A moment of monumental importance for U.S.-Iran relations took place early last week when a high-level exchange of prisoners took place in Switzerland. OilPrice.com can exclusively reveal that during the…
It’s the end of the year and authorities of various caliber and standing are making oil price forecasts for next year. This wealth of information can be confusing because of…
Here’s fun fact: the world’s deepest manmade hole goes 15 kilometers into the ground. They stopped drilling at the 15th kilometer because it got too hot at the bottom…
The Middle East’s massive energy reserves have made it the center of many key geopolitical events throughout history. The presidency of Donald Trump has transformed the power dynamics in the…
The flaring and venting of natural gas in the U.S. continues to soar, reaching new record highs in recent months. The volume of gas that was burned or simply released…
Royal Dutch Shell has signed a US$10-billion revolving credit facility, and the interest and fees paid on it will be linked to the company’s targets to reduce its carbon footprint,…
Included in Wednesday's just passed mammoth 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) — which increases the Pentagon budget by $22 billion (to a whopping $738 billion) — were long-threatened sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2…
Many people have the impression that recessions come from financial missteps, such as the US subprime loan fiasco. If energy is involved at all, the problem comes from high oil…
In early trading on Friday, oil prices hit a three month high on positive trade war and geopolitical developments. (Click to enlarge)
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are barely holding on to their marginal weekly gains early Friday as confusion has set in over whether there is a trade deal…
Friday December 13, 2019 1. OPEC+ cuts deeper- OPEC+ agreed to cut output by an additional 500,000 bpd last week. Overall,…
Market Movers - Saudi Aramco hit $2 trillion on its second day of trading Thursday, but let’s not get overly excited. Yes, it’s bigger than Apple, technically, but it’s a…
About every other week you will hear something along the lines of “oil hits such-and-such a high as fear of trade war resides”, or “oil drops again over trade war…
On October 18th, I wrote a piece here suggesting buying natural gas futures (NG) at around $2.35. That was based on a major technical signal known as a golden cross,…
The US oil and gas rig count was unchanged this week, according to Baker Hughes, staying at 799 rigs for the week, according to Baker Hughes, but the number of…
General Khalifa Haftar has announced “the decisive battle and the advance on the heart of Tripoli,” after eight months of trying to take over the seat of the UN-recognized…
Oil prices rose on Friday to their highest level since mid-September as a ‘phase one’ trade deal between the world’s two largest economies, the United States and China,…
Despite the OPEC+ cuts, the oil market is still facing a supply surplus in 2020, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). OPEC+ announced additional cuts…
The Russian bear is a decidedly different animal. Even as the oil price outlook has become clearly bearish, Russia knows little fear. It’s defying the oil price hibernation with bullish…
Is the battered energy sector about to stage a major turnaround, or are contrarian investors trying to catch a falling knife? That’s the million-dollar question at the forefront of every…