Energy / Oil Prices

Jul 21, 2015 at 11:58 | Leonard Brecken

Despite oil prices being somewhat depressed by the hype surrounding the Iran deal (which has repeatedly been debunked as not affecting supply until, at the earliest,…

Jul 20, 2015 at 14:07 | Andy Tully

The price of gasoline in Southern California is the highest in the nation, in large part because an Exxon Mobil Corp. refinery in Torrance has been…

Jul 17, 2015 at 15:57 | Jim Hyerczyk

Last week’s report ended with a call for a sideways trade with the crude oil market holding between $55.33 and $50.95. September Crude Oil futures traders accommodated by posting a…

Jul 13, 2015 at 16:29 | Nick Cunningham

Oil prices may have firmed up a bit this spring, but we could be heading into another protracted period of weak prices. First there are the…

Jul 13, 2015 at 12:35 | Euan Mearns

I have become an avid reader of the International Energy Agency Oil Market Report. A ”free” synopsis is published mid-month with the full report and data…

Jul 10, 2015 at 17:26 | Arthur Berman

The news from the IEA is not good. “World oil demand growth appears to have peaked in 1Q15 at 1.8 mb/d and will continue to…

Jul 10, 2015 at 15:44 | Martin Tillier

As those who have been reading my ramblings over the last few weeks will be aware, I have been saying that the failure of WTI to…

Jul 10, 2015 at 13:35 | Jim Hyerczyk

Bearish fundamental factors lined up this week to fuel a sharp break by September Crude Oil futures. The week began with Greek citizens voting “no” to a list of demands…

Jul 03, 2015 at 13:27 | Jim Hyerczyk

August Crude Oil futures finished lower last week for a number of reasons. The market started the week under pressure and never looked back. The catalyst…

Jul 02, 2015 at 16:24 | Nick Cunningham

Oil hit its lowest point in two months on July 1, falling on a combination of market turmoil and bearish oil figures. WTI dipped below $57…

Jun 30, 2015 at 15:23 | Nick Cunningham

Oil markets face a lot of downside risk – high crude oil inventories in both the U.S. and Europe, resilient production from U.S. shale, increasing output…

Jun 29, 2015 at 17:43 | Arthur Berman

The oil price collapse of 2014-2015 began one year ago this month (Figure 1). The world crossed a boundary in which prices are not only lower…

Jun 26, 2015 at 16:14 | Jim Hyerczyk

August crude oil futures are set to finish the week lower after an earlier rally failed to draw enough long interest to drive the market away from the retracement zone…

Jun 25, 2015 at 12:40 | Nick Cunningham

Oil prices have leveled off in recent weeks, but with the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program bumping up against a deadline, that could change. After crashing…

Jun 19, 2015 at 16:16 | Dan Dicker

I’ve got deadlines – and a new set of columns to be written about the energy space every week. These days that’s tough, because there’s so…

Jun 19, 2015 at 15:19 | Jim Hyerczyk

After reaching its highest level in three weeks and posting a higher close the week-ending June 12, August Crude Oil futures posted an inside move this…

Jun 18, 2015 at 15:59 | Nick Cunningham

Russia’s state-owned oil company may provide its Venezuelan counterpart a much needed loan of $5 billion. Venezuela’s oil company, PDVSA, is in desperate need of capital…

Jun 16, 2015 at 17:29 | Nick Cunningham

The oil markets could be about to enter another round of soft prices.The OPEC decision on June 5 to leave its collective target unchanged…

Jun 12, 2015 at 17:44 | Nick Cunningham

The fallout of the collapse in oil prices has a lot of side effects apart from the decline of rig counts and oil flows.Oil production in North…

Jun 12, 2015 at 12:40 | Leonard Brecken

To me, commodity pricing today is so distorted that it is almost startling. The media continues its post Goldman Sachs’ bearish calls to pound away on OPEC supply with little…