Many nations have expressed their willingness to invest in Iran once the western sanctions against the country’s nuclear program are lifted. Denmark is one such nation…
Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince Muhammad bin Salman made headlines this week when he said that the kingdom was considering an IPO of Saudi Aramco, the…
Lost in the financial market turmoil in the first weeks of 2016 has been the abrupt change in Iran’s public posture on its post-sanctions oil export…
It became a mantra, evidently coined last summer by BP CEO Bob Dudley, that oil prices will stay “lower for longer.” More and more industry leaders…
After last week’s moderate drop in rig count, the amount of horizontal oil rigs seems to implode this week. The U.S. land rig count was down…
Oil markets have followed equity markets this week into free fall, dropping to $32 – a repeat of the lows of 2009. We're now at a…
The last year or so have been, to say the least, painful for long term oil investors but, as I have said before, for traders 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…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict This week, there is nothing more critical than the extension of the Sunni-Shiite conflict into a much more…
February Crude Oil The week started out strong with February Crude Oil futures spiking to $38.39 early during Monday’s session, but by the end of the…
The first week of trading in 2016 has gone into the books as the worst opening week in history. First of all, we'll look at some of the key figures…
ISIS militants in Libya continue to attack key oil infrastructure in the country. The two large oil export terminals at Es Sider and Ras Lanuf came…
This morning’s fanfare is not only for the first Nonfarm Friday of the year, but also in honor of David Bowie’s 69th birthday). And sure enough…
Last month I wrote about soaring profits for resource companies working in Argentina. With local costs for such firms plunging following the devaluation of the…
The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran appears to be escalating, but oil markets continue to shrug off the news. Less than a week after the…
As the New Year begins, there have been endless prognostications on what will happen to the price of oil and the subsequent impact upon oilfield service…
TransCanada Corp., which lost its bid to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline from western Canada through the United States to the Gulf Coast, is taking…
The New Year is setting off on a dour note for energy investors of all stripes, but among those who should be the most concerned are…
It is Dustin Diamond’s 39th birthday today, and accordingly the crude complex is screeching lower – fast approaching the roaring $20s. Blink and you would have…
Confirmed this week — 2015 was a record year for natural resource investment. With data from private equity analysts Preqin showing that resource funds raised…