OilPrice Articles Archive

Crude Prices Stagnate Amid Doubts About Global Demand :: 12th March 2010

Ecuador Continues Its Defense in Arbitration Commenced By Chevron :: 12th March 2010

Shipping Indices Highlight a Potential Commodities Sell Off :: 12th March 2010

Damage Done By Nigeria’s Contentious Oil Bill May Be Tough To Undo :: 11th March 2010

The Debt Potato :: 11th March 2010

What is the Biggest Question in the Markets Right Now? :: 11th March 2010

DOE Stimulus Grant Throws Spotlight on Growing Need for Energy Storage :: 11th March 2010

Groundbreaking Developments in Gold and Mineral Exploration :: 10th March 2010

Shell, PetroChina bid for Australian coal gas producer as Asia seeks energy resources :: 9th March 2010

A Bull Market Requires a Healthy Consumer Underneath :: 9th March 2010

There Will be No Economic Recovery as the Era of Cheap Oil Comes to an End :: 8th March 2010

Chevron to Seek Shale Gas in Poland as Europe Focuses on Unconventional Reserves :: 8th March 2010

Libya: The Energy Player Not to Be Dismissed :: 6th March 2010

U.S. Jobs Data Propels Crude Oil Above $80 a Barrel :: 5th March 2010

EU Offers $3.1 Billion for Energy Infrastructure Projects, Including Caspian Pipeline :: 5th March 2010

Wind Energy Stimulus Funds Benefiting Foreign Workers, Senators Charge :: 5th March 2010

Iraqi Elections Likely To Fuel Ethnic Tensions, Further Delay Access To Kirkuk's Reserves :: 4th March 2010

U.S. Governors Seek "Onramp" to Pipeline for Booming Bakken Shale Output :: 4th March 2010

Is the Dollar Really Safer Than the Euro? :: 4th March 2010

Gazprom Finally Accepts that Shale Gas Has Changed the World :: 3rd March 2010

Fossil Fuel Producers Stepping up the Fight Against Renewable Energy Sources :: 3rd March 2010

Yemen's Push Into the Gas Sector Fails to Stimulate Great Excitement and Raises Disturbing Questions :: 3rd March 2010

Why the Euro Might Devolve into Euro1 and Euro2 :: 2nd March 2010

The Great Divide of Natural Gas :: 2nd March 2010

Is the Shale Gas Revolution Coming to Europe? Should Russia be Concerned :: 2nd March 2010

Iraq Awards Drilling Contract as it Reaches for Ambitious Oil Production Target :: 2nd March 2010

Natural Gas and Commodity Market Summary for 02/22/2010 to 02/26/2010 :: 1st March 2010

Renewed Battle for the Falkland Islands Suits the Embattled British, Argentine Leaders, and Others :: 1st March 2010

Chinese Shipping Indices go Ballistic as Wave of Exports Leave China :: 1st March 2010

Energy Efficiency and its Impact on Energy Demand :: 28th February 2010

New Framework for European Geothermal Industry Encourages Exploration Companies to Investigate New Resources :: 27th February 2010

Crude Oil Hits Ceiling in Week as Hedge Funds Attack Euro :: 26th February 2010

Growing Environmental Concerns on U.S. Shale Oil and Gas Projects :: 26th February 2010

Seismic Activity in Japanese Commodity Markets :: 25th February 2010

Analysts Remain Bullish on Schlumberger After Bid for Smith International :: 25th February 2010

China's Ambitions Reshaping South Asia as it Surges into India's Backyard :: 25th February 2010

One Night Stand Pricing :: 24th February 2010

Reports of $20 billion Total investment brighten Nigerian oil outlook :: 24th February 2010

Kurds Push for Oil Law with Baghdad Amid South's Sudden Bright Future :: 24th February 2010

Is the North Sea Oil Production Bonanza Approaching Twilight? :: 23rd February 2010

U.S. Offers $1.37 Billion Loan Guarantee to California Solar Power Project :: 23rd February 2010

New U.S. Study Triples Estimate of Nation's Wind Power Potential :: 22nd February 2010

A Wave of Steel :: 22nd February 2010

Energy for Electric Vehicles Dealt a Blow by Bolivian Lithium Production :: 22nd February 2010

Oil Prices Rise Amid Mixed Economic Data as Euro Concerns Ebb :: 20th February 2010

Peak Oil and the Investment Landscape: A Look at the Potential Winners and Losers :: 19th February 2010

