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Jul 12, 2016 at 15:59 | Ron Patterson

The new OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is out with crude only production numbers for June 2016. OPEC added Gabon to its member countries this month. But I…

Crude Rebounds Spectacularly On Weaker Dollar

Jul 12, 2016 at 13:19 | Evan Kelly

We begin by taking a quick look at some of the critical figures and data in the energy markets this week, which show that oil prices have rebounded…

Shell’s New Sensors Could Reduce Exploration Costs Dramatically

Jul 12, 2016 at 13:04 | Irina Slav

Searching for oil and gas is an activity with uncertain success—an activity with a bit less uncertainty were it not for 3D seismic surveying. And this uncertainty could…

Big Legal Move Could Render Argentina Unattractive For NatGas Drillers

Jul 12, 2016 at 09:25 | Dave Forest

Argentina has been shaping up as one of the best places on Earth for oil and gas exploration. With high and rising government-mandated prices helping to spur…

Iran Aims To Double Oil Exports, These Are The Hurdles

Jul 11, 2016 at 16:57 | Gregory Brew

Although its post-sanctions production boom appears to be have waned, the Islamic Republic of Iran still hopes to increase its energy exports, exploit new production contracts and expand…

The Fracking Evolution: Better, Safer, Stronger

Jul 11, 2016 at 16:47 | Qarnain Foda

About two-thirds of U.S. natural gas production and about half of U.S. oil production currently comes from hydraulically fractured wells. Fracking is an essential process in the U.S.…

Refiner Pain And Macro Economic Fear Drive Crude Lower

Jul 11, 2016 at 15:52 | SCS OTC Corp

• Markets are a little bit stressed at the moment. Last week’s digestion of Britain’s EU rejection included a record low print in the US 10yr yield at…

Musk Ready to Release Part 2 of Tesla’s Top Secret Master Plan

Jul 11, 2016 at 09:44 | Irina Slav

Elon Musk tweeted yesterday that he will be releasing the second part of his Top Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan soon, possibly by the end of this…

Record Lows Instead Of Highs For Gold Prices In This Key Market

Jul 11, 2016 at 09:37 | Dave Forest

Very unexpected updates coming out of India this week. A nation I’ve been writing about a lot lately — in terms of rapidly-falling gold demand. And it appears that…

Merger Of Libya’s Rival Oil Companies Meaningless Without Control Over Oilfields

Jul 08, 2016 at 17:11 | Moutaz Ali

TRIPOLI--The ground-breaking agreement to unify Libya’s two rival National Oil Companies (NOCs) last week in Ankara, Turkey, is good news for Libyan oil exports on the surface—but the…

Oil Industry Faces Huge Worker Shortage

Jul 08, 2016 at 17:09 | Nick Cunningham

The rig count has rebounded from the lows seen in late May, a small indication that oil companies in the U.S. could begin drilling anew. Shale drilling is…

Has Google Overtaken Tesla In The Self-Driving Car Race?

Jul 08, 2016 at 17:07 | Michael McDonald

Tesla and Google are both pushing hard into the autonomous “self-driving” car space, but the two companies are going down very different roads. By now everyone has heard about the 

Could Helium Help Canada Recover From The Oil Bust?

Jul 08, 2016 at 17:03 | Irina Slav

Helium has recently got on the public radar, after a potentially huge discovery of untapped deposits in Tanzania. Now the spotlight is moving to Canada, which may…

Why Did China Grossly Overpay For A Utility In Brazil?

Jul 08, 2016 at 16:51 | Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

Chinese state energy companies are huge by international standards. Their government wants them to expand overseas and they seem indifferent to conventional standards of profitability. This makes them…

Using Renewables In Oil Recovery

Jul 08, 2016 at 16:36 | Omar Mawji

The Vilification of Oil As a Canadian I have witnessed firsthand the vilification of Canada’s oil sands. Canadians concerned with the effect oil sands have on the world…

Keep An Eye On The Dollar – It’s More Important Than Ever

Jul 08, 2016 at 16:02 | Martin Tillier

I have, on many occasions in the past in these pages, touched on the relationship between oil and the U.S. Dollar. The basics of that relationship are obvious:…

Oil ETFs See Long Bets Return

Jul 08, 2016 at 16:02 | Editorial Dept

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Crashing Gasoline Futures Drag Oil Prices Lower

Jul 08, 2016 at 15:54 | Jim Hyerczyk

September Crude Oil futures have been trading mostly lower since the U.K. voted to leave the Euro Zone, a move that could lead to a recession in Britain…

Strong Dollar And Demand Concerns Weigh On Oil Prices

Jul 08, 2016 at 14:38 | Evan Kelly

We begin by taking a look at some of the critical data in the energy markets this week, which reveals that despite the second consecutive increase in the oil rig…

U.S. Oil Rig Count Higher, Sees Biggest 2-Week Rise In A Year

Jul 08, 2016 at 13:13 | James Burgess

The U.S. oil rig count rose by 10, while natural gas lost one rig, week-on-week, bringing the total rig count increase last week to 9, for 440 rigs…

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