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Permian Stocks Falling Out of Favor

Jun 08, 2018 at 16:24 | Editorial Dept

Friday June 8, 2018 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…

Expect Choppy Oil Markets Ahead Of The OPEC Meeting

Jun 08, 2018 at 16:23 | Jim Hyerczyk

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are trading higher early Friday, putting the market in a position to close higher for the week. While this chart pattern isn’t enough…

Oil Falls On OPEC Uncertainty

Jun 08, 2018 at 13:20 | Tom Kool

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U.S. Rig Count Creeps Higher Amid Record Oil Production

Jun 08, 2018 at 12:24 | Julianne Geiger

U.S. drillers added 2 rigs to the number of oil and gas rigs this week, according to Baker Hughes, with oil and gas rigs each increasing by 1. The…

New Study: Climate Change Could Be The Ultimate Civilization Killer

Jun 08, 2018 at 10:33 | Irina Slav

Climate change could have wiped out alien civilizations and may be on the way to wipe out mankind, too, a new study has suggested. Using simulations based on information…

Higher Oil Prices Might Not Destroy Demand Growth

Jun 07, 2018 at 16:41 | Nick Cunningham

The recent jump in oil prices to $80 per barrel raised a lot of questions about whether or not the heady demand growth projections for this year would hold up.…

Microsoft Launches Second Subsea Data Center

Jun 07, 2018 at 12:21 | Irina Slav

Microsoft said yesterday it had submerged a second experimental data center off the coast of Scotland, as part of its Natick project that studies less energy-intensive data centers. While…

China Deals Shocking Blow To Solar Industry

Jun 07, 2018 at 10:05 | Irina Slav

Market researchers are in a rush to lower their solar capacity addition forecasts for this year after China surprised everyone by announcing it will not issue approvals for any new…

Hiring Frenzy Spurs Wage War In The Permian

Jun 07, 2018 at 09:09 | Julianne Geiger

The Permian basin is on fire, and the current boom cycle in its oil industry is posing an interesting challenge that area in Texas: Right now, that challenge is a…

The Permian Has A Natural Gas Problem

Jun 06, 2018 at 16:58 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Analysts continue to focus on the surging oil production in the Permian and looming takeaway capacity bottlenecks that could slow down the oil growth in the biggest U.S. shale play.…

Anti-Qatar Threats Could Jeopardize OPEC Meeting

Jun 06, 2018 at 16:33 | Cyril Widdershoven

The OPEC meeting on June 22nd could become a major showdown of internal conflicts. The media has been focusing on the possible split between the Arab producers and Iran, and…

Oil Industry Expects Wave Of M&A Deals

Jun 06, 2018 at 13:42 | Irina Slav

The oil industry expects more mergers and acquisitions in the 12 months ahead, which is a marked difference from just a year ago when everyone in oil was extra cautious…

Elon Musk Survives Attempted Coup

Jun 06, 2018 at 11:51 | Jon LeSage

Tesla chief Elon Musk just survived the first serious attempt by major investors to cut back his power in the company. Several shareholder funds had been demanding that three…

China’s Growing Debt Could Be Bearish For Oil Prices

Jun 06, 2018 at 10:25 | Tim Daiss

Much has been made over China bypassing the U.S. recently to become the world’s largest crude oil importer and even more media attention has been given to the ongoing…

New Iraqi Lawmakers Want Out Of OPEC Deal

Jun 05, 2018 at 14:20 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Some newly elected Iraqi lawmakers, linked with populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr whose alliance won the elections last month, are not sure that Baghdad’s participation in the OPEC production cut…

The Soccer Player Saving Egypt’s Energy Sector

Jun 05, 2018 at 12:53 | Cyril Widdershoven

Following the discovery of the immense Zohr gas field and several new onshore oil deposits in Egypt, the country was full of optimism about the impact its new bounty of…

OPEC’s Dilemma: Demand Destruction Or Production Boost

Jun 04, 2018 at 17:29 | Nick Cunningham

The early signs of discontent and demand destruction could be forcing OPEC’s hand, but increasing production carries its own risks. OPEC and Russia are considering raising oil production in a…

The Nuclear Reactor That Makes Its Own Fuel

Jun 04, 2018 at 15:58 | Irina Slav

To say that nuclear energy has a bad name would be an understatement. To say that it has a future, however, would be to state the obvious. Despite soaring solar…

Geopolitical Tensions Rise As Iran-Iraq Oil Swap Begins

Jun 04, 2018 at 11:01 | Irina Slav

A crude oil swap deal between Iran and Iraq, which was supposed to begin in mid-April, has started, Iran’s Shana agency reported yesterday, as quoted by Reuters. Under the…

OPEC Ministers Keep Mum On Oil Production Plans

Jun 04, 2018 at 08:03 | Irina Slav

Several OPEC oil ministers who met over the weekend just three weeks before the June 22 meeting in Vienna that could result in an easing of the oil production cuts…

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