Spring brings higher gas prices…
The World Bank predicts stable…
As world markets nervously react to any news out of Greece, a sense of calm prevails in Russia.In short, a Greek sovereign default…
Oil prices plunged on July 6 in the aftermath of the Greek referendum, which saw the Greek people hand Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras an overwhelming victory…
Greece is the watchword for investors this week and commodities have taken a back seat – but is that the smart way to watch what unfolds in the Euro zone?…
As I search through financial markets looking for opportunities to write about, I am frequently reminded that trading and investing are two very different things that…
Introduction Unlike some of its neighbors, Morocco is not a major producer of oil and gas. Next door, Algeria is a huge…
The big news from the U.S. this week was new data that showed that the weekly rig count…actually increased. That’s right, after 29 consecutive weeks of rig count declines, the…
Today, an empty flagpole stands outside the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, D.C., but that will change on July 20, when Cuba and the United States…
The Middle Eastern oil and gas empire is undergoing dramatic change as the two biggest petroleum companies, Saudi Aramco and Qatar Petroleum are aiming to expand…
For much of the last fifteen years, Chinese growth has been a source of hope across Asia. Now that growth is slowing and China appears to…
British energy giant BP announced July 2 it has reached a tentative settlement with the U.S. government and five states along the Gulf of Mexico coast…
Despite oil prices plummeting over the past year, falling from around $100 per barrel to now under $60 per barrel, the U.S. shale industry has proved…
As Great Britain considers its future and the role that shale gas may play, it’s worth trying to understand the economic impact that greater shale development…
The new government in Alberta is much less friendly to the fossil fuel industry than the conservatives it recently swept out of office after forty years…
It has been a bad day for deals and deadlines all around: first Greece is about to enter July without a bailout program and in default…
Royal Dutch Shell is nearing a start to drilling in the Arctic, but has run into some hiccups. The U.S. government decided that Shell cannot actually…
Brazil’s Petrobras has slashed its capital spending program for the next five years, cutting it by 37 percent in an effort to stop the hemorrhaging of its balance sheet.…
The deadline for the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program is finally here, raising the possibility that the OPEC member could finally see sanctions removed from its…
During May and June the oil price has stabilized and both WTI and Brent spot prices have converged on $60 / bbl; the US…
The Greek tragedy is reaching its climax. The discussions between Greece and its European creditors broke down over the weekend, with the two sides still at…
An effective energy storage technology is turning out to be the Holy Grail for the renewables sector as the world is slowly but steadily embracing clean energy in favor of…