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ThinkstockBy Jen Alic of Oilprice.com New pipelines may provide new revenue for US refiners, which have seen big gains in 2012 and are now seeking to ride the wave of success. HollyFrontier Corp...
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ThinkstockIn a filing this morning with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) reported that activist investor Carl Icahn now owns a stake amounting to 1.56% of...
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ThinkstockCrude oil transportation on the Seaway pipeline resumed today at the pipeline’s full capacity of 400,000 barrels a day now available to shippers wanting to move crude from the storage...
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ThinkstockBy Jen Alic of Oilprice.com Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) lied about the dangers of radiation exposure, according to eight U.S. sailors involved in disaster relief operations following...
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ThinkstockPipeline master limited partnership Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (NYSE: KMP) announced this afternoon that it will update the scope of its expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline...
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ThinkstockPrices for WTI crude have risen above $94 a barrel for the first time in nearly four months today, reaching a high point of $94.70 a barrel on the Nymex. Brent prices have also risen to...
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ThinkstockIn January 2010, France’s supermajor oil & gas company Total SA (NYSE: TOT) paid about $2.25 billion for a 25% stake in the Barnett shale leases owned by Chesapeake Energy Corp....
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thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks declined by 201 billion cubic feet last week, above an average expected drop of around 186...
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ThinkstockBy John C.K. Daly of Oilprice.com Whether one believes 100 percent in the science behind global warming, the fact is that the northern polar ice cap is in retreat, sparking an energy...
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ThinkstockOil refiner Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) announced late yesterday that it would close its 93,500 barrel per day refinery in Kapolei, Hawaii, this coming April. The company has been seeking a...
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ThinkstockThe US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. US commercial crude inventories increased by 1.3 million barrels last week, bringing...
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thinkstockWe noted yesterday the impact on crude oil and gasoline prices of the growing U.S. production of crude oil and other liquids. A side effect of that production growth will be a cut in U.S....
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ThinkstockDespite a reasonably consistent year for oil and gas prices, master limited partnerships (MLPs), which exist predominantly in the energy space, had a difficult year in 2012. Some have...
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ThinkstockProblems with a Royal Dutch Shell PLC (NYSE: RDS-A) drilling rig that broke loose several days ago and drifted to shore have created bigger headaches for the oil firm than it might have...
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thinkstockIn its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook released today, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has for the first time forecast crude oil prices for 2014 to go along with...
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