To me, commodity pricing today is so distorted that it is almost startling. The media continues its post Goldman Sachs’ bearish calls to pound away on OPEC supply with little…
Lately, oil prices have gone up when they should have gone down. Last week, OPEC decided not to cut production and the two major energy agencies released reports that the…
Fusion power has been something of a holy grail in the energy field for decades. The idea of harnessing the same energy that powers the sun naturally excites many. At…
Part 3: Challenges, Rivalries, Prospects for Success, and Investment Implications. Note:In Part 1 of “The New Silk Road,” we examined the…
Canada’s oil industry has had a rough couple of months with production and exports taking a hit.Low oil prices are cutting into the profits…
Elon Musk is undoubtedly one of the most charismatic billionaires in business today, one whose electric cars have created a cult following and whose companies, Tesla…
The latest OPEC Monthly Oil Market Report is out. There were no big surprises.(Click to…
The US is poised to become a major exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the coming years, with the first shipments leaving the Gulf Coast…
Gazprom has vowed to entirely cut out Ukraine as a transit hub for natural gas exports to Europe.The conflict with Ukraine has scrambled the…
The Norwegian government has affirmed its plans to divest its coal related holdings.On June 5, parliament voted to go through with the divestment, which will see…
Russia has no contract with Iran to import its oil, but may help resell it on the world market, according to Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak.
When forecasting how much oil will be available in future years, a standard approach seems to be the following:1. Figure out how much GDP growth the researcher hopes…
The fight against ISIS has taken a turn for the worse in recent weeks, with strategic cities and territory having been captured by the militant group.…
Oil analysts and commodity traders watch the price of crude swing down and up, and are trying to figure out when and to what extent the…
Oil is not the only energy source that is seeing a glut. Growing supplies of natural gas could soon result in a similar phenomenon. It was only a year and…
France has long been at the forefront of nuclear power as one of the biggest users around the world. But the recent announcement that French nuclear giant Areva would merge its…
Renewable energy sources are getting a new lease on life thanks to rapidly rising cost of fossil fuel extraction and rising greenhouse emissions. According to a…
As the current oil price slump stabilizes, showing only a modest rebound in prices since the start of the year, it is likely that more mergers…
The Group of 7 (G7) nations met in Bavaria on June 8, and pledged to rid the global economy of fossil fuels by the end of the 21st Century. “We…
The EIA has released its latest Drilling Productivity Report. There were some interesting data presented in the report.