Iran is playing down the…
Volkswagen's EV sales in Europe…
Venezuela, a country in economic crisis because of the dramatic fall in oil prices, is seeking additional financial help from China this week. Venezuela is overwhelmingly…
More U.S. oil and gas companies could come under financial distress in the coming months as crucial hedging protection begins to expire. Many companies had locked…
As Brazil officially enters recession it appears that the nation’s annus horribilis is far from over. Corruption investigations have reached deep into Brazil’s energy sector and…
It is no secret that fracking companies across the U.S. have been turning over every rock in the supply chain looking for ways to cut…
Once again, the API has put the cat among the pigeons ahead of the weekly EIA inventory report. Prices had already spent yesterday getting stomped on…
If you think you know what will happen next with oil prices, think again. Nobody would have predicted the wild ride last week. After cratering earlier in the week, WTI…
Suckerpinch, suckerpunch, for the first day of the month. We kick off September carrying the baggage that we picked up last month – that of economic…
President Obama kicked off a multiday visit to Alaska on August 31, with the intention of highlighting the effects of climate change unfolding in real-time. He…
Arightee folks, this week is set to be a scream (R.I.P. Wes Craven) as we shimmy from August into September (hark, 114 shopping days until Xmas),…
Oil prices crashed last week only to rebound at lightning speed. On August 28, oil prices surged 10 percent, the largest one-day gain in seven years.…
Both the stock market and oil prices have been plunging. Is this “just another cycle,” or is it something much worse? I think it is something…
Once a view takes hold among analysts and traders regarding a particular sector or industry it can be remarkably resilient.Usually the view starts based on logic and reality,…
Now that oil prices have plummeted to six-year lows – lower than the bottom oil prices touched earlier this year – everyone is starting to wonder…
Readers probably have whiplash after the wild ride this week. On Monday, global markets crashed at frightening speeds, with oil prices spiraling out of control. China’s stock market meltdown raised…
On this final Friday in August, the crude complex is looking lower into the weekend after yesterday’s nutty 10% rally. The rollercoaster ride across financial markets…
“If you are the world’s leading energy economy, you produce energy, that’s what you do.” “A government can stay irrational longer than it can stay solvent.”…
Iraq has managed to ratchet up oil production to record highs, against what would seem to be insurmountable obstacles. Despite political gridlock, a fight against ISIS…
The intention here is the bring facts to light so the public can decide. I’m not quite sure what to believe on how and why oil…
To celebrate Pee Wee Herman’s 63rd birthday, markets are having their own big adventure today. Overnight equity markets have been racing higher, catching up with yesterday’s…
Nine months after OPEC decided to leave its production target unchanged and pursue market share instead of trying to prop up prices, the group is facing…