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Trump to open door for oil drilling off US east coast

Bloomberg The Trump administration is preparing to unveil as soon as this week an expansive offshore oil plan that would open the door to selling new drilling rights in Atlantic waters, according to people familiar with the plan. President Donald Trump ordered his Interior Department to write the new blueprint with the aim of auctioning oil and gas drilling rights ...

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Libya, Nigeria seek to boost oil output

LONDON / Reuters Less than two weeks after OPEC’s decision to extend oil production cuts, Libya and Nigeria — the only two exempt members of the group — are signalling their intent to raise output next year. While several ministers at the November 30 meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries suggested the two nations had joined the ...

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Japan firm to take on Tesla in solar-roof competition

Bloomberg Japan’s Solar Frontier K.K. plans to sell solar panels incorporated into roofing and wall materials, taking on Tesla Inc. in building technology that can generate power in the smallest spaces available. Solar Frontier, a wholly owned unit of Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K., is speaking with potential partners and aiming for the second half of 2019 to begin sales, Chief ...

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