Despite renewable energy efforts, the…
Suriname's oil boom hopes are…
Asking developong nations to stop…
To listen to the talking heads on TV over the last few months you would think that there is a direct positive correlation between oil prices…
Investment guru Warren Buffett got rid of his entire $3.7 billion holding in Exxon Mobil Corp. in the fourth quarter of 2014, evidently influenced by the…
How can Venezuela use its vast oil reserves to enhance its economic security and become a major player in global energy markets? Samir Tata thinks that…
The EIA just released their International Energy Statistics with world production numbers through October 2014. There were no big surprises in this report.
Between European uncertainty and last night's massive API inventory build (14.3mm barrels), Brent and WTI crude was sliding into today's inventory data - well off the…
U.S. tight oil production may fall 600,000 barrels per day by June 2015 based on reasonable projections of current rig counts. I compared the decrease in…
Nuclear power is out in Germany, but could shale gas soon be included in the historic German energiewende? The German government has taken bold steps to…
The current US oil market is in the midst of a slugfest reminiscent of a Rocky fight, as competing…
It may be difficult to look beyond the current pricing environment for oil, but the depletion of low-cost reserves and the increasing inability to find major…
Shell is back in; Statoil is pensive, but eager; and Russia is pushing ahead. Low prices have stunted exploration, but the Arctic is still…
Here are some staggering statistics: Texas alone produces about 20-percent of all oil and gas in the United States. The sum-total of Lone Star oil and…
The North Dakota Industrial Commission has released the Bakken and North Dakota monthly production numbers for December 2014. There was a bit of a surprise…
Libya’s oil fields and infrastructure have come under attack multiple times over much of the last two years, but events have recently taken a turn for…
If you listen to the arguments for and against the Keystone Pipeline, you’re likely to come away thinking that either this pipeline is America’s greatest blessing or the world's greatest…
In the fast moving oil market much of the fundamental data only becomes available for general consumption at least one month in arrears. But EIA…
Many readers have asked me to explain debt. They also wonder, “Why can’t we just cancel debt and start over?” if we are reaching oil limits,…
I was feeling so lonely these past weeks. All alone trying to assess the oil markets, with their wild volatility. Then, suddenly, seemingly every investment bank…
In an internet comments section I was once berated by a reader for not following what they described as the number one rule of trading, that…
Oil and gas companies are paring back investments and slashing jobs, which is taking an enormous toll on oil-producing regions, particularly in North America. But it…
Crude Oil Outlook April Crude Oil showed strong resilience over the last two weeks, but both moves were related to technical factors. The fundamentals remain bearish,…