Crude oil stockpiles in the United States are at record levels and, with no place to go, oil inventories may continue to build because of the accelerating rate of production…
Italy's largest energy company, Milan-based Eni, is considering building a multi-billion dollar floating liquefied natural gas plant (FLNG) off the coast of Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province. Eni holds…
I don’t wish to brag (who am I kidding, of course I do!), but three weeks ago, in these very pages, I wrote a positive piece on Goodrich Petroleum (GDP).…
The U.S. pioneered shale gas and oil. The stratospheric rise in oil and gas production from the Marcellus, Bakken, and Eagle Ford formations has prompted producers to look abroad for…
This is a punt week in energy: Earnings are dribbling in, and I believe they’ll be disappointing, or at best mixed (as the Noble (NBL) report was today). Overall, market…
Alaska Endorses Gas Pipeline PlansLast weekend, the Alaska Legislature approved gas pipeline plans to spend some US$100 million in the short-term to join four energy companies to build…
The Insider’s weekly run-down of critical figures and happenings from around the energy world.1.2 million barrels. Volume of daily oil exports achieved by Iran last week, according to…
Canada goes off the rails for crude oil transport A unilateral move from Canadian Transport Minister Lisa Raitt to phase out older rail cars used for crude oil…
I've talked about it a lot lately. How the thermal coal market today pivots on one, single factor.Indonesia.Global coal demand is a lot more robust than…
Alaska has long been one of the United States’ largest producers of oil; it currently ranks fourth in oil production, with about 542,000 barrels per day. But the state…
The price for the U.S. crude oil benchmark has moved closer to $102 per barrel in trading in part because of renewed concerns over Libya, once one of North Africa's…
Republicans, Democrats, and environmentalists all have favorite energy myths. Even Peak Oil believers have favorite energy myths. The following are a few common mis-beliefs, coming from a variety of energy…
A jury in Dallas, Texas awarded nearly $3 million to a family for health problems they said they suffered as a result of a fracking operation a few kilometres from…
Energy companies targeting inland shale basins in the United States are starting to reap the financial rewards of the North American production boom, with shares for big and marginal players…
Russia is changing its energy export policy vector as strong demand for hydrocarbons in both in China and in India continues to grow. The recent unease in both the U.S.…
As the U.S. continues to extol the virtues of its shale gas revolution, peak oil theorists must be cringing to see their staunchest Malthusian beliefs demolished: the world may not…
A 43-acre solar farm is now generating power at a Superfund site in Indiana, making it the nation’s largest solar farm built on a Superfund site.The Maywood Solar…
I wrote last week about how oil exports are coming back online in Libya. With the OPEC nation lining up its first shipments in 9 months.News last week…
Along with causing considerable hand wringing among Western leaders, Russia’s recent annexation of Crimea has raised concern in the oil and gas world -- an already volatile sector of the…
The Keystone XL pipeline, already one of the most politicized and delayed pipelines in history, has hit another roadblock.On April 18, the Obama administration announced that it would…