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Oil Fund Withdrawals Suggest Extended Price Rally

Oil Fund Withdrawals Suggest Extended Price Rally

Investors are ditching the oil…

Energy / Crude Oil

Middle Eastern Oil Companies To Capitalize On Oil Bust

Feb 12, 2016 at 09:59 | Dave Forest

The oil and gas business is moving into a new age for financing. With groups like private equity becoming more prominent (just this week, PE-backed Terra…

The Hidden Agenda Behind Saudi Arabia’s Market Share Strategy

Feb 11, 2016 at 16:43 | Dalan McEndree

Do the Saudis have an oil market strategy beyond pumping crude to defend their market share? Are they indifferent to which countries’ oil industries survive? Or,…

OPEC Will Not Blink First

Feb 10, 2016 at 12:01 | Arthur Berman

An OPEC production cut is unlikely until U.S. production declines by about another million barrels per day (mmbpd). OPEC won’t cut because it would accomplish nothing…

U.S. Rig Count In Free Fall: Plunges By 48 In One Week

Feb 05, 2016 at 13:37 | Charles Kennedy

The U.S. rig count plunged this week, as the deleterious effects of the deeper fall in oil prices since December start to be felt. According to…

Global Oil Production On Pause, But Decline Seems Imminent

Feb 05, 2016 at 10:27 | Matt Smith

One hundred and seventy-six years after the birth of John Boyd Dunlop, and the crude complex is coming under pressure again. It is Nonfarm Friday, which means that the market…

Non OPEC Oil Production To Collapse In 2016

Feb 04, 2016 at 15:51 | Ron Patterson

The IEA Oil Market Report, full issue, is now available to the public. Some interesting observations: Non-OPEC oil supplies are sharply lower in December. Overall…

Why U.S. Shale Is Not Capitulating Yet

Feb 04, 2016 at 13:52 | ZeroHedge

One of the great unknowns facing the U.S. shale industry, and threatening the recurring rumors of its imminent demise, is how it is possible that despite…

Oil Majors Converging Here Could Mean A New Hotspot

Feb 04, 2016 at 11:00 | Dave Forest

Even with oil at $30, the petroleum industry continues to see a few bright spots. Particularly when it comes to offshore activity — such as…

Japan And Iran Could Keep a Lid On Oil Price Rally

Feb 03, 2016 at 12:41 | Hadaf Zubi

Last week West Texas Intermediate rallied 4.62 percent and was up for the second week in a row. It is important to note that the price…

BP Reports Huge Loss As Oil Slump Lingers On

Feb 02, 2016 at 16:37 | Nick Cunningham

The fourth quarter is shaping up to be one of the most painful in recent memory for the oil and gas industry. BP is the…

This Could Be A Big Setback For Iran’s Oil Export Plans

Feb 01, 2016 at 09:30 | Dave Forest

Short but potentially very important note for the oil market over the weekend. From a place that’s been one of the major focus points for the…

Rig Count Update: Moment of Truth for the Permian Basin?

Jan 30, 2016 at 10:05 | Arthur Berman

The U.S. land rig count fell 17 to 590 and the horizontal land rig count fell 13 to 487. Horizontal Land Rig Count Update This week, the Permian basin horizontal…

Is China The Big Sponge That Absorbs The Oil Glut?

Jan 29, 2016 at 16:53 | Colin Chilcoat

Discerning market pessimism from fundamental-based movements can be difficult, especially with all the moving oil has done in the last year plus. And to be sure,…

LukOil Back In Iran As Russia’s Output Faces Decline

Jan 29, 2016 at 16:35 | Irina Slav

Russia’s LukOil may have dropped some of its other new exploration projects as sliding oil prices curtail spending, but the specter of declining Russian crude…

Is Eagle Ford Making A Comeback?

Jan 29, 2016 at 15:48 | Allen Gilmer

In today’s gloomy oil-price news cycle, it’s sometimes easy to overlook the fact that if not for the advent of hydraulic fracturing coupled with horizontal drilling…

Continental Resources 2016 Guidance & Oil Price Impact

Jan 29, 2016 at 12:29 | Leonard Brecken

Continental Resources (CLR) announced its 2016 guidance on January 26 (excerpts below). Essentially it confirms our theory of the new normal of seeking free cash…

Russian-OPEC Production Cut Remains A Long Shot

Jan 28, 2016 at 15:51 | Nick Cunningham

The rumors of a coordinated production cut between OPEC and Russia continue to grow more serious. The latest comes from the Russian energy minister Alexander Novak,…

9 Billion Barrels Of Crude At Risk In Massive Nigerian Oil Shakeup

Jan 27, 2016 at 17:28 | Julianne Geiger

Supermajors Shell and Italian Eni could be facing the loss of one of the biggest offshore oil exploration blocks in Nigeria, putting an estimated 9 billion…

Is A Russian, OPEC Production Cut In The Making?

Jan 25, 2016 at 14:36 | Nick Cunningham

The head of OPEC called on oil producers around the world to work together to address the current state of oversupply. “It is vital the market…

Saudi Aramco Chairman Talks Oil Down

Jan 25, 2016 at 11:56 | Charles Kennedy

The sharp rally in oil prices at the end of last week came to an abrupt halt on Monday, with WTI and Brent both trading down…

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