Energy / Oil Prices

Oct 17, 2014 at 08:55 | Jim Hyerczyk

Weekly Natural Gas OutlookLast week, December Natural Gas futures traded through the July 28 bottom at 3.877, putting the market in an extremely bearish position. Since…

Oct 16, 2014 at 17:16 | Nick Cunningham

The rapid decline in oil prices may be almost over.That prediction comes from several big banks that say oil prices are nearing their floor. Bank of America and…

Oct 16, 2014 at 16:36 | Dave Summers

The oil markets are concerned that there is too much oil currently available on the market, and that, as a consequence, oil prices may continue to tumble. Saudi Arabia is…

Oct 15, 2014 at 17:25 | Nick Cunningham

Oil prices continue to slide, putting enormous pressure on oil producers around the world. Saudi Arabia has insisted it is willing to live with lower prices for…

Oct 15, 2014 at 17:00 | Andy Tully

Iranian officials are taking the current drop in oil prices in stride and don’t plan to demand a cut in production by OPEC.During previous price declines, Tehran has…

Oct 13, 2014 at 17:09 | Chris Pedersen

As oil prices continue to fall, analysts and producers are trying to wrap their heads around the reasons and identify a floor price. Even though crude benchmarks like Brent and…

Oct 10, 2014 at 18:13 | Nick Cunningham

Energy stocks have taken a beating so far in October as commodity prices continue to deteriorate. A wave of bad news has hit the commodities sector. A weakening…

Oct 10, 2014 at 16:21 | James Stafford

American drillers are fretting over an oil boom that is out-pacing demand and pushing prices down, feeding the export ban debate and pushing it critically forward.This week, while…

Oct 10, 2014 at 10:35 | Dan Dicker

There’s panic in the air. You can feel it.  The market for oil has been dropping daily, now trading under $85 – under $90 for Brent North Sea grades.  The…

Oct 10, 2014 at 10:29 | Editorial Dept

The bear market for oil has arrived. Brent crude has dropped by more than 20 percent since hitting a multiyear high in June. Now hovering around $90 per barrel,…

Oct 09, 2014 at 13:34 | Martin Tillier

There is, to those of a somewhat romantic bent, an inherent beauty in financial markets. Even just simple supply and demand has an appealing logic. As demand for…

Oct 07, 2014 at 18:04 | Nick Cunningham

Falling oil prices are inflicting deeper economic pain on Russia’s economy, which is already reeling from EU and U.S. sanctions.Russia is currently considering its budget for 2015-2017, and…

Oct 03, 2014 at 15:42 | Martin Tillier

The last month or two have seen energy stocks, and oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) stocks in particular, become the victims of a “perfect storm.” Oil prices, on…

Oct 03, 2014 at 15:10 | Editorial Dept

Oil prices continue to slide. On the first day of October West Texas Intermediate (WTI) dipped below $90 per barrel for the first time since spring 2013. Brent also…

Sep 25, 2014 at 17:34 | Nick Cunningham

The winding down of extraordinary measures taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve to ameliorate the effects of the financial crisis could reverberate through energy markets. The Fed has…

Sep 22, 2014 at 16:38 | Gail Tverberg

Oil and other commodity prices have recently been dropping. Is this good news, or bad? Figure 1. Trend…

Sep 18, 2014 at 16:53 | Jim Hyerczyk

November Crude Oil futures are in a position to close the week higher. This possible reversal on the weekly chart coupled with the strong upside price action earlier in the…

Sep 17, 2014 at 15:04 | Nick Cunningham

Oil prices may have gone as low as OPEC is willing to tolerate. After several months of price declines, the secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries…

Sep 15, 2014 at 14:11 | Andy Tully

The price of Brent crude oil dropped to below $97 a barrel on Sept. 15, its lowest in 26 months, depressed by both a continuing oil glut and lower demand.…

Sep 11, 2014 at 18:41 | Dan Dicker

Here it is, in one monumental and telling graph – the point on energy you must remember: