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The Hottest Permian Takeover Targets For 2020

Jan 06, 2020 at 11:52 | Charles Kennedy

Not counting the decade’s largest acquisition deal, the $57-billion Occidental takeover of Anadarko, 2019 saw only $39 billion in oil and gas deals. But if the $11 billion deals in…

Iran's Retaliation Could Cause A Middle East Oil Shock

Jan 06, 2020 at 10:07 | Gregory R. Copley

Iran’s clerical leadership, under “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Hoseini Khamene‘i, is expected to make rapid, significant, and symbolic responses to the targeted killing in Baghdad on January…

Oil Jumps Again As Middle East Tensions Escalate

Jan 06, 2020 at 09:06 | Irina Slav

Brent crude topped $70 a barrel today for the first time in months on the unending flow of updates from the Middle East that point towards further escalation between…

U.S. Shale Struggles To Ride Out The Storm

Jan 03, 2020 at 14:30 | Nick Cunningham

U.S. drilling activity continued to contract in the fourth quarter, and the sense of gloom among shale drillers in Texas remains palpable. The latest data from the Dallas Federal…

The Biggest Wild Card In 2020 Oil Markets

Jan 03, 2020 at 14:28 | Irina Slav

Concern about global oil demand and OPEC+ production cuts are now part of the oil price landscape and few expect any surprises coming from these directions. There is, however, a…

Why Pirates Are Giving Up On Oil

Jan 03, 2020 at 14:26 | Julianne Geiger

Piracy in some of the world’s most critical oil chokepoints is on the rise--but now, pirates are resorting back to another method of income generation better suited to times of…

Can We Live The Good Life With Less Energy?

Jan 03, 2020 at 14:25 | Irina Slav

Declarations of a climate emergency are the latest fad among world governments. Everyone wants to be in the cool crowd of those ready to save the planet with their own…

2020 Will Be A Crucial Year For Oil

Jan 03, 2020 at 14:23 | Nick Cunningham

It’s the start of a new year and a new decade, and the oil market is as unpredictable as ever. Will OPEC+ extend its cuts? Will U.S. shale finally grind…

Prospect Of War Pushes Oil To Seven Month High

Jan 03, 2020 at 13:57 | Tom Kool

Oil prices spiked immediately after the U.S. killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on Thursday. Soleimani, as head of the Quds force of the Revolutionary Guard, was a very powerful…

Six Energy Stocks To Keep An Eye On This Year

Jan 03, 2020 at 13:13 | Martin Tillier

A couple of weeks ago, I offered reasons why I believed that after a decade of underperformance, 2020 could be the year that energy finally starts to play catch up…

Investors Are Scrambling To Get Into This Crucial Metal

Jan 03, 2020 at 13:13 | Editorial Dept

Friday January 3, 2020 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in the energy…

Exxon Discovers Even More Oil In Guyana

Jan 03, 2020 at 13:13 | Editorial Dept

Discovery & Development • Exxon (with Hess) has announced another (the 15th) discovery offshore Guyana in the Stabroek block, just days after they started producing first oil from the Liza…

These Oil Stocks Are Soaring As Middle East Risk Explodes

Jan 03, 2020 at 10:57 | Charles Kennedy

Oil prices gained $3 overnight, but there is a lineup of stocks benefitting from the fear premium following the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards…

Oil Soars Following U.S. Killing Of Iran’s Top General

Jan 03, 2020 at 03:19 | Tom Kool

Oil prices soared early on Friday morning after U.S. forces in Iraq assassinated Iran’s most powerful and visible military leader, Qassem Soleimani. The United States killed the Iranian…

Is This The Next Great Oil Frontier?

Jan 02, 2020 at 12:01 | Meredith Taylor

Nigeria has long been known for its oil riches. Angola has too, but decades of entrenched corruption have chased foreign investors away. Emerging markets are where oil upside might be…

Is This The Oil Play Of 2020?

Jan 02, 2020 at 11:53 | Alex Kimani

As we kick off the 2020s, it’s perhaps time to stop looking at the drillers and focus on the companies that hold the mineral rights as investors get whiplash from…

Are Oil Stocks ‘Too Toxic To Trade’

Jan 02, 2020 at 11:45 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Amid growing concerns about climate change, activists, shareholders, and many investors have started to see oil companies as the next ‘Big Tobacco’ set of toxic stocks because of Big Oil’s…

Russia’s “Chernobyl On Ice” Gets A Major Lifeline

Jan 02, 2020 at 10:38 | Haley Zaremba

Last week Russia made history by flipping the power switch on the “Akademik Lomonosov,” a cutting-edge nuclear power plant afloat in the Arctic Ocean. While the project has been

Russian Oil Production Hits New Records Despite OPEC+ Deal

Jan 02, 2020 at 09:25 | Irina Slav

Crude oil and condensate production in Russia hit a record high for the post-Soviet era in 2019, despite Moscow’s key role in supporting the ongoing production cuts of the OPEC+…

A Dark Horse Oil Stock In 2020

Dec 31, 2019 at 13:20 | David Messler

Introduction Newpark, (NR) is an oddity in the oilfield service space. It is an independent-meaning it's not part of a big conglomerate service company, mud and completion fluids company…

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