Crude oil prices ticked higher…
Apache, Marathon Oil Corp. and…
The reason that investors have…
Iraq has released detailed data about the crude oil output at each of its 26 oilfields as well as equally detailed export figures in an attempt to prove that…
Saudi Arabia has wielded immense power over both the oil producers and consumers based on its proven oil reserves. It not only has the second largest proven oil reserves at…
The oil majors began reporting their third quarter earnings in recent days, and the figures do not look good. The three-month period ending in September saw oil prices sink to…
BP said earlier this year that its capex for 2016 would come in at less than the US$17 billion it had initially planned for the year. Shell
Some positive signs indicate the long-awaited recovery in the Texas oil and gas industry may finally be on the way. But the climb back out of the hole dug since…
OPEC nations are continuing to tackle the challenge of exceptionally low oil prices. Oil majors are searching for solutions to stay afloat during a time of bitter crude oil…
I have been telling a fairly different energy story from most energy researchers. How could I possibly be correct? What have other researchers been missing? The “standard” approach is to…
Nearly six months after massive wildfires close to Canada’s oil sands forced one of the largest evacuations in the country’s history, affecting production, Leonardo DiCaprio’s new climate-change documentary threatens…
Investors have begun to take climate change more seriously now that the Paris climate agreement of December 2015 has created a new set of initials to watch, NDC for “nationally…
If I told you that I had created a process to extract pure gold from seawater, you might deem it an amazing accomplishment. If I issued a press release stating…
Tanker diplomacy In conjunction with the Dutch oil firm Trafigura and Russian fund United Capital Partners (UCP), the Russian state oil firm Rosneft closed a $12.9 billion deal with Indian…
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) has recently reported new data for oil and natural gas output through August 2016. Dean Fantazzini has kindly shared his corrected data using the…
During this oil bust, one sub-sector of energy should have been raking it in – the refiners – and yet their stocks have remained relatively flat for 2016. Low oil…
Regular readers will be aware that I have, for the last few weeks, been generally bearish on the price of oil, and for two main reasons. The strength of the…
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 sector. Each week we’ll…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The Niger Delta Avengers have again violated the ceasefire negotiated with the Nigerian federal government, blowing up Chevron’s 100,000-bpd Escravos pipeline. The militant group had…
Both December Crude Oil and December Natural Gas markets are experiencing weakness at this time for various reasons. Crude oil, for example, has been pressured off its recent high because…
• Oil moved in a narrow $49-$51 range early this week before settling near $49.70 Thursday afternoon. On the bearish side, Russia and Iraq offered uncooperative sound bites regarding production…
We begin with a look at the key figures in the energy market this week, with oil prices falling on Friday morning as a result of OPEC infighting and traders…
Despite a weaker dollar, oil prices are limping lower into the weekend, set for a first weekly decline in six. Next week we get a new month, and an onslaught…