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• America's Most Important Oil Basin Is Excelling

  Published 03 June 2022 | viewed 64,604 times

  1. OPEC+ Speeds Up Oil Production Increases- The most recent OPEC+ meeting this Thursday saw members of the oil group agree on production hikes of…

• The Countries Benefiting From Russian Oil Bans

  Published 03 June 2022 | viewed 19,619 times

  The EU finally reached an agreement — albeit a watered-down one — on banning Russian oil imports. The ban has been a long time coming…

• Why OPEC’s Plan To Pump More Crude Won’t Rescue The Market

  Published 03 June 2022 | viewed 20,301 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are edging higher in a mixed trade on Friday. Pressuring prices early in the session was OPEC+’s decision…

• The Confusing Rumors About Russia's Suspension From OPEC+

  Published 03 June 2022 | viewed 7,053 times

  Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict The rumors this week that OPEC could suspend Russia’ from its production quota agreement were likely just a testing of the…

• How To Play The Resurgence In Nuclear Energy

  Published 27 May 2022 | viewed 3,691 times

  Europe has a gas problem. No, not that kind of gas problem, they have a natural gas problem. From the second half of the twentieth…

• Why U.S. Shale Is Right To Choose Shareholders Over Production

  Published 27 May 2022 | viewed 5,251 times

  American shale producers are right to avoid the temptation of pumping oil with WTI in the $1100-$110 range. Rewarding shareholders isn’t just about appeasement, which…

• Three Bullish Factors That Could Send Oil To $120

  Published 27 May 2022 | viewed 10,859 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are trading nearly flat on Friday, while continuing to hover near its more than two-month high. Helping to…

• Why Kissinger Was Wrong To Tell Ukraine To Cede Territory

  Published 27 May 2022 | viewed 4,589 times

  Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Henry Kissinger made headlines at Davos when he said what we suspected many of the more sinister actors were thinking for…

• When Will U.S. Crude Production Return To Pre-Pandemic Levels?

  Published 27 May 2022 | viewed 29,839 times

  1. China Cedes Top LNG Buyer Spot to Japan Amid Weak Demand- China’s LNG imports in 2022 are on track to record their first major…

• Is It Time To Buy Oil And Gas Pipeline Stocks?

  Published 26 May 2022 | viewed 9,667 times

  This month we are taking another look at pipelines, specifically those used to transport oil and gas from the field to refineries. There is an…

• Russian Oil Revenues Soar Despite Sanctions

  Published 20 May 2022 | viewed 26,930 times

  1. Gasoline Tightness Becomes Main US Concern- With the EIA reporting an almost 5-million-barrel stock draw in gasoline over the week ending May 13, with…

• Can Venezuela Help Lower Gasoline Prices?

  Published 20 May 2022 | viewed 4,180 times

  Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Venezuela: With gasoline prices in the United States at all-time highs–over $6 per gallon in California–the pressure is on the Biden…

• Two High-Yield Plays In A Tricky Market

  Published 20 May 2022 | viewed 1,635 times

  I am a bit confused. The recent move down in the stock market makes perfect sense in a lot of ways but moves in other…

• How Russia Has Revived NATO

  Published 20 May 2022 | viewed 1,589 times

  These are great times for NATO, as an organization and an alliance. After the fall of Communism in the 1990s, NATO lost its raison d’etre.…

• Will Crude Hit $120 Again?

  Published 20 May 2022 | viewed 16,773 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are inching higher on Friday, putting it in a position to finish higher for the week, as a…

• Fundamental Forces Clash In Turbulent Oil Market

  Published 13 May 2022 | viewed 6,801 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are trading slightly higher on Friday but are still in a position to post its first weekly loss…

• Soaring Costs Set To Hurt U.S. Shale Production

  Published 13 May 2022 | viewed 14,498 times

  1. Soaring Production Costs Stoke Fears of US Shale Slowdown- Just as US shale producers were poised to capitalize on high crude prices and bring…

• Russia Reduces Natural Gas Exports To Europe

  Published 13 May 2022 | viewed 10,767 times

  Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict On the natural gas front, tit-for-tat measures between Ukraine, the European Union, and Russia led to a reduction in Russian natural…

• Is Tesla Oversold?

  Published 13 May 2022 | viewed 3,455 times

  Two months ago, in these very pages, I wrote that I had abandoned my long-term holdings in Tesla (TSLA) and viewed it once again as…

• Russia Is Trying To Replicate The Annexation Of Crimea

  Published 13 May 2022 | viewed 2,622 times

  Let the second annexation begin … but it won’t go down like Crimea.  In a rehashing of the events that led to Russia’s annexation of…