Energy / Crude Oil

Jul 15, 2015 at 16:48 | Nick Cunningham

China has long been concerned about the security of its oil supply. China was a net oil exporter in the 1990s,…

Jul 14, 2015 at 16:56 | Nick Cunningham

Greece is in an economic depression. Whether or not it agrees to the ruinous terms imposed upon it by its creditors in order to obtain a…

Jul 14, 2015 at 11:40 | Michael McDonald

The collapse in oil prices over the last year has led to significant changes in the E&P landscape in the U.S., but perhaps not in the…

Jul 13, 2015 at 16:59 | Simon Harlow

What OPEC countries fear most is a follow-up technological revolution that will lead to a second oil boom in the U.S., and that fear is now…

Jul 13, 2015 at 14:01 | Leonard Brecken

In the past, I documented the overstatements by both the IEA and EIA in 2014 & 2015 in terms of supply, inventory and

Jul 10, 2015 at 16:00 | Ron Patterson

The EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook came out a few days ago. That is where they try to guess the future production and price for oil,…

Jul 10, 2015 at 15:50 | Dan Dicker

The decline in oil prices has had a dramatic effect on many investors’ portfolios, but one sub-sector stands out as being particularly awful; offshore drilling. For…

Jul 10, 2015 at 13:47 | Editorial Dept

There is an old cliché about Brazil that sums up the country’s unmet potential. “Brazil is the country of the future…and always will be.” That expression…

Jul 09, 2015 at 16:47 | Matt Smith

After already writing about Indiana Jones this week, and kicking off this post with an homage to The A-Team’s Hannibal (George Peppard, of course), you…

Jul 08, 2015 at 17:27 | Arthur Berman

Traders were busy throwing in the towel on oil futures this week just as the first solid data and hope appeared that oil prices may be…

Jul 08, 2015 at 16:59 | Robert Berke

In a previous article on Oilprice, I questioned whether western sanctions imposed on Russia were being regularly breached by E.U. and Asian companies, noting that…

Jul 07, 2015 at 15:11 | Martin Tillier

Oil’s oversized reaction to negative news from Greece and China on Monday should really have come as no surprise with the value of 20/20 hindsight. I…

Jul 07, 2015 at 14:30 | Nick Cunningham

Brazil’s Petrobras is staggering under the weight of its debt, the corruption scandal is not yet over, and it was recently forced to slash spending and…

Jul 07, 2015 at 12:34 | Dan Doyle

Monday’s 8% WTI crude decline is setting up a big opportunity for buyers. And there could be more to come. But this is driven by momentum,…

Jul 06, 2015 at 17:48 | Nick Cunningham

U.S. shale has offered the oil industry a business model that is different from conventional drilling of the past. High initial decline rates, especially compared to…

Jul 06, 2015 at 17:20 | Matt Smith

Thirty-four years ago today, Indiana Jones was the number one movie at the box office with ‘Raiders of The Lost Ark.’ 1981 was also the year…

Jul 03, 2015 at 16:15 | Gonzalo Molina

Venezuela's legislative elections this coming December promise to be a vote of confidence on President Nicolas Maduro's first elected term. If Maduro's Socialist Party can hold onto its 98-seat…

Jul 03, 2015 at 15:37 | Ron Patterson

The EIA’s, on June 30th, published its Petroleum Supply Monthly. I think their numbers are just way too high. I compared them with the EIA’s Weekly Petroleum Status…

Jul 02, 2015 at 13:35 | Ron Patterson

North Dakota publishes monthly ND Historical Barrels of Oil Produced by County. This data however does not include confidential wells. But they do estimate, by…

Jul 01, 2015 at 16:54 | Robert Berke

The news from the recent St. Petersburg Economic Forum, which took place from June 18 to 20, inspired a torrent of speculation on the future direction…