There is an enormous sense of relief in the U.S. at the moment. Not necessarily because the Republican Party won the mid-term elections, but just because they are over and…
The oil industry has steadily moved deeper and deeper offshore to tap oil reserves in harder to reach places. This trend is a function of depleting reserves of easy oil,…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict We are closely monitoring oil developments in Somaliland, which threaten to cause instability in northern Somalia. Somaliland’s separatist administration is proposing an Oil Protection Unit (OPU),…
Natural Gas Outlook Natural gas producers may have set a record for stockpile additions in the last week in October, but this didn’t sway traders who continued to push the…
One of the most important items to emerge in the petroleum space for some time--the first real test of U.S. export regulations around crude oil. The Wall Street Journal broke…
One of the biggest complaints levelled at the energy industry when it comes to fracking involves the amount of water used in the process of cracking open layers of shale…
For a country of the size and complexity of India, there can be no easy solution to a problem as fundamental as giving the whole country access to steady power.…
The world is in a dangerous place now. A large share of oil sellers need the revenue from oil sales. They have to continue producing, regardless of how low oil…
The US Republican Party has reason to celebrate Tuesday’s victories at the polls. Not only will they now control both the Senate and the House of Representatives when Congress reconvenes…
Another important step for the uranium market took place last week. With a key vote in Japan paving the way for the first restart of nuclear reactors in the country.…
Oil and gas technology of the future is here, and it’s claimed to be safer and more economical than fracking. As oil prices slump and fracking remains under…
The shale revolution’s sweet spot is oilfield services, the lower-risk backbone of the American oil and gas boom that pays off regardless of a play’s economics. Behind the stardom of…
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their synthesis report Sunday, Nov. 2nd. The report combines the Panel’s past work and reiterates the near unanimity in the scientific community…
Saudi Arabia’s move to cut the cost of its oil to US customers has injected fear into the oil markets, bringing the price of OPEC crude below $80 and suggesting…
In 2002 California set itself an ambitious renewable energy target – a third of its electricity from renewables by 2020 – and according to Figure 1 of the California Public…
Very interesting M&A deal this week in the mining space. For a couple of reasons. The transaction is being carried out by major Chilean copper miner Antofagasta. Which announced it…
The tsunami that destroyed a nuclear reactor at Fukushima, Japan, caused a major re-think of nuclear power, which up to the accident in 2011, had been considered a relatively safe,…
There is serious concern that the battle for control of Syria by the group calling itself the Islamic State may soon shift from the mountainous region where the fight for…
The EIA just released their Petroleum Supply Monthly where they give their estimates of US crude production as well as the crude production for all states and territories through…
The financial advisory firm Lazard recently updated its estimates for the levelized cost of different electricity generation technologies, and some observers…