Energy

Mar 18, 2015 at 17:44 | Dan Steffens

On St. Patrick’s Day the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that oil production from three of America’s largest shale plays is in decline. The EIA…

Mar 18, 2015 at 17:24 | Arthur Berman

Tight oil producers are hoping for an end to the U.S. oil export ban. They hired IHS to write the second report on this topic in…

Mar 18, 2015 at 17:04 | James Stafford

Low oil prices have compelled the Italian oil company Eni to slash its dividend, the first major oil company to do so. With the biggest…

Mar 18, 2015 at 14:44 | Ron Patterson

The latest OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is out with OPEC crude only production numbers for February. All data in the OPEC charts below is…

Mar 18, 2015 at 12:16 | Charles Kennedy

Could a decline in U.S. oil production finally be here? After months of substantial declines in the number of active rig counts in the oil patch, U.S. oil production figures…

Mar 17, 2015 at 18:40 | Nick Cunningham

A top Saudi official said on March 15 that Thomas Friedman and other conspiracy theorists are to blame for the crash in oil prices. Rather than…

Mar 17, 2015 at 18:30 | Andrew Topf

This time a year ago, the oil industry's biggest problem was finding a way to deal with the “retirement tsunami” about to crash down on…

Mar 17, 2015 at 18:21 | Thomas Miller

Energy investors are all basically asking the same questions: When will oil bottom, and when it does, what are the best ways to make money on…

Mar 17, 2015 at 17:34 | Euan Mearns

As if to rub salt in the wounds of the US shale industry, Middle East OPEC oil rig count has jumped by 19 rigs to 155…

Mar 17, 2015 at 15:41 | Evan Kelly

The double dip looks to be on. After nearly two months of moderate price gains for crude oil, by mid-March oil is swooning once again. Brent is showing a bit…

Mar 17, 2015 at 12:14 | Charles Kennedy

The string of oil train derailments is sparking infighting between the various industry players moving oil around the country. An oil refining trade group is…

Mar 16, 2015 at 14:58 | Arthur Berman

The IEA (International Energy Agency) made the following statement in its Oil Monthly Report on Friday that supposedly sent oil prices lower by $2.41 per barrel for Brent and…

Mar 16, 2015 at 14:49 | Thomas Miller

Not only does oil and gas provide the life-giving fuel that powers our modern lifestyle, it also has a legacy of often leaving wealth and abundance in its wake. Following…

Mar 16, 2015 at 14:40 | Nick Cunningham

After a brief period earlier this year in which the spread between WTI and Brent had vanished, the difference between the two oil benchmark prices has widened once again. For…

Mar 16, 2015 at 14:34 | Colin Chilcoat

The vast global network of energy infrastructure is, for all intents and purposes, a living, breathing organism. And like other organisms, it’s full of vulnerabilities. Across all sectors and at…

Mar 16, 2015 at 13:48 | Andy Tully

Oil prices lost about half their value between June and February, and now there’s a debate over whether there’s a second price drop in our future because of a persistent…

Mar 13, 2015 at 18:23 | Andrew Topf

The plunge in oil prices has been felt dearly by the top hydrocarbon-producing countries, with all experiencing deep losses in revenue that in better times, provides…

Mar 13, 2015 at 17:59 | Thomas Miller

It’s truly amazing how much fracking is mis-understood, especially to the degree that emotions run so wildly rampant. Take OPEC member, Algeria, for example. Two weeks…

Mar 13, 2015 at 17:52 | Robert Berke

The Propaganda War Over Ukraine There’s an intense propaganda war raging now over Ukraine. The old saying applies: "Truth is the first casualty of war." Neither…

Mar 13, 2015 at 17:42 | Gail Tverberg

For a long time, there has been a belief that the decline in oil supply will come by way of high oil prices. Demand will exceed…