- Oil-rich, velvet-rope-poor Azerbaijan, a country about the size of South Carolina on the Caspian Sea, would very much like to be the world’s next party capital http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/magazine/azerbaijan-is-rich-now-it-wants-to-be-famous.html 11 comments worldnews
- The Billionaire King Of Techtopia --- Profile of Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal, angel investor in Facebook. Champion of "seasteading": Building new sovereign city-states on oil-rig-type platforms in international waters. "The next frontier is start-up countries" http://www.details.com/culture-trends/critical-eye/201109/peter-thiel-billionaire-paypal-facebook-internet-success?printable=true 70 comments business
- Moored next to massive oil tankers, Jeff Bezos’ $500 million Koru superyacht is being guarded round the clock by a sheriff's boat at the Fort Lauderdale seaport. The VIP security will offer relief to Bezos after eco-activists spray painted Walmart heiress Nancy Walton's superyacht. - Luxurylaunches https://luxurylaunches.com/transport/vip-security-for-jeff-bezos-superyacht-at-fort-lauderdale.php 23 comments climate
- Germany to Wean Itself Off Russian Oil, Gas in Next 2 Years https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-25/germany-targets-end-to-russian-gas-imports-by-middle-of-2024 65 comments worldnews
- It’s time for states that grew rich from oil, gas and coal to figure out what’s next https://theconversation.com/its-time-for-states-that-grew-rich-from-oil-gas-and-coal-to-figure-out-whats-next-145295 61 comments technology
- Goldman Sachs says renewable-energy spending will surpass oil and gas for the first time ever in 2021 — and sees total investment spiking to $16 trillion over the next decade https://www.businessinsider.com/renewable-energy-trillion-investment-opportunity-surpass-oil-first-time-goldman-2020-6 17 comments energy
- 'Like Handing Out Blankets Affected With Smallpox' - US Called to End Oil Exports to Thwart Climate Crisis: New report urges next president and Congress to reinstate the U.S. crude oil export ban, a move that could slash carbon emissions by 181 million tons of CO2-equivalent each year https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/28/handing-out-blankets-affected-smallpox-us-called-end-oil-exports-thwart-climate 4 comments worldnews
- The world’s 50 biggest oil companies are poised to flood markets with an additional 7m barrels per day over the next decade, despite warnings from scientists that this will push global heating towards catastrophic levels. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/10/oil-firms-b 3 comments worldnews
- Following Monsanto, Exxon Could Be Next US Corporation to Face EU Lobby Ban: "Big Oil is the new Big Tobacco." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/22/following-monsanto-exxon-could-be-next-us-corporation-face-eu-lobby-ban 20 comments economy
- This vast Central Asian country, with eye-popping oil reserves, is swiftly reinventing itself. But who takes control next is the multi-billion-dollar question https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/02/kazakhstan-is-about-the-size-of-europe-but-we-know-almost-nothing-about-it/ 12 comments geopolitics
- What's next for Oil (USO)? https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/a4c5xs/whats_next_for_oil_uso/ 12 comments wallstreetbets
- Another Red-Hot Tech Start-Up Was Just Accused of Being a Scam: The “next Theranos”? Accusations by a former V.P. of engineering suggest uBeam is selling snake oil. http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/05/another-red-hot-tech-start-up-was-just-accused-of-being-a-scam 4 comments technology
- Here’s How Electric Cars Will Cause the Next Oil Crisis http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-ev-oil-crisis/ 39 comments technology
- Millions of extra barrels of Iranian crude oil could begin spilling on to world markets next week, adding further to fierce downward pressure on prices, experts have warned http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/naturalresources/article4665996.ece 4 comments economy
- Taxpayers Lose Big if Congress Lifts Oil Export Ban and Ignores Antiquated Royalty Rates | American taxpayers could lose more than $500 million over the next decade if Congress lifts the crude oil export ban and ignores outdated royalty rates. http://westernpriorities.org/2015/09/10/oil-export-report/ 9 comments politics
- OPEC says you can forget about $100 oil for at least the next 10 years https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/opec-says-forget-100-oil-150839168.html 54 comments worldnews
- Putin Signs Russian Budget for Next Year Based on $100 Oil Price http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/putin-signs-russian-budget-for-next-year-based-on-100-oil-price/512521.html 33 comments russia
- Putin Signs Russian Budget For Next Year Based on $100 Oil Price http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/putin-signs-russian-budget-for-next-year-based-on-100-oil-price/512521.html 475 comments worldnews
- The Russian government has warned the economy will fall into recession next year as Western sanctions, in response to its role in eastern Ukraine, and falling oil prices begin to bite. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30288739 20 comments russia
- Russia: "We will face a great economic decline next year due to oil prices and tensions created with Western Europe in response to the Ukraine situation. Be brave and invest in us." http://m.bbc.com/news/business-30288739 16 comments worldnews
- Russia warns of recession in 2015: The Russian government has warned the economy will fall into recession next year as Western sanctions, in response to its role in eastern Ukraine, and falling oil prices begin to bite http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30288739 3 comments worldnews
