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Energy / Oil Prices

Prepare For Volatile Oil Markets As Technical And Fundamental Traders Clash

Feb 16, 2015 at 12:03 | Jim Hyerczyk

Crude Oil Outlook April Crude Oil showed strong resilience over the last two weeks, but both moves were related to technical factors. The fundamentals remain bearish,…

Why We Won’t See An Oil Price Rebound Yet

Feb 11, 2015 at 14:34 | Arthur Berman

The front page of The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, February 10 proclaimed “Oil-Price Rebound Predicted” according to the IEA (International Energy Agency). Not true. The February 10

Oil Industry Costs Will Come Down But How Fast?

Feb 10, 2015 at 17:45 | Steve Brown

I wrote earlier about oil prices, or more specifically, about where oil prices might go in the medium to long term; that was $80/bbl plus or minus $20/bbl if you…

Wall Street Has A Dream For Oil Prices

Feb 10, 2015 at 08:45 | Wolf Richter

The price of oil has bounced 20% since January 29 when the benchmark West Texas Intermediate had dipped below $44 a barrel, but according to Edward Morse, Citigroup’s global head…

Are You Asking The Wrong Question?

Feb 08, 2015 at 18:36 | Dan Dicker

A massive rally in the oil market starting last Friday has everyone asking whether oil has bottomed. As for me, I’m not sure that’s the right…

Where Oil Can Go From Here

Feb 08, 2015 at 18:08 | Jim Hyerczyk

Crude Oil Outlook If you read the crude oil news on January 29, the day that crude oil bottomed, you’ll…

Oil Prices Most Volatile Since 2009

Feb 05, 2015 at 18:07 | Nick Cunningham

The nearly 20 percent rally in oil prices over the past week raised hopes in the oil industry that the financial bloodshed might be over.…

Why Oil Won’t Go Below $40

Feb 05, 2015 at 17:59 | Robert Rapier

When I made my energy predictions for 2015, I made some very aggressive predictions. Perhaps the most aggressive was that the closing price of West…

When Conspiracy Theory Becomes Fact

Feb 04, 2015 at 11:58 | ZeroHedge

While the markets are still debating whether the price of oil is more impacted by the excess pumping of crude here, or the lack of demand…

Rise Of The Vulture Investing Class

Feb 03, 2015 at 17:19 | Nick Cunningham

The oil markets are showing some life, having rallied 11 percent over a two-day period. But if a bigger rebound is not around the corner,…

Too Little, Too Late For Venezuela?

Feb 03, 2015 at 16:46 | Global Risk Insights

Rapidly declining world oil prices, a lack of basic goods in supermarkets, insecurity, and a more united opposition look set to make 2015 the most difficult year yet for…

Oil Majors’ Profits Take A Beating

Feb 02, 2015 at 18:32 | Nick Cunningham

The first quarterly earnings reports since the collapse of oil prices are in and the numbers show a significant deterioration in profits for the oil majors.…

Winners And Losers Of Low Gasoline Prices

Jan 31, 2015 at 10:53 | Matt Smith

The price drop we have seen at the pump in recent months has been nothing short of spectacular. It has provided the equivalent of a

U.S. Crude Inventories Reach Highest Levels Since 1982

Jan 28, 2015 at 14:58 | ZeroHedge

EIA Inventory build was double expectations at 8.87 million barrels...With Total Crude Supply at its highest since at least 1982...

Increasing Demand For Refined Products Will Increase Oil Prices

Jan 27, 2015 at 16:57 | Dan Steffens

In last week’s article I posted a chart from the International Energy Agency’s recent Oil Market Report that shows global demand for refined products catching up to supply by the…

OPEC Chief Claims Oil Will Rebound Higher Than In 2008

Jan 27, 2015 at 16:42 | Andy Tully

OPEC’s secretary-general says the 7-month-old plunge in oil prices finally may have bottomed out and may be ready to rise again. In fact, Abdullah al-Badri hypothesized that a decision by…

Did Saudi Arabia Just Flinch?

Jan 27, 2015 at 13:41 | Evan Kelly

As has become the norm, oil markets reacted suddenly to comments by OPEC’s secretary general regarding the possibility of oil reaching $200 a barrel should investment die off due to…

The Cure For Low Oil Prices Is Low Oil Prices

Jan 26, 2015 at 17:25 | Dmitry Orlov

Over the course of 2014 the prices the world paid for crude oil tumbled from over $125 per barrel to around $45 per barrel now, and could easily drop further…

Oil Prices Changing The Face Of Global Geopolitics

Jan 23, 2015 at 17:56 | Andrew Topf

In a documentary that aired recently on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s popular The Fifth Estate program, an allegory of Vladimir Putin was presented. The wily Russian president was described growing…

Why $50 Oil Won’t Last

Jan 23, 2015 at 17:43 | Robert Rapier

In the past few weeks I have received numerous questions about the role of a “drop in demand” in the oil price decline. These questions are driven by many stories…

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