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It’s the start of a new year and a new decade, and the oil market is as unpredictable as ever. Will OPEC+ extend its cuts? Will U.S. shale finally grind…
Oil prices spiked immediately after the U.S. killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on Thursday. Soleimani, as head of the Quds force of the Revolutionary Guard, was a very powerful…
A couple of weeks ago, I offered reasons why I believed that after a decade of underperformance, 2020 could be the year that energy finally starts to play catch up…
Friday January 3, 2020 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in the energy…
Discovery & Development • Exxon (with Hess) has announced another (the 15th) discovery offshore Guyana in the Stabroek block, just days after they started producing first oil from the Liza…
Oil prices gained $3 overnight, but there is a lineup of stocks benefitting from the fear premium following the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards…
Oil prices soared early on Friday morning after U.S. forces in Iraq assassinated Iran’s most powerful and visible military leader, Qassem Soleimani. The United States killed the Iranian…
Nigeria has long been known for its oil riches. Angola has too, but decades of entrenched corruption have chased foreign investors away. Emerging markets are where oil upside might be…
As we kick off the 2020s, it’s perhaps time to stop looking at the drillers and focus on the companies that hold the mineral rights as investors get whiplash from…
Amid growing concerns about climate change, activists, shareholders, and many investors have started to see oil companies as the next ‘Big Tobacco’ set of toxic stocks because of Big Oil’s…
Last week Russia made history by flipping the power switch on the “Akademik Lomonosov,” a cutting-edge nuclear power plant afloat in the Arctic Ocean. While the project has been
Crude oil and condensate production in Russia hit a record high for the post-Soviet era in 2019, despite Moscow’s key role in supporting the ongoing production cuts of the OPEC+…
Introduction Newpark, (NR) is an oddity in the oilfield service space. It is an independent-meaning it's not part of a big conglomerate service company, mud and completion fluids company…
The long-awaited light-duty vehicle emission rules will hit light-duty vehicle makers working in EU member countries on January 1. Vehicle manufacturers will have to sell many more hybrid and electric vehicles…
One of the most spectacular stories of 2019 started off in the first days of the outgoing year. Some 150 kilometers off the Nigerian coast, the oil major Total and…
I close out every year with a story on how my annual predictions fared, followed by what I felt were the top energy stories of the year. I then open…
In today's newsletter, we will take a quick look at some of the critical figures and data in the energy markets this week. We will then look at some of…
If anyone is to ever write a guidebook on political survival, the skills of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would certainly top the contemporary charts. This autumn went relatively well for…
Shale drilling does not produce as much oil and gas as the industry promised, raising questions about the productivity, profitability and, ultimately, the longevity of the fracking boom. The Wall…
Oil and gas is among the more accident-prone industries. Compared with, say, banking, the likelihood of someone getting hurt on the job in oil is immeasurably higher. But just as…