US Energy Security Placed at risk as Oil & Gas Companies are Penalised by Obama Administration :: 19th February 2010

Libya Courting Oil & Gas Investors but Faces a Tough Sell Following Recent Government Fiascos :: 18th February 2010

The Potential of Natural Gas as a Future Energy Source :: 17th February 2010

Losing the Red Queen's Race :: 17th February 2010

Kill American Oil & Gas Exploration Bans, Unlock $2.4 Trillion :: 16th February 2010

Fed Chooses to Exit Through Eye of Needle :: 16th February 2010

Oil Sands receive a big vote of confidence from Oil Major BP :: 15th February 2010

More About Oil (Part 2): OPEC'S STRATEGY :: 15th February 2010

More About Oil (Part 1): A Preview of The New Decade :: 15th February 2010

China's Monetary Moves Undercut Crude Oil Rally :: 12th February 2010

Two Important Observations About Nuclear Energy :: 11th February 2010

New Invention Using Spent Nuclear Fuel Rods Could Unlock U.S. Oil Reserves Three Times Larger Than Saudi Arabia's :: 11th February 2010

The US-PRC Strategic Divide Begins :: 10th February 2010

Iran Unfazed By Congressional Threats of New Energy Sanctions :: 9th February 2010

Free Marketplace Intelligence and Global Big Picture Analysis for Traders and Investors :: 8th February 2010

The U.S. Dollar is Finally Getting Invited Back to the Investment Party :: 8th February 2010

Endless Oil: Prices NOT Peaks are the Issue :: 8th February 2010

Crude oil prices drop as investors seek safe haven in the U.S. dollar :: 5th February 2010

Oil Futures Plunge, Bond Markets Vote America (Alert) :: 5th February 2010

Rogue Aluminium Shipments Suggest Chinese Metal Stockpiles are Being Re-Exported :: 5th February 2010

China's Success Taking its Toll on Neighbours :: 4th February 2010

The Coming Copper Crisis and Price Forecasting - Is There a Better Way? :: 3rd February 2010

Renewable Energy Coming Under Fire Over Subsidies and Shortcuts :: 3rd February 2010

Government Intent on Curbing Speculation and Contract Ownership in Energy Markets :: 3rd February 2010

As the Middle East Peace Talks Hit Deadlock, Talk of Israel Joining the European Union Increases :: 2nd February 2010

A Mortally Wounded Private Sector :: 2nd February 2010

Oil and Gas Industry Weathers Shifting Climate :: 1st February 2010

10 Geopolitical Predictions for 2010 & Short Term Strategic Outlook :: 30th January 2010

Energy prices sink lower despite strong GDP growth :: 29th January 2010

Save The Middle Class While Fixing the Banks for Good :: 29th January 2010

Gazprom: Angel or Demon? :: 28th January 2010

Are Official Estimates of Oil Reserves Correct? What Does this Mean for Oil Prices :: 28th January 2010

Changing the Balance of Power: 16 Geopolitical Megatrends Affecting Every Aspect of your Life :: 28th January 2010

Canada's Alluring Energy Supply Regaining it's Lustre Despite Continued Criticism :: 27th January 2010

Intelligence Report from Capitol Hill :: 27th January 2010

Despite Financial Constraints, Indonesia Continues to Slowly Modernize its Defenses :: 27th January 2010

The Value of Empty Space - Japan Secures Oil Supply :: 26th January 2010

Quick Take of the Markets Today :: 26th January 2010

Weekly Energy and Climate Roundup (Intelligence report) :: 26th January 2010

Get Ready, A Major Change Has Hit :: 25th January 2010

OilPrice.com Launches FREE Weekly Intelligence Newsletter :: 23rd January 2010

Crude Oil Prices Fall Victim to China Syndrome :: 22nd January 2010

Will India Become the Largest Nuclear Energy Producer in the World? :: 22nd January 2010

Oil, Politics and Power :: 21st January 2010

America: Export Nation? :: 20th January 2010

Is the Market Flashing a "Sell" Signal :: 19th January 2010

Media and Political Hysteria Over Yemen Hides a Deeper Strategic Matrix of Long-Term Importance :: 19th January 2010

