U.S. oil companies are not…
Oil prices surged above $90…
Shell's CEO has expressed dissatisfaction…
Oil prices don’t change based on weekly rig count reports. Yet every week, there are proclamations by analysts that oil prices are poised to recover because…
In medieval courts, the legendary question was, “Who advises the king?” In Washington we ask this very real question, “Who’s advising him?” Washington believes in advisers, who are often the…
No longer able to bet on itself, Russia hopes to make it easier, and more attractive, for others. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNR)…
Oil’s rapid decline since August of last year has been dramatic. To listen to some commentators you would also think it is unprecedented and irreversible. Those…
No matter how much oil the United States produces over the next few years, it will never become the next Saudi Arabia in the global oil…
On Wednesday, Feb. 25, EU Energy Commissioner Maros Sefcovic presented an Energy Union proposal to supply Eastern Europe with gas from domestic sources. This draft document,…
Thursday morning saw a tremendous spike in share prices of the two biggest deepwater drilling rig owners, Transocean (RIG) and Seadrill (SDRL). After so many months…
Long term subscribers and those with a long memory may remember that back in August of last year I wrote a piece on coal stocks. At…
As activist investing in the oil and gas industry metamorphoses from a growing trend into a situation that is starting the rule the day, investors and…
Technical and fundamental factors weighed on crude oil late in the week, which could be signaling support has been pulled from the market. On Thursday, sellers…
Oil prices have stabilized somewhat around the $60 per barrel mark, and over the past few weeks oil has shown less volatility than what we have…
With production and inventories at record levels despite the total collapse in rig counts, all eyes remain on Baker Hughes data for any signal the algos…
As the finances of Venezuela continue to deteriorate under the collapse of crude oil prices, the government of President Nicolas Maduro is becoming more paranoid and…
Oil. The commodity. We know what it’s worth – at least we thought we did – but what does a barrel of the black stuff get…
Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, the architect of OPEC’s strategy to regain market share by causing the price of crude oil to plunge, says his plan…
I have been supplied an Excel spreadsheet of all North Dakota wells back to 2006, thanks to Enno Peters and Dennis Coyne. I only used the…
The gravity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand shifted westwards over the past year. For several years now, LNG demand – and as a result, the…
Interconnectivity? Check. Lessens dependence on Russia? Check. Fosters renewables growth while addressing climate goals? Check. Norway’s upcoming NordLink accomplishes all of the above, but is it…
Many OPEC members say the cartel may have to call an emergency meeting production and prices because of the damage the collapse of oil prices has…
During his visit to Ankara in December 2014, Vladimir Putin announced that South Stream—a large pipeline that would have carried Europe-bound Russian gas under the Black…