Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The Iraqi army, with its allies from the Kurdish Peshmerga and the U.S.-led international coalition are preparing to enter Mosul, the last ISIS stronghold in…
Since late September, the U.S. Dollar and crude oil have been rallying simultaneously with traders seemingly ignoring the typical relationship between the two assets. Since crude oil is a dollar-denominated…
Despite Iran’s efforts to re-enter the oil market, and amid promises two years ago by the country to open up the industry to foreign market after the sanctions against it…
Oil prices are fighting against a strong dollar on Friday as the WTI front month futures rolled over to the December contract.…
This week’s Baker Hughes report shows an 11-rig increase in the United States oil count, marking 17 straight weeks of no-decline in the active rig figure. The streak suggests…
''Come writers and criticsWho prophesize with your penAnd keep your eyes wideThe chance won’t come again.'' Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan must have been an…
Historic week in oil and gas exploration. With the tiny Central American nation of Belize kicking off its first-ever offshore evaluation work this past Thursday. That area could yield…
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Khalid al-Falih spoke at the Oil & Money Conference in London this week, where he offered a robust defense of OPEC’s 2014 decision to not intervene…
Startup Company Flirtey is making enormous progress in the drone industry, far sooner than some of the most prominent tech companies. The Australian based company has developed drones capable…
Crude oil prices are on a tear. They have recently reached a new 52-week high, and considering the momentum behind the markets, it is likely that the elusive breakout above…
The oil bust, today’s volatile market and relentless OPEC chatter, it’s easy to lose sight of the fact that the oil market—even at current valuations—is somewhere near the $1.7 trillion…
Libya has been teetering on the edge of economic collapse for a couple of years now, and may have just made a narrow escape, right when the World Bank issued…
Here's something that most of you probably knew but didn't really want to see written in a report: the number of jobs in the UK's oil and gas sector has…
As yesterday's exceedingly mixed weekly EIA report is digested, oil prices are unwinding a good deal of yesterday's knee-jerk rally. As dollar strength further encourages crude lower, hark, here are…
Russia could boost its already record-high crude oil production by another 4 million barrels daily, said Rosneft’s head Igor Sechin. Sechin, speaking at the 5th Eurasian forum in Verona,…
Big week for coal. With prices for Australian thermal jumping above $100 per tonne for the first time since 2012. That marks a 100% rise in thermal coal since…
I don’t know much about fashion, but I have heard that blue is the new black. And I know that by the time I buy blue, everyone else will be…
Faced with an oil glut that is not expected to draw down until late into 2017 and that is depleting oil-dependent government coffers, OPEC is currently seeking ways – again…
Gloom and doom has been the dominant mood on international gas markets for a while now, and the latest news from Russia is likely to add fuel to the pessimism:…
With oil prices potentially set to stay low for years to come, the future of deepwater drilling is very much up in the air. The world’s top oil executives have…