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Oil Falls Further On Bearish Inventory Data

Jan 08, 2020 at 09:44 | Irina Slav

Crude oil prices fell further after the Energy Information Administration reported a crude oil inventory build of 1.2 million barrels for the first week of the new year. The…

Oil Prices Correct Following Iranian Attacks

Jan 08, 2020 at 08:25 | Irina Slav

Crude oil prices first spiked and then retreated after newswires reported Iran’s retaliation against the U.S., targeting military bases housing U.S. troops in Iraq. After their initial…

How Long Will The Oil Price Fear Premium Last?

Jan 07, 2020 at 16:41 | Arthur Berman

The oil price rally got a big boost last week with the assassination of the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. Will that be enough for prices to continue…

Five Of The Hottest Oil Stocks For 2020

Jan 07, 2020 at 16:20 | Charles Kennedy

This is what the bears don’t get about oil stocks: These are no longer the reckless, wasteful, binge years of the shale boom. The smart companies have adapted to a…

The Middle East Oil Conflict That Could Be Bigger Than The Iran Crisis

Jan 07, 2020 at 15:37 | Charles Kennedy

While all are distracted by the vast display of smoke and mirrors surrounding the US-Iran conflict, General Haftar is taking control of Libya--and all its oil wealth--and the Turks are…

U.S. Drillers Rush To Hedge Production As Oil Prices Soar

Jan 07, 2020 at 12:38 | Tsvetana Paraskova

U.S. shale producers have boosted their hedges to lock in higher oil prices for their production this year and next as oil prices shot up following the heightened tension in…

Is The Oil Price Rally Already Over?

Jan 07, 2020 at 12:27 | Tom Kool

The new year has started with a bang, and markets have gone haywire following the assassination of Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani. Readers of Global Energy Alert have…

Iran Considers 13 Scenarios To Inflict ‘’Historic Nightmare’’ On The U.S.

Jan 07, 2020 at 10:01 | ZeroHedge

Breaking a 5-day silence over its response for the US killing of General Qassem Soleimani, on Tuesday Iran said it was assessing 13 scenarios to inflict a…

How To Short The World’s Largest Oil Company

Jan 06, 2020 at 16:57 | Simon Watkins

Through a combination of bribing local retail investors via preferential loans, threatening wealthy Saudis with a re-run of their treatment in the Ritz Carlton in 2017, and inveigling…

Why Big Tech Is Backing Big Oil

Jan 06, 2020 at 16:40 | Irina Slav

Big Tech and Big Oil have one very important thing in common: Big Business. And the ultimate goal of any business is to make a profit. That means that despite…

2020: The Decade For Energy Storage

Jan 06, 2020 at 13:25 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The developers of the lithium-ion battery won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019, in recognition of a scientific achievement that has helped power our mobile phones, laptops, and electric vehicles…

OPEC Oil Production Falls As Laggards Begin To Comply

Jan 06, 2020 at 13:04 | Tsvetana Paraskova

OPEC’s crude oil production further declined in December as the cartel’s leader Saudi Arabia continued to lead by example cutting much more than required and as the biggest laggards in…

Turkey’s Energy Agenda Puts The Entire Region At Risk

Jan 06, 2020 at 12:53 | Vanand Meliksetian

The East Mediterranean has become a highly contested region due to the discovery of major hydrocarbon reserves which has triggered a scramble for energy wealth. According to the…

The Hottest Permian Takeover Targets For 2020

Jan 06, 2020 at 11:52 | Charles Kennedy

Not counting the decade’s largest acquisition deal, the $57-billion Occidental takeover of Anadarko, 2019 saw only $39 billion in oil and gas deals. But if the $11 billion deals in…

Iran's Retaliation Could Cause A Middle East Oil Shock

Jan 06, 2020 at 10:07 | Gregory R. Copley

Iran’s clerical leadership, under “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Hoseini Khamene‘i, is expected to make rapid, significant, and symbolic responses to the targeted killing in Baghdad on January…

Oil Jumps Again As Middle East Tensions Escalate

Jan 06, 2020 at 09:06 | Irina Slav

Brent crude topped $70 a barrel today for the first time in months on the unending flow of updates from the Middle East that point towards further escalation between…

U.S. Shale Struggles To Ride Out The Storm

Jan 03, 2020 at 14:30 | Nick Cunningham

U.S. drilling activity continued to contract in the fourth quarter, and the sense of gloom among shale drillers in Texas remains palpable. The latest data from the Dallas Federal…

The Biggest Wild Card In 2020 Oil Markets

Jan 03, 2020 at 14:28 | Irina Slav

Concern about global oil demand and OPEC+ production cuts are now part of the oil price landscape and few expect any surprises coming from these directions. There is, however, a…

Why Pirates Are Giving Up On Oil

Jan 03, 2020 at 14:26 | Julianne Geiger

Piracy in some of the world’s most critical oil chokepoints is on the rise--but now, pirates are resorting back to another method of income generation better suited to times of…

Can We Live The Good Life With Less Energy?

Jan 03, 2020 at 14:25 | Irina Slav

Declarations of a climate emergency are the latest fad among world governments. Everyone wants to be in the cool crowd of those ready to save the planet with their own…

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