A major development in the story of LENR (low energy nuclear reactions, aka 'cold fusion') broke on Friday afternoon from Raleigh, North Carolina, with start-up Industrial Heat, LLC's announcement via…
2013 was the year of “Pipeline hysteria”—with some justification. Over 110,000 barrels were spilled in 544 incidents in 2013, compared to only 45,954 barrels spilled throughout 571 incidents in…
There are some massive changes afoot in U.S. petroleum markets.Including some unusual trends many investors have never heard of.In commodities like propane, for example. With the…
A year that starts off with line-ups at the legal marijuana store has got to be a good year for green in general.Old timers, who took their first…
Ukraine in May hosts a summit to explore the potential for shale oil and natural gas in Europe. Ukraine and its Eastern European neighbors may host some of the more…
Coal prices in China declined by 16% in 2013 as the economy cooled and the government stepped up efforts to curtail air pollution, according to Bloomberg. China is the…
A US court decision may delay Royal Dutch Shell’s drilling plans in the Arctic in a small victory for environmentalists and Native American groups. A panel of judges…
Siberia has traditionally conjured up images of fearsome cold and death, first as a place of exile under the Russian Tsars and later under the murderous regime of Lenin’s Bolsheviks.
Think back to early 2004. Oil cost around $40 per barrel—on the high side compared to the previous few decades but not much out of the ordinary. Gasoline still cost…
US refiner Valero Energy Corporation has announced an increase in quarterly dividends as the company outperforms analysts’ expectations. Valero announced an 11.1% increase in its quarterly dividend,…
Natural gas can be the most mercurial of commodities, believe me. In the 20 years I’ve watched it trade, it can be the most difficult to understand and predict. Weather…
Quick, what do the following three events from last week have in common?1) Shell warning on lower-than-expected profits for the past quarter2) India raising its domestic…
Iranian officials are now beginning the suspension of production of 20% enriched uranium, under a six-month agreement that will give Iran increased access to funds held overseas (over $4 billion…
We have had some requests from Oil & Energy Insider subscribers to evaluate the situation for foreign E&P companies operating in Iraqi Kurdistan and the potential impact the Turkish political…
After two weeks of consolidation, March crude oil futures surged to the upside, changing the main trend to up on the daily chart, but making a little more than a…
Japan’s 9 February gubernatorial elections are being billed largely as a referendum on the fate of the country’s nuclear energy future—an election that will shape the debate on whether Japan…
One of the biggest questions in the resource business has been: where in the world will shale gas and oil catch on next?One group of analysts last week…
Quarterly earnings for Royal Dutch Shell have declined sharply due to large expenditures, delays, and lower than expected production. The oil-giant reported that it expects fourth quarter earnings from 2013…
A new report compiled in consultation with the White House and a pool of clean-energy experts suggests that clean-coal technology is too embryonic to use as a base for America’s…
Mexico’s Congress is debating and drafting secondary laws to implement a sweeping energy reform bill passed last month that will open up the market to international oil and gas companies.…