WTI crude hangs above $80…
Polish President Andrzej Duda has…
Unfortunately most investors in general and energy investors in particular are probably looking at some pretty alarming losses in their portfolios after the events of the last few weeks. Over…
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s energy policy seems to stick to one iron-clad mantra: Whatever the United Nations advises, do the exact opposite. While this might seem like a flight…
I've been advancing a thesis for several months with friends that World War III is now underway. It's just that it's not the war we thought it would be, that…
As stock markets and oil prices tumble in tandem, savvy investors will be aware that such a situation creates some opportunities. Some of the fall in oil prices…
The world’s favorite hotbed of instability, the Caspian Sea, has finally earned the right to be called, well… a sea. This is the unexpected epiphany of the September 29th
Running a multi-billion dollar energy company isn’t easy. Just ask the executives in the corner suites of some of the energy companies that have gone bust over the years. Some,…
LEGO, whose toy building blocks are known for charming children’s constructions, will end its five-decade marketing ties with Royal Dutch Shell under pressure from Greenpeace, which says the oil company…
Weekly Crude Oil OutlookSupport for crude oil futures continued to erode last week due to concerns about high supply. Technically, both Brent and West Texas Intermediate…
Producing energy to power the modern global economy is a dirty and dangerous business. Drilling for oil several miles below the surface of the sea involves staggering engineering…
Booming production in America’s shale sweet spots, steady oil and gas demand and still more momentum towards liquefied natural gas exports highlight this week’s US energy scene.The numbers…
As the world continues to recover from the recession of 2008-09, those who depend on their investments for income have faced a challenge. Central banks in all of the major…
Next time you get into your car and drive to the supermarket, think about how much energy you consume on an annual basis. It is widely assumed that Westerners are…
Unsatisfied with the pace at which the federal government is acting to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, several U.S. states and a few Canadian provinces are forging ahead with their own…
The U.S. is in a relatively strong position to take advantage of Asian demand for natural gas. There are now a total of three proposed export…
For a lifetime trader of fossil fuels, it’s been like living in the dark. I’ve never seen a better market to be long crude oil, where the risks to the…
With uncertainty put to rest over the Scottish referendum, several British energy sectors are hoping investment will resume after coming to a standstill before the vote. Not only that,…
I don’t spend much time finding very short-term trades, as regular readers know. Staring at my screens and trying to find a great long-term trade hasn’t been a breeze either. …
As I advance in years I find that, unlike many people, fewer things make me angry. I guess I am just coming to terms with the fact that the world…
It has been almost two years since Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Tesla Motors, announced his own dream for the transportation of the future. The Hyperloop was to prove…
Not meaning to be villainous – like my British counterparts in the Jaguar commercial - but it would seem that sometimes ‘it’s good to be bad‘. And here are…