As human history progresses, new technologies come along and old ones have to make way. In many cases, this process is made more costly and difficult,…
Pundits fill op-ed pages with letters of advice. "Dear Janet, about that last Fed meeting..." As electric company shareholders we always meant to write one of…
First of all, we will take a quick look at some of the critical figures and data in the energy markets this week. A surprise jump in the rig count…
The World Gold Council recently reported that production costs for the global gold industry have dropped nearly 20% over the last two and a half years.…
There is a growing chorus in Europe against Germany’s support to expand a major natural gas pipeline from Russia over fears that it will leave Europe…
Saudi Arabia increased its exports of oil during October, shipping out more crude than it had in the previous four months, aggravating a supply glut that…
After 37 miserable years of the so-called Islamic Republic (IR) and more than $1.6 trillion of oil income, Iran’s oil and gas infrastructure has become ineffective…
Tobacco, alcohol, and gambling stocks are often called “sin” stocks because of the nature of their industry. These companies have traditionally had considerably less coverage…
The Norwegian oil company Statoil has decided to move forward with a major oil project in the North Sea, one of the few to get the…
Two items generated a lot of feedback from our readers last week: the continued rise of the lithium mining sector, and big moves made by…
Seventy-eight years after Walt Disney released the first full-length animated feature, and seven factors in today’s crude complex are dwarfing crude prices. Happy – Let’s start…
China’s coal consumption may have peaked in 2013, and with it, so have the coal industry’s fortunes. A new report from the International Energy Agency…
Less than 2 percent of Permian basin tight oil wells are commercial at $30 per barrel oil prices. Sorry about that. I know that many believe…
Cheniere Energy, a U.S. exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has fired its CEO, apparently because of his plans for aggressive expansion, but is still interested…
Is this the first serious crack in high cost of hydrogen? Hydrogen fuel cells have been one of the most exciting areas of green energy for…
The time has come for an end of the year trading round-up – how we did with actual trades and what we can learn for our…
Newcomers to financial markets could be forgiven for not knowing this, as we haven’t seen a rate hike in the U.S. for nine years, but when the Fed raises rates…
Friday, December 18, 2015 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The Turks have launched a ‘decisive’ military campaign against the Kurds in southeastern Turkey, forcing some 200,000 people to flee their homes so far as…
On Wednesday, December 16, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate for the first time since June 29, 2006. In its monetary policy statement,…