It's amazing when you watch things set up perfectly. For months, I've been writing about India's surging coal demand. Which should see the nation's imports of thermal coal rise by…
Advances in drilling technology are expected to help North Dakota hit the 1 million barrel per day mark at some point this year. But it's Texas that still holds the…
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has suspended 255 shell companies from trading from 3 February through 14 February to prevent “pump and dump” fraud, and stocks will not…
Russia’s state-owned oil firm Rosneft is to build two shipyard facilities to construct vessels and platforms for its push to exploit Russia’s Arctic regions, according to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri…
As the Iranian nuclear deal begins to take effect and international pressure on the regime continues to diminish, Gulf nations have begun re-establishing diplomatic and economic relations with their once-distant…
French oil giant Total SA last week announced it had sold its 15% stake in an oil block offshore Angola for $750 million as the company seeks to boost…
Researchers have developed a low-temperature process converting plastic waste into liquid fuel as a way to re-use discarded plastic bags and other products. The most common waste we all…
U.S. policymakers are divided over what to do with the glut of domestic oil. Both sides of the debate craft their rhetoric around economic issues, though a report from a…
Alaska’s largest refinery by capacity may shut down operations permanently beginning in May this year, citing the massive costs associated with clean-up. The North Pole refinery, operated by…
Score one for the dozens of blue whales placidly munching plankton off New Zealand’s South Taranaki Bight.On 4 February Texas-based company Anadarko abandoned an exploratory well off…
Russia’s Lukoil says it should reach production of 400,000 barrels per day at its West Qurna-2 field in Iraq by the fall—figures that will more than double Lukoil’s overseas…
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…