tanker transporting oil from Venezuela, as the Trump administration seeks to control the nation's oil exports and revenue. The tanker, identified as motor vessel Sagitta, was captured by U.S.

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