On Monday, September 29, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published a story called “Why Peak Oil Predictions Haven’t Come True.” The story is written as if there are only…
The recent rally in uranium prices appears to have stalled. With spot rates for uranium oxide taking their first drop last week since June--down $1 per pound to $35.50.
Islamic State militants have been fighting for the past week for control of a key town straddling the Syrian-Turkish border. A victory by IS in Kobani, better known in…
A major Canadian natural gas export project could be put on ice indefinitely if British Columbia doesn’t change its tax policies.That’s the threat from CEO of Petronas, the…
First, it was the U.S. company ExxonMobil. Then, France’s Total. Now western sanctions against Russia have led Royal Dutch Shell to discontinue its work with Gazprom Neft extracting shale oil…
Canada’s oil sands have long had a problem: They not only emit greenhouse gases when they’re burned as fuel, but they also require resource-intensive scouring when they’re produced.But…
Critical talks got underway last week, in one of the most important areas on the planet for natural gas development.British Columbia, Canada.The province has been the…
Competitors in the global race to develop new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals have entered the final lap, and as it stands now, the United States and Australia are closing…
Falling oil prices are inflicting deeper economic pain on Russia’s economy, which is already reeling from EU and U.S. sanctions.Russia is currently considering its budget for 2015-2017, and…
A U.S. nuclear engineering company is preparing to hold the first safety tests of new nuclear fuel rods designed to significantly increase the generating output of existing nuclear power plants.
Can a little-known, fledgling industry make the oil and gas industry more efficient and a little less dangerous to the climate by tackling methane leakage? A new report offers…
Platinum prices have broken down the last few months. Falling to $1,300 per ounce--the lowest level the market has seen since 2009.But even as investors are dropping the…
California has just entered its fourth year of drought -- a slow-rolling crisis that is showing no signs of abating.All of California is now affected, with
Over the last few years, stock in the Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro S.A., or Petrobras (PBR), has confounded those who track traditional measures of valuation. The stock has…
Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil’s CEO, says the ban on exports of U.S. crude oil that’s been in effect for decades is no longer necessary and a lifting of regulatory constraints on…
Weak links in Russia’s petroleum-refinery network and the Kremlin’s power play in Ukraine are shortchanging Central Asian petrol markets, importers complain. With alternatives expensive or unfeasible, and regional refining capacity…
There are exactly two things that resource investors should be watching right now in the coal space.The first is India. And its phenomenal growth in thermal coal imports–which…
Producing energy to power the modern global economy is a dirty and dangerous business. Drilling for oil several miles below the surface of the sea involves staggering engineering…
The Utica shale formation has consistently been overshadowed by the Marcellus shale formation, which lies above it. But it is time the Utica started receiving some real attention for the…
Major investment in European gas storage, transmission and emergency planning make a repeat of the 2009 gas shock unlikely this winter, market observers say, even if Russia trims exports to…