There hasn’t been much Permian-centric M&A follow-through from last spring’s buy-out of Anadarko Petroleum by Occidental, (NYSE: OXY). At the time, the sages and pundits were widely predicting an M&A…
Shares in lithium producers soared on Tuesday with the sector getting caught up in the investor enthusiasm for electric vehicle pioneer Tesla. Tesla’s stock value has doubled since December,…
The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) released its annual Facts & Figures report on Tuesday, saying it is time is for the industry to fulfill its potential as a dominant mining nation. The…
Humans have been harnessing power from the sun as long as we have existed. By eating our photosynthesis-fueled friends in the animal kingdom and other organisms that eat plants, we…
OPEC saw its crude oil production dip by nearly 500,000 bpd in January from December, overcomplying with the collective cut, the monthly S&P Global Platts survey showed on Friday,…
After deliberations, Russia appears set to support Saudi Arabia in the push for deeper production cuts. OPEC’s Joint Technical Committee met on Tuesday, and it was only supposed to be…
As concern grows for the climate and all eyes are on fossil fuels, the hunt is on for new ways of generating electricity. Traditional renewable energy sources have until now…
While Russia has been playing for power in Africa in recent years by sending arms, offering mercenaries and cinching mining deals, the foundations of Moscow’s claim to renewed global influence…
One year ago in January, a Chinese robot landed on the dark side of the moon. Since then, the Chang’e 4 probe and the Yutu-2 rover it carried onboard have been…
The pressure on the energy industry to curb carbon emissions while simultaneously meeting growing global demand has drawn attention to alternatives to fossil fuels. Of those alternatives, renewable…
In a world that has been reshaped by Twitter, 24-hour news networks and an endless war between media outlets for your attention and the ad dollars that come with it,…
Oil prices continue to slide as the coronavirus dominates headlines. (Click to enlarge)
U.S. West Texas Intermediate and international-benchmark Brent crude oil futures posted a two-sided trading range this week with a slight bias to the downside as traders continued to assess the…
1. Copper prices rebound- Copper prices rebounded this week, on news that there was some…
Market Movers - The International Monetary Fund issued a dire warning to the oil-rich Gulf Arab states this week: Rein in your spending or risk exhausting all of your oil…
As fears about the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus prompted selling in markets around the world last week, oil was one of the hardest hit. Earlier this week, however, when…
Exxon in Guyana: Politics is on Oil’s Side No one is going to rock Exxon’s boat seriously in Guyana. Not with 16 discoveries and stellar first production that went online…
It’s business as—almost--usual in the United States, even after a fifth week of faltering oil prices as the coronavirus outbreak eats away at oil demand and strikes…
Russia will support deeper oil production cuts across OPEC and its partners, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told media at an event in Mexico. “We support this idea,” the top diplomat…
Oil prices were on track for a fifth weekly decline early on Friday, weighed down by the loss of demand in China amid the coronavirus outbreak while OPEC and Russia…