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EIA: Beleagured Coal Loses More Power Generation Market Share

EIA: Beleagured Coal Loses More Power Generation Market Share

May 02, 2016 at 11:27 | James Burgess

Consumption of coal used for electricity generation in the U.S. electric power sector fell 29 percent from its peak of 1,045 million short tons in 2007…

U.S. Natural Gas Prices Jump After Pennsylvania Pipeline Explosion

U.S. Natural Gas Prices Jump After Pennsylvania Pipeline Explosion

May 02, 2016 at 11:11 | Charles Kennedy

Natural gas prices have jumped in the aftermath of an explosion Friday in western Pennsylvania which destroyed one home, damaged at least three others and seriously…

Dead Sea Alive Again With New Oil Worth $322 Million

Dead Sea Alive Again With New Oil Worth $322 Million

May 02, 2016 at 10:36 | James Burgess

An old oil well in the Dead Sea is now believed to contain reserves of 7 to 11 million barrels according to a report commissioned by…

Oilfield Services Merger of the Decade Nixed Amid Strong Opposition

Oilfield Services Merger of the Decade Nixed Amid Strong Opposition

May 02, 2016 at 09:08 | James Burgess

Oilfield services giants Halliburton and Baker Hughes have called off an almost $26 billion merger amid strong opposition from US and EU anti-trust regulators who feared…

U.S Onshore Production Sees Deep Decline, Can Offshore Offset It?

U.S Onshore Production Sees Deep Decline, Can Offshore Offset It?

Apr 29, 2016 at 16:30 | Ron Patterson

The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC of TX) updated its online database a few weeks ago. The best estimates I have seen for Texas C+C and natural…

OPEC Ramps Up Production And Saudi Exports Near Record High

OPEC Ramps Up Production And Saudi Exports Near Record High

Apr 29, 2016 at 10:55 | ZeroHedge

In one of the least surprising highlights from the ongoing earnings season, yesterday we reported that as oil continues to rise, U.S. shale companies are starting to resume mothballed…

BP’s Quarterly “Profit” May Not Be What It Seems

BP’s Quarterly “Profit” May Not Be What It Seems

Apr 28, 2016 at 13:24 | Irina Slav

BP reported an underlying net profit of $532 million for the first quarter of the year and its shares immediately jumped on the London Stock…

50% Of Proved Oil Reserves May Have Just Vanished

50% Of Proved Oil Reserves May Have Just Vanished

Apr 27, 2016 at 15:32 | Ron Patterson

Where did all the oil go? The peak is back An extensive new scientific analysis published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy & Environment says…

The $2 Trillion Gamble That Saudi Arabia Cannot Win

The $2 Trillion Gamble That Saudi Arabia Cannot Win

Apr 26, 2016 at 15:10 | Juan Cole

Prince Muhammad Bin Salman, 30, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia laid out his vision for Saudi Arabia on Monday in a plan called…

Alberta’s Economic Woes Continue With Credit Rating Downgrade

Alberta’s Economic Woes Continue With Credit Rating Downgrade

Apr 26, 2016 at 14:59 | ZeroHedge

Regular readers know that we've covered Alberta's decline at length (refresher here), so there is no need to give much of a backstory other than to…

Does A Low Carbon Future Mean More Natural Gas?

Does A Low Carbon Future Mean More Natural Gas?

Apr 26, 2016 at 14:00 | Leonard Hyman & William Tilles

One hundred seventy one nations signed the UN’s Paris agreement on climate change on April 22. But before that, the European Commission on Climate Action recommended…

Venezuela Starts Power Rationing, Oil Production Likely to Fall

Venezuela Starts Power Rationing, Oil Production Likely to Fall

Apr 25, 2016 at 14:54 | Charles Kennedy

Venezuela—home to the largest oil reserves in the world--will for the next 40 days experience a four-hour blackout every single day, and there are fears that…

New Energy Project Tightens Russia’s Grip On The South Caucasus

New Energy Project Tightens Russia’s Grip On The South Caucasus

Apr 25, 2016 at 14:53 | The Jamestown Foundation

On April 13, the energy ministers of Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Iran met in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, where they agreed to create a single,…

Weakened Saudi Arabia Could See Social Unrest After Economic Shakeup

Weakened Saudi Arabia Could See Social Unrest After Economic Shakeup

Apr 25, 2016 at 13:10 | ZeroHedge

Despite oil's rebound from cyclical lows and the world's exuberance that the energy space may be saved (on the basis of headline-reading algo pumping momentum into commodity futures products that…

China’s Transfer From Coal To Gas Is Well Under Way

China’s Transfer From Coal To Gas Is Well Under Way

Apr 22, 2016 at 16:17 | Irina Slav

On Tuesday, Sinopec, one of China’s top energy companies, received the first LNG cargo at its new import terminal in Beihai. The company is now moving…

Iran Drives OPEC Production Up In March

Iran Drives OPEC Production Up In March

Apr 21, 2016 at 15:23 | Ron Patterson

The latest OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is out. The charts are “Crude Only” production and do not reflect condensate production. Also the charts, except for Libya, are not zero…

Can Mongolia Be Saved From Low Commodity Prices?

Can Mongolia Be Saved From Low Commodity Prices?

Apr 21, 2016 at 13:49 | Global Risk Insights

Having capitalized on the global commodity boom, and its proximity to a ravenous China, Mongolia has until recently seen rapid economic growth. As Chinese growth forecasts…

BHP To Sell All Coal Activities In Indonesia

BHP To Sell All Coal Activities In Indonesia

Apr 21, 2016 at 09:36 | Dave Forest

Unexpected move yesterday announced by one of the largest mining companies globally. Showing it may be bailing out of a country that used to be one…

Pre-Salt Bonanza Begins In Brazil With First Oil Produced

Pre-Salt Bonanza Begins In Brazil With First Oil Produced

Apr 20, 2016 at 13:36 | Irina Slav

The Brazilian pre-salt bonanza has now officially begun, with Norway’s Statoil and partners announcing production of the first oil and gas from the offshore Gavea field…

Statoil Branches Out Into Renewables With Wind Investment

Statoil Branches Out Into Renewables With Wind Investment

Apr 20, 2016 at 13:06 | Michael McDonald

For all of the excitement over renewable energy, one of the ironies in the space is that the vast majority of attention is being focused on…

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