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Will It Be A Happy New Year For Energy Investors?

Dec 26, 2014 at 14:07 | Martin Tillier

It has, to say the least, been an interesting year for energy investors. 2014 started with everything looking rosy. The global recovery was in full swing, the price of oil…

Retail Gasoline: The Forgotten Investment Opportunity

Dec 26, 2014 at 14:04 | Editorial Dept

Introduction 2014 has been a busy year for energy investors, with lots of ups and downs. With a long list of unexpected geopolitical twists, there was never a…

Saudi Arabia Ready For $20, $30, $40 Oil

Dec 24, 2014 at 11:02 | Colin Chilcoat

Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell 2 and 3.3 percent respectively to start the week and Saudi Arabia is prepared to go much lower in a bid to…

Drilling Cutbacks Mean Service Companies Forced to Scrap Rigs

Dec 24, 2014 at 10:54 | Nick Cunningham

Despite the decline in oil prices, the U.S. is expected to boost production by 300,000 barrels per day in 2015, up to a yearly average of about 9.3 million barrels…

Egypt And The Double-Edged Sword Of Cheap Oil

Dec 24, 2014 at 10:47 | Andy Tully

The good news for Egypt: Inexpensive oil means the government needs to spend less on its fuel subsidies for its energy-hungry population of 86 million people, the third largest…

Chart Of The Day: Natural Gas Suggests $33 Oil

Dec 24, 2014 at 10:24 | Lance Roberts

In the last couple of months, the sharp reversion in oil prices has certainly caught the world’s attention. While the majority of economists and analysts continue to expect incorrectly that…

Did The Saudis And The US Collude In Dropping Oil Prices?

Dec 23, 2014 at 17:40 | Andrew Topf

The oil price drop that has dominated the headlines in recent weeks has been framed almost exclusively in terms of oil market economics, with most media outlets blaming Saudi Arabia,…

Low Oil Prices Pushing Venezuela Towards Default

Dec 23, 2014 at 17:31 | Nick Cunningham

Low oil prices are putting major oil producers in a squeeze. The Russian central bank has been forced to cough up foreign exchange in order to defend itself from a…

The Positive Side Of Low Oil Prices

Dec 23, 2014 at 17:23 | Andy Tully

In a year of plummeting oil prices and the dismay it brings to producers and traders, two senior economists at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) haven’t taken their eyes off…

OPEC Ministers Decry Price War Conspiracy Theories

Dec 22, 2014 at 15:49 | Andy Tully

For three weeks, OPEC’s richest and most influential countries were silent about the cartel’s decision on Nov. 27 to maintain production levels at a relatively high rate despite the oil…

Do Falling Oil Prices Raise The Threat Of Deflation?

Dec 22, 2014 at 15:19 | James Hamilton

The spectacular drop in oil prices means that inflation is going to fall even further below the Fed’s 2% target. Does that raise any new risks for the economy? I…

Basic Arithmetic Letting Oil Companies Down

Dec 19, 2014 at 14:18 | Dan Dicker

Sesame Street is better at math than the oil companies are right now. Virtually every midsized oil exploration and production company has recently claimed not only to maintain production levels…

Strike While The Majors Are Cheap

Dec 19, 2014 at 14:14 | Martin Tillier

This big collapse in the price of oil that has occurred in the second half of this year is the result of a combination of factors. Dollar strength as other…

Oil Price Scenarios For 2015 And 2016

Dec 17, 2014 at 14:58 | Euan Mearns

A couple of weeks ago I had a post titled The 2014 Oil Price Crash Explained. In this post I use the empirical supply and demand dynamic described in…

Sanctions, Oil Prices Push Russia Into Currency Crisis

Dec 16, 2014 at 14:49 | Nick Cunningham

As oil prices show no sign of recovery, Russia is facing a sudden and acute currency crisis. Oil prices have essentially dropped by half in just a few months, and…

Don’t Expect Low Oil Prices To Last For Long

Dec 16, 2014 at 14:28 | Dave Summers

When I last wrote about the global supply of oil, it was back in October, as the fall in oil prices was developing. Since then the price has continued to…

How Will US Fed React To Low Oil Prices

Dec 16, 2014 at 11:24 | Global Risk Insights

Falling oil prices are the newest wrench in the Fed’s decision making, but the effect might seem counter-intuitive. Since the Fed’s last meeting in October, oil prices have fallen 25%.…

The Hidden Costs Of Cheap Oil

Dec 15, 2014 at 15:59 | Kurt Cobb

As a consumer of oil, you may regard recent sharp declines in the world oil price as a blessing. But... If you work in the oil industry, you will not.…

OPEC Denies Price War, Shows Faith In Markets

Dec 15, 2014 at 15:52 | Andy Tully

OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri is urging the cartel’s 12 members to maintain production and exploration despite a lower demand for oil. Yet al-Badri told an energy conference in Dubai on…

Low Oil Prices Could Point To A More Serious Problem

Dec 15, 2014 at 15:43 | James Hamilton

West Texas Intermediate sold for $105 a barrel at the start of July, but ended last week at $58. The most important factor has been surging U.S. production. But…

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