William Wallace must be awfully disappointed. The Scottish voted to remain in the United Kingdom, albeit in exchange for a very nice care package of extra powers from Parliament. However,…
Building on its success in getting the U.S. government to approve exports of natural gas, the oil and gas industry has moved on to the export of crude oil.…
Western sanctions against Moscow have forced ExxonMobil Corp. and Kremlin-owned oil giant Rosneft to suspend drilling at an offshore oil well in the Russian Arctic.Bloomberg News broke…
To help address its energy needs, last week Saudi Arabia…
One trend that's been quietly unfolding in the oil and gas space is the rise of Asian energy companies.Quite simply, E&P firms in this part of the world…
I don’t spend much time finding very short-term trades, as regular readers know. Staring at my screens and trying to find a great long-term trade hasn’t been a breeze either. …
As I advance in years I find that, unlike many people, fewer things make me angry. I guess I am just coming to terms with the fact that the world…
In a surprising turn of events, rising supplies of oil and tepid global demand have caused prices to crash to their lowest levels in years.And the same…
Geopolitical & Conflict UpdatesCentral AsiaWe are closely watching the spillover effect of the Russia-Ukraine crisis, as Central Asian states become more disillusioned with Moscow. Russia is…
November Crude Oil futures are in a position to close the week higher. This possible reversal on the weekly chart coupled with the strong upside price action earlier in the…
America is betting the kitchen sink on natural gas. No matter which estimate you look at -- the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the International Energy Agency, or Wall Street banks…
A prominent U.S. senator wants to halt all sales of coal mined on federal lands in the western United States because he says the government is getting ripped off.…
On 18th September 2014, Scotland will vote on the following question:Should Scotland be an independent country?Answer YES and the vote is for independence, answer NO and…
The rapid pace of energy exploration, for both natural gas and oil, in North Dakota is creating a crisis for upper Midwest farmers. Grain shipments have been held up by…
It's not a huge amount. But it may show a brand new trend get started in the coal market.One that could have huge implications for supply, and prices,…
In the world of a constantly changing oil and gas environment, the Montney shale basin is the sleeping giant that holds the key to accelerating Canada’s shale oil and gas…
Oil prices may have gone as low as OPEC is willing to tolerate. After several months of price declines, the secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries…
What exactly is at stake in the battle for control of the Middle East, other than the obvious -- the region’s abundant oil and natural gas? And why is it…
An Ohio State University led study has pinpointed the likely source of most natural gas contamination in drinking-water wells associated with hydraulic fracturing as the walls of the gas well…
Breaking news: the thermal coal market is reeling this week. After the world's biggest consumer of the commodity announced some sweeping changes to its rules.That's of course China.…