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Get Fracking!
What’s relatively clean-burning, abundant, and possibly the next big thing in reducing America’s carbon footprint?…
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What Can Be Made from One Barrel of Oil?
Oil gets a bad rap these days, but the stuff is actually quite incredible. Many…
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Bacteria lead the way to more efficient oil production
Biota, a California startup, is developing a means of improving oil and gas operations by…
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5 key signposts that will set the cost of the marginal barrel of oil in the long term
Our updated Global Oil Supply & Demand Outlook to 2030 explores in detail the 5 signposts that…
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Diesel demand: still growing globally despite Dieselgate
Two years after Dieselgate, the impact of the diesel emissions scandal on final demand appears…
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Who is paying for the biofuels mandate?
The cost of complying with the US renewable fuels standard (RFS) has become a major…
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Refiners still strong in second quarter, outlook bright for rest of year
North American independent refiners posted strong financial results in the second quarter, building on gains…
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Canadian crude not feeling the love from higher global prices
In early 2018, Canadian heavy crude grades were trading at over a $30/barrel discount to…
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Geopolitics can lead to a hundred-dollar oil world, but can it sustain it?
October 23, 2018Oil prices have come a long way since early 2016, when Brent was…
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Eight shifts that would result in a much more rapid global energy transition
We may be closer to a radical energy transition than expected, with some far-reaching developments…