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Energy

The Natural Gas War Burning Under Syria

Sep 22, 2016 at 15:09 | James Durso

Qatar always wanted to punch above its weight. In Syria, it got the chance. In 2009, Qatar, a leading natural gas producer, approached Syria about routing its planned 1,500…

Big Oil’s Iraqi Disappointment

Sep 22, 2016 at 14:11 | Irina Slav

It all looked so promising: Saddam Hussein is overthrown, post-war Iraq needs help with getting back on its feet, and foreign oil companies are quick to respond. The Middle Eastern…

The Old Wall Street Trader Is Dead, Algo’s Now Rule The Day

Sep 22, 2016 at 14:10 | Michael McDonald

The classic Wall Street trader is dead. For decades, or even centuries, the professional investment markets were characterized by smart individuals buying and selling stocks, bonds, currencies, and commodities based…

Inventory Draws And Weaker Dollar Jolt Oil Prices

Sep 22, 2016 at 13:50 | Matt Smith

After being surprised by the voracity of the weekly oil inventory draw yesterday, oil prices have been rallying ever since. Today a move higher is being further encouraged by a…

Is This The End Of The Road For Indonesian Oil?

Sep 22, 2016 at 13:26 | George Barber

The following three titles caught my eye during the past two weeks: “Oil, gas sector continues to look bleak”, “Indonesian oil, gas firms rely on foreign loans for exploration” and…

Why Iraq’s Oil Production Has Reached It Limits

Sep 22, 2016 at 10:22 | Charles Kennedy

Iraq has succeeded in ramping up oil production by more than 1 million barrels per day over the past two years, a remarkable achievement for a country that was torn…

Is A Game Changing Deal About To Emerge For Coal?

Sep 22, 2016 at 10:04 | Dave Forest

The investment picture keeps getting bleaker for the world’s most hated commodity. Coal. This week saw another slew of investors officially back away from coal funding. Led by South Africa’s…

Nigeria Sues Oil Majors Over $12.7 Billion In ‘Stolen Oil’

Sep 21, 2016 at 15:21 | Irina Slav

The last couple of years have been tough for international oil companies operating in Nigeria: depressed prices and a wave of militant attacks on infrastructure in the Niger Delta have…

Why Oil Markets Should Brace For OPEC Disappointment

Sep 21, 2016 at 15:20 | Nick Cunningham

There is a strong possibility that OPEC disappoints the oil markets in the coming days, offering either no production limit or a toothless agreement that may not even be finalized…

Tensions Spike As Kenya And Somalia Battle For Oil Rich Offshore Blocks

Sep 21, 2016 at 15:10 | Zainab Calcuttawala

This week, the International Court of Justice will hear a border dispute case pitting the neighboring – and generally neighborly – states of Somalia and Kenya against each other…

How To Find The Big Winners In Energy Following The Oil Bust

Sep 21, 2016 at 15:02 | Peter Tertzakian

The charts look terrible. In the ruthless court of equity markets, the verdict is clear: The energy business – whether oil, gas, coal, solar, wind, nuclear, clean-tech or no-tech –…

Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Is Heading To India

Sep 21, 2016 at 13:52 | Michael McDonald

Amidst Tesla’s recent bad press, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk prepares for another big week of news. It has been reported that the Prime Minister of India has given Musk…

Bakken Halts Production Crash

Sep 21, 2016 at 13:45 | Ron Patterson

North Dakota has just come out with their oil production numbers for July 2016. Bakken production was up by 3,046 barrels per day while all North Dakota production…

Self-Driving Cars Creating New Investment Options

Sep 21, 2016 at 13:23 | Michael McDonald

With the push to develop self-driving cars, telecommunication companies are looking to simplify the process for providing the automotive industry patented technology. Self-driving cars will need to rely on…

Ahead Of OPEC’s Meeting, Libya Ups Oil Output By 70%

Sep 21, 2016 at 10:45 | Charles Kennedy

Libya has done the unthinkable: oil production in the war-torn country is actually up substantially in recent weeks, as some idled oil fields came back into operation. Libya’s oil production…

Are Low Interest Rates Bad For Energy?

Sep 21, 2016 at 10:42 | Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

Money today costs practically nothing. A recent study out of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco set the “natural“ rate of interest at about 0.5 percent, down from about…

EIA Boosts Oil Prices With Huge Draw Report

Sep 21, 2016 at 10:27 | Irina Slav

Crude oil inventories last week fell by 6.2 million barrels to 504.6 million barrels, the EIA reported, a day after the American Petroleum Institute estimated inventories had dropped…

Did The World’s Biggest Oil Company Boost Its Reserves Artificially?

Sep 21, 2016 at 09:38 | Dave Forest

A very important issue just emerged in the oil and gas world. Driven by an investigation from some of the biggest prosecutors in America. Looking at how the world’s largest…

Long Term Consequences Of The Oil Price Crash

Sep 20, 2016 at 17:03 | Gregory Brew

The World Energy Investment study released by the IEA on September 14 confirmed what analysts have been prophesying for months: the current decline in oil-and-gas investment is the biggest…

Oil Industry No Longer Discovering Oil, Only Growing Through M&A

Sep 20, 2016 at 16:27 | Nick Cunningham

It is becoming increasingly difficult for the oil majors to discover new sources of oil. The industry is in a state of crisis and could be at a turning point.…

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