Solar power, like Democracy, stinks. It is costly, converts very little energy from the sun into actual energy, and it mars the aesthetic appearance of many…
The oil-price rally that began in mid-February will almost certainly collapse. It is similar to the false March-June 2015 rally. In both cases, prices increased largely…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to Washington on March 10 to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama. The two leaders appear to have hit it off, and on the…
33 years to the day after OPEC agreed to cut its oil prices for the first time in its history, and it is still fighting for…
More signs of major shifts in the platinum sector this week. With press in South Africa reporting that major producer Anglo American is close to a…
Total U.S. land rig count fell 13 to 450 rigs and horizontal land rig count fell 14 to 375 rigs. Tight oil plays lost 10 net…
Shale wells pump out a lot more oil right up front, and deplete much faster than conventional wells. It’s a bit of technical mathematics that doesn’t…
Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices. Argentina regulates…
For the thousands of new entrants into the oilfield services (OFS) industry in the past 15 years - both workers and companies – if you didn’t…
Trying to pick individual stocks is difficult. Most investors struggle in large part because they lack the kind of information and tools that are available to…
Lovering, Yip and Nordhaus (Science Direct April 2016) reviewed construction cost data for 349 reactors in the U.S., France, Canada, West Germany, Japan, India, and…
The internal unrest in South-East Turkey that started following the June 7th, 2015 general elections continue to threathen Turkey’s energy security. The Turkish government (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi-Justice and Development…
I’ve been talking almost exclusively about oil in the past dozen columns I’ve written for you – but what about natural gas? Many people continue to…
In case it escaped your attention, Mario Draghi, the ECB President, announced a package of measures yesterday designed to stimulate the lagging Euro zone economies. To…
Friday, March 11, 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 the energy…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • For the Iraqi Kurds, as we’ve stated numerous times over the past several years, an independence bid…
All eyes will be on Friday’s close this week in the May Crude Oil futures market because of the breaking news on Thursday regarding the anticipated…
We start by looking at this week’s key figures for the oil and gas industry from which we see that oil prices have retained their gains as investors are buoyed…
Oil and gas data experts Evaluate Energy showed yesterday that U.S. E&Ps took a huge hit in 2015. With the value of total proved reserves in…
Quite simply, the Saudis want to maintain their market share, but their means to control that are dwindling. The whole internet is jam-packed with analysis portraying…