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OPEC+ Can Stop An Oil Rally To $100

OPEC+ Can Stop An Oil Rally To $100

The OPEC+ group could influence…

Energy / Energy-General

Why Are Voters In Denton Texas Afraid Of Fracking?

Nov 11, 2014 at 15:54 | Barry Stevens

Source: New York Daily News Election Day 2014, voters in the City of Denton, Texas, a…

Early Signs Of A Pullback In Drilling Activity

Nov 10, 2014 at 17:15 | Nick Cunningham

With oil prices low and showing no sign of an immediate rebound, the industry is beginning to pull back on spending. Oil prices have dropped around 30 percent since…

GOP Has Big Plans For Energy, But Are The Numbers Right?

Nov 07, 2014 at 17:51 | Colin Chilcoat

In a clear understatement, particularly with regard to the direction of energy policy, President Obama remarked: “Obviously, Republicans had a good night.” The GOP reclaimed control of the Senate…

EU Fracking Boom Becoming Less Likely

Nov 07, 2014 at 17:36 | Igor Alexeev

Pro-fracking campaign in the global media is fading fast. A year or two ago the extraction method suitable for the Arizona desert…

This Week In Energy: To Ban Or Not To Ban?

Nov 07, 2014 at 16:07 | James Stafford

One of the most frustrating bits of legislation affecting the oil industry looks to be slowly eroding, if not completely. The ban on U.S. oil exports goes back to 1975,…

Why The U.S. Election Results May Have Less Effect Than You Think

Nov 07, 2014 at 11:01 | Martin Tillier

There is an enormous sense of relief in the U.S. at the moment. Not necessarily because the Republican Party won the mid-term elections, but just because they are over and…

Arctic Air And The Threat Of $70 Oil

Nov 07, 2014 at 10:45 | Jim Hyerczyk

Natural Gas Outlook Natural gas producers may have set a record for stockpile additions in the last week in October, but this didn’t sway traders who continued to push the…

Water-less Fracking Could Be Industry Game Changer

Nov 06, 2014 at 17:41 | Andrew Topf

One of the biggest complaints levelled at the energy industry when it comes to fracking involves the amount of water used in the process of cracking open layers of shale…

Foreign Investment Key To India’s Energy Future

Nov 06, 2014 at 17:32 | Chris Dalby

For a country of the size and complexity of India, there can be no easy solution to a problem as fundamental as giving the whole country access to steady power.…

The Driving Force Behind the US Oil Boom

Nov 05, 2014 at 17:32 | James Stafford

The shale revolution’s sweet spot is oilfield services, the lower-risk backbone of the American oil and gas boom that pays off regardless of a play’s economics. Behind the stardom of…

California Public Utilities Vote No On Energy Storage

Nov 05, 2014 at 16:43 | Euan Mearns

In 2002 California set itself an ambitious renewable energy target – a third of its electricity from renewables by 2020 – and according to Figure 1 of the California Public…

Renewable Energy vs Natural Gas – How The Costs Stack Up

Nov 04, 2014 at 17:22 | Breakthrough Institute

The financial advisory firm Lazard recently updated its estimates for the levelized cost of different electricity generation technologies, and some observers…

BHP To Sell US Shale Assets, Expects $5 Billion Gains By 2017

Oct 31, 2014 at 15:12 | MINING.com

Mackenzie is confident in the process of spinning off part of BHP's business, which will leave the miner with a higher quality core…

Global Energy Advisory – 31st October 2014

Oct 31, 2014 at 10:17 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictTurkey’s Problems on the Syrian BorderTurkey is attempting to prioritize its enemies here—an activity that has ended up placing the PKK at the…

Will Asian Price Cuts Be Enough For OPEC?

Oct 31, 2014 at 10:08 | Jim Hyerczyk

The crude oil futures market is set to finish October sharply lower, however, the consolidation chart pattern on the daily chart suggests the market may be oversaturated with short contracts,…

Why Investors Shouldn’t Overlook Argentina’s Energy Reforms

Oct 30, 2014 at 18:03 | Juan Cruz Diaz & Lisa Viscidi

With presidential elections looming next October, international investors eyeing Argentina’s potentially prolific shale gas plays are biding their time. Cristina Kirchner is now well into her last term, marking the…

How Long Can The Shale Revolution Last?

Oct 29, 2014 at 18:36 | Nick Cunningham

A new study has cast serious doubt on whether the much-ballyhooed U.S. shale oil and gas revolution has long-term staying power.The U.S. produced 8.5 million barrels of…

The Five Worst Climate Villains Among World Leaders

Oct 29, 2014 at 18:26 | Chris Dalby

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Canadian Premier Stephen have just landed near the bottom of a ranking of the world’s worst climate villains. The 2014 Climate Change Performance Index,…

Oil And Coal: Energy Substitution And How It May End Soon

Oct 29, 2014 at 18:14 | Euan Mearns

Figure 1 shows annual percentage contributions to total global energy consumption by fuel type since 1965. I plotted it up to see if it contained any hidden messages about the…

Total Makeover: Can Pouyanné And Co. Move Forward In Russia?

Oct 28, 2014 at 17:08 | Colin Chilcoat

The head of French oil company Total is dead, and conspiracy theories and questions are swirling about the impact the future direction of the French energy giant will have on…

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