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Jun 18, 2015 at 16:19

With the oil and natural gas markets stabilized, at least for now, investors should begin considering which companies could emerge from the rubble of the…

Jun 18, 2015 at 15:59

Russia’s state-owned oil company may provide its Venezuelan counterpart a much needed loan of $5 billion. Venezuela’s oil company, PDVSA, is in desperate need of capital…

Jun 18, 2015 at 15:38

Indonesia, the most populous country in South East Asia, is trying hard to reshape its ailing energy industry as it seeks new investors in both its…

Jun 18, 2015 at 12:37

As stated previously, asset monetization by small E&P operators will start in earnest in the second half of this year out of cash flow necessity.…

Jun 18, 2015 at 12:21

Restoring power to New York City after Hurricane Sandy was no easy matter. 69 power plants and 102 substations were in flooded areas. The storm surge,…

Jun 18, 2015 at 11:36

India is now the world’s third largest importer of crude oil after the United States and China. The country’s oil imports have steadily climbed along with…

Jun 17, 2015 at 17:06

In the pantheon of American culture, no event is more iconic and distinctly American than the Super Bowl. Like all things American, the Super Bowl is…

Jun 17, 2015 at 16:44

In many ways the iPath Crude Oil Futures ETF (OIL) has been a trader’s dream over the last few months. Ever since the March resistance at…

Jun 17, 2015 at 16:21

Low oil prices have been less of a drag on the big integrated oil companies than it has for smaller producers. Diversified portfolios have allowed the…

Jun 17, 2015 at 12:39

It’s onward and stubbornly upward for the U.S. ethanol industry, which shows little sign of slowing after a record year in 2014. Weekly ethanol production

Jun 17, 2015 at 10:33

Crude-by-rail is no longer growing like gangbusters. The number of shipments for crude oil on North America’s railways surged in recent years from previously negligible levels.…

Jun 16, 2015 at 17:29

The oil markets could be about to enter another round of soft prices.The OPEC decision on June 5 to leave its collective target unchanged…

Jun 16, 2015 at 17:16

There is an old cliché often cited by traders that attempting to catch a falling knife is an extremely dangerous thing to do, but that doesn’t…

Jun 16, 2015 at 17:02

As the energy storage market starts to ramp up, investors should be on the lookout for nascent opportunities in the space. Energy storage, on a…

Jun 16, 2015 at 16:41

Last year, a report from The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), The Economics of Grid Defection, put fear into the hearts of many utility operators and…

Jun 16, 2015 at 12:52

Even the paper of record for the oil industry, Oil & Gas Journal, got it wrong. With the release of the latest BP Statistical…

Jun 16, 2015 at 12:35

The oil glut is having a knock on effect on natural gas drilling across the United States. The U.S., the largest natural gas producer in the world, is starting to…

Jun 16, 2015 at 11:36

The endangered species list created by climate change includes not only fossil fuels, but also central power plants, shoreline infrastructure and – with drought becoming widespread…

Jun 16, 2015 at 11:20

In April, 2010, BP took the front page, and held it for months, as it struggled to plug the blowout on the bottom of the Gulf…

Jun 15, 2015 at 17:13

In 1956, a geoscientist named M. King Hubbert formulated a theory which suggested that U.S. oil production would eventually reach a point at which the rate…