The pace of oil and gas exploration is frightening, and discoveries are weekly, if not daily, with volumes investors would only have dreamt of a…
Two weeks ago before my vacation, my inbox filled with questions surrounding the refining space and CVRR in particular, an MLP that I recommended at…
We’ve been holding on to this nugget for some time, waiting for one of the last pieces of the puzzle to near position. Now it’s…
Bottom Line: We see a flurry of activity in Ukraine, with a $735 million Black Sea commitment by Exxon, an unexpected 100 million barrel oil…
Bottom Line: Swiss billionaire Jean Claude Gandur’s Oryx Petroleum Corp. could hit it big again in property adjacent to its key acreage in Kurdistan, Northern…
Bottom Line: Now that Croatia has joined the European Union, Russia will work hard and fast to get its foothold in the Balkan country’s energy…
Bottom Line: By January 2014, Russia may liberalize LNG exports currently monopolized by state-run Gazprom, in order to make room for expansion of LNG exports…
Oil and gas is getting bigger, deeper, faster and more efficient, with new technology chipping away at “peak oil” concerns. While hydraulic fracturing has been…
If there was ever a contrarian play, it’s the coal sector today.Major coal producers like Peabody Energy (NYSE-BTU) are trading below the levels they saw…
When the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its first-ever report that looked at shale oil and gas potential from a global perspective, the first…
Ghana’s Jubilee Production Hits 110,000 b/d, Amid Political CrisisGhana’s giant offshore Jubilee field continues its steady increase in production, now reaching 110,000 barrels per day,…
Dana Gas Announces Find in EgyptUAE-based Dana Gas on 30 June announced a significant gas discovery in Egypt’s Nile Delta, just four days before Egypt’s…
What if Mexico were to privatize its state-owned oil company Pemex around the same time that the US and Mexico ended the moratorium on oil…
Citigroup Eyes Oil, Infrastructure in IraqCitigroup Inc. (C) received approval last week to open a representative office in Baghdad to take advantage of the estimated…
Takeover Bargain: Newcrest MiningSince mid-April we have been monitoring Newcrest Mining Ltd. (NCM), which has lost half of its value since then and is possibly…
Qatar Emir Cedes Power to SonEmir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (61) ceded power Tuesday to his 33-year-old son, Tamin bin Hamad al-Thani. This…
Underground coal gasification (UCG) has been around for a very long time, but just as it was about to surface as a potentially commercially viable…
Peru Prepares for Amazon Oil AuctionPeru is preparing to auction off 26 oil concessions in the Amazon region after holding consultations with indigenous groups. The…
Noble Seals Cyprus LNG Terminal DealLast week, Cyprus approved a deal with Houston-based Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) and its Israeli partners (Delek Drilling LP and…
Uncertainty Rises in LebanonSpillover from the conflict in Syria has entered a new phase in Lebanon, and we are increasingly concerned that the country will…