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Energy / Energy-General

Patience The Necessary Virtue In The Futures Markets

Jan 09, 2015 at 13:38 | Jim Hyerczyk

Natural Gas Outlook Natural Gas futures are proving to be one of the more interesting markets in early 2015. The first several days of the new year have seen the…

Mounting Debt For Oil Drillers

Jan 07, 2015 at 17:11 | Nick Cunningham

In recent years oil exploration companies have taken on more debt in order to finance their operations. The level of debt in the upstream sector – excluding integrated oil companies…

US Sees Huge Energy Opportunity In Europe

Jan 06, 2015 at 17:13 | Colin Chilcoat

If 2015 is anything like 2014 we can expect a wild ride. Oil price volatility – including its downward trend – will linger well into the first and second quarters…

Energy Sector Outlook for 2015

Jan 05, 2015 at 16:38 | Dan Steffens

It appears that crude oil prices are starting to stabilize. At least they’ve started to decline slower. Most of the “experts” who send me their price forecasts have the low…

Top Five Factors Affecting Oil Prices In 2015

Jan 02, 2015 at 16:30 | Nick Cunningham

As we ring in the New Year, let’s take stock of where we are at with the oil markets. 2014 proved to be a momentous one for the oil markets,…

Pipelines And Energy Infrastructure: Investing In Hard Times

Jan 02, 2015 at 15:47 | Editorial Dept

Oil prices continue to defy logic. Having dipped below $60 per barrel in the final week of 2014, a lot of investors have lost their shirts. At the same time,…

Global Energy Advisory - 2nd January 2015

Jan 02, 2015 at 15:40 | Editorial Dept

Global Incident Report • Fires last week at three of five Libyan oil-storage tanks at the country’s largest oil port, Es Sider, have been extinguished. The tanks had a total…

Oil And Gas Prices Not Going Anywhere Anytime Soon

Jan 02, 2015 at 15:38 | Jim Hyerczyk

Crude Oil Outlook Nearby crude oil prices are poised to finish the year near their lowest levels since May 2009. Although there was bottoming action at the start of the…

This Week In Energy: Why Anything Can Happen in 2015

Jan 02, 2015 at 13:42 | James Stafford

The New Year is upon us but oil prices are carrying on the trend from the second half of 2014 and continuing to drop, with the thirteenth negative week…

Low Prices Lead To Layoffs In The Oil Patch

Dec 31, 2014 at 13:01 | Nick Cunningham

Crude oil is set to close out a shocking year with a fresh five-year price low in the final days of 2014, falling more than 50 percent from their June…

Top Five Possible Energy Surprises For 2015

Dec 30, 2014 at 12:51 | Kurt Cobb

The coming year is likely to be as full of surprises in the field of energy as 2014 was. We just don't know which surprises! I am not predicting that…

Low Oil Prices And Money Worries For 2015

Dec 26, 2014 at 14:21 | James Stafford

In response to the Ruble’s recent fall (over 50% against the U.S. Dollar), Swiss banks have begun taking extreme and extraordinary measures in what appear to be early signs of…

Diversify Your Core Energy Portfolio

Dec 26, 2014 at 14:12 | Martin Tillier

The Sage of Omaha, Warren Buffet, once memorably said that we should be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when they are fearful. On that basis, now is a…

Global Energy Advisory – 26th December 2014

Dec 26, 2014 at 13:59 | Editorial Dept

Oil & Gas Venues 2015: The Good, Bad & Very Ugly As 2014 draws to a close and North American oil and gas producers are in trouble over falling oil…

How Broken Are The Energy Markets?

Dec 22, 2014 at 16:00 | Euan Mearns

A few commenters have mentioned peak oil recently. I am cautious about making forecasts and predictions and prefer instead to observe and document the data as the peak oil story…

Putin: Battered, Bruised But Not Broken

Dec 19, 2014 at 17:08 | Colin Chilcoat

In what was perhaps the most anticipated edition of his annual press conference yet, Russian president Vladimir Putin certainly delivered. His increasingly colloquial speech brought several quotable moments…

This Week In Energy: 2015 Will Not See A Cuba, Mexico Oil Boom

Dec 19, 2014 at 14:28 | James Stafford

Mexico’s sweeping energy reforms and Washington’s normalization of relations with Cuba are both great victories of 2014, but issues of security dull the potential for major projects in Mexico, while…

Low Oil Prices Killing Off Fuel Subsidies

Dec 18, 2014 at 17:41 | Nick Cunningham

Instead of letting fuel prices fall, several countries are taking advantage of lower oil prices by scrapping fuel subsidies. Oil prices are at a five-year low,…

NY Governor Bans Fracking In His State

Dec 18, 2014 at 17:35 | Andy Tully

The state of New York will ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, because of the potential it holds for creating a public health risk and its questionable economic benefits. Gov. Andrew…

By Buying Canada’s Talisman, Spain’s Repsol Nearly Doubles In Size

Dec 17, 2014 at 14:01 | Andy Tully

The Spanish energy company Repsol will buy Canada’s Talisman Energy Inc. for $8.3 billion in cash in a deal that would immediately double Repsol’s oil production and staff. Repsol and…

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