A report by GlobalData reveals…
There are disparities in climate…
Higher oil prices are expected…
Major oil and gas discoveries are at a 20-year low and depressed oil prices have already translated into smaller exploration budgets. That will diminish the chances of reversing this trend.
With mounting evidence that the fracking industry is causing a dramatic rise in seismic activity in Oklahoma, a growing chorus is calling for a moratorium on the use of…
The OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is just out with crude only production numbers for all OPEC countries for April 2015.
Saudi Arabia continues to ratchet up production, taking market share away from U.S. shale producers. According to OPEC’s latest monthly oil report, Saudi Arabia boosted…
Once again, we wake up with markets reacting more to macro data versus fundamentals, Goldman Sachs reiterating its bearish call on oil and the
Talk about getting kicked while you're down. The Alberta energy industry and all those who depend on it for their livelihoods woke up to a frightening…
The U.S. government conditionally approved Royal Dutch Shell’s (NYSE: RDS.A) Arctic drilling plan, a major victory for the Anglo-Dutch company. Although Shell still needs to receive a few more…
You won't hear anything about this nation today when it comes to petroleum exploration. But it's a place that might become a key story for oil and gas projects soon.
All rig count data is provided by Baker Hughes. All monthly charts are oil rigs only. Gas rigs are not included in the count. The last data point for…
Low oil prices have provided a windfall to consumers around the world. In the United States, the second largest importer of crude (which was recently overtaken by China),…
The item in question: a new report showing that China just became the world's top oil importer.According to the Financial Times, Chinese trade data revealed that crude imports…
After Iran and the P5+1 group of international mediators signed the framework for an interim agreement in Lausanne, there was a surge in reports from the international media, predicting a…
History has been so fascinated with oil and its price movements that it is indeed hard to imagine our future without oil. Over the last few months, we have witnessed…
Petronas is willing to pony up nearly $1 billion to secure the support of First Nations tribes in western Canada for its natural gas export project. The Malaysian state-owned oil…
If the goal of the EU’s Energy Union is to promote interconnectedness and stimulate competition, it may already be working with a project on its southeastern periphery.Albania has…
There is a tendency to think that the cost of oil is, by and large, a Middle East thing. When investors playing the stock market are chewing their nails over…
This Einhorn thing has me a bit spooked, no doubt about it. At the Sohn conference, the master of the Greenlight hedge fund trashed the business…
Regular readers will be aware that I am not one for overly complex technical analysis. Sometimes, however, all markets do trade based on technicals. When an obvious and well followed…
IntroductionAs summer approaches, Arctic sea ice will start to melt away. That will open up the region for oil and gas exploration. In American waters, Royal Dutch Shell…
June Crude Oil futures rallied earlier this week, taking out the psychological $60.00 level in the process. The rally was triggered by a price hike by Saudi Arabia, a protest…