Energy / Oil Prices

Nov 06, 2015 at 16:22 | Martin Tillier

After almost a year and a half of chaos, the oil market seems to be going through a period of relative calm.For most people that is good news,…

Nov 06, 2015 at 16:05 | Jim Hyerczyk

(Click to enlarge) FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS With the crude oil chart indicating a range bound trade, this…

Nov 04, 2015 at 16:18 | ZeroHedge

A few weeks ago, the IMF said something that, although it should have been obvious, seemed to surprise quite a few people. Here’s the quote from a recently released study:

Nov 03, 2015 at 16:05 | James Stafford

The performance of Blood & Oil, a soap opera based on the North Dakota oil boom, is not going well. The show saw its episodes trimmed by ABC amid…

Nov 02, 2015 at 11:19 | Charles Kennedy

A group of investment banks are becoming increasingly gloomy about the direction of oil prices in the near-term. A Wall Street Journal survey of 13…

Oct 30, 2015 at 17:52 | Leonard Brecken

 In my last article I outlined the case that the fall in commodities is a result of Fed policy more so than fundamentals. The fall in oil began, almost…

Oct 30, 2015 at 15:42 | Jim Hyerczyk

The 6.3% rise in December Crude Oil on October 29 serves as a great example of just how starved the energy complex is for just a…

Oct 29, 2015 at 17:17 | Arthur Berman

Buy high, sell low. The definition of stupid.That’s what Congress is considering as it eyes selling oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to pay for certain…

Oct 29, 2015 at 16:44 | John T. Young

It’s been a long and tough year so far for oil and gas producers.While cheap oil has been a boon for American consumers and some businesses, it has…

Oct 29, 2015 at 12:35 | Charles Kennedy

In a cautious and prudent display of corporate strategy, Anadarko’s CEO announced that his company would not seek to expand its holdings unless and until it becomes profitable to…

Oct 28, 2015 at 17:24 | Leonard Brecken

One thing I live by is the belief that “if coincidences keep happening they are no longer coincidences.”There seem far too many coincidences to credibly believe that the…

Oct 28, 2015 at 10:47 | Matt Smith

In honor of Cleo Laine’s 88th birthday, the crude market is swingin’ away today, trying to shimmy away from a two-month low. After a turbulent night, prices have reversed losses…

Oct 27, 2015 at 15:21 | Gaurav Agnihotri

As oil prices are now hovering around $45 per barrel, the entire oil and gas industry is looking forward to the next OPEC meeting, due to be held on December…

Oct 26, 2015 at 17:21 | Nick Cunningham

Get ready for some bad news and red ink.With the bulk of quarterly earnings reports in the energy industry yet to be announced, there are already $6.5 billion…

Oct 26, 2015 at 11:53 | Matt Smith

The crude complex is already in the mood for Halloween later this week, spooked once again on what would have been Jackie Coogan’s 101st birthday. A weaker dollar early on…

Oct 23, 2015 at 16:38 | Nick Cunningham

We are a little more than a month away from OPEC’s next meeting, which will be held in Vienna on December 4, 2015.OPEC altered the course of the…

Oct 23, 2015 at 14:55 | Dan Dicker

There have been some interesting outcroppings from the long down-cycle in oil prices. The weakening of oil companies and their shift in focus from maximizing volumes and profits to hunkering…

Oct 23, 2015 at 11:02 | Matt Smith

In honor of what would have been Johnny Carson’s 90th birthday, the oil market is full of chatter to finish the week. We’ve had a bunch of economic releases to…

Oct 22, 2015 at 09:34 | Matt Smith

Two hundred and eighteen years after the first recorded parachute jump, and the crude complex has pulled the ripcord on its recent free-fall. After three consecutive down days, the crude…

Oct 20, 2015 at 16:23 | Nick Cunningham

October has been billed as a pivotal month in which indebted shale companies would see their credit lines cut, precipitating a faster consolidation in the industry that would sow…