Global oil demand growth is…
We have a situation where…
Investors are ditching the oil…
From the multi-year slump of $1.611/MMBtu hit on 04 March 2016, to the highs of $3.902/MMBtu reached on December 28, 2016, natural gas prices have come a long way. Natural…
The ‘lower for longer’ oil price reality of the past two years has spared virtually no one in the industry, and the UK’s oil and gas companies have been among…
In January 2016, the Islamic Republic of Iran (IR) agreed to scale back its nuclear facilities in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions. During the sanction years, it had…
Iraq may owe international oil companies compensation for lost production Less than a week into the new year, many oil market experts are beginning to wonder if OPEC will be…
American LNG exports for 2016, according to the Department of Energy, totaled 109 Bcf through December, averaging about 0.3 Bcf per day. But contrary to expectations when Cheniere…
Prior administration’s forecast held oil production flat through 2019, with price above $50 Members of the House Appropriations Committee are looking at adopting a revenue forecast that is $1.1 billion…
China, the world’s largest coal consumer and producer, is not giving up on its long-term plans of reducing the share of coal in its overall energy mix and consequent smog…
For most of 2016, we searched for value in oil stocks, while ignoring natural gas. But while I believe oil stocks will have a great 2017, I also see terrific…
2016 was, in the main, a decent year for those who believe in the huge potential of U.S. natural gas. Chronic oversupply and a consistent build in reserves saw the…
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 sector. Each week we’ll…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil finished 2016 higher in what can best be described as a tumultuous trade. After a break early in the year, the market stabilized to…
WTI traded in a $52.11 - $55.25 range this week driven by sharp moves in currencies, updates related to good and bad behavior on production cuts from OPEC and non…
Oil prices rose on Friday as a result of a strong draw to U.S. oil inventories and early signals that OPEC is following up on their pledge to cut output
Oilfield services provider Baker Hughes is ringing in the new year with a 7-rig increase this week to the number of active oil and gas rigs in the United…
Happy Nonfarm Friday! It is the first Friday of the year, hence we get our first monthly dose of official U.S. unemployment data. Job creation last month was below par,…
Iran has over the past three months sold more than 13 million barrels of oil it had kept in tankers at sea, in a bid to boost its market share…
The agreement between OPEC and non-cartel oil producers to reduce supply would help draw down the huge global inventory build by the third quarter of this year, S&P Global…
A major question for 2017 is: will the coal rally continue? Two events this week should lend strength to that market. With one consuming nation seeing a massive and unexpected…
Several years of low gasoline prices have upended a decade-long shift towards more fuel efficient vehicles in the United States. For two years in a row, the U.S. auto industry…
Deals in the Permian helped the U.S. oil and gas mergers and acquisitions tally soar to $69 billion in 2016. The industry has been quick to adapt and secure primary…