List of Oil Production articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China’s Meltdown Spells Even More Peril for Petro-States
Oil prices were already fighting a massive hangover. Now, market convulsions in China threaten oil-dependent regimes from Russia to Venezuela.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Striking Pipeline, Kurdish Militants Deal Blow to Fellow Kurds
The PKK’s attacks on energy infrastructure in Turkey aren’t just directed at their longtime enemy in Ankara — they're also aimed at Iraqi Kurds they see as sellouts.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Oil Glut Sends Crude Prices Tumbling and Hammers U.S. Producers
Supply is outstripping demand by more than 2 million barrels per day — and that's before Iran starts selling more crude in the wake of the landmark nuclear deal with Washington.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iran’s Return to Oil Markets Is Good for Energy Firms but Bad for Russia
Iranian oil on global markets is good for energy companies. It's not so good for Vladimir Putin.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Buhari’s (Nearly) Bare Cabinet
Muhammadu Buhari promised to end corruption, defeat Boko Haram, and end Nigeria's oil woes. But six weeks into his presidency, he hasn't picked any advisors to enact his ambitious agenda.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Brazil Won’t Take Dilma’s U.S. Bait
President Rousseff’s attempt to make domestic political gains with her trip to America is falling flat at home.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 With an Assist From Putin, Greece — for Now — Wins
The prospect of Russian President Vladimir Putin rescuing Greece might be enough to get Europe to cave to Athen's debt demands.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 An Oil Strike in No Man’s Land
A new oil field near Venezuela could be the miracle Maduro was waiting for. There's just one problem — it's in territory claimed by Guyana.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 If Nigeria Is a Petrostate, Why Is It Always So Short on Fuel?
Nigeria has some of the world's richest oil fields. But recent strikes prove its lack of refinery infrastructure could soon make it a failing petrostate.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Dr. Strange-oil
Four slightly insane -- but not entirely unrealistic -- ways that Vladimir Putin could spike the price of oil to save Russia's economy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Innovations: Are Potholes a Thing of the Past?
How a group of scientists and engineers turned to the human immune system to revolutionize road repair.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Ice, Ice Baby: Obama Gives Shell the Thumbs Up for Arctic Drilling
The Obama administration just gave Royal Dutch Shell conditional permission to drill in the Arctic. But oil is not the only interest there.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Tops U.S. as Biggest Oil Importer
But Beijing’s big and growing reliance on energy from the Middle East leaves China vulnerable to regional strife and worries over sea lane security.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Why Cheap Oil Is Bad News for U.S. Gas-Export Hopes
Plentiful supplies of crude, fueled in part by the U.S. boom, undermine the case for shipping liquefied natural gas overseas.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 U.S. Officials Say Key Refinery Isn’t Actually All That Key
Will the Baiji oil refinery in Iraq fall to the Islamic State? Pentagon says it might not matter.
