If you’ve missed the point of the last 2 weeks of market action, let me get you up to date: 2014 is going to be rough, really rough. We’re going…
This week’s events show it’s becoming a bad time to be a generalist. Buyers of large-cap energy stocks have had their wallets handed to them over the last couple of…
As we have noted on numerous occasions, despite the continued influx of investment in Iraq, the situation is untenable and each month moves closer to an all-out civil war. First,…
This week we’re stepping back to focus on Latin America again due to the volume of energy developments in the region. This week and last we were debriefed by our…
March crude oil futures rose to even for the year, erasing all of the loss from the December 31, 2013 close at $98.55. Positive U.S. economic data, stabilizing equity markets…
Before we get started on this weeks letter – we ask you to take a look at our revamped presentation which looks at 5 trends set to change…
A series of data came across my desk yesterday from an unusual source. That made me wonder if the U.S. onshore oil boom is headed for tougher times.Mortgage…
A new report finds that hydraulic fracturing is posing a growing risk to water supplies in several regions around the country. Only, instead of groundwater contamination that so often…
As natural gas prices climb, reaching over $5/mcf again on 4 February, and with an unseasonably cold winter, local utilities say that natural gas customers’ bills are 30-40% higher now…
Texas Railroad Commissioner Christi Craddick sent letters to oil and gas drillers to warn them about running afoul of the state’s rules on flaring natural gas. Gas flaring is the…
The United Kingdom’s Birmingham City University in a partnership with UK motorsport entrepreneur and manufacturer Spencer Ashley and the DYPDC center for automotive research in Pune is set to
As the great LL Cool J once said: "Don't call it a comeback, I've been here for years."The quote seems particularly applicable to the mining business today. Mining…
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in an executive order calling for more oversight on rail transit of crude oil that it's "historically safer" than road transport. With more oil…
Former Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey McClendon has reportedly raised as much as $500 million for his new venture, American Energy Partners LP, and is ramping up purchases with an…
In the aftermath of the 11 March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear crisis, the then ruling Democratic Party of Japan took all of the country's 54 nuclear reactors offline before subsequently…
Who is going to finance advanced drugs? Who is going to guarantee the electric supply in 30 years? Whisper this: It will be the government.In these two areas…
Majority shareholders of Lithuanian utility Lietuvos Dujos are preparing to file a second lawsuit against Russian gas giant Gazprom over unfair gas prices. The lawsuit follows a…
Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) reported a big loss for the fourth quarter of 2013, its eighth straight. The numbers came in lower than many analysts expected and the company…
The emission levels of some pollutants from the Athabasca oil sands may be higher than previous official estimates, according to researchers at the University of Toronto. The focus of the…
Are Hezbollah and Israel preparing for the next war? Everything seems to indicate that they are, despite the fact that all logic dictates that they should not. A number…