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Energy

Energy Stocks And The Political Prism

Mar 03, 2017 at 13:34 | Dan Dicker

As investors, we’ve settled on focusing on well-run independent U.S. shale producers for the core of our holdings, especially those in the Permian basin. Although the oil markets seem to…

Can Energy Stocks Break Out Of Their Range?

Mar 03, 2017 at 13:32 | Michael McDonald

After last year’s rapid recovery from the depths of the oil market’s plunge, many investors went into 2017 expecting black gold to keep rising in value. So far, it is…

As OPEC Cuts Back, U.S. Shale Fills Void

Mar 03, 2017 at 13:30 | Editorial Dept

Friday March 3, 2016 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…

Global Energy Advisory 3rd March 2017

Mar 03, 2017 at 13:29 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The Philippines is cozying up to China, which could have implications for geopolitical dynamics in the South China Sea and for Beijing’s claims on about…

Where Further Upside For Oil Comes From

Mar 03, 2017 at 13:25 | Jim Hyerczyk

What did we learn about the crude oil market this week? On the bearish side of the equation, we learned that according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, crude oil…

Oil Prices Find Support As OPEC Compliance Nears 100%

Mar 03, 2017 at 12:40 | Evan Kelly

Oil prices fell to three week lows before recovering slightly on Friday morning, as early reports of OPEC’s compliance in February look promising.

Oil Rig Count Hits A 17-Month High

Mar 03, 2017 at 12:38 | Julianne Geiger

The number of active oil and gas rigs in the United States increased on Friday by 2. Both benchmarks were trading up earlier on Friday on reports of an evacuation…

Oil Prices Rise On OPEC Compliance Data And Plunging Dollar

Mar 03, 2017 at 11:24 | Matt Smith

Crude prices are getting up off the canvas after being knocked down yesterday, helped up by a falling dollar ahead of lots of Fedspeak. Nonetheless, prices are holding in their…

Less Earthquakes In Shale Territory: Good News For U.S. Frackers?

Mar 03, 2017 at 10:16 | Dave Forest

I’ve talked the last several months about a little-discussed looming issue in the shale patch. Earthquakes. A few weeks ago, Pennsylvania regulators made the first-ever connection between fracking activity…

Saudis Cut Light Crude Prices To Asia To Keep Market Share

Mar 03, 2017 at 09:24 | Tsvetana Paraskova

Faced with a persisting oversupply and trying to keep its market share amid production cuts intact, Saudi Arabia has unexpectedly lowered the April price for the light crude it sells…

The EV Myth – Electric Car Threat To Oil Is Wildly Overstated

Mar 02, 2017 at 17:16 | Nawar Alsaadi

At the outset of the 2014 oil collapse, slacking oil demand growth was often cited as a major contributor to the sharp decline in oil prices. In September 2014, the…

Doomsday Scenario: A World Without Oil

Mar 02, 2017 at 16:56 | Zainab Calcuttawala

Suppose the rapture happened. Not the kind followed by the Second Coming of Jesus as promised by Paul, but a rapture of oil. Imagine that one night, just after the…

Exxon Betting Big On U.S. Shale

Mar 02, 2017 at 15:04 | Nick Cunningham

ExxonMobil’s new CEO Darren Woods announced a dramatic shift towards shale drilling this week, a new strategy that will prioritize drilling thousands of smaller wells while reducing spending on the…

Why The Oil Industry Has To Go Digital

Mar 02, 2017 at 14:57 | Irina Slav

The oil industry has been notoriously slow in joining the digital age, but now it has been forced to do it as the efficiency drive trumps expansion in the post-oil…

Are Oil Prices Really Driven By Supply And Demand?

Mar 02, 2017 at 14:49 | Robert Gore

For most people the reflexive answer to the title question is yes. Consider, however, that over various time spans since 1980, the price of oil has dropped 75, 76, 78,…

As Non-OPEC Compliance Hits 60%, Oil Prices Remain Stagnant

Mar 02, 2017 at 11:19 | Precise Consultants

When is 60 percent compliance a good thing? When it’s not 40 percent... That is the latest status on the non-OPEC nations who agreed to November’s production cut, as discussed…

Despite Promises To Cut, Iraq Raises February Oil Exports

Mar 02, 2017 at 09:54 | Irina Slav

Crude oil exports from Iraq went up by 1 percent to 3.85 million barrels daily in February, despite the OPEC oil production cut that has seen Saudi Arabia and other…

The Secret Wealth Of The World’s Richest Oil Billionaires

Mar 01, 2017 at 17:03 | Zainab Calcuttawala

A policy of nationalizing chunks of an economy inevitably creates oligarchs who skim profits off the country’s natural resources. As such, you won’t be surprised to learn that the

Saudi King Goes East In Search Of Friends And Cash

Mar 01, 2017 at 16:31 | Nick Cunningham

The Saudi King kicked off a month-long tour of Asia this week, as the oil kingdom looks to bolster ties in the east as it loses confidence in the…

Why Investors Should Beware Of The Bakken

Mar 01, 2017 at 16:27 | Arthur Berman

It’s the beginning of the end for the Bakken Shale play. The decline in Bakken oil production that started in January 2015 is probably not reversible. New well performance has…

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