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Energy

'Perfect Storm' Wreaks Havoc On Europe’s Energy Market

Dec 13, 2017 at 16:32 | Nick Cunningham

The natural gas market in Europe suddenly got a lot tighter this week, with two unexpected supply outages wreaking havoc across the continent, forcing Italy to declare a state of…

The ‘Unknown Unknowns’ That Threaten U.S. Shale

Dec 13, 2017 at 13:15 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Three years after the oil price crash, the U.S. shale patch is on its second growth phase and is expected to continue to increase its production, at least through the…

The Death Of Europe’s Coal Industry

Dec 13, 2017 at 12:44 | Nick Cunningham

More than half of Europe’s coal plants are already bleeding cash, but by 2030, the percentage of coal plants in Europe that report negative cash flow could explode to an…

U.S. Shale Sends OPEC Deal Back To Square One

Dec 13, 2017 at 11:10 | ZeroHedge

True to its perpetually optimistic form, OPEC, which last month for the first time conceded to the threat posed by rising U.S. shale production... …

Regulated Utilities Could See Big Changes

Dec 13, 2017 at 10:51 | Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

What level of profit does a company need to attract financial capital? Intuitively, business people grasp the idea of tangible expenses such as salaries, rent, and interest expense. But publicly…

U.S. Shale Output Rises As OPEC Production Falls To 6-Month Low

Dec 13, 2017 at 09:48 | Tsvetana Paraskova

OPEC’s crude oil production dropped to a six-month low in November, while U.S. and other non-OPEC supply has grown stronger than initially expected this year, which prompted the cartel to…

Huge WTI-Brent Spread Boosts U.S. Crude Exports

Dec 13, 2017 at 09:43 | Matt Smith

CNBC published an article late last week based on our ClipperData, highlighting how deliveries of U.S. crude grades into China climbed to a record in November. As U.S. crude…

EIA Reports Major Draw In Crude Inventories

Dec 13, 2017 at 09:42 | Irina Slav

Amid rising oil prices thanks to the three-week suspension of the Forties pipeline and a major inventory draw estimated by API, the Energy Information Administration injected some more optimism…

Cyberattacks: The Biggest Threat To OPEC

Dec 12, 2017 at 17:08 | Irina Slav

Oil and cybersecurity in one sentence certainly makes for a thrilling read, and there will be an increasing amount of information on the topic as the Internet of Things expands…

Exxon To Disclose The Real Risk Of Climate Change

Dec 12, 2017 at 16:55 | Nick Cunningham

ExxonMobil finally conceded to the multi-year campaign by shareholders and activists to disclose its risk to climate change, a notable departure after years of trying to dismiss the issue. According…

How Cryptocurrencies Are Reshaping The Oil Trade

Dec 12, 2017 at 13:57 | ZeroHedge

As of right now this is just a rumor, but it makes some sense. So, let’s treat this rumor as fact for the sake of argument and see where it…

The Coal Miners That Refuse To Resurface

Dec 12, 2017 at 13:47 | RFE/RL staff

SHAKHTINSK, Kazakhstan -- A strike by coal miners in north-central Kazakhstan has spread to more mines as hundreds of workers are refusing to return to the surface, demanding higher…

UK Gas Prices Rise Most In 8 Years On Explosion, Outages

Dec 12, 2017 at 11:06 | ZeroHedge

It has been a tough week already for those that heat their homes in Britain (and those that trade Natural Gas). Following extreme weather warnings and the forties pipeline…

Brent Pipeline Closure Confuses Oil Markets

Dec 12, 2017 at 11:05 | Tom Kool

The closure of one of the most important pipelines in the oil market sent Brent prices soaring on Monday, with one analyst claiming it was "one of the most significant…

The Noose Tightens: Venezuela Struggles To Ship Oil

Dec 12, 2017 at 10:13 | Irina Slav

The picture for Venezuela grows grimmer by the day, as tankers waiting to load fuel oil from Venezuela ports grow in number as the national oil company, PDVSA, struggles to…

Why Is Canadian Oil So Cheap?

Dec 12, 2017 at 09:00 | Irina Slav

Western Canadian heavy crude’s price discount to WTI widened to the most in three years, at US$23 for the January contract and US$27 for the December contract, after Enbridge

Brent Spikes As This Major Pipeline Breaks Down

Dec 11, 2017 at 16:07 | Nick Cunningham

A crucial pipeline in the North Sea has been shut down due to a crack, causing Brent crude prices to spike on Monday afternoon. In fact, Ineos, the operator…

The Billionaires Betting On Space Travel

Dec 11, 2017 at 16:01 | Jon LeSage

The space race is on for some of the biggest names out there. Leading technology giants like Amazon.com, SpaceX, Microsoft, Virgin Group, Google, and Facebook are all getting in on…

Russia Aims To Challenge Qatar LNG Dominance

Dec 11, 2017 at 15:51 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Vladimir Putin officially launched on Friday the Yamal LNG project in the Arctic—Russia’s second LNG plant and its push to challenge the dominance of Qatar and Australia, and the…

Are NatGas Prices About To Explode?

Dec 11, 2017 at 14:05 | Kent Moors

American natural gas prices are at their lowest since February. As I write this, Henry Hub (the primary confluence of pipelines in northern Louisiana at which the NYSE daily futures…

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