Brent Crude broke 100.00/85 but held on to the next support at 99.50. Today we have support at 101.20/10 but below here look for 100.70/60 & then a retest of…
More than 97,000 rail carloads of crude oil were delivered in the United States during the first quarter of the year. That's 20 percent more than the fourth quarter of…
Some 1.2 billion people globally have no access to electricity, while 2.8 billion are forced to burn waste to cook and heat their homes, according to a recent World Bank-sponsored…
One of the scariest scenarios for Western intelligence analysts is the possible nexus between terrorism and nuclear materials.Recent events in Africa have heightened these scenarios.On 23…
The name of the popular American television series "Mad Men" comes from the nickname given to those who worked in New York City's advertising agencies in the 1950s. The…
A debate is going on in the oil industry and among its consumers about the medium- to longer-term impact of North American shale oil and Canadian tar sands on the…
Setting up a solar power system up here in the Laurentian hills in late May means fighting the black flies. The little buggers like to swarm around your face and…
Crude oil:July WTI crude oil lost $1.64 on volume of 638,865 contracts. Open interest increased by 12,624 contracts, which relative to volume is approximately 25% less than average.…
China's national oil company said it's finished building six new oil storage tanks on a tiny island off the coast of Myanmar. More work is planned there in terms of…
Nevada’s officials are breaking out the champagne with the news that investor extraordinaire Warren Buffett is acquiring the state’s electric monopoly, NV Energy, for $5.6 billion. Even…
One of the world’s most important energy developments of the past two decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 has been the development of the Caspian’s energy…
There is often quite a debate in the Peak Oil community over the difference between a reserve and a resource. Simplistically a resource is the amount of, for the sake…
The energy limit we are running into is a cost limit. I would argue that neither the Republican or Democrat approach to solving the problem will really work.The…
In the coming weeks, we’re going to detail all the potential candidates, but we’re starting out with what is hands down THE next venue to play, why we believe this…
A few quick blog-type posts today to give an overview of the energy picture and how it should be traded in the coming week:1 - The word from…
We’ve noted recently that Turkey is a hot venue for both the majors and the juniors, but that there still hasn’t been that one big find to put the country…
There wasn’t much movement in July Crude Oil this past week. The market basically retraced about 75% of the previous week’s range before selling off early in the session on…
Bottom Line: Anglo-Turkish Genel Energy—the biggest license holder in Iraqi Kurdistan—has announced another discovery, boosting the company’s already significant resources in Kurdistan. Analysis: Genel Energy (LON:GENL) and partner…
Bottom Line: Shale gas explorers in Poland get a bit of a boost (but not enough) as the government prepares to postpone shale gas production tax collection for five years…
Bottom Line: Despite news of significant progress in peace talks between the government of Colombia and the rebel group FARC, guerrillas in the north and south of Colombia remain active.…