The fluctuating prices in response…
Higher oil prices are expected…
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…
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…
Lately, oil prices have gone up when they should have gone down. Last week, OPEC decided not to cut production and the two major energy agencies released reports that the…
Canada’s oil industry has had a rough couple of months with production and exports taking a hit.Low oil prices are cutting into the profits…
When forecasting how much oil will be available in future years, a standard approach seems to be the following:1. Figure out how much GDP growth the researcher hopes…
If you remember the dot com bubble as clearly as I do and are a technical analyst then you will recall the month which the NASDAQ…
Following OPEC’s decision not to cut production at its June 5, 2015 meeting in Vienna, oil prices should likely continue their descent that began in early May (Figure 1). Prices…
In today’s low priced oil climate, there is a lot of opportunity in many parts of the O&G market. This opportunity has led to a rush of cash from…
Crude OilWorries about OPEC’s latest production decision due on June 5 overrode the potential bullishness of this week’s U.S. Energy Information Administration report. The…
It’s almost a foregone conclusion that OPEC won’t cut its production levels at its June 5 meeting in Vienna. Anyone needing strong evidence, if not proof,…
Oil rising to $60/bbl is displeasing some people, particularly the shorts. Some of the more extreme –those calling for oil in the $20’s – have wisely…
Regardless of recent upshots in oil prices, the million-dollar question remains in which direction the oil prices will go in the future. The volatility in oil prices has continued to…
The six-month clock is up. OPEC is convening this week in Vienna, as it does every six months, to discuss and decide on how the group will coordinate.The…
The selling pressure started early this week as crude oil traders reacted to last Friday’s data from Baker Hughes that showed only one oil rig was removed from service the…
Main Street investors are not the only ones who have been surprised by the speed and magnitude of the oil price collapse over the last year.…
OPEC publishes monthly production data for all OPEC nations in their Monthly Oil Market Report. The data crude oil production only and does not include condensate.…
Storage withdrawals and falling rig count have been the main sources of hope that U.S. tight oil production will fall and that oil prices will rebound.…
“Like pushing a rock up a hill” That’s how some trader’s view the current disconnect between the physical market for crude oil and the futures market with speculators pushing futures…
Oil, or rather the price of WTI, is at a critical level. Lower U.S. production numbers this week have given the black stuff a boost and…
July Crude Oil futures have drifted sideways-to-lower since its May 6 top at $63.62 despite three consecutive weekly drawdowns in inventory. Drawdowns have even taken place…