U.S. oil companies are not…
Thermal batteries are a promising…
caption: The Land of the Rising Sun is caught in a delicate balancing act when it comes to siding with the U.S. and the…
One neighbor cuts off the gas, another halts petrol deliveries and Mother Nature cooks up an unusually dry season. It all means Kyrgyzstan faces a potentially catastrophic energy crisis this…
Statoil says its failure so far to find commercial quantities of oil and gas in the Arctic Barents Sea doesn’t mean the company is ready to write off exploration in…
A strong earnings report from Transocean (RIG) has everyone understandably wondering: Is it finally time to buy the offshore drillers? I have been exceedingly cautious about offshore and particularly the…
As Ukraine ushers through tax legislation designed to prop up political-business elite and alienate outside investors, Mexico finally passes secondary legislation to implement sweeping oil sector reforms and open up…
The extensive use of sand in the hydraulic fracturing process is leading to a rush on sand supplies, causing shortages as mining companies scramble to ramp up production.
Recently I came across this assertion in a comment box on one of my favorite websites: “The cost to fuel your car has never been higher as a percentage of…
Very interesting research released last week by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Showing that the domestic E&P sector may be headed for some difficult times.The Administration calculated the…
After years of mishaps and false starts, some oil companies are giving up on drilling in the Arctic. Many companies have allowed their leases on offshore Arctic acreage…
What’s the one thing that could meet around a quarter of the United States’ -- and three-quarters of the United Kingdom’s -- energy needs, but is largely being ignored…
A tanker ship carrying about 1 million barrels of Kurdish crude remains off the Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico, legally out of the reach of U.S. law enforcement.
Damage to coral reefs from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was even more far-reaching than originally believed.Because the oil from the spill…
The CORRECTION: We’ve all awaited it and I’ve been loath to call it, but too many factors have rolled in at once and its time has come. Oil will show…
Okay, I’ll admit it, I’m stumped. Broadwind Energy (BWEN) has been on my radar for a while, so I was interested to see what Thursday mornings Q2 earnings report brought.…
The British government unveiled a new plan on July 28 to jump start the fledgling shale gas industry. The government will accept bids from oil and gas firms after putting…
Regulatory AlertsA court in the Netherlands has ordered Russia to pay more than $50 billion in damages to the former shareholders of the now-defunct Yukos oil corporation, which…
Gasoline FuturesNearby Gasoline futures continued their sell-off this week. The market is now trading below 2.8261, or less than 62% of its 2014 range. The catalyst behind the…
It’s been a busy week in energy, particularly on the geopolitical front, with Washington at a loss over exactly whose side to take in the Iraq-Kurdish oil showdown, the implications…
There now seems to be general consensus amongst the United States and many European nations regarding the actions of the Putin regime in Eastern Ukraine and what should be done…
The rising tide of political instability around the world is negatively affecting the some of the oil industry’s largest companies, and several are considering withdrawing their investments in risky areas.…