Seeking AlphaShale Oil's Big Problem: ProfitsSeeking AlphaSince 2007, the WSJ reports that energy companies have poured $280 billion more into shale than those investments generated. Investors are getting tired of hearing about production growth - they …

Nigeria Reforms Oil Sector To Draw New InvestmentOilPrice.comProvisions in the 2018 budget, published in early November, set out proposals that allow for the sale of state equity in joint-venture (JV) oil assets, a move officials say will raise N710bn ($2b …

Financial TimesBASF and DEA agree multi-billion oil and gas mergerFinancial TimesBASF, the German chemicals group, has agreed to merge its Wintershall energy unit with rival DEA in a multi-billion euro deal to create one of Europe's largest independent …

euronewsMadagascar's oil potentialeuronews“Madagascar is part of East Africa's oil province. There is great oil potential in this province, and so there is a strong chance that we will also find oil in Madagascar,” says Bonaventure Rasoanaivo, Gene …

ReutersPressured for profit, oil majors bet big on shale technologyReutersFor the last decade, smaller oil companies have led the way in shale technology, slashing costs by as much as half with breakthroughs such as horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracki …

Mech-Tool Engineering Appoints New Managing DirectorScandOilMech-Tool Engineering Limited (MTE), product manufacturer and global supplier of fire, blast and heat hazard solutions has appointed a new Managing Director to drive the engineering powerhouse for …

Kansas City Business JournalMcCownGordon boosts engineering services to enhance construction projectsKansas City Business JournalElise Kirchhofer, the new engineering services director at McCownGordon Construction, said mechanical, electrical and plumbing …

CBC.caDalhousie engineering students fed up with campus construction noiseCBC.caSome Dalhousie University engineering students say noise from construction taking place on campus is so bad they can't hear their professors on some days. The university is …

Are Oil Markets Immune To US Shale?OilPrice.comOil prices showed some weakness mid-week on news that U.S. oil production jumped, but benchmark prices firmed up on Thursday, putting WTI and Brent on track for their fifth consecutive weekly advance. Oil pric …

BloombergSaudi Shocks Reawaken Global Oil Markets to Political RiskBloombergJust as production cuts by OPEC and its allies finally deplete a surplus that has weighed on oil prices since 2014, political crises have hit the organization's three biggest m …