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Can Oil Hold Onto OPEC Deal Gains?

Sep 30, 2016 at 13:50 | Evan Kelly

Oil held onto gains on Friday afternoon after front month contract rolled over to the December contract.   (Click to enlarge)

U.S. Rig Count Rises To 7 Month High

Sep 30, 2016 at 13:11 | Zainab Calcuttawala

The United States saw a seven-site increase in the domestic oil rig count, making this the fourteenth week of no-decline in oil rigs counts, according to the Baker Hughes weekly…

Gasoline Demand Set To Collapse

Sep 29, 2016 at 15:39 | Rakesh Upadhyay

U.S. gasoline consumption in August hit a new peak at 9.7 million barrels a day, a growth in demand that many oil bulls believe will be the driver for higher…

Is The Eagle Ford About To Stage A Comeback?

Sep 29, 2016 at 15:20 | Irina Slav

Eagle Ford has quietly slipped out of the shale boom spotlight over the past couple of years, its place now taken by its Texas neighbor, the Permian, with its easier-to-tap…

The Shakeout Continues: 100 Oil And Gas Bankruptcies Yet To Come

Sep 29, 2016 at 10:31 | Charles Kennedy

The more than two-year oil bust has led to a shakeout in the oil industry, with high-cost and inefficient drillers forced out of the market. About 100 bankruptcies have been…

9/11 Bill Crashes Saudi Stock Exchange, Bond Market Ambitions

Sep 28, 2016 at 16:04 | Nick Cunningham

With oil prices continuing to languish below $50 per barrel, the major oil producers in the Middle East are seeing their financial positions deteriorate. To plug the gap in the…

How The Oil Price Slump Affected The Ultra-Rich

Sep 28, 2016 at 15:54 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Last year, the world’s ultra-rich added a bit more to their combined wealth and now hold a total of US$30 trillion in net assets. The number of individuals owning at…

What Do Driverless Cars Really Mean For Transportation

Sep 28, 2016 at 15:43 | Peter Tertzakian

Headlines surrounding ride sharing apps and autonomous vehicles are nudging into my daily reading list like people butting in front of me in traffic. But I don’t mind. Since the…

US LNG Exports: Where Did They Go?

Sep 28, 2016 at 14:27 | Susan Sakmar

It’s been a long time since my last post, which is primarily due to the fact that most of my free time over the summer was devoted to helping write…

Oil Spikes After OPEC Reaches Deal On Output Cap

Sep 28, 2016 at 13:49 | Julianne Geiger

According to a Reuters source, The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries has in fact reached a deal that will “limit” oil production, and oil prices are in for…

Inventory Draw And OPEC Rhetoric See Oil Seesaw

Sep 28, 2016 at 12:28 | Matt Smith

Crude is sailing in rough seas today, as the combo of an informal OPEC meeting and a surprising weekly inventory report has pushed and prodded prices around thus far. Hark,…

BP Faces Another Setback In Plans To Drill Pristine Australian Coast

Sep 28, 2016 at 11:42 | Charles Kennedy

BP’s controversial plan to drill in one of Australia’s unique ecosystems hit another snag this week. BP is hoping to drill in the Great Australian Bight, a stretch of coastline…

EIA Reports Yet Another Big U.S. Crude Draw

Sep 28, 2016 at 10:01 | Irina Slav

Crude oil markets got a boost of optimism from the EIA today, when the agency reported a 1.9-million-barrel decline in commercial crude inventories in the U.S, to a total…

Hopes For Output Freeze Dwindle As Iran Refuses Saudi Offer To Cap Production

Sep 28, 2016 at 09:29 | Irina Slav

Unless a miracle happens, there is zero chance of OPEC and Russia agreeing an oil output freeze in Algiers, after Iran refused to take Saudi Arabia up on its…

Saudi Arabia Is Indifferent To A Short Term Solution At Algiers

Sep 27, 2016 at 15:36 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Saudi Arabia will deal ministers a 20 percent pay cut and scale back perks for government employees—two-thirds of employed Saudis—as it grapples with the realities that accompany an $87…

Is This $24 Billion Petrochemical Megaproject A Boon For Oil?

Sep 27, 2016 at 14:05 | Michael McDonald

One market that energy investors sometimes spend very little time thinking about is plastics. Despite the fact that plastics are an oil derivative, energy investors tend to focus on other…

OPEC Circus Sees Oil Volatility Spike

Sep 27, 2016 at 13:39 | Evan Kelly

Oil prices fell steeply on Tuesday afternoon on contradiciting news from the OPEC meeting in Algiers.   …

OPEC’s Meeting: The Real Show Is On The Sidelines

Sep 26, 2016 at 16:03 | Nick Cunningham

Several of the world’s top oil officials are gathering in Algiers this week for the International Energy Forum, set to take place from Sept. 26-28. But the real show will…

Oil And Gas Bankruptcies Set To Double This Year

Sep 26, 2016 at 15:53 | Peter Taberner

Creditors from bankrupt oil and gas companies are suffering in the current climate, as loan recovery rates have plummeted while insolvencies have increased, which may even be on a par…

Where To Find Value In Today’s Energy Markets

Sep 26, 2016 at 14:12 | Michael McDonald

The easy money in the oil market bounce back has been made in the U.S. Oil stocks in the U.S. have largely soared since the start of the year, even…

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