Master limited partnerships (MLPs) were…
Oil prices have been climbing…
Volkswagen's EV sales in Europe…
Investment in upstream operations in the oil and gas industry shrank by a quarter last year and is expected to continue shrinking this year by another 24 percent.…
Land prices in West Texas are getting a little ridiculous. The Permian Basin has emerged more or less as the last man standing for shale drilling in the…
Crude oil production in the United States has decreased by more than 10 percent since the record high of 2015, from 9.6 million barrels per day (mmbpd) to…
Oil supermajors have come to realize that shrunk capex plans will make their exploration efforts profitable in lower-cost, lower-risk areas, and have changed drilling tactics to the ‘less…
Oil is charging higher to start the new week, on the ebb and flow of production freeze rhetoric and adverse developments relating to returning Libyan exports. Hark, here…
A few days before the highly anticipated OPEC meeting in Algeria, a top official from the group threw cold water on the possibility of a production freeze. Expectations…
It’s been a tough couple of weeks for oil investors. With crude prices having descended back to near $40 per barrel, after making a run close to $50 in mid-August.…
The Hanjin Shipping Company bankruptcy is starting to have ripple effects for others in this transportation sector. Hanjin is in competition with dry bulk carriers such as Safe…
The total number of DUCs is declining, but remains elevated Along with its monthly Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), the EIA released a supplement today which estimates the…
Since November, when 195 countries signed the Paris climate change agreement, several energy writers, including myself, have concluded that the deal’s biggest winner would be natural gas.…
The 2014 plunge in oil prices was initially hoped to provide stimulus to the U.S. economy, with the Fed arguing that the average household would save $700 in…
If you happen to be interested in the topic of “peak oil”, you almost certainly know the name M. King Hubbert. While you may know that Hubbert is…
In the world of liquefied natural gas (LNG), no market is watched with more interest or more potential excitement than India. In 2015 the country with the second-largest…
Oil & Gas Bankruptcy Continues to Climb to $50.4 Billion in August Three more companies joined the ranks of those that have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection…
It may be a little premature for the oil industry to panic over the influx of electric vehicles (EV). EVs would need to represent at least 50 percent…
Construction work is set to begin on a $4 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline project, underscoring Djibouti’s efforts to strengthen its status as an energy trans-shipment hub…
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the biggest in the world, has just sold all the equity shares of Duke Energy it owned from its portfolio. Duke did not meet…
The Fed continues to dominate the markets and our trading in oil and oil stocks. God knows there are hundreds of writers out there with opinions on the…
The last time I wrote in these pages was two weeks ago, as I spent last weekend at a trader’s conference, and at that time, with WTI trading…
Friday, September 16 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…