Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict • Following the Iran sanctions game, as it progresses swiftly, Switzerland has now become the first Western nation…
Crude oil futures plunged to a 6 ½ year low this week, setting in motion a sell-off in unleaded gasoline and energy stocks.The week started with crude oil…
It has been a rough ride for energy stocks this year as almost all investors in the sector know. There are always extreme winners and…
The bear market continues. Another week, another significant loss for oil prices. WTI neared breaking through the psychologically important $40-per-barrel threshold, as a litany of negative news pushed down oil…
No leaks, no spills, no impact on climate change. The Keystone XL pipeline would have “no impact” on the environment if it were approved and built,…
One hundred and eleven years after the birth of Count Basie, and the ongoing rout in the crude complex is in full swing today. Downhill one-way…
One of the biggest legal shifts in the mining business recently has been conflict minerals law in the U.S. And this week, the rules took another…
OPEC next gathers December 4 in Vienna, just over a year since Saudi Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi announced at the previous OPEC winter meeting the Saudi…
When oil becomes an election issue it is rarely good news. After Joe Clark’s minority PC government was defeated in 1979 over gasoline taxes in a…
Low oil prices are expected to continue through much of this year and next, but as companies shelve plans for new drilling, they are setting the…
Oil prices are now looking to fall even further. WTI is trading below $41 per barrel and has already breached the six-year lows. With persistent oversupply…
On May 20, the ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited announced the discovery of approximately one billion barrels of oil equivalent in an…
New EIA data sparked yet another sell off for crude oil, with WTI declining by more than 4 percent on August 19, and Brent down by…
And the last two days we got a flurry of news confirming this trend in motion. First from the world's largest producing nation, South Africa. Where…
Yesterday’s 2.6 million barrel build to crude stocks from the US weekly inventory report has has sucker-punched oil prices lower once more. A drop in refinery…
Persistently low oil prices have already inflicted economic pain on oil-producing countries. But with crude sticking near six-year lows, the risk of political turmoil is starting…
Last week I spotted a very interesting chart that Gregor MacDonald tweeted which showed world oil production over recent years excluding the USA. The chart…
The Tianjin explosions that took place just before midnight last Wednesday, 12th August, have shaken the entire world and have exposed China’s inadequate and lax safety…
Investing is about staying one step ahead of the crowd, and right now the crowd is paying a lot of attention to Tesla and its gigafactory…
On August 18 the U.S. EPA announced new regulations to control methane emissions from oil and gas sites.The EPA has already proposed limits on carbon emissions from…