EURACTIVEU Parliament ends palm oil and caps crop-based biofuels at 2017 levelsEURACTIVIt would prefer a total phase-out but is pleased with the decision to end palm oil biodiesel. On average, the NGO said, EU food-based biodiesel produces 80% more CO2 emi …

What's The Limit For Permian Oil Production?OilPrice.comThe 'hottest shale play' has been the media's favorite cliché for the Permian Basin over the past year. And while cliché, the basin straddling West Texas and New Mexico has lived up to …

Houston ChronicleYetiv: Oil's on the rise, but where will it go?Houston ChronicleThat is helping them maintain oil production cuts for now. Geopolitical concerns also have buttressed oil prices. Militant attacks in oil-rich Libya are an issue, as is Ir …

COLUMN-Hedge fund bulls have left oil market looking very stretched: KempReutersLONDON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Hedge funds and other money managers have boosted their bullish position in oil to a new record, but with crude taking over from fuels as the main ta …

COLUMN-Hedge fund bulls have left oil market looking very ...ReutersHedge funds and other moneymanagers have boosted their bullish position in oil to a newrecord, but with crude taking over from fuels as the main targetof fresh buying.and more » …

RPT-COLUMN-Hedge funds build record long position in heating oil and diesel: KempReutersLONDON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Hedge funds have built record bullish positions in the middle distillates used as heating oil and diesel fuel – even as they become more cauti …

Canadian pension funds buy stakes in French engineering group FivesReuters(Reuters) - Canadian pension funds Caisse de depot et placement du Québec and PSP Investments said on Friday they have bought minority stakes in Fives, an industrial engineering grou …

FireEngineering.comPaul Combs: Fire Engineering's December IllustrationFireEngineering.comHere's a link to my previous post and memories of Chief Brunacini. Rest easy, Chief... and thank you! "My very first encounter with Chief Alan Brunacini …

BloombergOil Hovers Near $57 as IEA Sees Supply Outpacing Demand in 2018BloombergCrude hovered around $57 a barrel amid renewed concern that oil supplies may overwhelm demand next year despite efforts by some of the world's biggest producers to whittle …

BloombergOil Slips Below $56 on German Political Stalemate, OPEC DoubtsBloombergThe political turmoil in Germany helped strengthen the U.S. dollar, which depresses oil prices, said Bill O'Grady, chief market strategist at Confluence Investment Manageme …