James Stafford is the Editor of Oilprice.com
As with most oil companies, 2015 has been a rough year for Royal Dutch Shell. The Anglo-Dutch company reported a third quarter loss of $6…
Critics of renewable energy always cite the fact that the sun does not always shine and the wind does not always blow. As such, the…
The rebound in oil prices is still not here, and new data suggests that it will take some more time before the markets start to…
The performance of Blood & Oil, a soap opera based on the North Dakota oil boom, is not going well. The show saw its episodes…
Nevada is booming as new lithium companies rush in to stake out targets and massive business development gets underway, from Tesla to Amazon and Apple.…
Much has been made about the impressive gains in efficiency and productivity in the shale patch, as new drilling techniques squeeze ever more oil and…
A new report finds that the largest oil companies are set to cut spending on exploration by at least half, potentially leading to very few…
Commodity prices have crashed over the past year, and the market for LNG is no different. Over the past five years or so, there has…
Hurricane Joaquin is moving up the Atlantic Ocean, having strengthened into a Category 4 storm, but as of Friday morning, it appears the storm won’t…
After decades of exhaustive attempts to overcome the dirty reputation of oil sands, we finally have an environmentally-friendly and low cost method to tap into…
In the short-term, Janet Yellen could be the only hope that oil bulls have left. Oil prices have continued to plummet, except on August 24,…
The coal industry is in uncharted territory. After decades of strong financial numbers and dominance in the electric power sector, coal producers are starting to…
Natural gas is increasingly being viewed as one of the most important sources of fuel in the coming decades. That is why Royal Dutch Shell,…
The new government in Alberta is much less friendly to the fossil fuel industry than the conservatives it recently swept out of office after forty…
What are the prospects of natural gas offering a viable alternative to oil as a transportation fuel? Sure, natural gas already exists in the transportation…
Could oil prices be in for yet another decline? Oil prices have rebounded with surprising speed in recent weeks, with WTI prices bouncing by more…
Saudi Arabia continues to ratchet up production, taking market share away from U.S. shale producers. According to OPEC’s latest monthly oil report, Saudi Arabia boosted…
Shell’s ambitious plans to finally return to the Arctic face yet another hurdle, one that could delay drilling once again.Shell is using the port of…
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new mercury pollution regulations that took effect last month opened the flood gates for a new multi-billion-dollar energy industry that…
Russia is making a play for shale gas – in Argentina. Russian state-owned natural gas giant Gazprom signed a memorandum of cooperation with Argentina’s YPF…