Tohoku University researchers have developed…
The European Parliament approved rules…
We begin with a quick look at some of the critical figures and data in the energy markets this week, with both oil prices and the rig count rising, as news…
Renewable energy costs continue to decline according to the U.S. Department of Energy (“Revolution Now”, September 2016). Since the DOE is often late to the party, we would not be…
And we welcome the distraction of tomorrow's inventory report with open arms, as well as Nonfarm Friday after that, as it takes some focus away from the ongoing OPEC shenanigans.…
Oil prices jumped six percent last week when news broke that members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had agreed on the rough outline of a freeze deal…
The agreement among OPEC members to cut production reached on September 28 caught the energy world by surprise, sending prices shooting up and eliciting estimates of price shocks from…
Let’s just hope it sticks. You see, chaps, the devil’s in the detail and the detail isn’t going to be agreed on until November 30th. As The Guardian put it,…
The tentative deal that OPEC agreed to in Algeria last week has been met with a lot of skepticism, both because it might be difficult to finalize and because…
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday: OPEC said its members agreed that they need to cut crude output to reduce the world’s supply glut, a shift for the…
It's a new quarter, a new dawn, a new day...and OPEC is feeling good. Brent crude prices have touched the $50 mark today before heading lower again, on signs that…
Shell and Chevron were among the international oil giants that fell off the top 10 companies of 2016 in the S&P Platts’ annual ranking of the 250 biggest companies…
Oil prices shot up more than 6 percent this week on the news that OPEC reached a deal to cut oil production, but by Friday the rally seemed to be…
Inventory levels at the massive oil storage facility in Cushing, Oklahoma, have fallen to their lowest levels since December 2015, according to Wednesday’s data from the U.S. Energy Information…
With the recent completion of the first wind turbine field off the coast of Block Island, many oil rig developers are shifting their attention to this popular new industry.…
As speculators’ heads dizzyingly spin over OPEC’s Wednesday announcement that they will cut output from 33.24 to 32.5 million barrels a day, without noting where the cuts will be…
National Grid and SSE, two of the UK’s largest utilities, have announced that they are planning to sell all or part of their gas distribution businesses. Prices discussed are well…
As of September 21st, owners of Tesla cars have been able to update their car’s OS to the latest software version, Tesla 8.0. This update comes packed with…
At the beginning of July Gabon joined the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) after an absence of more than two decades. Gabonese authorities are looking for enhanced coordination with…
In setting out the framework for greenhouse gas emissions reduction worldwide beyond 2020, the agreement reached by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Paris last year…
Shares in Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (NYSE:FCX) reacted negatively to reports that the number one publicly-held copper producer's sale of oil and gas assets could be in trouble. Bloomberg reports…
Friday, September 30 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…