Ship tracking data from Bloomberg shows that 83 supertankers carrying around 166 million barrels of oil are headed to China, which has stockpiled an impressive…
At a time where many oil companies need to shed assets and spin off businesses to keep themselves alive, there are certain companies that are perfectly…
2016 is proving to be another difficult year for North Sea Oil. In March, former chairman of energy services company Wood Group, Sir Ian Wood, said the oil and gas…
• The most important fundamental development of the week, in our minds, is the evolving market share battle among OPEC + Russia. Saudi Arabia sold a…
One might think that a ratings cut would hurt a supermajor, but when Standard & Poor's Ratings Services recently downgraded Exxon Mobil’s AAA rating to AA+,…
First its new president, Jean-Bernard Levy, said French state utility EDF would delay a decision on its joint French-Chinese nuclear project in the UK, Hinkley Point.…
The horizontal U.S. land rig count fell 8 to 324 and the total land rig count fell 10 to 391. Tight oil lost 4 rigs--3 in the Eagle Ford and…
It’s not quite time for a victory lap, but some credit should come from an oil market that has clearly seen its lows and has taken…
This week saw the first of the major multinational, diversified energy companies reporting earnings for the first calendar quarter of 2016. As expected, they have not…
Friday, April 29, 2016 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Splitting the Libyan Spoils Let’s get Libya out of the way first. It should not be necessary to mention this, and in general we find it…
Now that June Crude Oil futures have cleared more than a few hurdles on the daily and weekly charts, it’s time to take a look at…
In the latest key figures from the oil and gas industry we see that oil rallied throughout the week, ignoring the fact that U.S. crude oil…
Much of the focus in the debate over the future of the energy and utility industries is focused on the efficacy of renewable power plans to…
Two hundred and three years after J.F. Hummel patented rubber, and the oil market is bouncing once again. Yesterday’s dollar weakness was encouraged by a super-strong…
Gold is looking strong again this week — gaining after the Bank of Japan unexpectedly held off on stimulus Thursday, causing a decline in the dollar. Gold stocks are also…
Never is a long time. The dictionary definition is, “at no time in the past or future; on no occasion; not ever.” In the volatile oil…
Russia and Saudi Arabia have been (relatively) quietly fighting for market share in China ever since oil prices started their downward spiral in mid-2014—now the battle…
On Tuesday, Venezuela shortened its workweek to just two days as the country suffers through a deepening power crisis. Venezuela sources about 60 percent of its…
Sunday, April 17th was the designated moment. The world’s leading oil producers were expected to bring fresh discipline to the chaotic petroleum market and spark a…