China’s Sinochem Energy Technology Co has…
The U.S. has reimposed sanctions…
Third quarter earnings reports are starting to trickle in and the numbers will likely be poor. BP (NYSE: BP) kicked things off on October 27, reporting that its profits…
Iranian officials last week informally presented to several Western energy companies and Iranian contracting and production companies the contract it hopes will attract $100 billion in foreign investment to…
The U.S. Department of Interior announced the cancellation of the two Arctic offshore lease sales on October 16, which were to be held in 2016 and 2017. This sealed the…
There have been a lot of observers (including myself) worried lately about debt in the oil patch, with suspicions running high that lower oil prices will mean cuts to bank…
Chinese President Xi Jingping wrapped up a productive week in the United Kingdom this week, inking major deals that tie the two countries closer together. The trip made more news…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The situation in Kurdistan is worsening after the ruling party reportedly fired on protesters and violent clashes in two major cities have left five dead…
Short-term and long-term weather forecasts continued to weigh on December Natural Gas futures this week, despite a slightly bullish inventory report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). With the…
There was little movement on oil prices this week – a few down days and a few up days. WTI closed out the week trading in the mid-$40s, with Brent…
I wrote this summer about record amounts of investment capital being raised for natural resources. And this week we got some big news about where these billions are being deployed…
Canada ushered in a new era on October 19, as voters handed the Liberal Party a majority government. But what will the new government mean for Canada’s oil and gas…
Plastic is one of the most widely used petroleum-based consumer and industrial products, used in a wide variety of applications such as packaging, construction, automobiles,…
Canadian voters kicked out the conservative government in the October 19 election, a party that had been in power for a decade. Polls had predicted a slight lead for the…
The Obama administration officially shut the door on Arctic drilling, a move that could prevent any new drilling for years to come.The U.S. Department of Interior announced…
The Conservatives in Canada could see a decade of rule come to an end this week, and although there is a lot of uncertainty about what that means for the…
Forty-eight years to the day after Smokey Robinson and the Miracles released ‘I Second that Emotion‘, and oil services company, Halliburton, is echoing this sentiment. Halliburton is the world’s second…
It is hard being an investor these days. Market volatility is intense. Oil prices remain weak and despite predictions of the fall actually helping to boost the economy, stocks are…
Wall Street’s buying of options--options on stocks, on commodities, on currencies, on almost anything--has been seen as a sucker's bet (unless you are doing it to…
For most oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) companies the last year or so has been about survival. The spectacular collapse in oil prices has been followed by a…
Oil prices retreated this week, retracing most of the gains achieved last week, putting crude nearly back where it started before the latest rally. WTI dropped to $46 per barrel…
Two hundred and twenty-two years after the death of Marie Antoinette, and the crude complex is trying not to lose its head. After a week of…