Scientists have devised a method…
This week, the Environmental Protection…
Today is Harry Styles’ 22nd birthday, and accordingly the crude complex is heading in one direction. (Down). We burst into February today, and get hit by…
The oil market has become nothing but a rumor mill – rumors of Fed hikes to come, or even Fed cuts – and, over the last…
For those who like to trade in the energy markets the last few weeks have been marked by one word: volatility. With 4 or 5 percent…
Friday, January 29, 2016 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this…
As fourth quarter earnings start trickling in, lots of losses are piling up in the shale industry and another round of cuts are expected. Over the…
2015 was a terrible year for energy investors, but many investors and even corporate officers may be deluding themselves in believing that if they simply hold on, the good times…
You have to hand it to Texas. The state that is perhaps most closely identified with oil production is now doing a good job of diversifying its investments and positioning…
The EIA’s Monthly Energy Review just came out. They have the U.S. production numbers through December along with World, OPEC C+C, Non-OPEC and selected Non-OPEC…
After following the weekly production statistics avidly for some months and initially being smugly pleased by the data saying exactly what I wanted to hear, I then became completely befuddled…
Oil prices have seen a sharp rally over the last days and are back in the mid-30's while the national average gasoline prices in the U.S. have fallen over 15…
The Canadian oilpatch is facing unprecedented challenges from uncontrollable forces outside our borders where oil prices and the vast majority of supply and demand are determined.…
The United States is preparing to launch airstrikes on ISIS targets in Libya, as the militant faction continues to assault oil infrastructure in the war-torn country.…
Times are tough in Alberta and to be sure, we’ve piled it on heavy when it comes to cataloguing the long list of pitiable outcomes that…
Eighty-nine years after Jean Goldkette and his Orchestra recorded ‘I’m Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover’, and the crude complex is once again crossing its fingers and…
As I discussed earlier this month, there’s one place on Earth that oil and gas firms should be looking today: Argentina. And this week, the…
It’s a tumultuous time for the Chinese economy. The yuan is sinking slowly and the Chinese government is doing everything it can to prop up the currency at a cost…
The currencies of commodity-exporting countries have been struck by a bout of volatility lately, and are now jumping and falling in value on a daily basis in line with movements…
In November 2014 the OPEC countries met in Vienna and agreed to keep pumping oil to maintain their market share rather than cut production to…
"Down" is such a downer word. That's why when prices fall for practically anything Wall Street wants to sell you, Wall Streeters talk about volatility instead.…
The Canadian government is set to impose stricter criteria for evaluating major energy infrastructure projects like oil and gas pipelines or liquefied natural gas export terminals.…