Middle-East Tensions Soar After Critical Phone Call
The latest bilateral contact between…
How Will Venezuela Deal With A PDVSA Default?
Venezuela’s state-run PDVSA is moving…
Energy / Oil Prices
Is An Oil Price Spike Imminent?
As the U.S. market begins its recovery from the double whammy served up by hurricanes Harvey and Irma, my earlier projections of where crude oil prices are headed have come true.…
Is The Sun Setting On The Solar Boom?
The U.S. solar industry is expected to see its expansion significantly curtailed this year after installing record capacity in 2016, marking the first annual decline in installations for the industry.…
The Most Bullish Oil Report This Year
Despite the huge uncertainties related to the two massive hurricanes that hit the U.S., the global oil market looks tighter than it has in a long time, according to a…
The Boring Truth About Oil Prices
The outlook for 2018 oil prices is dull. A majority of pundits have now corralled their one-year forecasts into a narrow, “lower-for-longer” price band, with little disagreement. A humdrum, fifty-dollar-a-barrel…
How Will Venezuela Deal With A PDVSA Default?
While debt servicing has been a government priority, declining external liquidity and a deteriorating domestic situation (three-digit hyperinflation, shortages, and a political crisis between the government and the National Assembly)…
Unknown Oil & Gas Deal Just Changed The Global Energy Balance
One of the biggest energy stories this year has been Russia’s Rosneft buying India’s Essar Oil — giving the Russian company a firm grip on one of the world’s biggest
Middle-East Tensions Soar After Critical Phone Call
One phone-call can change a geopolitical landscape. The last bilateral contact between the Emir of Qatar Tamim Bin Hamad and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman last Friday is the…
Should OPEC Extend The Production Cut Deal?
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih has discussed with his Venezuelan and Kazakhs counterparts the option of extending the crude oil production cut deal beyond the March 31, 2018 deadline,…
Russia’s Rosneft Expects $40 Oil In 2018
Russia’s largest oil producer, Rosneft, expects oil prices to average between $40 and $43 per barrel next year, and is preparing for such prices, Rosneft’s CEO Igor Sechin told TV…
Can WTI Break Out Of The High $40s?
The most likely case is that WTI will remain stuck in the upper $40 to lower $50 range through December 2017. Comparative inventories have fallen dramatically since mid-February yet oil…
