2014 has been a tough year to find value in energy. With oil shale still representing the best investment opportunity in the United States but with the massive run that…
We don’t really need Brad Pitt’s latest documentary film production on Ghana and oil industry greed to tell us that Ghana is in a bit of trouble, coming down…
Stay away from Libya, where a conflict between rebels and the government threatens to spiral into an all-out civil war for control of the country’s oil wealth and the appointment…
The Insider’s weekly run-down of critical figures and happenings from around the energy world.3,941. Calorific value reportedly being considered by the Chinese government as a cut-off for coal…
I am, in general, optimistic about alternative energy in all of its many forms. While it may be a long way off, eventually human kind will have to find alternatives…
It is with incredible equanimity that the media has digested the announcement of a 5 million barrel ‘test’ release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on Wednesday, but the market certainly…
Malta, in the heart of the Mediterranean, hasn’t made that one major find to make commercial extraction viable just yet, but it’s only a matter of time--and the low-level security…
The Insider’s weekly run-down of critical figures and happenings from around the energy world.1970. Last year when Australian oil production was lower than the level for 2013—which came…
As Israel takes its newly earned place among the world’s gas exporters, we are focusing this week on the Levant Basin region, where there is a flurry of interest and…
No one at this point needs another column on the crisis in the Ukraine, the natural gas influence of Russian pipelines on Eastern Europe or speculation on the outcome of…
I am a big believer in the “teach a man to fish” principle and not just when it comes to charitable endeavors. My role here at Oilprice.com is to help…
Due to the tense standoff between Russia and Ukraine in the Crimea, and the increased pressure this has put not only on far-reaching international relations, but on Ukraine’s energy security…
The Insider’s weekly run-down of critical figures and happenings from around the energy world.$1.34. Value of proved reserves created in 2013 for each $1 spent by Gulf of…
This week we have some important updates for investors as local elections near and in light of the potential energy and geopolitical reverberations across the Black Sea from Ukraine.
Hedging is a concept too often misunderstood, or worse, badly executed. To many investors and traders, a hedge simply consists of a trade that directly opposes their main position. They…
Residents of on East Coast of the U.S. are surely eager for spring to arrive after what has been a brutal winter. It seems like every week we are digging…
Somalia, not so fastInvestors contemplating a potential move on Somalia are wise to consider that while this is the first time since a 20-year civil war and state…
25%. Interest that major petroleum player Petronas is selling in the Pacific North West Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) development in British Columbia, Canada.The firm said this week it…
This week we are turning our attention to Venezuela, where the worse unrest in 10 years is being marked by violent clashes in Caracas between police and anti-government demonstrators led…
The week of February 17 has been a violent one, with protests, intense political unrest, and many casualties in several countries around the world. Protestors in Ukraine are stealing the…