- The British government is preparing to offer up fracking licenses across some two-thirds of the UK’s entire territory for shale oil and gas exploration by next summer https://econsultation.decc.gov.uk/decc-policy/consultation-env-report-further-oil-gas-licensing/supporting_documents/3391705%20decc%20sea%20environmental%20report%20final%20%20secure%2016%2012%2013.pdf 4 comments worldnews
- P Chidambaram wants to have a Rs48,000-cr last laugh - North Block working on plan to saddle next government with huge oil bill. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-dna-exclusive-p-chidambaram-wants-to-have-a-rs48000-cr-last-laugh-1936363 3 comments india
- Motorists could see gas prices rise by 25 to 30 cents per gallon next month-- well before the uptick we expect in September and October. Gas prices typically rise in the fall, but rocketing oil prices and a drop in gold could push the increase earlier, some analysts say. http://www.csmonitor.com/business/in-gear/2013/0713/gas-prices-could-soar-in-august.-here-s-why. 31 comments business
- An oil discovery is expected earn the Falkands $10.5 billion over the next 25 years http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-04-04/the-falkland-islands-brace-for-oil-wealth 95 comments worldnews
- How Chinese Energy Politics Will Reshape the Middle East - China’s going to import a lot more oil from Iran & the Arab world over the next 2 decades. America will import far less. Those 2 facts will profoundly change the geopolitics of the Middle East. http://business.time.com/2012/02/17/how-chinese-energy-politics-will-reshape-the-middle-east/?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28time%3A+top+stories%29 42 comments worldnews
- For the 7th consecutive year, Venezuela will help poor Americans during the winter season to pay for home heating oil, especially now that the U.S faces a severe economic crisis. Next year, more than 400,000 poor Americans will receive the aid. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/217051.html 60 comments politics
- "Sometime over the next three months, if all goes according to plan, Cuban workers on a Chinese-built, Spanish-owned rig will start drilling for oil in the mile-deep waters just off the north coast of Cuba...If the drill hits a major oil deposit..the discovery will unleash a cascade of developments" http://nationaljournal.com/magazine/will-sloppy-drilling-off-the-coast-of-cuba-threaten-florida-gulf-beaches--20110728 3 comments worldnews
- Rising gas prices? This time the oil industry will keep them high *through* the next presidential election. http://66.70.86.64/chartserver/ch.gaschart?country=canada&crude=f&period=72&areas=usa%20average,,&unit=us%20$/g 3 comments politics
- Mexico Will Sue BP for Gulf Oil Pollution-Related Expenses: For years, Americans have thought of Mexico as a country where there are next to no environmental laws. http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/06/mexico-will-sue-bp-for-gulf-oil.html 13 comments politics
- Mexico Will Sue BP for Gulf Oil Pollution-Related Expenses: For years, Americans have thought of Mexico as a country where there are next to no environmental laws. http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/06/mexico-will-sue-bp-for-gulf-oil.html 6 comments worldnews
- Deepwater Horizon: The Gulf Stream Is Only The Beginning - BP's leaking well is near a circulating current in the Gulf of Mexico called the Loop Current - the oil will enter the Gulf Stream in the next few days via the Loop Current - and from there into the global ocean conveyor currents? http://www.antemedius.com/content/deepwater-horizon-gulf-stream-only-beginning 15 comments reddit.com
- But what it DOES do is put the White House on the offensive. It allows them to dictate the political debate. And over the next few weeks, it will put a lot of old wives tales about oil companies to rest as we begin to see how little interest oil companies have had in domestic production for years. http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/4/1/853148/-why-the-president-went-off-the-reservation...and-why-democrats-need-to-follow 5 comments politics
- Imagine a large offshore oil rig as a matchbox. Next, imagine the matchbox on top of a two-storey building, with the upper floor filled with water and the lower floor filled with rock. Striking an oil reservoir is like hitting a coin at the base of the building with a human hair. http://www.economist.com/science-technology/technology-quarterly/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15582301 9 comments technology
- Clean energy will be—must be—the next big thing. And so this inventor has poured his fortune into a challenge far greater than finding new oil deposits: extracting energy from the ocean http://www.popsci.com/kalee-thompson/article/2008-09/burning-tide 2 comments science
- If the CFTC took the next step of requiring all U.S. crude trades to be subject to CFTC regulation and trading limits, oil prices would drop by 25% "overnight," http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/jun2008/db2008068_580706.htm 15 comments business
- Why oil could hit $160 a barrel -- by as early as next week http://www.contrarianprofits.com/articles/could-oil-hit-160-a-barrel-%E2%80%93-next-week/ 48 comments business
- Official: Iraqi $1.2b Oil Deal With China Thwarted By Invasion Is Expected to Be Re-Signed Next Month, Oil Ministry Says http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/official_iraq_china_nearing_oil_dea_03062008.html 3 comments worldnews
- Elizabeth Warren's next target is big oil. "The most obvious effect of lifting the crude oil export ban would be to produce enormous profits for a number of big oil companies," Warren said at a Senate Banking Committee hearing. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/elizabeth-warren-oil_56141075e4b022a4ce5fb6ff 28 comments politics
- BP's Next Disaster - The oil giant plans to start drilling in the Arctic this fall — and the Obama administration is doing nothing to stop it http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/120130 3 comments politics