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Energy

Now Is Not The Time For Bottom Picking

Jul 03, 2015 at 15:21 | Dan Dicker

Greece is the watchword for investors this week and commodities have taken a back seat – but is that the smart way to watch what unfolds in the Euro zone?…

Sell Tesla (TSLA) to Buy it Later

Jul 03, 2015 at 15:19 | Martin Tillier

As I search through financial markets looking for opportunities to write about, I am frequently reminded that trading and investing are two very different things that…

Frontier Oil And Gas Play With Growth Potential

Jul 03, 2015 at 13:46 | Editorial Dept

Introduction Unlike some of its neighbors, Morocco is not a major producer of oil and gas. Next door, Algeria is a huge…

Short-Sellers Beware This Coming Week

Jul 03, 2015 at 13:27 | Jim Hyerczyk

August Crude Oil futures finished lower last week for a number of reasons. The market started the week under pressure and never looked back. The catalyst…

Russia Taking Full Advantage Of Greek Crisis

Jul 03, 2015 at 13:21 | Nick Cunningham

With Greece’s debt situation spiraling downwards, the European project is showing some cracks. The July 5 referendum could amount to a vote on whether or not…

This Week In Energy: Top 4 Reasons Oil Prices Are Heading Back Down

Jul 03, 2015 at 13:01 | Evan Kelly

The big news from the U.S. this week was new data that showed that the weekly rig count…actually increased. That’s right, after 29 consecutive weeks of rig count declines, the…

U.S. And Cuba Open Relations, But Offshore Resources Still Disputed

Jul 03, 2015 at 12:18 | Gonzalo Molina

Today, an empty flagpole stands outside the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, D.C., but that will change on July 20, when Cuba and the United States…

This Could Be A Good Moment To Buy Natural Gas Stocks

Jul 02, 2015 at 16:47 | Martin Tillier

In the last month or so a kind of stealth move has been taking place in an unlikely energy commodity.  Natural gas, the poster child for…

Bearish News For Oil Growing By The Day

Jul 02, 2015 at 16:24 | Nick Cunningham

Oil hit its lowest point in two months on July 1, falling on a combination of market turmoil and bearish oil figures. WTI dipped below $57…

Saudi And Qatari Energy Companies Look Abroad For Growth

Jul 02, 2015 at 15:57 | Gaurav Agnihotri

The Middle Eastern oil and gas empire is undergoing dramatic change as the two biggest petroleum companies, Saudi Aramco and Qatar Petroleum are aiming to expand…

New Silk Road A Disaster Waiting To Happen?

Jul 02, 2015 at 13:44 | Michael McDonald

For much of the last fifteen years, Chinese growth has been a source of hope across Asia. Now that growth is slowing and China appears to…

Bakken Production Remains Firm In Spite Of Low Oil Prices

Jul 02, 2015 at 13:35 | Ron Patterson

North Dakota publishes monthly ND Historical Barrels of Oil Produced by County. This data however does not include confidential wells. But they do estimate, by…

BP Agrees To Pay $18.7 Billion To Settle Deepwater Horizon Spill

Jul 02, 2015 at 12:26 | Andy Tully

British energy giant BP announced July 2 it has reached a tentative settlement with the U.S. government and five states along the Gulf of Mexico coast…

U.S. Shale In For New Wave Of Pressure As Hedges Expire

Jul 02, 2015 at 09:40 | Charles Kennedy

Despite oil prices plummeting over the past year, falling from around $100 per barrel to now under $60 per barrel, the U.S. shale industry has proved…

Is Saudi Arabia Leaving The U.S. Behind For Russia?

Jul 01, 2015 at 16:54 | Robert Berke

The news from the recent St. Petersburg Economic Forum, which took place from June 18 to 20, inspired a torrent of speculation on the future direction…

The Economics Of Fracking For The UK

Jul 01, 2015 at 16:33 | Michael McDonald

As Great Britain considers its future and the role that shale gas may play, it’s worth trying to understand the economic impact that greater shale development…

Alberta’s Government Kicking Oil Industry While It’s Down

Jul 01, 2015 at 16:18 | James Stafford

The new government in Alberta is much less friendly to the fossil fuel industry than the conservatives it recently swept out of office after forty years…

Ukraine Stops Buying Russian Gas After Disagreement On Prices

Jul 01, 2015 at 11:12 | ZeroHedge

It has been a bad day for deals and deadlines all around: first Greece is about to enter July without a bailout program and in default…

Arctic Drilling Future Now Rests On One Well

Jul 01, 2015 at 11:02 | Charles Kennedy

Royal Dutch Shell is nearing a start to drilling in the Arctic, but has run into some hiccups. The U.S. government decided that Shell cannot actually…

EIA Data Still Doesn’t Add Up

Jun 30, 2015 at 15:49 | Leonard Brecken

As initially pointed out by Peakoilbarrel.com in a recent article, discrepancies between actual data for oil production in Texas vs. what the EIA claims are so stark it’s almost…

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