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• The World’s Newest Oil Boom Gets Another Twist

  Published 31 July 2019 | viewed 9,595 times

  In our columns, we have analyzed on several occasions the astounding rise of Guyana, arguably the hottest spot for oil drilling in the past couple…

• Don’t Expect A Genuine Bull Run In Oil

  Published 31 July 2019 | viewed 6,408 times

  Oil prices were higher to begin the week on expectations that the US Federal Reserve will lower its key interest rate by 25 basis points…

• Global Energy Advisory – 31st July 2019

  Published 31 July 2019 | viewed 5,012 times

  Eni’s Problems in Nigeria Aren’t As Big As They Seem Yes, Nigeria’s state oil firm (NNPC) has admitted that it stopped making payments sto Eni…

• Only Change In Fundamentals Can Trigger Oil Breakout

  Published 26 July 2019 | viewed 9,674 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are edging higher for the week, while posting a relatively tight trading range following the previous week’s steep…

• U.S. Shale Continues To Struggle

  Published 26 July 2019 | viewed 15,631 times

  Friday July 26, 2019 1. Shale finances still unimpressive- In the first quarter, an EIA survey of 43 U.S. oil producers finds a deterioration in…

• U.S. Oil Major Receives Reassurance From Venezuela

  Published 26 July 2019 | viewed 9,375 times

  Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict - Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido has vowed to protect Chevron’s assets in the country if the US doesn’t extend its…

• A No-Man's Land In Oil Markets

  Published 26 July 2019 | viewed 7,981 times

  Tensions over oil movements in the Strait of Hormuz and a sizable decrease in the amount of crude oil being held in storage have managed…

• Tesla: The Donald Trump Of The Stock Market

  Published 26 July 2019 | viewed 13,153 times

  Back at the end of May, I wrote in these pages that it was time to reverse positions in Tesla (TSLA). Prior to that, I…

• Oil Markets Struggle For Certainty

  Published 24 July 2019 | viewed 6,688 times

  With tankers detained and drones shot down the geopolitical mess surrounding Iran does not look to be ending anytime soon. Iran’s seizure of a UK-owned…

• Is Venezuela’s Oil Production Set To Plunge Again?

  Published 24 July 2019 | viewed 5,221 times

  With much of our attention focused on the resolution of the Iran conundrum, Venezuela heaved a temporary sigh of relief. Not only did it manage…

• A Deepwater Dilemma

  Published 24 July 2019 | viewed 7,178 times

  For the last couple of years, the deepwater drillers have been telling us that a recovery in day rates that would provide meaningful support for…

• An Unusual State Of Affairs For Oil Markets

  Published 24 July 2019 | viewed 6,653 times

  Iranian forces made front page oil market news yet again since our last note by seizing a UK-flagged tanker and a British owned tanker in…

• Identifying Libya’s Oil Saboteurs

  Published 24 July 2019 | viewed 7,356 times

  Libyan Oil Sabotage: The Next Phase Nearly one-third of Libya’s oil output was taken offline for three days this week after a pipeline was sabotaged…

• It’s Sink Or Swim For U.S. Shale

  Published 19 July 2019 | viewed 15,146 times

  There are cracks beginning to appear in U.S. shale’s relentless growth story, and the indicators are all around us. We will run through some of…

• Oil Market Caps Gains And Losses

  Published 19 July 2019 | viewed 6,364 times

  The fear factor over possible supply disruptions stemming from escalating tensions in the Middle East put upward pressure on prices this week as word surfaced…

• Clean Energy Acquisitions Pick Up

  Published 19 July 2019 | viewed 17,866 times

  Deals, Mergers & Acquisitions • US shale player Carrizo Oil & Gas is selling over to Callon Petroleum for a total of $3.2 billion, which…

• Cracks In Gasoline Demand Weigh On Oil Markets

  Published 19 July 2019 | viewed 5,977 times

  Friday July 19, 2019 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out…

• Is The Iran Conflict Really Cooling Down?

  Published 17 July 2019 | viewed 4,465 times

  A couple of weeks ago we have run a special report, breaking down Iran’s actions against the background of the Trump Administration ending all waivers…

• Bullish Sentiment Fades From Oil Markets

  Published 17 July 2019 | viewed 5,993 times

  Hurricane Barry shook things up a bit during this year’s slack season, shutting more than half of oil and gas output in the Gulf of…

• Why Crude Quality Matters

  Published 17 July 2019 | viewed 3,936 times

  The market is obsessed with the geopolitical issues that surely impact the trend, up or down, for crude pricing. Will the U.S./Iran sanctions kerfuffle turn…