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Energy / Crude Oil

Mexico’s Oil Auction Snubbed Ahead of Hoped-for Privatization

Jul 19, 2013 at 23:30 | Charles Kennedy

Mexican state-run Pemex’s 11 July auction of six onshore oil leases in the Chicontepec Formation fell flat, with the three largest concessions receiving no bids despite early interest by more…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 19th July 2013

Jul 19, 2013 at 22:47 | Jim Hyerczyk

September Crude Oil futures reached a new high for the year this week, but there was very little follow-through. This is a good sign that conditions are overbought and that…

Ukraine: Unexpected Oil Find, Major Gas Interest

Jul 19, 2013 at 22:44 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: We see a flurry of activity in Ukraine, with a $735 million Black Sea commitment by Exxon, an unexpected 100 million barrel oil find in the Poltava region…

Waiting on Kenyan Oil, the Market Grows Impatient

Jul 18, 2013 at 17:24 | Charles Kennedy

It’s been well over a year now since London-listed Tullow Oil struck it big in Kenya, making the country’s first massive oil discovery that set the stage for Kenya to…

Australia – Next Petro Superstate?

Jul 17, 2013 at 17:04 | John Daly

Australia’s massive mineral exports allowed it to weather the global recession, which began in 2008, quite nicely.The U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration noted in its country’s analysis…

Will Central Asia Replace the Middle East as Prime Oil Source?

Jul 16, 2013 at 17:16 | Claude Salhani

One of the prime reasons why the Middle East holds such importance to the West is partiality because it is the main supplier of oil and natural gas to countries…

Why are Oil Inventories Down if Production is Increasing and Demand is Falling?

Jul 16, 2013 at 17:06 | Dian L. Chu

The 20 Million Drawdown in a sluggish economyThe last two weeks oil inventories fell by a record 20 million barrels, this event has never happened in 30 years…

Is it Time to Stop Worrying about Peak Oil?

Jul 15, 2013 at 18:14 | Futurity

Demand for oil will reach its own peak and decline before humans deplete the Earth’s supply of oil, experts say.“Peak oil” prognosticators have painted pictures of everything from…

British North Sea Oil Decline Opens Window for Smaller Producers

Jul 12, 2013 at 19:41 | John Daly

British oil production from its offshore North Sea oil fields began in 1975, alongside Norway.The two countries pursued very different policies as regards investing the cash windfall –…

Oil May Determine South Sudan's Future

Jul 12, 2013 at 19:36 | Daniel J. Graeber

Oil exports from South Sudan are expected to gain steam in the coming months. The country last week celebrated its second anniversary as an independent country and only recently resumed…

Is Canada's Oil Charm Offensive Yesterday's News?

Jul 11, 2013 at 17:47 | Daniel J. Graeber

Canadian oil production is expected to be in a boom cycle for the next 20 years or so, fed largely by oil sands production in Alberta. Smaller players in the…

West-East Bitumen Pipeline in Canada Gets Boost

Jul 11, 2013 at 17:44 | Robert M Cutler

This week the province of Alberta signed a memorandum of understanding to pay up to $5 billion in tolls for transportation of its crude oil to eastern Canada. What is…

China’s Oil Demand Set to Fall as Environment Finally comes before Economy

Jul 10, 2013 at 16:53 | Post Carbon

This spring, I spent three weeks traveling around China and needless to say, I, along with every other visitor, was impressed by the economic progress the Chinese have made in…

For Better or Worse, Big Oil has Big U.S. Future

Jul 06, 2013 at 15:33 | Daniel J. Graeber

Oil major Shell announced it drilled into a discovery in the Gulf of Mexico that is estimated to hold as much as 100 million barrels of oil equivalent. Shell made…

Why Oil Will Stay Strong for Some Time to Come

Jul 06, 2013 at 13:38 | Dan Dicker

Egypt is the big topic on oil trader’s minds this week but it really shouldn’t be. Although it’s been tapped as the reason WTI oil has drifted above $100 a…

Why Deflation will Cause Oil Production to Slow

Jul 04, 2013 at 17:27 | Gail Tverberg

A question that seems to come up quite often is, “Are we going to have inflation or deflation?” People want to figure out how to invest. Because of this, they…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 28th June 2013

Jun 28, 2013 at 16:08 | Jim Hyerczyk

August crude oil futures bucked the trend in many commodities to post a strong close for the week.  The market was buoyed by signs of an improving economy and comments…

Oil is the New Gold

Jun 21, 2013 at 14:11 | Dan Dicker

As I write this on Thursday morning, Gold is in a virtual freefall, dropping below $1400 an ounce for the first time in two years – Ben Bernanke’s statements at…

Did Global Oil Consumption Slow in 2012?

Jun 19, 2013 at 16:53 | Robert Rapier

I hate the phrase “Innocent until proven guilty.” When serial killer Ted Bundy killed his first victim, he wasn’t innocent just because a court had yet to convict him. The…

Chinese Scientists Discover New Method to Increase Recoverable Oil from Wells

Jun 17, 2013 at 16:41 | Brian Westenhaus

Chinese scientists have already succeeded in recovering a sensational 15% of the residual oil in their test reservoir when they formed a collaboration with the Centre for Integrated Petroleum…

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