Goldman's supply chain congestion index…
U.S. oil refiners are expected…
Oil bulls have a narrow…
Ukraine was set to sign a landmark trade association agreements with the European Union on 29 November, much to the dismay of Moscow, but the deal is now…
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts the Bakken formation will hit a milestone in December when it surpasses 1 million barrels per day of oil production. Since 2010, oil production…
Canadian pipeline giant TransCanada Corp. (TRP) has delayed the start date for the planned Keystone XL pipeline for a second time this year to 2016, as approval from Washington…
It was as if the International Energy Agency were appearing on the old American television game show To Tell the Truth last week as it offered a
Some retail service stations in the United States have already posted prices below the elusive $3 mark this year and prices could dip even further before the New Year. U.S.…
Last week the second round of negotiations for an EU-US free trade agreement took place. Energy has not been making headlines in the context of these talks, but a TTIP (Transatlantic Trade…
Texas’ Freeport LNG terminal was given the conditional green light in May, but a new bid to ship more liquefied natural gas from the terminal has fallen short of expectations…
An explosion at a refinery in Antwerp, Belgium operated by France’s Total SA on 19 November has killed two subcontractors. The explosion occurred in a steam…
The energy renaissance in the United States and Canada has left Mexico largely behind. While American and Canadian crude production has jumped over thirty percent in the last decade, Mexican…
A Russian court granted bail Monday to two of the 30 people arrested when activists with Greenpeace tried to climb the Arctic-class ice-resistant Prirazlomnaya oil rig deployed in the Pechora…
More than 400 shale oil and gas wells will be drilled outside of the US in 2014, most of them in China and Russia, while Europe largely sits on the…
Nearly everyone believes that oil prices will trend higher and higher, allowing increasing amounts of oil to be extracted. This belief is based on the observation that the cost of…
On November 14 the Tennessee Valley Authority announced plans to shut down eight coal generating units with a combined power generating capacity of over 3,000 megawatts The decision will…
China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) has agreed to purchase $2.6 billion in Peruvian gas assets from Brazil’s debt-strapped state-run oil company Petrobras as China works fast to increase its Latin…
The Bakken crude oil formation spread out over North Dakota and Montana should give up more than 1 million barrels of oil per day next month. North Dakota is already…
In its new World Energy Outlook (WEO), the IEA is cautious about the prospects of unconventional oil and gas outside the US. As regards shale gas, it notes that “uncertainty…
A deadly fire has broken out at the Chevron Pascagoula Refinery, with one reported death so far, according to local news agencies. A fire broke out following…
There are many zigs and zags, twists and turns, and unintended consequences along the path to higher priced and scarce oil. Only three months ago it seemed we were headed…
There’s something very special about Australia’s Olympic Dam uranium mine.Olympic Dam is the largest uranium ore body in the world, with a towing 57-year reserve life. Production…
The latest IEA report on Crude supplies has got me thinking, a new accomplishment for the IEA who have been woefully behind the curve on most of the major…