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Bytes and barrels: the origins of oil traders' love of Yahoo

NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) - For the oil industry, Yahoo
Inc's decision this week to sell its core business to
Verizon Communications Inc for $4.8 billion does not
matter all that much. Their world already changed a few months
ago, when the company said it would jettison its messaging
system that has been the norm for oil traders since the late
1990s.

Opportunities for Independent Renewables Developers in a Changing Policy Environment

In the past, most of the growth in large renewable energy installations was carried out by independent developers. Today, the typical developer’s business model is based on capturing the yield arbitrage between early stage projects and operating assets (or a middle point in the development process) due to different risk profiles. But the collapse of SunEdison seems like the nail in the coffin for this business model.

City Power Play Report: Part 2 - Communities Choosing Clean Energy

In most states, a city wanting to change its energy future has two options: beg its utility or form its own. But one state-level policy opens a third way for cities to have more choice over their energy options: community choice aggregation (CCA).

Stripper wells accounted for 11% of U.S. natural gas production in 2015

(Thu, 28 Jul 2016) Stripper wells, also known as marginal wells, individually produce small volumes of natural gas or oil but in total have provided 11% to 15% of total U.S. oil and natural gas production over the past decade. Natural gas stripper wells (so called because they are stripping the remaining natural gas out of the ground) are characterized as producing no more than 90,000 cubic feet per day over a 12-month period.

UPDATE 1-Swiber to wind up, biggest Singapore casualty of oil slump

SINGAPORE, July 28 (Reuters) - Singapore oil field services
firm Swiber Holdings Ltd filed an application to wind
up the company and said a Singapore court had appointed
provisional liquidators, making it the biggest local name to
fall victim to the slump in oil prices.

Singapore's Swiber files to wind up company, hit by oil slump

SINGAPORE, July 28 (Reuters) - Singapore oil field services
firm Swiber Holdings Ltd said it had filed an
application to wind up the company and a Singapore court had
appointed provisional liquidators, the latest local casualty of
the slump in oil prices.

Investors eye signs of improvement in U.S. energy earnings

NEW YORK, July 27 (Reuters) - Investors reeling from several
quarters of declines from U.S. energy companies are optimistic
that a recent oil rebound may help boost results of exploration
and production companies reporting in the coming days.

UPDATE 1-BHP Billiton adds to red ink for 2016 with $1 bln-plus Brazil charge

MELBOURNE, July 28 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton
will book a charge of up to $1.3 billion to cover the costs of a
dam disaster last November at the Samarco iron ore mine in
Brazil, putting it on course to report its worst ever annual
loss.

BHP Billiton to book up to $1.3 bln provision for Brazil disaster

MELBOURNE, July 28 (Reuters) - BHP Billiton
said on Thursday it would book a provision of between $1.1
billion and $1.3 billion in its annual results to cover costs of
the dam disaster in November at the Samarco iron ore mine in
Brazil.

UPDATE 1-Noble Corp reports disappointing profit, lowers capex

July 27 (Reuters) - Rig contractor Noble Corp Plc
reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit and lowered its
2016 capital expenditure as oil producers reduced spending to
weather a prolonged slump in crude prices.

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