I can tell you exactly how the crisis in the Ukraine is going to play out. This has major implications for the global economy, financial markets and your personal portfolio,…
Weak global oil demand is keeping a lid on prices, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), and that’s bad news for companies carrying a…
The Panama Canal turns 100 years old this week, marking a century for the engineering feat considered by many to be one of the great wonders of the industrial world.…
Researchers in London say they’ve come up with an entirely new way to generate and direct electrical currents in semiconductors by focusing on an alternative to the current approach.
The best time to buy commodities is when most producers are losing money.Such unprofitable periods reliably mark cyclical lows in metals and energy. Because when no one is…
A new report says the U.S. government dramatically underestimated the level of greenhouse gas emissions that would result if the controversial proposed Keystone XL pipeline becomes a reality.
Independent gas producers in Ukraine are joining forces to pressure the government in Kiev to re-think its new gas tax before everyone makes a run for the border in search…
The followers of the new so-called Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS, have been on the rampage again this week, wreaking havoc and sowing death and destruction across Iraq. If…
With Ukraine and the Middle East currently engulfed in turmoil, Turkey is trying to play a new energy-export card and, in the process, strengthen its position as a regional energy…
News this week that major energy reforms are coming. In one of the most intriguing exploration centers on the planet: Kazakhstan.Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev said he is disbanding…
Nine years ago, U.S. President George W. Bush passed the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) with the goal of lessening America's dependence on foreign oil supplies and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
After several years of very little progress, Brazil is finally beginning to extract oil from ultra-deep water. It’s a welcome development for the South American country, which has experienced four…
Ukraine is planning to impose sanctions on Russia that might include an effort to starve its larger and richer neighbor of income by stopping the flow of Russian gas through…
In the last several years, Tanzania has suffered from a growing energy deficit, in part due to recurring droughts that have crippled hydropower…
A lot of observers are wondering when the bottom will come for the gold market.And evidence globally is starting to suggest it could be soon.One of…
Mexico’s Congress have given final approval to a far-reaching energy reform bill that will open up the oil and gas sector to private investment for the first time in 75…
caption: The Land of the Rising Sun is caught in a delicate balancing act when it comes to siding with the U.S. and the…
One neighbor cuts off the gas, another halts petrol deliveries and Mother Nature cooks up an unusually dry season. It all means Kyrgyzstan faces a potentially catastrophic energy crisis this…
Statoil says its failure so far to find commercial quantities of oil and gas in the Arctic Barents Sea doesn’t mean the company is ready to write off exploration in…
West Africa has had a tough go of things lately.The recent flare-up of ebola in places like Guinea has topped off a deeper list of issues. One of…