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• Is This The First Sign Of A U.S., Chinese Solar War?

  Published 12 June 2017 | viewed 28,046 times

  After a banner year for solar power installation in the United States, reports on the progress of solar power in the first quarter of 2017…

• What Is Behind The Diplomatic Crisis In The Persian Gulf?

  Published 05 June 2017 | viewed 18,989 times

  A sudden diplomatic crisis broke out in the Persian Gulf on June 5, as a coalition of countries moved to isolate Qatar, the tiny oil…

• Will Trump’s Paris Agreement Decision Help Or Hurt The Energy Sector?

  Published 04 June 2017 | viewed 13,443 times

  President Donald Trump’s decision to take the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, which he announced before an audience outside the White House…

• Should Markets Fear Iran’s Plans To Boost Oil Output?

  Published 31 May 2017 | viewed 13,010 times

  Last week’s OPEC meeting was characterized by a certain banality. The news that OPEC and non-OPEC members would agree to another nine months of production…

• Vienna Was A Bust: What’s Next For OPEC?

  Published 28 May 2017 | viewed 14,162 times

  At its conference in Vienna, OPEC announced a nine-month extension of its November 2016 deal to cut production. Markets were singularly unimpressed with the decision, which…

• Russia And The Saudis: An Oil Marriage Of Convenience

  Published 22 May 2017 | viewed 12,302 times

  President Donald Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia last week was full of pageantry, defense agreements and rhetoric extolling the decades-long Saudi-US alignment. Among the various…

• Is The U.S.-China LNG Deal Really A Win?

  Published 17 May 2017 | viewed 15,572 times

  Despite harsh campaign rhetoric, including accusations of currency manipulation, the Trump Administration’s recent trade deal with China represents a shift towards improving relations. One big…

• OPEC Expects U.S. Driving Season To Save Oil Prices

  Published 16 May 2017 | viewed 16,440 times

  Prices enjoyed a boost last week from encouraging inventory reports. Both the EIA and the API reported large draws on crude inventories, signaling that demand…

• Will New Pipelines Be Enough To Handle The Permian Boom?

  Published 09 May 2017 | viewed 14,859 times

  As production in the Permian Basin continues to increase, the accompanying infrastructure has struggled to keep up. Expansions to pipeline capacity are needed to handle…

• All Eyes On Saudi Arabia As OPEC Begins To Unravel

  Published 02 May 2017 | viewed 46,172 times

  Has OPEC failed? That’s the question analysts have begun to ask, approaching the group’s next meeting later this month. When the members gather at their headquarters…

• Canadian Oil Patch Shrugs Off Trumps Trade War Threat

  Published 30 April 2017 | viewed 10,743 times

  Despite the recent flight of investment from the west Canadian tar sands, Canada hasn’t deviated from its course and continues to embrace major energy projects,…

• Can An OPEC Extension Push Oil To $60?

  Published 25 April 2017 | viewed 28,335 times

  It now seems quite likely that OPEC will agree to an extension of November’s production cut agreement at their May meeting. The question facing analysts…

• Bullish Oil Price Predictions Should Be Treated With Caution

  Published 19 April 2017 | viewed 16,410 times

  Despite prices levelling off and a continued resurgence in American production, bullish predictions on future prices are stacking up as analysts weigh in on where…

• Is Aramco IPO Behind Saudi Eagerness For OPEC Cut Extension?

  Published 16 April 2017 | viewed 15,841 times

  Clear signs emerged this week that the OPEC production cuts in place since November 2016 may be extended past their June 2017 deadline. On Tuesday,…

• U.S. Oil Production, Imports Rise Faster Than Expected

  Published 12 April 2017 | viewed 22,740 times

  The EIA’s short-term energy outlook, released on April 11, predicted increases in American energy production, along with an increase in imports. The agency’s forward predictions…

• Energy Employment Surges With U.S. Shale Production

  Published 09 April 2017 | viewed 17,208 times

  A major bright spot in the March 2017 American jobs report was the apparent recovery of the mining sector, the employment area associated with oil…

• Is Natural Gas In The Midst Of A Boom-Bust Cycle?

  Published 04 April 2017 | viewed 25,509 times

  After six decades of relying on outside sources, the United States is poised to become a consistent net exporter of natural gas. The shale boom…

• Is Gasoline Demand On The Rise?

  Published 30 March 2017 | viewed 30,677 times

  A common refrain one hears these days from market bulls and reads in long-term analyses is that by 2020, the current glut in supply and…

• Wind Energy Now Directly Competing With Coal On Cost

  Published 27 March 2017 | viewed 49,305 times

  Last week, Xcel Energy announced a multi-state wind capacity project, anticipated to be the largest in the United States. Spanning seven states, the project covers…

• OPEC In Trouble As Saudis Becoming Weary Of “Free Riders”

  Published 23 March 2017 | viewed 46,014 times

  From casual observation, one might be forgiven for referring to the OPEC production cut in place since November 2016 as the “Saudi production cut.” That’s…