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The the number of active oil and gas rigs in the United States fell again this week according to Baker Hughes, as the overall rig count reaches the lowest point…
Oil prices have been given a convenient reprieve on the eve of OPEC’s decision as to whether it will extend the supply cuts at a time when demand growth is…
Friday June 14, 2019 1. All eyes on China as economy teeters- The story of global commodity demand is a…
Two pieces of news this week sent contradictory signals for solar power and resulted in a bit of a crazy week for investors in that industry. Now that the initial…
Markets U.S. energy demand shot up by half a million barrels daily last year, BP said in its latest annual review of the industry out this week, adding this was…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are set to close lower for the week as demand concerns continue to outweigh rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Furthermore, the…
An attack by an unknown party on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman has put the Arabian/Persian Gulf region on edge. After…
Underlying the one-year anniversary in mid-August of the signing of the ‘Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea’ is one of the greatest oil industry swindles in recent…
Much has been made of President Vladimir Putin’s recent claim that crude oil prices are acceptable at present levels, and the Russian economy could even weather $40 per barrel. Many…
It was only a month ago that I began advising investors to ease up on certain energy stocks, following 20 percent-30 percent gains since the beginning of the…
In its latest annual report of world recoverable oil resources, Rystad Energy finds that the United States currently holds 293 billion barrels of recoverable oil resources. This is 20 billion…
A top U.S. financial regulator is worried that climate change could threaten global financial markets. Rostin Behnam, a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said that the financial…
The world is moving further away from a sustainable path as carbon emissions increased last year at the fastest pace since 2011 due to unusually hot and cold spells in…
Oil markets got a modest bounce at the end of last week on headlines that OPEC+ will likely extend their current supply cut agreement and cooperation between the US and…
The Energy Triangle No One’s Paying Enough Attention To This is the energy triangle that has the biggest chance of disrupting geopolitics in Europe, and while it’s been on the…
Long-term energy scenarios for the most part come in three variants: business as usual, which de-emphasises the possible impacts of technological and regulatory change; a central case like the International…
A couple of late Friday tweets have managed to avert an event that would have caused a great amount of distress to the US refining industry – the imposition of…
Now there is a calm after the storm that sent the oil market a couple of months back. On the one hand, there is an increasing amount of public utterances…
Yes, the honeymoon phase for passionate Tesla owners and shareholders is officially over, following a year of less-than-pleasing quarterly reports, exodus of top executives, fights between Elon Musk and the…
Trump backed off his proposed trade war with Mexico in the face of intense pressure from business groups and even his own party, but his faith in tariffs…