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.…
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…
In Part 1 of this series, I talked about why cheap fuels act to create economic growth. In this post, we will look at some…
The EIA, in their INTERNATIONAL ENERGY OUTLOOK 2014 publishes what they call “World crude and lease condensate production by region and country, 2009-2040, (Table A5).…
Platts reported yesterday that analysts from Barclays have just compiled some full-year numbers for palladium supply during 2014. And the picture is bleak. Barclays notes that…
With crude oil prices collapsing and small American oil producers faced with grim choices for survival, the Darwinian nature of commodity market cycles rears its head,…
Clean coal is dead. While the notion of coal being a source of “clean” was a bit oxymoronic to begin with, the Obama administration perhaps put…
Everyone knows it by now but the growth in domestic US oil production has been truly astonishing. Spurred on by high oil prices and easy credit,…
A man wearing a mask walks past trees shrouded with pollution haze in Beijing, China Thursday, March 27, 2014. Credit:…
As oil companies fret over meager quarterly earnings because of the low price of oil, Russia’s gas monopoly, the government-controlled Gazprom, says it will be increasing…
We saw one of the most significant shifts in a long while for energy markets last week. With a key pipeline opening that will radically change…
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…
Argentina Home to First Shale Boom Outside North America and Next Big Hotbed for Energy Investment in a 2015 Election YearUniquely Positioned International Small…
President Barack Obama’s 2016 budget proposal is out; enjoy it while it lasts. The budget proposal features a significant boost in federal spending for green-energy…
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,…
This is the second in a monthly series of posts chronicling the action in the global oil market in 12 key charts. The January 2015 post…
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…
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.…
Workers are on strike at nine oil refineries and chemical plants around the United States in the largest such job action in 35 years. Members of…
Reading the general run of financial headlines might lead one to believe that price declines in those commodities which are highly sensitive to economic conditions such…