Diesel fuel production has ramped…
Standard Chartered has predicted global…
A rarely used technique called…
Is Saudi determination to continue to defend its global crude market share and to let market forces determine crude prices finally unnerving Russia in general and Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin…
Oil prices are likely to stay below $80 per barrel for another five years, according to a closely watched energy report. The International Energy Agency
The oil price collapse seems to have stabilized for now, but unfortunately for investors and oil companies, the mid-forties price per barrel of oil is not high enough to allow…
The North American rig count continues to drop slowly and steadily while U.S. natural gas inventories have tied with a previous record set back in November 2012.
Billions of dollars are riding on the race for international shale production -- and the competition has been coming down to Australia and Argentina…
Forty-six years after the debut of Sesame Street, and crude has tried to hold on to a positive attitude (think: Big Bird), but is ending up…
Regarding the Middle East and its oil, the late Sheikh Rashid Bin Saed Al Maktoum, longtime Emir of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab…
Venezuela is at a political crossroads, with an all-important parliamentary election set to take place in December. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan economy continues to deteriorate as the state seeks to stave…
Last week, in the wake of S&P’s downgrade of Saudi Arabia and an IMF report which suggests that a number of Mid-East producers will be…
Baker Hughes has published its International Rig Count with production numbers for October. This is a monthly rig count and breaks down the international rigs by oil, gas and…
Apache Corporation, a Houston-based oil and gas exploration company, says that it has fended off an unsolicited takeover bid, and will continue to defend against follow…
On Lou Ferrigno’s 64th birthday, economic concerns are growing to hulk-like proportions. The theme of economic weakness has been kicked off by poor Chinese trade data…
Oil and gas companies have had a tough time over the past year trying to weather the storm of falling oil prices. But the political and financial winds are moving…
Panasonic is the biggest shareholder in the lithium ion battery market today. With a market share of close to 20.5 percent the Japanese company has…
It’s no secret that it is a hard time to be in the coal business. First, coal miners have been hit hard over the last decade…
It’s Not That SimpleIn my previous article Why the Bakken Boomed, I discussed the shale oil boom that has had such a dramatic impact in…
In 2008, as oil was moving through its lows of $32 a barrel, there was obvious carnage going on in the stocks of oil companies. But one group was establishing…
After almost a year and a half of chaos, the oil market seems to be going through a period of relative calm.For most people that is good news,…
South Africa has the second largest economy on the African continent, but it is not a major oil producer. It does have a very large coal…
(Click to enlarge) FUNDAMENTAL ANALYSIS With the crude oil chart indicating a range bound trade, this…