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Energy

Why You Should ‘Sell’ The OPEC Meeting This Time Around

Sep 06, 2019 at 12:35 | Editorial Dept

There are very few reliable patterns in any market, let alone the volatile oil markets. There is, however, one thing that seems to happen more often than not. Over the…

The Lesson Oil Markets Will Never Learn

Sep 06, 2019 at 12:34 | Editorial Dept

Oil prices rallied nicely earlier this week on optimism surrounding US-China trade war talks, but lessons here are never learned by the market, which is continually roped in by vague…

US Producers Continue To Pump At Record Rates As Rig Count Drops

Sep 06, 2019 at 12:33 | Julianne Geiger

The US oil and gas rig count fell again this week, decreasing by 6 for the week, according to Baker Hughes, but US oil companies are pumping oil at record…

Three Essential Factors For Oil Prices In 2020

Sep 06, 2019 at 09:21 | Rystad Energy

Three essential factors will determine the direction of the oil price next year, according to Rystad Energy. In a market update, Bjørnar Tonhaugen, head of oil market research at Rystad…

The Coming M&A Wave In U.S. Shale

Sep 05, 2019 at 16:55 | Nick Cunningham

The world’s largest oilfield services companies warned of write-downs and consolidation due to a slowdown in the U.S. shale industry. Spending cuts by shale drillers could force a consolidation, Halliburton’s…

Argentina’s Shale Boom In Jeopardy

Sep 05, 2019 at 16:51 | Nick Cunningham

Argentina’s state-owned oil company, YPF, has vowed to continue its plans for both shale development and for LNG exports, but it may find it difficult to outrun the political and…

Scientists Find Cheaper Way Of Tapping Shale Gas Resources

Sep 05, 2019 at 16:44 | Irina Slav

Amid a persistent glut of natural gas in the United States and globally, researchers from Penn State University said they had found a more cost-effective way of finding shale…

Analyst: OPEC’s Cuts Actually Destabilize Oil Market

Sep 05, 2019 at 13:37 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Contrary to its official mission to stabilize the oil market, OPEC’s strategy is doing the contrary—the oil production cuts are destabilizing the oil market, Emirates NBD’s Commodity Analyst Edward…

The Lithium Glut Is Far From Over

Sep 05, 2019 at 12:16 | Tsvetana Paraskova

A few years ago, lithium producers started boosting production to anticipate the growing demand for the key battery metal for electric vehicles (EVs). For a few years, producers and investors…

The Dramatic Rise Of Carbon Credits

Sep 05, 2019 at 12:01 | Nick Cunningham

The price of carbon in Europe has fallen in recent weeks due to the political turmoil in the UK as the country weighs a no-deal Brexit, but carbon prices are…

World’s Top Oil Trader Sees Oil Prices Weakening This Year

Sep 05, 2019 at 10:56 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Vitol, the world’s biggest independent oil trader, expects oil prices to weaken in the fourth quarter this year, although prices are unlikely to be below $50 a barrel for a…

Oil Rises After EIA Reports Crude Inventory Draw

Sep 05, 2019 at 10:31 | Irina Slav

A day after the American Petroleum Institute once again surprised traders by reporting an estimated build in U.S. crude oil inventories, the Energy Information Administration released its own…

2020 Election Could Put Oil Out Of Business

Sep 04, 2019 at 17:15 | Nick Cunningham

The Democratic presidential candidates are gearing up for a lengthy town hall event on CNN covering climate change, where they will discuss a range of plans that will entirely upend…

European Gas Prices Plunge To 10-Year Low

Sep 04, 2019 at 17:00 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Natural gas prices in Europe are set to drop even lower than the current ten-year lows this fall. Storage facilities across the continent are fuller than usual for this time…

Asia Gears Up For Energy Storage Boom

Sep 04, 2019 at 16:14 | Irina Slav

Energy storage was once called by an industry insider the Holy Grail of renewables. Indeed, there has been ample proof that renewable power without storage is not as reliable as…

Is This The Key To Wider Nuclear Adoption?

Sep 04, 2019 at 15:27 | Haley Zaremba

Around the world, a debate about nuclear energy is coming to a boiling point. Nuclear has dominated headlines, from Russia’s recent controversial launch of a floating nuclear plant and…

World’s Largest EV Markets Face Slowdown

Sep 04, 2019 at 13:50 | Jon LeSage

For electric vehicle sales to reach a solid share of global auto sales, serious growth surges will need to happen. But that's off for now in China, by far…

Russia To Expand In World’s Fastest Growing Oil Market

Sep 04, 2019 at 12:36 | Irina Slav

Russia and India are about to get a lot more intimate in the energy sector next week, when the two countries announce what’s dubbed a Far East Energy Corridor involving…

Oil Jumps 4% On Positive Chinese Economic Data

Sep 04, 2019 at 11:48 | Julianne Geiger

The bleak outlook on the overall global economy has combined with the trade war worries to pressure prices over the last few days, but today’s economic data that is…

Trade War Impasse Keeps Oil Prices From Rising

Sep 04, 2019 at 11:42 | Editorial Dept

The first week of September continued on the course set by August, most of the market motion can be boiled down to the US-China trade conflict jeopardizing growth prospects across…

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