Master limited partnerships (MLPs) were…
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Despite some crude inventory builds…
This week we had the questionable pleasure of reading about Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister pointing a finger at President-elect Donald Trump for his threats to suspend Saudi crude oil…
Donald Trump’s victory has provided wings to the small independent oil refiners who have been burdened with the excess cost of buying credits as per the Energy Independence and Security…
The surprise victory of Donald Trump in the November 8 U.S. presidential election is still being processed by news outlets and industry analysts worldwide. But while the outlook for oil…
This past Sunday, an earthquake hit Oklahoma with a magnitude of 5 on the Richter scale. Earthquakes of this magnitude have the potential to cause severe damage to their…
With OPEC’s decision to cut production looming over the oil market, producers still have one corner of the globe to turn to. The region of West Texas is already…
Coal was meant to help build Siberia and the Far East. Russia’s national energy strategy of 2012 aimed to match Soviet levels of coal production by 2030, increase coal power…
Bakken oil production was down 10,119 barrels per day in September and all North Dakota production was down 10,353 bpd in September. Bakken production continues to decline, though…
Lower demand for coal will make natural gas an increasingly important fuel The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its annual World Energy Outlook Wednesday, saying natural gas will play…
OPEC ministers are again meeting, this time in Doha, but haven’t yet showed a sign of a sweeping deal that could come out of Vienna and OPEC later this month.…
One of the most basic things that those new to the world of trading have to understand is that markets overreact to news. Traders are essentially herd animals, and once…
Friday November 18, 2016 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in the energy…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The U.S. seems to be close to exhausting its options in Syria and Iraq. While the battle for Mosul, IS’ stronghold in Iraq, goes on…
Crude oil futures traders experienced high intraday volatility and a two-sided trade most of the week as expectations of an OPEC deal to limit production helped underpin the market and…
• Less than two weeks before OPEC’s next Most Important Meeting Ever the oil market is doubtful that the cartel will reach a meaningful supply reducing agreement. Traders have revealed…
Oil prices falter at the end of a week full of OPEC rhetoric as a result of a soaring dollar.
Baker Hughes reported an astonishing 20-rig gain this week to the number of active oil and gas rigs in the United States for its November 18th reporting period, bringing the…
As the U.S. dollar climbs higher and higher (and higher), the crude complex is getting blown over by the gale-force headwinds it is providing. We edge closer and closer to…
OPEC’s eagerly awaited production cut agreement may have just gotten even harder to reach as OPEC members meeting in Doha are now asking Iran to freeze its output at 3.92…
Good news for mining finance this week. With Australia’s EMR Capital announcing it has raised $860 million for a second investment fund targeting gold, copper, potash, and coking coal…
The U.S. Geological Survey just published an assessment of oil reserves for a section of the Permian Basin, revealing the largest estimate of continuous oil that the agency has…