Articles Tagged "pipeline"

Carrizo Oil & Gas Announces Initial Production Rates

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRZO) provides an operational update on the Company's activities in the Eagle Ford Shale and Niobrara Formation.

US Senators raise concerns on oil sands pipeline

Reuters reports that a group of U.S. Senators raised questions about a proposed $7 billion pipeline to bring oil from Canadian oil sands. The market news is quoted as saying: The lawmakers, 10 Democrats and one independent, said the State Department needs to answer several key questions before deciding whether to approve TransCanada’s (TRP.TO) application [...]

Iraq declared Kurd’s Oil deals still illegal

Iraq’s Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahrastani declared that Kurd’s oil deals with foreign oil firms still considered illegal despite approving Kurdish plans to export crude oil through national pipelines. For full story, click here

Benchmark: Hedge grows

The expiration of October trading certainly played a disproportionate role in the record one-day gain, as it exercised a huge pressure on short positions. The meteoric rise also illuminates how much the vacillation is due to speculative activity.

Benchmark: August 29

Oil prices are being pushed upwards by the impending arrival of tropical storm Gustav in the Gulf of Mexico. Gustav is projected to become “the largest hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico since Katrina”. Workers are already being evacuated from oil and gas rigs in the area, which has pushed up NYMEX oil futures past $117.