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Jul 02, 2015 at 12:26

British energy giant BP announced July 2 it has reached a tentative settlement with the U.S. government and five states along the Gulf of Mexico coast…

Jul 02, 2015 at 09:40

Despite oil prices plummeting over the past year, falling from around $100 per barrel to now under $60 per barrel, the U.S. shale industry has proved…

Jul 01, 2015 at 16:54

The news from the recent St. Petersburg Economic Forum, which took place from June 18 to 20, inspired a torrent of speculation on the future direction…

Jul 01, 2015 at 16:33

As Great Britain considers its future and the role that shale gas may play, it’s worth trying to understand the economic impact that greater shale development…

Jul 01, 2015 at 16:18

The new government in Alberta is much less friendly to the fossil fuel industry than the conservatives it recently swept out of office after forty years…

Jul 01, 2015 at 14:53

Geothermal is presently a minor player in the field of renewable energy and for the reasons discussed here is likely to remain one, but Energy Matters…

Jul 01, 2015 at 11:12

It has been a bad day for deals and deadlines all around: first Greece is about to enter July without a bailout program and in default…

Jul 01, 2015 at 11:02

Royal Dutch Shell is nearing a start to drilling in the Arctic, but has run into some hiccups. The U.S. government decided that Shell cannot actually…

Jun 30, 2015 at 15:49

As initially pointed out by Peakoilbarrel.com in a recent article, discrepancies between actual data for oil production in Texas vs. what the EIA claims are so stark it’s almost…

Jun 30, 2015 at 15:23

Oil markets face a lot of downside risk – high crude oil inventories in both the U.S. and Europe, resilient production from U.S. shale, increasing output…

Jun 30, 2015 at 15:00

On June 22, Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) announced it would tender a new round of 24 energy infrastructure projects totaling $10 billion, including a $3…

Jun 30, 2015 at 14:08

In spite of all the talk about the fall in oil prices leading to greater mergers and acquisitions activity, so far the sector has been relatively…

Jun 30, 2015 at 13:09

Brazil’s Petrobras has slashed its capital spending program for the next five years, cutting it by 37 percent in an effort to stop the hemorrhaging of its balance sheet.…

Jun 30, 2015 at 12:05

In 2014 the Saudis could no longer accept the loss of crude oil market share as the North American production levels shot up sharply over a…

Jun 30, 2015 at 09:43

The deadline for the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program is finally here, raising the possibility that the OPEC member could finally see sanctions removed from its…

Jun 29, 2015 at 17:43

The oil price collapse of 2014-2015 began one year ago this month (Figure 1). The world crossed a boundary in which prices are not only lower…

Jun 29, 2015 at 17:10

When Konstantin Kosachyov, the head of the Russian Federation Council's International Relations Committee, said the protests in Armenia against a 16.7 percent power price hike follow…

Jun 29, 2015 at 16:56

Low oil prices and a massive scandal in Brazil threaten the country’s ability to fulfill its expected role as a source of future oil growth. Brazil…

Jun 29, 2015 at 16:16

During May and June the oil price has stabilized and both WTI and Brent spot prices have converged on $60 / bbl; the US…

Jun 29, 2015 at 14:43

With the price of both Brent and WTI hovering around $60 per barrel, the short to medium term outlook for oil remains uncertain, owing to the…