Sao Paolo is facing blackouts…
Tohoku University researchers have developed…
Oil prices surged above $90…
Developers and investors holding old, "depleted" oil and gas fields, take note -- you might be sitting on a lot more in reserves than you think.That's the message…
Back in the spring, oil prices plunged to 7-year lows amid fears that U.S. inventories were going to fill to the brim. As we all know now, that didn’t happen…
October has been billed as a pivotal month in which indebted shale companies would see their credit lines cut, precipitating a faster consolidation in the industry that would sow…
It’s been a painful year for energy investors with most oil-related stocks down significantly. One of the few exceptions to this rule of thumb is the refining sector as many…
Plastic is one of the most widely used petroleum-based consumer and industrial products, used in a wide variety of applications such as packaging, construction, automobiles,…
Canadian voters kicked out the conservative government in the October 19 election, a party that had been in power for a decade. Polls had predicted a slight lead for the…
On the day that Tom Petty turns sixty-five, the crude complex is trying to rebound after yesterday’s bout of free fallin’. Things are pretty thin on the economic data front,…
Crude oil prices don't care what's #trending.Just as negativity lingers, volatility breeds more volatility. Wild periods repeat and feed upon themselves. In the global marketplace, dramatic swings in…
The problem with oil prices is that they are not low enough.Current oil prices are simply not low enough to stop over-production. Unless external investment capital is curtailed…
The Obama administration officially shut the door on Arctic drilling, a move that could prevent any new drilling for years to come.The U.S. Department of Interior announced…
BP CEO Bob Dudley recently came out making an interesting point regarding the silver lining from the fall in oil prices. Dudley notes that as a result of low…
The Conservatives in Canada could see a decade of rule come to an end this week, and although there is a lot of uncertainty about what that means for the…
Forty-eight years to the day after Smokey Robinson and the Miracles released ‘I Second that Emotion‘, and oil services company, Halliburton, is echoing this sentiment. Halliburton is the world’s second…
“Two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter…” Mad Max: Beyond ThunderdomeNovember 27, oil consuming…
The current market and mood indicates the industry is most likely at the bottom of the current contraction cycle. But for things to get better, they must first quit getting…
It probably seemed unlikely that the outlook for coal could get much worse, but the industry’s prospects continue to deteriorate.Both worldwide and within the United States, coal is…
It is hard being an investor these days. Market volatility is intense. Oil prices remain weak and despite predictions of the fall actually helping to boost the economy, stocks are…
Wall Street’s buying of options--options on stocks, on commodities, on currencies, on almost anything--has been seen as a sucker's bet (unless you are doing it to…
As a professional trader, I depend upon having a plan. One of the only things that sets me apart and gives me any advantage in my energy investing decisions is…
For most oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) companies the last year or so has been about survival. The spectacular collapse in oil prices has been followed by a…