Colin Chilcoat

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• EU Energy Union May Be Biting Off More Than It Can Chew

  Published 10 February 2015 | viewed 7,629 times

  With oil and gas still flooding the scene it’s a buyer’s market. For some however, picking isn’t easy. For the European Union specifically, an abundance…

• Obama’s New Budget Does Stricken Oil And Gas Industries No Favors

  Published 03 February 2015 | viewed 8,445 times

  President Barack Obama’s 2016 budget proposal is out; enjoy it while it lasts. The budget proposal features a significant boost in federal spending for green-energy…

• EU Extends Sanctions As Rosneft Waits For A Bailout

  Published 31 January 2015 | viewed 8,931 times

  Peace talks are dead and the body count is rapidly rising in Ukraine. More than 5,000 have perished since the conflict began and September’s ceasefire…

• Iran Drops Dollar As Congress Threatens More Sanctions

  Published 27 January 2015 | viewed 17,211 times

  The clock is ticking on the Iranian nuclear deal, but it may all be for naught. A meddling Congress aside, Iran appears to lack faith…

• Obama Pledges Cleaner Future In State Of The Union

  Published 22 January 2015 | viewed 6,883 times

  In his penultimate State of the Union address – and first before a Republican-dominated Congress – President Barack Obama declared that the US is ready…

• Expanding Russia Issues Europe An Ultimatum

  Published 20 January 2015 | viewed 24,332 times

  Don’t tell the West, but Vladimir Putin isn’t changing. The Russian President has skipped their little ‘lesson’ on 21st century politics in favor of his…

• Russia Abandons PetroDollar By Opening Reserve Fund

  Published 15 January 2015 | viewed 36,600 times

  2015 has not been good to Russia; the spread between Brent and WTI is gone in anticipation of US exports and both benchmarks have flirted…

• China Buying Up Latin American Oil

  Published 12 January 2015 | viewed 24,967 times

  As the world’s number one energy consumer China is enjoying the low prices while they last. Never one to settle however, China is finding still…

• Does The Oil Market Care Who Sits On Saudi Throne?

  Published 07 January 2015 | viewed 12,752 times

  Not that the market will care, but succession in Saudi Arabia is looming. At 90, King Abdullah has outlived several of his hopeful successors, but…

• US Sees Huge Energy Opportunity In Europe

  Published 06 January 2015 | viewed 57,353 times

  If 2015 is anything like 2014 we can expect a wild ride. Oil price volatility – including its downward trend – will linger well into…

• Saudi Arabia Ready For $20, $30, $40 Oil

  Published 24 December 2014 | viewed 31,895 times

  Brent crude and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell 2 and 3.3 percent respectively to start the week and Saudi Arabia is prepared to go much…

• Putin: Battered, Bruised But Not Broken

  Published 20 December 2014 | viewed 22,817 times

  In what was perhaps the most anticipated edition of his annual press conference yet, Russian president Vladimir Putin certainly delivered. His increasingly colloquial speech brought…

• More To Ruble’s Collapse Than Meets The Eye

  Published 17 December 2014 | viewed 35,148 times

  The ruble is dying, and fast. In what is now being dubbed ‘Black Monday’ the ruble’s value to the dollar dropped nearly 15 percent. Tuesday…

• LNG Export Hopes Fading Fast For US

  Published 16 December 2014 | viewed 30,785 times

  The advent of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has revolutionized the way the commodity is transported and has brought increased parity to traditional pipeline relationships. In…

• Iraq’s Bright Oil Future Blocked By ISIS

  Published 11 December 2014 | viewed 15,535 times

  Last week’s oil agreement between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) was a milestone event and the market reaction was largely fitting – Brent…

• US Supreme Court Rejects BP Appeal

  Published 09 December 2014 | viewed 7,015 times

  Four years later, it is clear BP gravely miscalculated the magnitude of their mistake. On Monday, the United States Supreme Court rejected BP’s settlement appeal…

• As U.S. Reserves Grow, So Does Geopolitical Weight

  Published 06 December 2014 | viewed 9,301 times

  The peak will have to wait – at least in the United States. According to a new report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) US…

• US Shale Under Pressure From More Than Just Low Prices

  Published 04 December 2014 | viewed 24,259 times

  Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has come full circle in Denton, Texas after a controversial ban on the practice entered into effect on Tuesday. Denton is…

• OPEC Decision Hits Renewables

  Published 03 December 2014 | viewed 13,486 times

  Is a solar supply glut on hand? Not exactly, but oil’s multi-month slide has largely overshadowed the sector’s emergent capacity. Nowhere is that more apparent…

• Is The Arctic Dream Dead?

  Published 02 December 2014 | viewed 19,476 times

  The Arctic offshore will be drilled; it’s only a matter of time. However, the dream to have commercially viable production in the immediate future may…