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The Rise and Fall of Master Limited Partnerships

The Rise and Fall of Master Limited Partnerships

Master limited partnerships (MLPs) were…

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Is A Permanent Decline Coming For Russia?

Apr 06, 2016 at 14:59 | Nick Cunningham

The OPEC meeting in Doha is less than two weeks away, and the markets are not sure what to make of it – oil prices have…

DOJ Files Lawsuit Against Halliburton-Baker Hughes Merger

Apr 06, 2016 at 10:26 | Charles Kennedy

The U.S. Justice Department is seeking to block the merger of Baker Hughes and Halliburton, preventing the tie-up of the second and third largest oilfield services companies. DOJ

Oil Edges Up After Biggest Draw In U.S. Crude Stocks This Year

Apr 06, 2016 at 10:15 | Matt Smith

Today we celebrate polytetrafluoroethylene, for it is national Teflon day. Accordingly, the crude complex is refusing to stick to the script, and is rallying again amid…

How The Ocean Can Help Predict Electricity Prices

Apr 05, 2016 at 15:57 | Colin Chilcoat

What will electricity demand look like tomorrow? Next week? What about prices two months from now? For the most part, we have a good idea,…

Oil Speculators Run Out Of Reasons To Bet On Rising Prices

Apr 05, 2016 at 15:44 | Nick Cunningham

Oil prices plunged to their lowest levels in a month on April 4, falling back from recent highs to the mid-$30s per barrel. Oil traded down…

Traders Lose Faith In OPEC Orchestrated Freeze

Apr 05, 2016 at 14:10 | Evan Kelly

Oil prices have fallen to one month lows as traders are less confident that OPEC will manage to reach a production freeze.

Driverless Cars Or Electric Vehicles, Which Will Dominate The Future?

Apr 05, 2016 at 11:53 | Michael McDonald

In the wake of the public presentation of Tesla’s new Model 3, it’s worth rethinking what the future of automotive transportation might look like. Two precepts…

Oil Prices Slide On Falling Hopes For Output Freeze

Apr 05, 2016 at 10:40 | Matt Smith

It is Pharrell’s 43rd birthday, and the crude complex appears happy to edge lower once again as production freeze hopes wane. Here are six things to…

Did Italy And Malta Actually Agree To Swap Oil Rights For Refugees?

Apr 04, 2016 at 15:39 | James Burgess

As the Syrian refugee crisis reaches a critical impasse, both in terms of European security and refugee human rights, Brussels has found itself having to deny…

Unfolding The World’s Biggest Oil Bribery Scandal

Apr 04, 2016 at 15:13 | Nick Cunningham

Last week, a sweeping investigative report published by The Huffington Post and Fairfax Media put a little known Monaco-based company, Unaoil, at the center of…

Bankruptcy Rout Looms Despite Impressive Productivity Gains In U.S. Shale

Apr 04, 2016 at 13:51 | James Hamilton

Horizontal fracturing of tight hydrocarbon-bearing formations was responsible for a phenomenal resurgence in U.S. oil production, which rose more than 4 million barrels per day from…

Oil Prices See-Saw After Friday’s Rout

Apr 04, 2016 at 10:20 | Matt Smith

Four hundred and thirty-five years after Francis Drake circumnavigated the world, and we continue to see the same themes circling the oil market at the start…

Company Accused Of Bribing Oil Producers Has Offices Raided By Police

Apr 01, 2016 at 17:43 | ZeroHedge

Two days ago we brought you excerpts from a Huffington Post investigative report on Unaoil, a previously obscure Monaco company that allegedly functions as a…

Why Energy Policy And Public Opinion Must Be Separated

Apr 01, 2016 at 17:20 | Kurt Cobb

Famed economist John Kenneth Galbraith used to respond to questions about the direction of the economy and financial markets by saying: "I answer because I'm asked…

Good News For Currencies As The Supply Glut Looks To Be Easing

Apr 01, 2016 at 17:11 | Editorial Dept

Friday, April 1, 2016 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this…

Oil Falls As Saudi Arabia Questions Freeze Deal

Apr 01, 2016 at 15:19 | Evan Kelly

Looking at this week’s key figures of the oil and gas industry in which we see that U.S. production continues to decline, but that overall U.S.…

Saudi Policy Tied to Weak Economy

Apr 01, 2016 at 13:56 | Leonard Brecken

In recent weeks I have read many oil prognosticators theorizing what the ultimate Saudi strategy is, or what their end game might be. To recap, in…

Crude Crushed As Production Freeze Hopes Thaw

Apr 01, 2016 at 11:04 | Matt Smith

One hundred and ninety years to the day after Samuel Morey patented the internal combustion engine, and the combination of Saudi rhetoric and a solid jobs…

Will Electric Vehicles Cause A Future Oil Crash?

Mar 31, 2016 at 15:33 | Andreas De Vries

The major oil companies greatly underestimate the impact electric vehicles will have on their market, write independent energy advisors Salman Ghouri and Andreas de Vries. According…

Nuclear Power Under Threat In New York

Mar 31, 2016 at 13:28 | Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

Cut greenhouse gas emissions in New York by 40 percent by 2050. A commendable goal. But two of the four nuclear power stations in the state…

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