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Oil Slides As Oil Majors Report Poor Results

Feb 02, 2016 at 10:14 | Matt Smith

Good day! Here are ten things to consider on this second day of February, 2016: 1) Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow, meaning an early start…

Russia Cries Dyadya (Uncle), Is Saudi Arabia Listening?

Feb 01, 2016 at 17:30 | Dalan McEndree

In recent days, signs of a possible breakthrough in the year-long stand-off between Russia and Saudi Arabia on crude production strategy have emerged. Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s…

Politics & Oil - What The President Failed To Mention In His Address To Congress

Feb 01, 2016 at 16:52 | Ken Wells

“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” That’s what the warden says to Paul Newman in the movie Cool Hand Luke, right after…

Banks On The Hook For Bad Energy Loans

Feb 01, 2016 at 16:28 | Rakesh Upadhyay

Energy sector bankruptcies are mounting as we detox from the high of the shale boom, but while junk-rated energy bonds are experiencing staggering losses, and without…

Congress Looks To Pass Energy Bill for First Time Since 2007

Feb 01, 2016 at 16:19 | Nick Cunningham

The U.S. Senate will kick off deliberations over a (potentially) bipartisan energy bill this week. Reaching consensus on energy legislation has been notoriously difficult, but…

Sales Tax Dispute Could Send Billions to Texas Oil Industry

Feb 01, 2016 at 13:09 | Charles Kennedy

A potential windfall could wash over Texas oil and gas drillers. According to the Texas Tribune, the Texas Supreme Court decided to agree hear a…

Oil Prices Tank As Chinese Economic Data Continues To Disappoint

Feb 01, 2016 at 10:37 | Matt Smith

Today is Harry Styles’ 22nd birthday, and accordingly the crude complex is heading in one direction. (Down). We burst into February today, and get hit by…

This Could Be A Big Setback For Iran’s Oil Export Plans

Feb 01, 2016 at 09:30 | Dave Forest

Short but potentially very important note for the oil market over the weekend. From a place that’s been one of the major focus points for the…

Rig Count Update: Moment of Truth for the Permian Basin?

Jan 30, 2016 at 10:05 | Arthur Berman

The U.S. land rig count fell 17 to 590 and the horizontal land rig count fell 13 to 487. Horizontal Land Rig Count Update This week, the Permian basin horizontal…

Fundamentals Are Lost, But Upside Visible For Oil

Jan 30, 2016 at 09:52 | Dan Dicker

The oil market has become nothing but a rumor mill – rumors of Fed hikes to come, or even Fed cuts – and, over the last…

3 Rules for Trading Volatile Markets

Jan 30, 2016 at 09:49 | Martin Tillier

For those who like to trade in the energy markets the last few weeks have been marked by one word: volatility. With 4 or 5 percent…

Oil Volatility at Seven Year High

Jan 30, 2016 at 09:45 | Editorial Dept

Friday, January 29, 2016 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this…

Signs Of A Shift In Sentiment Are There, But Where Is The Catalyst?

Jan 30, 2016 at 09:19 | Jim Hyerczyk

March Crude Oil Analysis If you’re watching crude oil prices every day, you will probably say the market is volatile, choppy and directionless. If you’re watching it on a weekly…

Is China The Big Sponge That Absorbs The Oil Glut?

Jan 29, 2016 at 16:53 | Colin Chilcoat

Discerning market pessimism from fundamental-based movements can be difficult, especially with all the moving oil has done in the last year plus. And to be sure,…

U.S Drillers Post Billions In Losses As Hedges Roll Off

Jan 29, 2016 at 16:44 | Nick Cunningham

As fourth quarter earnings start trickling in, lots of losses are piling up in the shale industry and another round of cuts are expected. Over the…

More Oil and Gas Bankruptcies Are Assured

Jan 29, 2016 at 16:44 | Michael McDonald

2015 was a terrible year for energy investors, but many investors and even corporate officers may be deluding themselves in believing that if they simply hold on, the good times…

LukOil Back In Iran As Russia’s Output Faces Decline

Jan 29, 2016 at 16:35 | Irina Slav

Russia’s LukOil may have dropped some of its other new exploration projects as sliding oil prices curtail spending, but the specter of declining Russian crude…

Texan Wind Is Blowing Away The Competition

Jan 29, 2016 at 16:31 | Michael McDonald

You have to hand it to Texas. The state that is perhaps most closely identified with oil production is now doing a good job of diversifying its investments and positioning…

Is Non-OPEC Oil Production Beginning A Serious Decline?

Jan 29, 2016 at 16:20 | Ron Patterson

The EIA’s Monthly Energy Review just came out. They have the U.S. production numbers through December along with World, OPEC C+C, Non-OPEC and selected Non-OPEC…

Turkey Having Trouble Finding Alternatives To Russian Gas

Jan 29, 2016 at 15:55 | Eurasianet

With Russian-Turkish relations bottoming out after Turkey’s downing of a Russian military jet last November, Ankara is scrambling to reduce its dependency on Russian gas. But…

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