Regional banks BOK Financial, Citizens…
Master limited partnerships (MLPs) were…
If I told you that I had created a process to extract pure gold from seawater, you might deem it an amazing accomplishment. If I issued a press release stating…
Tanker diplomacy In conjunction with the Dutch oil firm Trafigura and Russian fund United Capital Partners (UCP), the Russian state oil firm Rosneft closed a $12.9 billion deal with Indian…
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) has recently reported new data for oil and natural gas output through August 2016. Dean Fantazzini has kindly shared his corrected data using the…
Regular readers will be aware that I have, for the last few weeks, been generally bearish on the price of oil, and for two main reasons. The strength of the…
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 sector. Each week we’ll…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The Niger Delta Avengers have again violated the ceasefire negotiated with the Nigerian federal government, blowing up Chevron’s 100,000-bpd Escravos pipeline. The militant group had…
Both December Crude Oil and December Natural Gas markets are experiencing weakness at this time for various reasons. Crude oil, for example, has been pressured off its recent high because…
• Oil moved in a narrow $49-$51 range early this week before settling near $49.70 Thursday afternoon. On the bearish side, Russia and Iraq offered uncooperative sound bites regarding production…
We begin with a look at the key figures in the energy market this week, with oil prices falling on Friday morning as a result of OPEC infighting and traders…
Despite a weaker dollar, oil prices are limping lower into the weekend, set for a first weekly decline in six. Next week we get a new month, and an onslaught…
This week’s Baker Hughes report shows a small two-rig decline in the United States oil count, ending what was 17 straight weeks of no-decline in the active rig figure,…
ExxonMobil reported earnings of US$2.65 billion for the third quarter of the year, or US$0.63 per share, largely in line with analyst expectations. The positive result reaffirmed the company’s…
Since the U.S. lifted its restrictions on crude oil exports in December 2015, a dozen new countries have joined its long-term export partner Canada, which had been exempt from these…
The energy market is constantly transforming and advancing the way we use everyday products. Very soon, the internal combustion engines we’ve been accustomed to for over 100 years, may…
In early 2015, the United States’ campaign against the Islamic State’s oil resources proved to be ineffective, with the terrorist group recovering quickly from strikes meant to disable its…
A typically low seasonal demand in Europe will lead to Iran exporting 1.89 million bpd of crude oil next month, the lowest level since July, Reuters reported on Thursday,…
Wax on, wax off; oil prices are rallying after selling off for the last three days, egged on by yesterday's supportive inventory report and the ebb and flow of OPEC…
Contrary to consensus analyst expectations, Tesla has turned in its second-ever quarterly profit, for July to September, boasting that Q4 would also be in the black—but some analysts remain skeptical…
Clouds have been clearing for oil producers in the U.S. oil patch, but it looks like things are a bit different in oil field services. In fact, they’re quite a…
Most of the giant oil fields on earth, ''elephants'' are deposited in passive margin shelves like the Paleozoic passive margin shelf of the Great Basin of western Utah and eastern Nevada. These…