Energy / Crude Oil

May 08, 2015 at 10:30 | Charles Kennedy

The U.S. military is helping Iraqi forces pushback ISIS at a vital oil refinery.The Baiji refinery is located between Kirkuk and Mosul, and it has been the target…

May 06, 2015 at 11:29 | Charles Kennedy

Low oil prices in recent months have led to boom times for the tanker industry.Oil and refined products (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel) are carried on special tankers called…

May 05, 2015 at 17:17 | James Stafford

Shell’s ambitious plans to finally return to the Arctic face yet another hurdle, one that could delay drilling once again.Shell is using the port of Seattle as its…

May 05, 2015 at 16:35 | Andy Tully

Gov. Greg Abbot’s signature is all that’s needed to impose a ban on the ability of Texas’ cities to limit potentially harmful oil drilling practices, including hydraulic fracturing, in their…

May 05, 2015 at 12:34 | Ron Patterson

Since around 2005 many countries have increased their oil production but more have decreased. But the combined production of the United States and Russia have kept the world on a…

May 04, 2015 at 16:42 | Alexis Arthur

The United States is edging towards an historic agreement to swap crude oil with Mexico. The deal is important as it brings some relief to US producers struggling with a…

May 04, 2015 at 15:22 | Matt Smith

Just as there is a consequence to every action or two sides to every story, there are contrasting repercussions due to the precipitous oil price drop…

Apr 30, 2015 at 18:06 | Dan Dicker

This is getting frustrating. Oil stocks are acting like there’s a bull market in force, or soon to be in force – yet oil is still…

Apr 30, 2015 at 18:04 | Martin Tillier

Investors are generally better off paying little attention to weekly oil inventory and production figures. They can cause an immediate reaction in the oil markets, but…

Apr 30, 2015 at 16:34 | Michael McDonald

Even as politicians in Washington look increasingly likely to vote and probably pass a deal regarding the Trans Pacific Partnership, one critical US good remains…

Apr 29, 2015 at 15:46 | Arthur Berman

The U.S. oil production decline has begun.It is not because of decreased rig count. It is because cash flow at current oil prices is too low to complete…

Apr 29, 2015 at 11:26 | Charles Kennedy

How can Shell possibly finance the purchase of BG?Royal Dutch Shell is set to report its first quarter earnings, and by all accounts, it…

Apr 28, 2015 at 16:02 | Michael McDonald

Outside of individual’s holding oil stocks, damage to the economy from the fall in oil has been pretty minimal so far. Indeed, the price cut in…

Apr 28, 2015 at 15:40 | Andy Tully

 Due mostly to the low price of oil, BP’s adjusted earnings for the first quarter of 2015 dropped to $2.58 billion, down by nearly 20 percent from the same period…

Apr 28, 2015 at 15:22 | Ron Patterson

Increased oil output in the US has kept World oil output from declining over the past few years and a major question is how long this…

Apr 27, 2015 at 10:37 | Charles Kennedy

The U.K. government wants BP to still stand for “British Petroleum.”The Financial Times reported that Downing Street would do all it could to block a takeover of…

Apr 24, 2015 at 16:27 | ZeroHedge

In July of 2012, the mother of 21-year old Dustin Bergsing filed a wrongful-death suit in Yellowstone County District Court. Bergsing died on January 7 of…

Apr 24, 2015 at 16:01 | Editorial Dept

Introduction The tentative framework deal reached between Iran and the P5+1 nations over its nuclear program has raised the prospects of a broader thaw…

Apr 24, 2015 at 15:40 | Jim Hyerczyk

June Crude Oil futures posted an inside move last week. This reflected trader indecision or that traders are waiting for fresh information. There was very little…

Apr 23, 2015 at 16:12 | Arthur Berman

U.S. crude oil production fell at least 135,000 barrels of oil per day in January 2015 compared to December 2014 according to the EIA (Figure…