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The Death Of Traditional Power Grids

Mar 22, 2018 at 14:51 | Gary Norman

The problem with centralized power grids is that they can be crippled at just one point of failure, leaving consumers vulnerable to outages. According to Mark Feasel of Schneider…

U.S. Electricity Sales Fall Again

Mar 22, 2018 at 10:25 | Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

Well, it happened again. 2017 was another down year for the US electric utility industry--despite a reasonably robust economy and increasing population. The 2.1 percent drop was bigger than usual.…

Oil Traders, Supermajors Diverge On Demand Forecasts

Mar 21, 2018 at 17:06 | Irina Slav

The world’s oil supermajors and largest oil trading companies are not in agreement on the future trends in oil demand, a recent event has revealed. This, although normal, should serve…

Is Guyana Prepared For An Oil Boom?

Mar 21, 2018 at 15:38 | Viktor Katona

Guyana’s story shares many similarities with the story of the ugly duckling. One of the poorest countries in South America, it has historically been entirely dependent on oil imports. In…

The World’s Largest Oil Traders Are Shifting Strategy

Mar 21, 2018 at 15:36 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The world’s largest independent oil trader, Vitol, is looking to secure long-term deals with some of the biggest oil-producing countries in the Middle East, in what has become a challenging…

Egypt: The Next Natural Gas Hotspot

Mar 21, 2018 at 11:52 | Nick Cunningham

The Eastern Mediterranean is becoming a major source of natural gas production, and Egypt is at the center of this emerging gas hub. In February, Noble Energy and its partners…

Saudi Crown Prince: Oil Markets Are Close To Regaining Stability

Mar 21, 2018 at 11:31 | Irina Slav

The global oil market is close to regaining stability, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed said at a meeting with President Trump at the White House ahead of bilateral talks…

Oil Prices Up As EIA Confirms Crude Draw

Mar 21, 2018 at 09:38 | Irina Slav

The Energy Information Administration reported an decline in crude oil inventories of 2.6 million barrels for the week to March 16, pushing up prices in concert with rising Middle…

Will China’s New Oil Futures Flop?

Mar 20, 2018 at 17:38 | Irina Slav

This week will see a historic event: on March 26, trading will begin in yuan-denominated crude oil futures contracts on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange. The futures launch is historic…

What The Saudi-Russian Alliance Means For Oil Markets

Mar 20, 2018 at 17:19 | Viktor Katona

For the last three or four decades it would be very hard to imagine any sort of deep cooperation between Saudi Arabia and Russia. The two share a history fraught…

Oil Prices Tear Higher On Middle East Tensions

Mar 20, 2018 at 13:52 | Tom Kool

Oil prices rose on Tuesday ahead of the API data report, fueled by Middle East tensions and dwindling crude output in Venezuela. (Click to enlarge)

Legal Risks Jeopardize World's Largest IPO

Mar 20, 2018 at 12:03 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Legal risks and rising oil prices have prompted Saudi Arabia to scale back the IPO plan for its oil giant Aramco, whose shares will be floated only on the Saudi…

Natural Gas Is Under Attack

Mar 19, 2018 at 17:08 | Nick Cunningham

Natural gas has been billed as the key “bridge fuel” that will help the energy transition, replacing coal while buying time for renewable energy to scale up. However, even as…

American Investors Aren't Interested In Aramco

Mar 19, 2018 at 17:04 | Tsvetana Paraskova

For more than a year, Saudi Arabia has claimed that its oil giant Aramco is worth around US$2 trillion, and that its initial public offering will be held in the…

The World’s Next Oil Hotspot

Mar 19, 2018 at 15:56 | Irina Slav

Crude oil could turn Ghana into one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. This seems to be the message coming from analysts as the West African country is set…

OPEC Doubles Down On Draining Oil Inventories

Mar 19, 2018 at 14:36 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Although the oil market has been improving, OPEC still has work to do to bring global oil inventories back to their five-year average—the metric that OPEC has vowed to…

Russia Struggles As Sanctions Choke Energy Sector

Mar 19, 2018 at 14:20 | Tim Daiss

In the ever-turning world of oil, natural gas and geopolitics, it seems that Russia keeps coming up short – in spite of being the world’s leading oil producer and Europe’s…

The Oil Major That Won’t Leave Iran

Mar 19, 2018 at 11:48 | Irina Slav

Total will seek a waiver if the United States goes through with President Trump’s threat to reimpose sanctions against Iran, CEO Patrick Pouyanne said. “If the U.S. decides to put…

Russia Will Stick To The OPEC Deal

Mar 19, 2018 at 08:25 | Irina Slav

Russia will continue to comply with the OPEC oil production cut deal until the deadline set in the extension agreement last November and even into 2019 if need be, Russia’s…

Are Oil Stocks Stagnating?

Mar 16, 2018 at 16:46 | Dan Dicker

The news in the energy markets is very intense indeed – although for an oil stock investor, nothing seems to matter much – but more on that later. First, the…

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