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Petroleum
Chevron Shakes Up the Oil Industry With a Major Acquisition
Chevron unveiled a plan to make the biggest energy deal since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Petroleum
The U.S. Shale Oil Industry is Collapsing
The collapse of the U.S. shale oil industry will have a devastating impact on the American economy.
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Petroleum
Exxon Mobil: The Downfall of an Oil Giant
Exxon Mobil is struggling.
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Alternatives
The Anthropocene Epoch: How Fossil Fuels Have Led Humanity into a New Geological Age
The rise of humanity and the consumption of fossil fuels have triggered a new geological epoch known as the Anthropocene.
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Coal
The Global Energy Transition: Why Fossil Fuels May Be Losing Steam
Energy analysts believe that fossil fuels are in their decline phase and will disappear from the global energy profile.
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Natural Gas
Gas Flaring: Why Is So Much Energy Wasted?
Gas flaring is becoming one of the most challenging energy and environmental issues facing the fossil fuel industry.
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Coal
Fossil Fuel Formation: Looking to the Past to Plan for the Future
Studying the composition and formation of fossil fuels has provided scientists with vital insights into the Earth’s natural resources.
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Natural Gas
Corruption, Power, and Oil: The Russian Legacy of Fossil Fuel Production
As a major global producer and exporter of oil, natural gas, and coal, Russia’s economic growth is primarily driven by its fossil fuel reserves.
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Natural Gas
Prices and Oil
As of late November 2019, oil prices hit the lowest point of the entire year. This is something that President Donald Trump called “a big Tax Cut for America and the World” on Twitter. However, the international market doesn’t see it that way. Of the 10.96 million barrels per day produced in 2018, 59 percent (about six million) was from…
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Petroleum
Shale is shaking
This quarter has brought on even more speculation that the high production of shale, called the “shale boom,” is slowing down in the United States. NPR reported in late November that oil demand is dropping, alongside prices, “signs of a crisis that’s quietly roiling the industry” the media outlet stated. Since the beginning of 2019, oil production increased by one…
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