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Oct 25, 2012 at 17:34

We seem to hear two versions of the story of limited oil supply:1. The economists’ view, saying that the issue is a simple problem of supply and demand.…

Oct 25, 2012 at 17:24

The Company – Apache Corporation (APA)Apache is engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil. Diversification is Apache’s strong point.…

Oct 25, 2012 at 12:03

I’ve always used copper more of a barometer of the overall health of the economy more so than a trading vehicle. Several years ago I remember trading copper when futures…

Oct 25, 2012 at 10:23

Whiting Petroleum (WLL) is a Bakken focused company with two catalyst plays in the Permian and DJ Basins and an ancillary enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project in West Texas.  While…

Oct 25, 2012 at 09:50

This trade has been a real disappointment. Despite seeing the greatest monetary stimulus package in history, gold is now lower than when QE3 was announced. You can do all the…

Oct 24, 2012 at 17:28

It’s a lot of cash for prospective bounty hunters, and an equal amount of interesting politics here that we certainly can’t let slide by without pointing out some obvious conflicts…

Oct 24, 2012 at 17:23

DUBLIN -- Call it the joy of engineering.There is such a thing, and it is at its peak when engineers face a challenge unfettered by politics or marketing.…

Oct 24, 2012 at 17:19

Rare earth metal prices have fallen sharply since mid-2011, some declining by as much as 80% as expectations of rising supplies coincided with declining demand. More recently, prices have shown…

Oct 24, 2012 at 17:16

North Dakota’s oil production from its Bakken Shale formation continues to grow, reaching 660 thousand barrels per day (bbl/d) in June 2012. With a back-to-back 5 percent rise in…

Oct 24, 2012 at 17:14

For the past three or four years media sources in the U.S. trumpeted the “game-changing” new stream of natural gas coming from tight shale deposits produced with the technologies of…

Oct 24, 2012 at 17:12

“For foreign oil companies seeking to expand production and reserves, Russia is now off limits,” Robbert Van Batenburg, head of research at Louis Capital Markets LP in New York, said…

Oct 24, 2012 at 17:10

There is speculation that Canadian Oil and Gas Producer Nexen Inc. (NYSE:NXY)'s proposed $15.1 billion takeover by China's CNOOC Limited (NYSE:CEO) is likely to fall through, amid government interference.…

Oct 24, 2012 at 17:05

In a move that surprised most analysts, Citigroup (C) announced that the bank's CEO Mr. Vikram Pandit has resigned with immediate effect. The surprise announcement "raises tremendous questions" according…

Oct 24, 2012 at 15:36

The price oil sands producers receive fell to $48 a barrel below the international benchmark after a $4.50 or 21% widening to $25.00 of the spread between the price…

Oct 24, 2012 at 10:42

The last time WTI (Dec Crude Oil) was here, and by here I mean $86.50 was July 2nd on it's way up to $100. ON JULY 2nd, 2012: 

Oct 23, 2012 at 17:49

The battle for control of the Middle East, part of which is being fought today in Syria, and that this past weekend many fear has spread to engulf neighboring Lebanon,…

Oct 23, 2012 at 17:48

Renewable energy, currently a Republican object of derision and attack on the Obama administration in next month’s U.S. presidential election, may have found a most unlikely ally.Saudi Arabia.

Oct 23, 2012 at 17:44

Halloween starts earlier and earlier every year. Cobwebs on restaurant doorways, skulls on bank counters, when it’s still weeks away.  Evidently there are plenty of inner ghouls with lots of…

Oct 23, 2012 at 17:39

Crude oil prices invariably hinge on two factors for the medium term: Turkey-Syria relations or the lack of it and the Iran issue.EU leaders think that Iran has…

Oct 23, 2012 at 17:38

On March 14, I shredded the natural gas components of the government’s Blueprint, a document that spelled out its energy policy, because it relied on the existence of…