After a fierce run of chaotic headlines leading up to the Doha meeting, where speculation of deal or no-deal was enough to make blood shoot out…
Seventy-seven years after Gene Autry recorded ‘back in the saddle again’, and the bears are in control to start the week. Although an oil strike in…
While everyone is talking about the failure of the Doha negotiations, Kuwait has more than made up for OPEC’s failure all on its own. Kuwait’s oil workers walked off the…
By now everyone not living under a rock has heard the Doha talks have collapsed without a deal, but it is hard to overstate how surprising…
Canada’s oil production could see a small increase this year as several major projects that were planned before the collapse in oil prices reach their completion.…
There is a new drama on the oil front: those who have it in excess can’t get it to those who want it—at least not quickly…
(Click to enlarge) This is part 3 of a Part 4 articles series, part 1…
Note: Robert Berke has written 3 articles on the Silk Road project in the past, you can find them here: In Part 1 of “The…
Does Doha matter? Not really, the consensus in the media seems to be. Press reports describe the supporting cast in the Doha drama— Venezuela, Angola, Nigeria,…
This week's rig count was mostly about adjusting some big accounting errors from last week! The total U.S. land rig count fell by 5 to 409…
The stage is set for Sunday in Doha, with the world keenly watching the outcome. The traders’ week will start a day in advance, staring at…
History may finally be starting to turn in favor of oil investors. Oil has risen rapidly from lows set in February and, while there are…
In January I wrote what I called my “most important column” describing how the curve of oil futures, then in deep contango, needed to flatten in…
In a forex dealing room, where I got my start and my training, talking your book is a time honored tradition. In its simplest form it…
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 the energy sector. Each week we’ll…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict We spend a lot of time on Kurdistan because, while it’s not huge in the oil patch, where…
Crude oil prices were trading weaker at week’s end with higher-than-average volatility as investors positioned themselves ahead of a meeting between major producers, who are scheduled to discuss a potential…
Nations representing almost 60 percent of the world’s oil production will gather in Doha on April 17 to discuss "freezing their output at January levels" in an effort to stabilize…
When looking at some of the key figures for the oil and gas industry this week, in which we see that oil prices have lost some of their gains and…
Perhaps the biggest discussion in the oil industry right now is whether Saudi Arabia and other members of OPEC will freeze production or not. That’s a…