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How Reliable is the IEA’s Oil Market Forecast?

May 20, 2013 at 16:32

The famous Danish physicist Niels Bohr once humorously observed, "Predictions are very difficult, especially about the future." And so, as the world considers yet another rosy oil supply forecast,…

Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for May 17th, 2013

May 20, 2013 at 14:20

Crude oil:June WTI crude oil gained 84 cents on light volume of 574,864 contracts. Volume was the lowest since April 29 when 466,236 contracts were traded and June…

Total’s Bright Future: Opportunities Abound

May 20, 2013 at 10:11

Despite the fact that the European economy continues to struggle, international oil companies (IOCs) headquartered in the region (like Total) will stand to benefit immensely from the seemingly inevitable -…

Technical Review of the Energy Markets - 20th May 2013

May 20, 2013 at 09:53

RBOB Gasoline tested the 100 day moving average at 292.81 but fortunately topped at 292.76 to keep us short. We are now overbought & could head lower as we start…

“Hard sell?” Canada Doubles PR Budget to Promote Tar Sands in U.S.

May 17, 2013 at 17:30

Canada is, according to the U.S. Energy Administration, the leading source of United States crude oil imports, which average 9.033 million barrels per day (mbpd), with Canada sending 2.666…

For Fracking, Much Regulatory Ado about Nothing

May 17, 2013 at 17:22

The U.S. Energy Department last week said it gave conditional authority for a facility in Texas to eventually export liquefied natural gas. New drilling technologies mean the United States could…

Natural Gas – The “Slow Process that's Gathering Speed”

May 17, 2013 at 17:16

The U.S. dollar hasn't had the same impact on the natural gas price like it has for oil, copper, and other commodity prices.What's different, says technical analyst and…

BP, Shell, Statoil, Platts Raided for Price-Fixing

May 17, 2013 at 17:14

The European Union Commission has raided the offices of Royal Dutch Shell, Statoil and Platts over energy price-fixing concerns in an investigation that could take years to conclude.

Long Term Market Forecasts Becoming Ever More Unreliable

May 17, 2013 at 17:09

News of the future was, in my youth, something that one found by crossing the palm of a lady in a dark tent with a piece or two of silver…

Using Water Pressure at the Bottom of the Ocean to Store Energy

May 17, 2013 at 16:57

Norwegian research scientists are now working on the concept of storing electricity at the bottom of the sea. The energy will be stored with the help of high water…

Geothermal Energy: More Exciting than Media Thinks

May 17, 2013 at 14:44

Geothermal energy is hands down THE best renewable energy avenue out there: The Earth is always generating heat, and there won’t be any “peak heat”, nor could we ever extract…

A Perfectly Positioned Company Set to Benefit from North America’s Oil Boom

May 17, 2013 at 14:31

The most compelling news of the week in the energy world was the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) mid-term report, calling for a ‘supply shock’ from North America’s increasing oil supply.

US LNG Exports … Who We Like

May 17, 2013 at 14:29

This is it … the US Department of Energy is expected to decide on US natural gas exports this summer, and President Barack Obama has already suggested that the US…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 17th May 2013

May 17, 2013 at 14:20

After falling from $97.38 on May 6 to $92.40 on May 15, July crude oil rebounded on May 16 to regain almost 50% of its recent break. This turnaround was…

BRAZIL: Round 11 in Rio, Hot and Getting Hotter

May 17, 2013 at 14:16

Bottom Line: Rio’s 11th round of bidding for new concessions went down in an atmosphere of heavy competition, with Brazilian offshore acreage fast becoming some of the hottest oil and…

US: Mexico-TAP and the Dodd Frank Act

May 17, 2013 at 14:12

Bottom Line: US Congress is reviewing House and Senate legislation that could see US companies working under the Mexico-TAP exempted from Dodd-Frank Section 1504 SEC disclosures about payments to foreign…

URUGUAY: Regasification Plant Heralds Major LNG Ambitions

May 17, 2013 at 14:08

Bottom line: With final plans for a regasification plant in the Montevideo Bay approved, Uruguay is aggressively working to position itself as an energy hub despite a lack of conventional…

KURDISTAN: Understanding the Power Brokers

May 17, 2013 at 14:06

Bottom Line: Kurdistan is a good place to be right now for E&P companies, but navigating the playing field of power brokers and gatekeepers is a challenging necessity if you…

This Week in Energy: The Natural Gas Games Begin

May 17, 2013 at 10:46

Let the natural gas export games begin; acronymic US oil and gas forecasts intended to shock and awe; a decisively bad turn for the petro-politics conflict in Syria; and a…

Get Ready for More Energy Unrest in Bulgaria

May 16, 2013 at 17:18

Protests over high energy prices brought down the Bulgarian government in February, and elections last week have brought back essentially the same government so we can expect continued protests and…

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