Geopolitical tensions and tighter supply…
Tohoku University researchers have developed…
With earnings season in full swing, we thought it helpful to outline what we are looking for in oil and gas production and refining company statements and earnings calls. Several…
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Zakat and Tax released the final implementing regulations to legislation governing the new GCC-wide value-added tax The move, which was announced on GAZT’s website and…
With Brent prices briefly breaking the $60 mark on Friday morning, there is a cautious optimism in the oil market. (Click to enlarge)
Conoco-Philips started the ball rolling with 3rd quarter reports yesterday and most of the analysts buried the lede. Yes, there was a minor beat on earnings, but that was hardly…
I have, on many occasions here, recommended First Solar (FSLR) as a buy, and yesterday’s earnings release confirmed that view once again. For the second quarter in a row they…
Friday October 27, 2016 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…
Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering has been making more than its usual share of headlines this week, with the latest coming from the chief executive of Riyadh’s stock exchange Tadawul,…
With the cold weather season rapidly approaching in the United States, I thought I’d take a look at the natural gas market this week. Currently, the market is going through…
With oil prices up slightly on Tuesday, analysts are warning investors to remain cautious while suggesting that a correction could be near.
As much as US$1 trillion of investments has either been deferred or canceled with the lower-for-longer oil prices, and this underinvestment will impact the future of energy, Amin Nasser,…
Unplanned disruptions in global oil supply dropped to 1.6 million barrels per day (bpd) in September 2017, which was the lowest level of crude offline due to unforeseen events since…
Crude oil flows from Kurdistan to Turkey’s port city of Ceyhan continued at rates of between 200,000 and 250,000 bpd over the weekend, versus a normal flow of between
The next few weeks for Venezuela will be crucial, as it could struggle to meet a huge stack of debt payments. Reports that the nation’s oil production is experiencing deteriorating…
Colombia Colombia production is holding a plateau over the past year after a large decline in the last part of 2015 and first half of 2016. August value was 858…
Last week some comments from OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Barkindo signaled that OPEC may not understand how the U.S. oil industry functions. Reuters reports that Barkindo urged cooperation from U.S. shale oil producers to…
I was recently asked to give a talk called, “The Approaching US Energy-Economic Crisis.” In other words, how might the United States encounter problems that lead to a crisis?…
It’s that time again! A few weeks after the end of each calendar quarter-year, we enter what is known as earnings season, when quarterly results for corporations come thick and…
This week in oil news continue to deliver nothing but ‘green lights’ for investors, and keeps me convinced as I have been for several weeks now that every dip in…
Friday October 20, 2016 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…
Russia’s largest oil company, Rosneft, has signed production-sharing agreements for five oil blocks in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region of Iraq. Any other week this would have been nothing more than…