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Oct 23, 2015 at 14:55

There have been some interesting outcroppings from the long down-cycle in oil prices. The weakening of oil companies and their shift in focus from maximizing volumes and profits to hunkering…

Oct 23, 2015 at 14:53

Next week is a huge one for energy investors in terms of earnings. Four of the largest multinational integrated oil firms will reveal earnings for the third calendar quarter, beginning…

Oct 23, 2015 at 14:47

Chinese President Xi Jingping wrapped up a productive week in the United Kingdom this week, inking major deals that tie the two countries closer together. The trip made more news…

Oct 23, 2015 at 14:38

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • The situation in Kurdistan is worsening after the ruling party reportedly fired on protesters and violent clashes in two major cities have left five dead…

Oct 23, 2015 at 14:35

Short-term and long-term weather forecasts continued to weigh on December Natural Gas futures this week, despite a slightly bullish inventory report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). With the…

Oct 23, 2015 at 14:01

There was little movement on oil prices this week – a few down days and a few up days. WTI closed out the week trading in the mid-$40s, with Brent…

Oct 23, 2015 at 12:00

Earlier this week, Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir had the following message for Tehran: "We wish that Iran would change its policies and stop meddling in…

Oct 23, 2015 at 11:22

I wrote this summer about record amounts of investment capital being raised for natural resources. And this week we got some big news about where these billions are being deployed…

Oct 23, 2015 at 11:02

In honor of what would have been Johnny Carson’s 90th birthday, the oil market is full of chatter to finish the week. We’ve had a bunch of economic releases to…

Oct 22, 2015 at 17:37

Much has been made about the impressive gains in efficiency and productivity in the shale patch, as new drilling techniques squeeze ever more oil and gas…

Oct 22, 2015 at 17:19

To be king implies preeminence, or lasting rule. In the Arctic, such oil and gas supremacy is still little more than a dream. That dream remains alive in Russia however,…

Oct 22, 2015 at 17:16

There is something big happening in solar. This fact is becoming more evident every day. Regardless of one’s view on renewable energy overall and whether mankind…

Oct 22, 2015 at 17:05

We all know Goldilocks from the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears in which the young maiden wanders into the home of the bears and samples some porridge that…

Oct 22, 2015 at 12:07

Pivoting away from its failed Arctic drilling campaign, Royal Dutch Shell just received the go-ahead to drill in another offshore frontier.Regulators from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia…

Oct 22, 2015 at 09:48

Two very important notes for global gold mining developers this week, suggesting some unique investment opportunities are about to hit the market in this space.In places most people…

Oct 22, 2015 at 09:34

Two hundred and eighteen years after the first recorded parachute jump, and the crude complex has pulled the ripcord on its recent free-fall. After three consecutive down days, the crude…

Oct 21, 2015 at 17:24

Iraq is one of the major reasons why OPEC has been able to increase oil production over the past year, even as oil prices have dropped to six-year lows.

Oct 21, 2015 at 17:19

It is a dark time to be an investor in the offshore and oil services sector. Norwegian Billionaire and energy pioneer Fred Olsen told Fortune magazine this summer that…

Oct 21, 2015 at 17:04

Geothermal energy is one of the most widely available green energy sources in the world today. In spite of its availability, its consumption is almost miniscule when compared to wind…

Oct 21, 2015 at 17:04

An Interview with Princeton Research Scholar Tim SearchingerBioenergy’s role in the global economy is growing as governments…