Analysts from Standard Chartered have…
Investors are ditching the oil…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Even with oil at $30, the petroleum industry continues to see a few bright spots. Particularly when it comes to offshore activity — such as…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 (CLR) announced its 2016 guidance on January 26 (excerpts below). Essentially it confirms our theory of the new normal of seeking free cash…
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,…
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…
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…
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…