Ignoring the transportation evolution to…
Governments have started to phase…
The International Energy Agency (IEA)…
Regular readers of my ramblings will be aware that I am usually neither a fan nor a follower of conventional wisdom. When an idea is repeated frequently, and seemingly by…
Friday February 23, 2018 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in the energy…
Canada’s oil sands production will continue to grow over the next ten years despite a shortage of pipeline capacity and several years of underinvestment. That’s what a study from IHS…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate and international-benchmark Brent crude oil futures traded in a sideways-to-lower range early in the week, but momentum shifted on Thursday, driving prices to their highest levels…
I was jesting the other day about who would be on guitar in OPEC's supergroup, but it got me thinking about the various global oil producers, and how their traits…
Following a surprise report from the EIA, oil prices rose across the board, suggesting that bullish sentiment may be returning to the markets. (Click…
Baker Hughes reported a 3-rig increase to the number of oil and gas rigs this week. The total number of oil and gas rigs now stands at 978, which…
Venezuela has made history as the first country to launch its very own Initial Coin Offering. The long-hyped Petro cryptocurrency has been the center of controversy and curiosity to many…
Mexico’s energy industry strategy will be overhauled if the frontrunner for the next presidential term, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, wins the July election, his senior energy adviser said in…
As U.S. exports continue to rise, the price gap between WTI and Brent has sharply narrowed. The premium that Brent traded at relative to WTI used to run in the…
Speculation continued into early 2018 about who — or which organization — would be the ultimate buyer of the five percent stake being offered for sale in Saudi Arabia’s national…
China and other countries in Southeast Asia are helping erase the LNG glut, which was thought to last well into the next decade. China is in the midst of a…
Just how clean is natural gas, really? Natural gas is the bridge fuel of the future that will carry the world until renewables take over. It is much cleaner than…
The two year spending bill just passed by Congress and signed by the President attempts to make good on the administration's promised tilt towards coal and nuclear power. For the…
Saudi Arabia’s Aramco has considered the possibility of shipping U.S. crude via its Motiva unit to Asia, a source in the know has told Bloomberg. The company decided that…
After a surprise crude oil inventory draw reported by the American Petroleum Institute, the Energy Information Administration strengthened the good mood by confirming the draw, and a much larger…
Big Oil is due for a disruption. The world’s most important industry has been carrying on without any significant changes in its day to day routine for far too long.…
The price of oil is well off the low for this cycle because the OPEC + Russia plan to rebalance supply & demand has worked. Now the question is “What…
Last week, OPEC said in its Monthly Oil Market Report that based on OECD commercial stocks numbers from December, “In line with the existing overhang, the market is only…
Just a decade ago, few could have imagined that the U.S. would be producing more than 10 million bpd of crude, but with the explosion of shale production, that is…