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Statoil’s North Sea Success Provides Hope For World’s Depleted Fields

Oct 21, 2015 at 10:00 | Dave Forest

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…

Oil Glut Appears To Be Getting Worse, Not Better

Oct 21, 2015 at 09:18 | Matt Smith

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…

Day Of Reckoning For U.S. Shale Will Have To Wait

Oct 20, 2015 at 16:23 | Nick Cunningham

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…

The End Of The European Refining Boom Or Just A Pause?

Oct 20, 2015 at 16:16 | Michael McDonald

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…

How To Clean Up The Oceans While Making Alternative Fuels

Oct 20, 2015 at 16:05 | Gaurav Agnihotri

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,…

A New Era For Canadian Oil And Gas, For Better Or Worse

Oct 20, 2015 at 13:51 | Evan Kelly

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…

Oil Markets Trying To Muster A Bounce Ahead Of OPEC Meeting

Oct 20, 2015 at 09:21 | Matt Smith

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,…

Is Oil Trending? How Twitter Influences Oil Price Volatility

Oct 19, 2015 at 17:12 | Daniel J. Graeber

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…

Oil Prices Still Not Low Enough To Fix The Markets

Oct 19, 2015 at 16:51 | Arthur Berman

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…

Obama Slams The Door On Future U.S. Arctic Drilling

Oct 19, 2015 at 16:35 | Nick Cunningham

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…

How The Oil Price Crash Will Make Markets More Efficient

Oct 19, 2015 at 16:25 | Michael McDonald

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…

Canadian Oil Industry On Edge Ahead Of Election Outcome

Oct 19, 2015 at 12:13 | Charles Kennedy

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…

Saudi Oil Inventories Reach Record High As Demand Wanes

Oct 19, 2015 at 10:46 | Matt Smith

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…

Oil Market Showdown: Can Russia Outlast The Saudis?

Oct 16, 2015 at 17:12 | Dalan McEndree

“Two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter, one man leaves, two men enter…” Mad Max: Beyond ThunderdomeNovember 27, oil consuming…

Downturn Hits Bottom But High Oil Storage Could Delay Recovery

Oct 16, 2015 at 16:36 | David Yager

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…

Depressed Coal Markets Could Get Worse

Oct 16, 2015 at 16:21 | Nick Cunningham

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…

GE Spinoff Offers Investors Interesting Strategy During Volatile Market

Oct 16, 2015 at 16:12 | Michael McDonald

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…

Buying Volatility: Good Or Bad Idea?

Oct 16, 2015 at 15:38 | Kurt Cobb

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…

Key Points When Planning For The Rebound

Oct 16, 2015 at 14:28 | Dan Dicker

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…

Looking For Bargains? This Profitable E&P Company Is A Good Place To Start

Oct 16, 2015 at 14:25 | Martin Tillier

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…

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