A Look at the Exploration Business and Mining Economics :: 18th January 2010

Oil Prices Fall as Winter Premium Melts Away :: 16th January 2010

The Tepee Shaped Recovery :: 15th January 2010

Canada's Oil Sands, Tarnished Images and Dirty Commodities :: 15th January 2010

Lending Takes Another Teeth-Kick :: 15th January 2010

Have Your Say on Oilprice.com Articles (Comments now allowed) :: 13th January 2010

Thoughts from Asia's Gold Exchange :: 13th January 2010

Nigeria's Constitutional Dilemma Coming to an Unpredictable Head :: 12th January 2010

The US Finds its Superpower Structure and Capital are Insufficient to Cope with a Transformed World :: 11th January 2010

A Limp Oil World :: 11th January 2010

A Disobliging Update on the Price of Oil :: 9th January 2010

What Happens When the Wells Run Dry? :: 8th January 2010

Land-locked Central Asian Oil Country Plays Important Role from Vancouver to Vladivostok :: 7th January 2010

So You Think You Can Debase a Currency :: 7th January 2010

A Gas Company Revolutionizes Canadian Oil :: 6th January 2010

Sharoudi Emerging as Candidate to Replace Khamene'i as Iranian "Supreme Leader" :: 5th January 2010

Carbon Sequestration - Is burying Carbon Dioxide underground a realistic option? :: 4th January 2010

Liquidity Problems - Two Major Miners Run out of Cash :: 4th January 2010

Iran to Surge to a Hegemonic Position in the Middle East Without a Major War :: 1st January 2010

Clean Coal - Not as Clean as We Thought :: 30th December 2009

Petro Unfriendly California Changing it's Stance on Oil :: 30th December 2009

Interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan Set to Collide, With Global Implications :: 29th December 2009

Exxon's Built in Escape Hatch From the Shale Gas Game :: 29th December 2009

Iraq to Challenge Saudi Arabia for the Position of World's Largest Oil Producer, if... :: 27th December 2009

Forget Solar & Wind Power High Lipid Algae and Nuclear Fission Show Greater Promise :: 27th December 2009

India Facing Fierce Competition in its Search for Oil and Natural Gas Resources :: 24th December 2009

Unstimulating America - How do you Undo a Trillion Dollars? :: 23rd December 2009

Arab Leaders Finally Awake to Growing Iranian Threat :: 23rd December 2009

The Two Kinds of Junior Natural Resource Companies :: 22nd December 2009

Nigerian Leadership Crisis Impacting Global Energy Markets :: 19th December 2009

Growing Power of Iraqi Kurdistan Could Backfire on Tehran :: 18th December 2009

Climate Change: Clean Coal, Nuclear Energy or Simply Energy Savings? :: 15th December 2009

The Natural Gas Sector, Shale Gas & Exxon's $31 Billion Takeover of XTO Energy :: 15th December 2009

Is Turkey Shifting Alliances? :: 15th December 2009

The Great Oil Grab! How the Major Powers are Dividing the World's Resources :: 14th December 2009

The Great Competition Over Energy Shoves and Shapes the Emergence of the "New Caucasus" :: 12th December 2009

Natural Gas Advances Save The World From Energy Crisis :: 12th December 2009

How to Guarantee Success - Why Mexico Hedged it’s 2010 Oil Production at $57 per barrel :: 11th December 2009

Speakable and Unspeakable About The Copenhagen Climate Meeting :: 11th December 2009

The Hot Money Likes Commodities These Days :: 10th December 2009

Iran Gains Strategic Momentum Balancing Russia, the PRC and the West :: 10th December 2009

The economic impact of global warming :: 10th December 2009

The Continuing Saga of Iran's Nuclear Build-Up :: 8th December 2009

Why Are We So Obsessed With Gold? :: 7th December 2009

Oil and the Environment - What are Oil Companies Doing to Clean up Their Act :: 4th December 2009

A Detailed Guide on the Many Different Types of Crude Oil :: 2nd December 2009

Environmentalists Admit Being Wrong for 40 Years - Shackles of Nuclear Power Being Removed :: 30th November 2009

Nuclear Energy: Safe Clean and Efficient - Leave Chernobyl in the Past :: 27th November 2009

New Techniques Oil Companies are Using in Drilling for Oil :: 25th November 2009

Biofuel of the Future - Turning our Garbage into Energy :: 23rd November 2009

Global Warming - Are We Being Lied To? :: 21st November 2009

Central Asia's Most Precious Resource - Water, Not Oil :: 20th November 2009

The Hidden Costs of Energy Production: $120 billion a year + :: 18th November 2009

