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Energy / Crude Oil

Nigerian Oil Output Falls 800,000 Barrels As Militants Step Up Attacks

May 18, 2016 at 12:41 | Charles Kennedy

Attacks on energy infrastructure continue to bombard the oil majors operating in the Niger Delta. The latest victim was Italian oil giant Eni, who told UPI in…

Will U.S. Shale Stage A Comeback As Oil Nears $50?

May 17, 2016 at 16:05 | Nick Cunningham

The casualty list in the oil and gas sector continues to climb. On Monday, unable to keep up with its mountain of debt, SandRidge Energy filed for…

Oklahoma Oil Industry About To Lose Tax Rebates

May 17, 2016 at 13:29 | Irina Slav

The Oklahoma Senate has suspended a tax incentive for the oil industry that’s likely to see a lot of small producers go under. Oklahoma is facing a budget…

China’s Oil Industry Is Faltering, Production Falls 5%

May 16, 2016 at 16:11 | Nick Cunningham

Low oil prices and spending cuts are cutting into China’s oil production, a little known source of output declines that are helping to balance the market. New data…

Why Jim Chanos is Shorting the Oil Majors

May 16, 2016 at 15:57 | Rakesh Upadhyay

Famous short seller Jim Chanos is shorting oil majors Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Chevron Corp, according to Bloomberg. He is operating under the belief that the…

Falling Chinese Demand Could Intensify The Oil War

May 13, 2016 at 18:03 | Jacob Hess

The Chinese slowdown did more than drag down its own economy, it singlehandedly created financial tremors throughout the global financial markets. With consistent growth rates well…

What Experts Miss When Discussing Peak Oil

May 13, 2016 at 17:35 | Gail Tverberg

For a long time, a common assumption has been that the world will eventually “run out” of oil and other non-renewable resources. Instead, we seem to…

As The U.S. Rig Count Continues To Plunge, Output Follows Suit

May 13, 2016 at 16:43 | Charles Kennedy

Baker Hughes published the latest oil rig count today—and although not surprising, the news that the oil rig count fell for the eighth straight week…

OPEC Is Dead, What’s Next?

May 11, 2016 at 16:04 | Irina Slav

OPEC is dead, Rosneft’s head Igor Sechin has told Reuters. In a fine example of stating the obvious – at least to those who have…

The Real Beneficiaries Of The U.S. Export Ban

May 11, 2016 at 15:56 | Michael McDonald

Several months on from the lifting of the U.S. oil export ban, it’s becoming clear that one unexpected group had benefited considerably from the restriction –…

Rousseff Impeachment May Breathe Life Into Petrobras

May 11, 2016 at 11:46 | Michael McDonald

Petrobras’ stock has been a disaster for investors for years. Even when virtually every other oil company on the planet was seeing their stock move higher,…

Big Oil Pulls The Plug On Arctic Oil, Relinquishes Drilling Rights

May 11, 2016 at 11:29 | Charles Kennedy

The prospect of producing oil from the U.S. Arctic looks increasingly remote as the oil industry walks away from drilling leases. After Royal Dutch Shell pulled…

Oil Spikes After EIA Reports Surprise Draw

May 11, 2016 at 10:23 | Matt Smith

Fifty-two years to the day after The Beach Boys released ‘I Get Around’, and the crude complex is sympatico with this notion. As the market tries…

Can Saudi Arabia Really Break Its Dependence On Oil?

May 10, 2016 at 16:50 | Gregory Brew

Saudi Arabia appears committed to its recently-announced long-term economic plan, dubbed Vision 2030, which aims to remove the country’s economic dependence on oil exports within the…

How Suncor Has Become The King Of Canadian Oil Sands

May 10, 2016 at 16:32 | Omar Mawji

Suncor: King of Canada’s Oil Sands Canada’s oil sands are the third largest oil deposit in the world behind Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The largest oil…

Libya’s Oil Exports Could To Go To 0 bpd Within One Month

May 10, 2016 at 13:55 | Charles Kennedy

Libyan officials attached to the government in Tripoli are warning that the country will have to halt the majority of its output from southeastern fields within…

Saudi Arabia To List Aramco Shares In New York, London, Hong Kong

May 09, 2016 at 11:31 | Charles Kennedy

Saudi Arabia revealed more details about its planned initial public offering of the state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco. As part of Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin…

Can Iran And Saudi Arabia Production Claims Be Believed?

May 06, 2016 at 16:59 | Dan Dicker

It's always the ultimate test on trading oil stocks – what to believe and what not to believe. Normally, you take earnings season with a grain…

As Oil Markets Tighten, Geopolitical Events Matter Again

May 05, 2016 at 17:24 | Nick Cunningham

Oil prices jumped on Thursday as surprise outages came from Canada and Libya, reversing several days of losses. WTI and Brent surged by more than 4…

U.S. Crude Imports Surge After Long Period Of Decline

May 04, 2016 at 17:45 | Nick Cunningham

The shale boom in the United States, which led to a 75 percent increase in oil production between 2010 and 2015, has seriously diminished the concern…

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