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Rising Slag Heaps of Petcoke Stir Up Environmental Concerns

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By John  Daly, Oilprice.com. A product of the Keystone XL pipeline delay is that crude from the Alberta oil sands is refined in the Midwest, generating slag heaps of petroleum coke, or “petcoke,” whose airborne particles has local residents up in arms.

Rising Costs A Silent Killer In US Oil Exploration And Production (But Where Are The Opportunities?)

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By Dave Forest, Oil & Energy Insider: Critical news for the Exploration & Production sector came this month. Not a new discovery. Not a drilling technique. It didn’t come from geologists or engineers. It came from accountants: ballooning costs as silent E&P killer.

The Makings of a Petro-State in North Dakota

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By Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com: The Energy Information Administration predicts the Bakken formation in North Dakota will surpass 1 million barrels per day of oil production in December. Since 2010, production has skyrocketed. So has the money.

Prince Alwaleed Warns, US Shale Revolution Threatens Saudi Economic Stability

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By Joao Peixe of Oilprice.com: While Saudi Arabia continues to state that it is not at all worried by the increasing production driven by the US shale revolution, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, the billionaire CEO and owner of the Kingdom Holding Company, frets about it.

Mexico: the Final Piece in North America’s Energy Renaissance

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By Rory Johnston, OilPrice.com: While American and Canadian crude production has jumped over 30% in the last decade, Mexican production has fallen by over a quarter. Now the Mexican government might finally act.

TVA Coal Closures Signal of What’s to Come

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By Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com: The Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the largest electricity generators in the US, decided to shut down eight coal generating units. Coal will drop from a 52% share to 20% in the coming years, to be replaced mostly by natural gas. It illustrates what many utilities face.

The IEA Finally Gets it Right

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By Dan Dicker, Oil & Energy Insider: The IEA report on Crude supplies has got me thinking, an accomplishment for the IEA; it has been woefully behind the curve on most major energy trends of the last two decades. But this time, it is finally in front of the curve.

Outcry as Canada Considers Nuclear Waste Facility on US Border

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By Charles Kennedy, OilPrice.com: Canadian plans for a large nuclear-waste facility on the Canadian side of Lake Huron, directly opposite the thumb of the State of Michigan, are triggering a cross-border public outcry and a looming diplomatic backlash.

German Industry Dreads Getting Slammed By The Costs Of Green Energy

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By Scott Belinksi, Oilprice.com: In Germany, where renewable energy has been aggressively pushed, companies may soon lose an exemption from expensive renewable energy surcharges. Business leaders worry this will “destroy Germany’s industrial core.”

What You Need to Know about the Latest Oil Trading Scandal

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Dan Dicker, Oil & Energy Insider: Manipulations and fraud in the capital and commodity markets: Now four traders from my old home, the NYMEX, are suing BP, Shell, Statoil, and Vitol Group for collusion and manipulating Brent oil trades to fix reported prices.