Samsung wins another LNG carrier order worth $187m  TradeWindsGas vessel order run shows no sign of stopping at Korean yards. Read more https://www.tradewindsnews.com/gas/1655785/samsung-wins-another-lng-carrier-order-worth-usd-187m

Poseidon Med II Promotes LNG as a Marine Fuel in the E. Mediterranean  The Maritime ExecutiveThe use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a safe and eco-friendly fuel for maritime transportation w... Read more https://www.maritime-executive.com/cor …

Alaska, Oil and Warming  The New York TimesA reader sees a dangerous mix of politics, money and environmental destruction. Read more https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/09/opinion/letters/alaska-oil-global-warming.html

Geopolitical Stakes Are Huge On This Tiny Island | OilPrice.com  OilPrice.comFrom both a geopolitical and economic point of view, the stakes are enormous in Cyprus' EEZ, and a diplomatic deadlock can be expected when oil majors such ... Read mor …

Oil and global markets 'over a barrel'?The Straits TimesHow much sway do oil prices have over global risk markets? It is a hot question for many investors in Asia. The price of Brent crude has slipped from a four-year high of US$86 per barrel at th …

RudawIraq halts Kirkuk oil to Iran for domestic reasons, won't use KRG pipelineRudawThe US's toughest sanctions aimed at Iran's oil exports will come into effect on Monday. The Trump administration, to offset Iran's global oil supply and to …

Yahoo FinanceOil rally faces tidal wave of supplyYahoo FinanceBy Devika Krishna Kumar and David Gaffen. (Reuters) - The oil market's two-year bull run is running into one of its biggest tests in months, facing a tidal wave of supply and growing worries …

The GuardianTurkey warns oil companies against drilling near CyprusThe GuardianThe Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has warned foreign oil companies against energy exploration near Cyprus, describing those defying Ankara as “bandits of the sea” who …

Al-ArabiyaDespite Turkish reservations, Qatar, ExxonMobil plan oil drilling off CyprusAl-ArabiyaThe Qatari company, Qatar Petroleum, will now go ahead with their plans of drilling operations along with ExxonMobil. (Reuters). Staff writer, Al Arabiya Englis …

Dismay in oil Twitterverse upon popular US crude trader's exitReutersOil traders keep a low profile. So when one of the most widely followed oil traders on Twitter abruptly closed his account last week, the outpouring of dismay among his thousands of f …