Last week saw the first significant increase in the number of active drilling rigs in the U.S. since the start of this year, suggesting that optimism is…
Tiny oil rich Norway might be the last country one would expect to give a huge boost to Tesla, yet it appears that the wealthy Nordic nation is…
The upcoming Cyprus bid round may be one of the best opportunities of the year — to build a new oil and gas empire. When the tiny Mediterranean…
With Saudi Riyal forwards plunging back below 3.81, dramatically weaker than the current peg, Bloomberg reports that Saudi authorities are cracking down on currency traders as speculation…
In a sign that demand continues to rise and oil markets are moving closer to balance, Saudi Arabia increased its prices for crude heading to Asia and the…
U.S. crude oil exports rose to 591,000 barrels per day in April, up 83,000 barrels from March, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau on Friday. The…
One hundred and thirty-four years after H.W. Seely patented he first electric iron, and the crude complex is unable to get rid of the wrinkles from supply concerns.…
Traditional rivals, Saudi Arabia and Iran, continue to fight to prove their supremacy in OPEC. Neither gives up an opportunity to hurt the other, whenever and wherever they…
No one should be surprised at the outcome of the latest OPEC meeting, which was only hastily scheduled after the disastrous non-event that occurred in April. Still, no…
Colombia’s energy industry needs $70 billion in fresh investments over the next ten years just to survive, according to the head of the country’s oil association, Jose…
Dean has provided me with his latest update for Texas Oil and Natural Gas production. Texas C+C output has increased slightly over the first 3 months of 2016.
Oil prices have been on a tear for the last month or so. A combination of a retreat by the dollar from its highs, increasing signs that low…
Friday, June 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…
July crude oil futures are in the process of posting an inside move on the weekly chart. To non-chart watchers, it means the market failed to produce a…
Political risk has always been a part of oil business, and today’s situation in Nigeria is no exception. Over the past several months the insurgency in the Niger…
Already the continent’s largest producer of renewable energy, South Africa is moving to further reduce its reliance on hydrocarbons by expanding private sector investments in solar and wind…
No one should be surprised at the outcome of the latest OPEC meeting, which was only hastily scheduled after the disastrous non-event that occurred in April. Still, no…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict After Turkey’s infamous downing of a Russia jet at the height of the Syrian conflict, Russia flooded the news networks with ‘evidence’…
The Niger Delta Avengers have threatened to take Nigeria’s oil production down to “zero.” In another wave of assaults on Nigeria’s oil infrastructure, the militant group in the…
In this week’s key data for the oil and gas industry, we continue to see a decline in U.S. crude inventories and gasoline stocks while U.S. production keeps on following…