Even if it’s a fossil fuel, natural gas burns cleaner than coal. Even if it has been hardly feasible to transport it long distance and overseas in its…
In a sign of just how competitive the rebounding energy market could become, private equity firms are jumping into the rebounding Texas market. As retail investors weigh the…
It has become perfectly clear by now that Russia is putting a lot of effort into building its relationship with Iran, focusing, of course, on its oil and…
Expectations for the success of the upcoming OPEC meeting in Algeria continue to seesaw, with comments from top officials from member countries continuing to alter oil market sentiment.…
As we move into September, the return of oversupply fears are clobbering the crude complex lower, with gasoline leading the charge. With Nonfarm Friday on deck tomorrow, bringing…
OPEC’s crude production increased by 40,000 bpd in August over July to a record-high in recent times, with Saudi Arabia likely setting a fresh output record, according to…
The fist LNG shipment to China from the lower 48 states arrived last week, marking the official entry of the U.S. into the Asian LNG market. The shipment…
There are many players looking to enter the oil markets thanks to the raft of deals available as the oil price crash appears to be over. For the…
At the end of July, we wrote an article titled "Oil Bulls Beware: Crude Demand Is About To Slide As China's SPR Is "Close To Capacity" which…
It’s not often that quality mining assets come up for sale. And it’s even rarer they’re given away for free. But news this week suggests that’s exactly what’s…
A series of news reports coming out of Norway claim to connect a Norwegian shipping company that operates seismic vessels for the oil industry to slave labor benefitting…
Elon Musk's recent purchase of $65 million of SolarCity debt is raising some eyebrows. Musk has long been deeply involved in the fate of three prominent new…
The oil majors will have an extraordinarily difficult time trying to maintain their hefty dividends in today’s oil market environment, and unless oil prices rebound substantially, companies may…
Argentina is advancing in its mission to become the largest shale oil and gas producer outside of North America. But well economics still challenge the industry, despite heavy…
Russia still has supremacy over Central and Eastern Europe, especially over its crude oil market. However, Middle-East countries like Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Iran, have recently entered this…
The Bureau of Land Management faces a problem and wants to shake up the rules around wind farm approvals. The problem is straight-forward on its face, but difficult…
The Saudis counted them out. So did the Russians, even many domestic analysts said North American shale and tight oil and gas production would decline in the face…
Iraq surprised the oil market this week by insisting that it would support an output freeze at the upcoming OPEC meeting in Algeria. The comments upend expectations about…
Crude prices are softening for a third consecutive day thus far, as a decent ADP employment report out in the U.S. has boosted expectations from Friday's official employment…
Crude oil inventories in the U.S. rose by 2.3 million barrels to 525.9 million barrels last week, remaining at historically high levels for this time of year,…