Last year was a record year for clean energy investment, and 2016 should be even better. That comes from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), which publishes global figures on…
The Federal Reserve has told the world that it will increase interest rates four times this year. Nobody knows how much and nobody knows how corporate…
OPEC acknowledges that it is still producing more oil than its customers can consume, but says a drop in output by producers outside the cartel will begin a “rebalancing” of…
While oil and natural gas prices may be very low today, in the medium- and long-term it’s likely that fossil fuels will be significantly more expensive.…
First wel'll take a quick look at some of the critical figures and data in the energy markets this week. Oil broke below $30 per barrel…
Oman wants to slash oil production in order to staunch the price slide and ease the supply glut—but it won’t move before OPEC does. It’s…
As the stock and commodities markets continue trying to make paupers of energy investors everywhere, many investors are undoubtedly unnerved by the volatility. Yet for all of the sound and…
It is national popcorn day, so plonk yourself down in a chair with a bucket of the stuff and prepare to be entertained; it is a…
New copper production has been hitting the market fast and regular of late. And this week we got news that yet another massive mining project…
Warren Buffett has been consistently wrong on oil, but many experts are calling a bottom on oil prices now that the investor extraordinaire has upped his ante in Phillips 66,…
Is the End in Sight? Following a week in which both Brent ($28.94) and WTI ($29.70) crude prices tumbled below $30 per barrel, it might seem…
After flirting with breaking below $30 per barrel, oil decidedly broke that threshold at the end of last week, deepening the unrelenting losses the market shave witnessed so far in…
My favorite Texas oilman Jeffrey Brown is at it again. In a recent email he's pointing out to everyone who will listen that the supposed oversupply…
The oil markets are on edge with oil sinking into the $20s per barrel. And last week we reported on one place where oil is…
According to the Energy Information Administration’s Monthly Energy Review database, world field production of crude oil in September was up 1.5 million barrels a day…
To celebrate the birth of AA Milne (some 134 years ago), today is national Winnie the Pooh day. Once again, though, the crude complex has gone…
Energy analysts Wood MacKenzie said last week that low oil prices have now caused the delay of 68 planned petroleum projects globally. Representing $380 billion in frozen capital expenditures. And…
The economic instability in China has raised concerns about the global economy, but the pain is already being acutely felt in Brazil, where economic success over…
On the heels of its acquisition of BG Group at a time when everyone else is offloading assets in these days of dismal oil prices, Royal…
When Uganda and Total appeared to scuttle the deal for a joint Kenya-Uganda pipeline citing security concerns in October 2015, Kenya pledged that it would…