Big Oil - A Look at The Worlds Most Powerful Companies :: 16th November 2009

Turkey and Russia - Tender Relations Over Nuclear Power :: 13th November 2009

What Is The Future of Oil? Are Alternatives Ready to Take up the Gauntlet! :: 12th November 2009

Do Oil prices Really have an Impact on Financial Markets? Yes and No :: 10th November 2009

Are There Any Realistic Alternatives To Oil And Gas :: 6th November 2009

Silver - Gold's Poorer Cousin Uncovered :: 4th November 2009

Interdependence, Integration and Investment:The Ineluctable Need to Find New Emerging Oil Players :: 3rd November 2009

How Long Can The Gold Bull Keep On Charging? :: 2nd November 2009

The Caspian Fortune Cookie - $12 trillion at Stake; Beijing Happy With "Multiple Pipelines" :: 30th October 2009

Are we at the Start of Another Commodity Boom? According to Jim Rogers we are :: 29th October 2009

How to Speculate in the Energy Markets: Crude Oil Traders have Options :: 28th October 2009

Nuclear Fusion - The Answer To All Of Our Energy Needs? :: 27th October 2009

Turkmen Gas - Caveat emptor :: 24th October 2009

The Oil Industry And Its Effect On Global Politics :: 22nd October 2009

What is Peak Oil Theory? A Thorough Look at This heavily Debated Topic :: 21st October 2009

Myth and Meaning in the Great World of Energy Economics :: 20th October 2009

WHERE DO THE OIL & REFINING STOCKS GO FROM HERE? :: 20th October 2009

Death of the Dollar! Is the end of the Greenback Truly at Hand? :: 17th October 2009

EIA Data Points to a Bullish Gas Market :: 17th October 2009

America's Best Ally in Afghanistan - Russia :: 16th October 2009

Harnessing the Power of the Sun: The Solar Power Plant :: 16th October 2009

Oil Spills: The Science Behind Cleanups! :: 15th October 2009

Keeping our eyes on the ball :: 13th October 2009

Georgia - Energy Bridge To Conflict :: 9th October 2009

A MEDIA FAILURE COMPOUNDS THE FINANCIAL FAILURE: :: 7th October 2009

The Truth About Biofuels! :: 7th October 2009

A Recent History Of Oil Prices! And Causes of the violent movements :: 5th October 2009

Platinum - Gold’s big brother Uncovered! :: 2nd October 2009

Afghan War a Subset of U.S. Efforts to Secure Central Asian Energy Riches :: 1st October 2009

The Benefits of Natural Gas :: 30th September 2009

What Exactly “IS” Natural Gas? :: 28th September 2009

Solar Energy - Are Our Expectations Too High? :: 25th September 2009

Oil Shale - So Just What Is It! :: 24th September 2009

Coal - Cheap Fuel Or Environmental Catastrophe? :: 23rd September 2009

Natural Gas - Just How Clean Is This Energy? :: 22nd September 2009

Oil is not a Villain! Here's what it's done for us :: 21st September 2009

Our Pathway To Escaping the Oncoming Energy Crisis! :: 20th September 2009

Solar Energy - What is it and what does it promise? :: 18th September 2009

Why Copper Is Such An Important Economic Indicator! :: 17th September 2009

A Beginners Guide to Renewable Energy :: 24th July 2009

What is Crude Oil?-A Detailed Explanation on this Essential Fossil Fuel :: 24th July 2009

Heating Oil - This Essential Fuel Explained! :: 24th July 2009

What are the Causes of Global warming :: 24th July 2009

What exactly is Nuclear power and how does it work :: 24th July 2009

What Affects Gas Prices :: 24th July 2009

Wind Power - A Renewable That’s Actually Delivering! :: 24th July 2009

Oil Prices and the Financial Markets :: 24th July 2009

Fuel Cells - An Environmental Saviour or Just a Load of Hype :: 24th July 2009

Hydroelectric Energy Explained :: 24th July 2009

Commodity Trading – A Basic Guide :: 24th July 2009

What Affects Oil Prices? :: 24th July 2009

How Does Tidal Energy Work :: 24th July 2009

A Guide to Geothermal Energy :: 24th July 2009

What is Global warming – A Beginners Guide! :: 24th July 2009

What are the effects of Global warming :: 24th July 2009

The Chernobyl Disaster :: 24th July 2009