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Will Shell’s Gas Gamble Pay Off?

Sep 15, 2017 at 16:39 | Cyril Widdershoven

Supermajor Royal Dutch Shell has decided to divest its Iraqi oil assets in a move to focus on its future in natural gas. The industry giant is seemingly breaking from…

Is The Window Closing On Shale Opportunities?

Sep 15, 2017 at 16:30 | Dan Dicker

The energy story this week is still centered in the aftermath of Harvey and Irma – and how those storms will continue to impact the energy markets from both a…

Multiple Factors Suggest A Contrarian Trade In Oil

Sep 15, 2017 at 16:25 | Martin Tillier

Regular readers, god bless them, will be aware that I am a bit of a contrarian. Most dips are buying opportunities to me and commodity rallies result in my cursor…

Oil Markets Are Rebalancing At Last

Sep 15, 2017 at 16:19 | Editorial Dept

Friday September 15, 2017 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…

Global Energy Advisory 15th September, 2017

Sep 15, 2017 at 16:04 | Editorial Dept

Last week the Indian energy minister announced New Delhi has renegotiated the price for the fuel under a 20-year contract with Exxon. Renegotiations of long-term contracts in oil and gas…

Oil Markets Prepare For An End-Of-Year Rally

Sep 15, 2017 at 15:58 | Jim Hyerczyk

November West Texas Intermediate crude oil is in a position to close sharply higher for the week in reaction to a bullish report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). According…

Qatar Unfazed By Arab Blockade

Sep 15, 2017 at 15:39 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Qatar’s resilience in the face of months of economic and diplomatic ostracization echoes in the ears of Saudi Arabia—a regional and religious leader running out of options in its quest…

Soaring Demand Drives Oil Market Recovery

Sep 15, 2017 at 12:47 | Tom Kool

It has been a bullish week in oil. Rig counts dropped, WTI broke $50, demand has spiked, and geopolitical risk has kept the market on the edge of its seat. …

U.S. Oil Rig Count Continues To Collapse

Sep 15, 2017 at 12:25 | Julianne Geiger

The number of active oil and gas rigs in the United States fell this week by 8 rigs. The total oil and gas rig count in the United States…

U.S. Gulf Coast Refiners Are Bouncing Back

Sep 15, 2017 at 09:19 | Matt Smith

Nearly twenty days (or over 450 hours) after Hurricane Harvey made landfall between Port Aransas and Port O'Connor in Texas, there are a number of signs emerging in our ClipperData…

Does Russia Really Need The OPEC Deal?

Sep 14, 2017 at 16:21 | Tsvetana Paraskova

OPEC and Russia are coordinating the first joint OPEC/non-OPEC deal to curb oil output since 2001, but the apparent unity in the face of lower-for-longer oil prices doesn’t disguise the…

EIA: Coal Is Dying As Renewables Rise

Sep 14, 2017 at 15:27 | Damir Kaletovic

World energy consumption is forecast to grow 28 percent by 2040, with China and India leading the growth spurt, and demand set to rise for everything but coal. According to…

WTI Breaks $50 As Bullish Sentiment Builds

Sep 14, 2017 at 11:50 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Buoyed by strong global oil demand growth and reduced OPEC supply, U.S. benchmark WTI jumped above the psychologically important US$50 threshold on Thursday, topping that level for the first…

“Super Critical” Coal Shortage Sends India Scrambling For NatGas

Sep 14, 2017 at 09:17 | Dave Forest

Big disappointment in the global natural gas industry this week, with majors Total and Eni coming up largely dry in a much-anticipated well offshore Cyprus. But elsewhere things are turning…

Strongest Demand Growth In 2 Years Boosts Oil Prices

Sep 13, 2017 at 10:49 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Oil prices rose on Wednesday after the International Energy Agency (IEA) said earlier today that oil demand growth continues to be solid and that global oil inventories are shrinking. At…

The $10 Trillion Resource North Korea Can't Tap

Sep 12, 2017 at 17:02 | Tsvetana Paraskova

North Korea may not have proved petroleum reserves, but it’s estimated that the secluded belligerent nation sits on reserves of more than 200 minerals—including rare earth minerals—worth an estimated…

Is Russia Pushing Saudi Arabia Out Of Asia?

Sep 12, 2017 at 16:13 | Irina Slav

Chinese industrial conglomerate CEFC has agreed to buy 14.16 percent in Russia’s Rosneft for approximately US$9 billion. The deal was no surprise as it came on the heels of…

OPEC Unfazed By Falling U.S. Oil Demand

Sep 12, 2017 at 13:34 | Tom Kool

Despite the turbulence in the oil markets due to the previous weeks’ hurricanes, OPEC’s latest report has painted a reassuring picture, indicating that the rebalancing of the oil market may…

Oil Prices Rise As OPEC Oil Production Declines In August

Sep 12, 2017 at 11:57 | Irina Slav

OPEC’s crude oil production declined in August thanks to Saudi Arabia cutting more from its production, a person familiar with the figures told Bloomberg, adding the information came from…

How OPEC Was Hurt By The Hurricanes

Sep 11, 2017 at 17:37 | Nick Cunningham

Hurricane Irma was downgraded to a tropical storm early Monday, although it is still bringing floods and damage to much of Florida as it makes its way north, leaving…

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