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Regardless of which side of the political spectrum you’re on, investors often have a tendency to over exaggerate the impact that politicians have on the market. Donald Trump may or…
While the market has taken the latest round of "optimistic" jawboning by OPEC members in stride, sending crude higher by 4 percent ahead of next week's meeting in Vienna where…
Oil prices hit recent highs on Monday on OPEC deal hopes, but hit a snag on Tuesday as Iraq and Iran remain hesitant towards an output cut.
And it is Groundhog Day again, as the OPEC rumor-mill gets cranked up once more. Fortunately we get the welcome distraction of an inventory report tomorrow, while some respite follows…
When a massive country de-nationalizes its entire energy sector and opens its oil and gas doors for the first time ever to foreign companies, the opportunities are staggering. Welcome to…
More than a month after shocking the market by saying that Russia was ready to join OPEC’s efforts to reduce global oil supply, Russian President Vladimir Putin said…
OK, 2016 – this is it. This is your last chance to get something right. OPEC meet on November 30th to do a deal that would see the biggest oil…
The Obama administration is rushing to get a flurry of priorities done before Donald Trump takes office. One of those items was a five-year lease plan from the Department of…
In the emotion-laden aftermath of the U.S. presidential elections, the focus of all energy attention seems to be exclusively on crude oil and domestic production. Specifically, on whether energy independence…
As OPEC optimism continues to grow, and as the dollar eases lower, crude is moving higher today in this holiday-shortened week (woot woot!). Hark, here are five things to consider…
Iraq may not be going rogue on the OPEC deal after all, and will apparently be putting up three new proposals for discussion at the cartel’s technical meeting in Vienna…
It’s been a tough week for the U.S. oil and gas industry, with the Department of Interior annulling 25 leases in Colorado’s Mancos shale (for environmental reasons), and then…
Chevy is about to release its all-electric Bolt. Tesla will soon put its Model 3 on sale. More than a dozen additional EV models will be launched in the next…
Donald Trump’s victory has provided wings to the small independent oil refiners who have been burdened with the excess cost of buying credits as per the Energy Independence and Security…
This past Sunday, an earthquake hit Oklahoma with a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale. Earthquakes of this magnitude have the potential to cause severe damage to their…
With OPEC’s decision to cut production looming over the oil market, producers still have one corner of the globe to turn to. The region of West Texas is already…
Coal was meant to help build Siberia and the Far East. Russia’s national energy strategy of 2012 aimed to match Soviet levels of coal production by 2030, increase coal power…
Lower demand for coal will make natural gas an increasingly important fuel The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its annual World Energy Outlook Wednesday, saying natural gas will play…
One of the most basic things that those new to the world of trading have to understand is that markets overreact to news. Traders are essentially herd animals, and once…
Friday November 18, 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…