James Stafford

Latest articles from James

• How To Play The Oil Price Rebound In 2021

  Published 05 January 2021 | viewed 21,468 times

  The oil industry took a tumble in 2020, but the tides are beginning to turn. Oil prices are currently wading cautiously in the $50 range…

• Is This The Most Exciting Oil Stock For 2021?

  Published 18 November 2020 | viewed 11,368 times

  In 2020 the oil and gas industry suffered through its most brutal year in modern history. Oil prices went negative for the first time ever,…

• The World's Last Great Oilfield: An Interview With Nick Steinsberger

  Published 16 September 2020 | viewed 11,035 times

  Two and a half decades ago, Nick Steinsberger invented what is now the modern-day frack in the Barnett shale. Now, the petroleum engineer extraordinaire is…

• The Largest Oil Play Of The Decade? Interview With Daniel Jarvie

  Published 01 September 2020 | viewed 76,821 times

  As we approach the climax of a potentially enormous Permian-style discovery in the opening of Namibia’s giant, deep Kavango Basin, internationally acclaimed geochemist Daniel Jarvie…

• The Ride Sharing War Has Officially Begun: Interview With Sayan Navaratnam

  Published 02 March 2020 | viewed 23,691 times

  Uber transformed transportation when it spent a fortune turning ride-sharing into a mainstream mode of transportation. But the 2.0 version of ride-sharing is where the…

• Is $90 Oil Possible? An Interview With Jay Park

  Published 17 January 2020 | viewed 19,741 times

  As the asymmetric war between Iran and the U.S. continues to escalate, threatening oil supply across the Middle East, oil markets appear to be entirely…

• Is Lithium Finally Bouncing Back?

  Published 24 April 2018 | viewed 88,668 times

  Shares in lithium producers soared on Tuesday with the sector getting caught up in the investor enthusiasm for electric vehicle pioneer Tesla. Tesla’s stock value…

• The Holy Grail Of Clean Energy Is Closer Than Ever

  Published 13 February 2018 | viewed 53,665 times

  Nuclear fusion has been seen as the unattainable holy grail of clean energy for decades, but just in the last year it’s been seeming more…

• Meet The World’s Most Powerful Bitcoin Backers

  Published 27 November 2017 | viewed 51,915 times

  Cryptocurrency may be one of the biggest threats to governments, security and the entire financial system that we’ve ever seen. It can help fund terrorism…

• The IEA Is Grossly Overestimating Shale Growth

  Published 16 November 2017 | viewed 26,342 times

  This week, the IEA said that U.S. shale would dominate the oil and gas markets over the next decade, rising to “a level 50 percent…

• How Many Barrels Of Oil Are Needed To Mine One Bitcoin?

  Published 26 October 2017 | viewed 67,367 times

  The Bitcoin boom is well and truly underway, and investors are constantly looking for new ways to gain an advantage in this space. The best…

• What Are The Long Term Consequences Of The Brexit

  Published 24 June 2016 | viewed 22,337 times

  We begin with a look at the key data for the oil and gas industry this week, which shows the impact of the Brexit vote…

• Think Beyond Oil And Gold: Interview With Mike ‘Mish’ Shedlock

  Published 25 May 2016 | viewed 25,746 times

  The energy sector was certainly a bargain in January, but no one really knows where oil will be around Christmas. While we may have already…

• Can Oil Continue To Rally? An Interview with the IEA’s Neil Atkinson

  Published 30 April 2016 | viewed 23,107 times

  Oil prices plunged to their lowest levels in more than a decade earlier this year, but have since rallied by more than 70 percent from…

• IEA Sees Oil Glut Gone By 2017

  Published 14 April 2016 | viewed 14,989 times

  The global glut in oil supplies could shrink substantially in the second half of this year, signaling a potential rise in oil prices in just…

• Oil Funded Soccer Giants Face Off In The Champions League

  Published 07 April 2016 | viewed 6,481 times

  The score was level after the first leg of a two-game faceoff between two of the world’s Petro-soccer giants on April 6. Manchester City and…

• Why We Could See An Oil Price Shock In 2016

  Published 23 March 2016 | viewed 48,117 times

  The depletion of old oil wells is expected to surpass new sources of supply in 2016, as the ongoing oil price slump puts a long…

• Shale Set To Decline Substantially This Year

  Published 22 February 2016 | viewed 8,965 times

  U.S. shale has weathered the oil crash better than many expected, but the stubborn persistence of low prices through 2016 could amount to the “straw…

• War Between Saudi Arabia And Iran Could Send Oil Prices To $250

  Published 12 January 2016 | viewed 90,409 times

  The rift between Saudi Arabia and Iran has quickly ballooned into the worst conflict in decades between the two countries. The back-and-forth escalation quickly turned…

• Crude Hits New Lows Despite Geopolitical Unrest

  Published 07 January 2016 | viewed 11,180 times

  The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran appears to be escalating, but oil markets continue to shrug off the news. Less than a week after…