Dakota Access Pipeline to start deliveries next month
The $3.8billion Dakota Access Pipeline will start interstate crude deliveries next month, a news report said.
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Oil surges as markets react to US strike on Syria
Oil jumped as the U.S. cruise missile attack against Syria riled global financial markets.
Trump ‘preparing order’ to boost offshore oil drilling
President Donald Trump is preparing to issue an executive order with the goal of giving oil companies more opportunities to drill offshore, reversing Obama-era policies that restricted the activity.
California, New York governors to defy Trump executive order on climate change
The governors of California and New York have said they will push ahead with aggressive climate change policies despite President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to boost the coal industry.
Airline passengers travelling to UK to face electronic device ban too
Airline passengers travelling to the UK from six countries in the Middle East and North Africa are to be banned from carrying laptops and other large electronic devices as cabin luggage, Downing Street has announced.
Statoil boss warns of ‘reverse globalisation’ after visit to US
After the surprise election of Donald Trump, the head of Norway’s biggest oil company headed to Washington D.C. this month looking for reassurance. He came away as worried as ever.
Canada oil dependence on US loosens in age of Donald Trump
The Canadian oil patch’s half-century bond to the U.S. market is loosening one tanker load at a time in Donald Trump’s “America First” era. Last month, a ship loaded oil off Newfoundland and set sail on a 10,000-plus nautical mile, or 18,500 kilometer, journey to China, following on the heels of an oil-sands cargo shipped from the U.S. Gulf Coast. India-based Reliance Industries Ltd. is set to receive the first shipment of heavy Canadian crude in April, a person familiar with the orders said last month.
Dakota pipeline protest planned for Washington
Native Americans from across the US are holding a protest in Washington DC against the Trump administration and its approval of the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
Trump policies will for natural gas prices lower, investment adviser says
President Donald Trump’s promise to increase U.S. fossil-fuel production will have many parlous consequences, not least by driving natural gas prices even lower.
US Senate back’s Trumps interior pick as move towards fossil fuel boost
The US Senate has paved the way to America boosting fossil fuel outputs by backing President Donald Trump's pick to head up the Interior Department.
TransCanada suspend US law suit over Keystone XL pipeline
TransCanada Corp has suspended a $15billion lawsuit filed against the United States over the Keystone XL pipeline.
Dream of wind turbines off US coast may be too ugly for Trump
Offshore wind companies have spent years struggling to convince sceptics that the future of U.S. energy should include giant windmills at sea. Their job just got a lot harder with the election of Donald J. Trump.
US approval for Dakota pipeline came as tribe leader flew to meet Trump team
After months of fighting against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe chairman Dave Archambault II boarded a plane to Washington to meet with the Trump administration and voice his opposition. Before he had landed, news had broken that the U.S. was clearing the project.
Tensions rise as Trump prepares new Iran sanctions
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated as President Donald Trump prepared new sanctions and told Tehran it’s “playing with fire,” prompting Iran to respond that it won’t be bullied.
Halliburton says stay put as oil braces for Trump ban fallout
Oil-services giant Halliburton Co. told employees to stay put. Another global oil company is reconsidering whether to place a crude trader in Houston. And universities that train energy workers across the country estimated that hundreds of students may be affected.
Iraq responds in kind to Trump travel ban
The Iraqi parliament has approved a “reciprocity measure” in response to Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily banning citizens from Iraq and six other Muslim-majority countries from entering the US, according to legislators.
Timing of Trump travel ban ‘unfortunate’ for Sudan as US lifts sanctions
The U.S. removal of sanctions on Sudan unlocks the potential for the government to tap its rich mineral and agriculture resources. Now the African state needs to carry out the large-scale reforms required to attract investors.
May urged to press Trump on climate change
MPs have called on Theresa May to press Donald Trump on the issue of climate change in her first meeting with the new US president.
Q&A: Hydrocarbons no longer the ‘enemy’ under Trump presidency
The inauguration of President Donald Trump has led to a few questions being raised on how this will affect the energy industry. We asked Scott Segal, partner at Policy Resolution Group, what his insight is on how this upcoming event will affect the overall performance of the market.
Trump signs orders to press ahead with Dakota pipelines
US president Donald Trump has signed executive orders to advance construction of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.
Donald Trump could make US world-leader with $25 dollar oil, claims Wall Street analyst
A leading Wall Street investment expert claims that Donald Trump could make the US a world leading "energy powerhouse" during his presidency.
Donald Trump: Leaving the EU will be a great thing for Britain
Donald Trump has pledged to work secure a rapid trade agreement with Britain, predicting that leaving the European Union would be a “great thing” for the UK.
California moving to protect green projects from Trump
California is considering a system to protect projects that cut global-warming emissions from a market downturn that may worsen under a Trump administration.
Gazprom admits US could challenge European supply dominance
Russian energy major Gazprom has admitted that imports of LNG from the US could threaten its European dominance, a news report said.
North Korea will not develop nuclear weapon that can reach us, Donald Trump says
Donald Trump has insisted that North Korea will not develop a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the United States.