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Citi: U.S. Shale Beats OPEC At $40 Oil

Aug 17, 2017 at 12:48 | Irina Slav

Citigroup has said that U.S. shale will prevail over OPEC because of its higher resilience to low prices and OPEC’s losing strategy of cutting output and losing revenues and market…

The Single Biggest Bullish Catalyst For Oil

Aug 16, 2017 at 16:01 | Nick Cunningham

One of the key objectives for OPEC is to bring down inventories, a goal that has been elusive this year. But if the oil futures curve is anything to go…

IEA: OPEC Must Extend Cuts To Balance Oil Markets

Aug 15, 2017 at 15:47 | Nick Cunningham

U.S. shale is poised to outlast OPEC. It has long been the suspicion of many oil market analysts that the U.S. shale industry was likely too nimble for OPEC to…

Can Oil Sanctions Cripple North Korea’s Army?

Aug 15, 2017 at 15:31 | Tsvetana Paraskova

In response to Pyongyang’s latest nuclear missile tests, the world is stepping up sanctions on North Korea with bans on its mining, manufacturing, and seafood exports. The latest round of…

The Oil Price Tug Of War

Aug 15, 2017 at 13:37 | Tom Kool

Oil prices remain in a game of tug of war as conflicting news sends both the bears and the bulls to the sidelines. (Click to…

Oil Prices Inch Higher As Libya Closes Crude Export Terminal

Aug 14, 2017 at 10:27 | Irina Slav

The Zueitina oil terminal in Libya has ceased loading cargos as port workers protest, demanding better working conditions, Bloomberg quoted the head of the workers’ union Merhi Abridan as…

Higher Oil Prices Slash Saudi Deficit

Aug 14, 2017 at 09:23 | Irina Slav

The Saudi Finance Minister has announced an annual decline in the budget deficit for the first half of the year thanks to higher oil prices in the period. At…

Is LNG Moving From A Buyers’ To A Sellers’ Market?

Aug 11, 2017 at 16:03 | Irina Slav

When Petronas announced the cancellation of its biggest investment abroad, its US$28-billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project, the news sounded an alarm for the LNG industry, which is already plagued…

U.S. Energy Expenditure Level Lowest In Over A Decade

Aug 11, 2017 at 15:56 | Oil & Gas 360

The EIA reported today that the U.S.’s expenditures for delivered energy totaled $1.127 trillion, or 6.2 percent of the nation’s GDP, in 2015—the lowest since 2004. The decrease was approximately…

U.S. Electricity Sales Projections Continue to Fall

Aug 11, 2017 at 15:56 | Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

Electricity producers and distributors are in an unusual business. The product they provide is available to all customers instantaneously, literally at the flip of a switch. But the large amount…

Why Even Long-Term Energy Investors Should Use Trading Techniques

Aug 11, 2017 at 15:55 | Martin Tillier

For many investors, the word “trading” is a scary one. It conjures up images of somebody hunched over a keyboard for hours on end, with a huge bank of screens…

Bad Year For Shale Stocks Despite Rebound

Aug 11, 2017 at 15:55 | Editorial Dept

Friday August 11, 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…

Global Energy Advisory 11th August 2017

Aug 11, 2017 at 15:47 | Editorial Dept

Uganda and Tanzania have agreed to start the construction of a $3.55-billion pipeline that will carry crude from Uganda’s Hoima province to the Tanzanian coast and from there to international…

Did Hedge Funds Just Change The Way They Trade Oil?

Aug 11, 2017 at 15:44 | Jim Hyerczyk

Crude oil, unleaded gasoline and natural gas posted mixed results this week as volatility returned to the markets. Crude and gasoline were under pressure, while natural gas was set to…

Oil Futures Point To Higher Oil Prices

Aug 10, 2017 at 16:35 | Nick Cunningham

The EIA reported another strong week of inventory declines in its most recent data release, revealing a drawdown of 6.5 million barrels for the week ending on August 4.…

Tesla Successfully Raises Funds As Cash Bleed Continues

Aug 10, 2017 at 14:14 | Jon LeSage

CEO Elon Musk and other Tesla executives have gone on a road trip this week to raise $1.5 billion in high-yield junk-rated bonds. As of Monday, Musk was able…

Are Oil Bulls About To Be Burned Again?

Aug 09, 2017 at 16:46 | Nick Cunningham

Oil investors have grown more optimistic as of late, as oil prices have moved back to $50 per barrel. The market appears to be on sounder footing, suggesting that things…

This $65 Billion Oil Opportunity Will Never Be Tapped

Aug 09, 2017 at 16:37 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Western Europe’s biggest oil and gas producer, Norway, is also one of the countries that is most self-congratulatory on its climate action, electric cars sales, and green policies. One of…

Tech Guru Unveils New Battery To Challenge Lithium-Ion

Aug 09, 2017 at 14:55 | Tsvetana Paraskova

The rise of electric vehicles and the quest to find solutions to energy storage for the renewables industry have created a breeding ground for tech experts to develop battery technologies.…

Russia Eyes Rapid Middle East Energy Expansion

Aug 09, 2017 at 14:48 | Viktor Katona

Having battled through the travails of an ever-tightening sanctions regime and a prolonged economic downturn, which in most cases led to a freezing up or lowering of expenditures and the…

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