Oil & Gas Top Stories

Fracking may decrease magnitude of microearthquakes at mining operations – study

New research proposes the idea that hydraulic fracturing may decrease the magnitude of seismic events and microearthquakes at certain mining operations.

Staff Writer | August 26, 2022 | 6:06 am

China boosts spending on Russian energy to $35 billion since war

Purchases of crude, oil products, gas and coal rose to…

Bloomberg News | August 22, 2022 | 8:26 am

Biden’s freeze on oil, gas leases on public land is reinstated — for now

Court on Wednesday threw out the judge’s nationwide injunction forcing…

Bloomberg News | August 17, 2022 | 3:43 pm

Five Chinese state-owned companies, under scrutiny in US, will delist from NYSE

Oil giant Sinopec, Aluminium Corporation of China PetroChina and Sinopec Shanghai…

Reuters | August 12, 2022 | 12:16 pm

Ex-platinum partners fund manager guilty in $70 million fraud

Daniel Small was accused of conspiring with Mark Nordlicht, Platinum’s…

Bloomberg News | August 12, 2022 | 11:47 am

Chevron pulls plug on Kitimat LNG project in BC

Chevron owns a 50% stake in the project and will halt further funding after failing to find a buyer.

Nelson Bennett - Business in Vancouver | March 24, 2021 | 12:26 pm

BHP presses to transform Australia’s ‘dysfunctional’ gas market

BHP is pressing for Australia's gas market to move away from opaque contract negotiations towards index-based deals.

Reuters | March 24, 2021 | 8:25 am

MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Mining profits reach $230 billion a year, topped only by oil & gas, pharma; Lithium prices continue to soar – up 88% in 2021; Massive new port could give Vale back iron ore crown.

MINING.com Editor | March 19, 2021 | 12:49 pm

Shell names former BHP CEO chair

Andrew Mackenzie will succeed Charles Holliday who will step down on May 18 after serving six years in the role.

Reuters | March 11, 2021 | 8:26 am

geoLOGIC and JWN Energy to merge, creating a powerful energy intelligence combination

The move combines expertise in Canadian oil and gas upstream data and analytics with daily financial, operational and market intelligence.

Daily Oil Bulletin | March 9, 2021 | 10:57 am

Russel: China’s lacklustre commodity imports throw spanner in new super-cycle works

Overall, the picture that emerges from the commodity import data is that China is at best ticking along.

Reuters | March 9, 2021 | 9:05 am

Rock and heavy metal: winners emerge in energy transition

As world economies shift to more electrification and away from fossil fuels to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, expect more copper mining and interest in metals like cobalt and nickel.

Reuters | March 5, 2021 | 7:50 am

Keystone XL’s death sparks rush to ship oil-sands crude by rail

Cenovus Energy Inc. and Imperial Oil Ltd. have increasingly turned to trains to move their crude, with oil exports by rail from Canada more than tripling since July.

Bloomberg News | February 24, 2021 | 8:27 am

Supercharged commodity boom: Definitely. Supercycle? Not exactly

Underlying dynamics suggest it isn’t going to be a repeat of the epic China-led boom at the start of this century.

Bloomberg News | February 23, 2021 | 7:13 am

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