Energy / Energy-General

Mar 23, 2020 at 09:08 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Amid crashing oil prices, oil firms are rushing to cut budgets and exposure to the most prolific shale basin in the United States, the Permian, yet industry bodies expect the shale…

Mar 20, 2020 at 17:27 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Russia sees a silver lining in the oil price collapse—it now believes that the oil price war will help it win the war for natural gas market share…

Mar 20, 2020 at 17:05 | Nick Cunningham

The U.S. shale industry is burning through cash so fast that even the state of Texas is looking at government rationed production targets.  Texas Railroad Commissioner…

Mar 20, 2020 at 16:58 | Julianne Geiger

The SARS CoV2 virus that is behind the COVID-19 pandemic has finally ravaged the United States, and cities and states are reacting to its brutality by shutting stuff…

Mar 20, 2020 at 16:57 | Michael Kern

Among the world’s 20 biggest oil-producing countries, there’s only one that has--as far as anyone really knows--escaped the coronavirus, but it’s got problems that are just as big. …

Mar 20, 2020 at 16:57 | Yale Global

Since 2016, as an informal leader of the 13-strong non-OPEC group, Russia has been instrumental in the pricing of oil as Saudi Arabia, leading producer in the Organization…

Mar 20, 2020 at 16:45 | Stuart Burns

Various reports hit the news feeds today quoting a deliberately headline-grabbing statement by Paul Sankey, managing director at Mizuho Securities, in which he is reported as saying, “Oil…

Mar 20, 2020 at 16:39 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Russia will not be the one to first demand a stop to the oil price war with Saudi Arabia because Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to yield to what…

Mar 20, 2020 at 12:49 | Julianne Geiger

Baker Hughes reported that the number of oil and gas rigs in the US plummeted this week by 20­, falling to 772, with the total oil and gas rigs clocking…

Mar 20, 2020 at 12:45 | Tom Kool

The rebound in oil prices on Thursday didn’t last long as bearish sentiment once again took hold on Friday morning, with some analysts contemplating the possibility of $5 WTI. 

Mar 20, 2020 at 12:04 | Editorial Dept

Crude oil futures are set to finish the week sharply lower despite a two-day counter-trend rally on Thursday and Friday. The price action suggests that even tremendous levels of monetary…

Mar 20, 2020 at 12:02 | Editorial Dept

1. These currencies have plunged the most- The pandemic has hit China, Iran, Western Europe…

Mar 20, 2020 at 12:00 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict There is one clear benefit of coronarvirus - however temporary and however fragile: A sense of world peace, even if it’s not real. COVID has officially…

Mar 20, 2020 at 11:58 | Editorial Dept

Historically, a large part of the appeal of investing in the energy sector has, for many people, been the dividend payouts that the sector offers. Recently though, even that advantage…

Mar 20, 2020 at 11:57 | Editorial Dept

Time To Blink In COVID-Infected Oil Price War As the oil price war continues, with the Saudis holding out and flooding the market with oil, the next logical stage is…

Mar 19, 2020 at 18:02 | Nick Cunningham

WTI dropped into the low $20s on Wednesday, and the near-term outlook is grim. Oil lobbyists have pushed Congress for help, and a group of Republican Senators

Mar 19, 2020 at 18:00 | Irina Slav

It feels like 2014 for the oil industry all over again, except this time, things could get even worse.  Most U.S. shale wells have a breakeven…

Mar 19, 2020 at 14:06 | Irina Slav

With West Texas Intermediate below $30 a barrel and Saudi Arabia’s plans to keep pumping as much as it can for as long as it…

Mar 19, 2020 at 12:46 | Alex Kimani

Conventional wisdom dictates that water and oil do not mix--at least for those of us who are not MIT engineers. But a new…

Mar 19, 2020 at 11:09 | Robert Rapier

Last week someone commented to me that Chevron could now buy Occidental Petroleum cheaper than it offered to acquire Anadarko. There is an element of truth to the statement, but…