James Stafford is the Editor of Oilprice.com
The New Year is upon us but oil prices are carrying on the trend from the second half of 2014 and continuing to drop, with…
In response to the Ruble’s recent fall (over 50% against the U.S. Dollar), Swiss banks have begun taking extreme and extraordinary measures in what appear…
Mexico’s sweeping energy reforms and Washington’s normalization of relations with Cuba are both great victories of 2014, but issues of security dull the potential for…
Urgent Note: This week, our analyst Dan Dicker provides key insights into the companies now considered to be the walking dead in the energy space.…
As crude oil prices take a beating, with Saudi Arabia predicting that prices will stabilize at $60 per barrel, we head to Norway, where state-run…
A month after Ukrainian general elections, there is still no new government, and elite power circles are playing a very dangerous game with the country’s…
What does it take to build up a new region for oil and gas development? Obviously, the resources have to be in place and economically…
Saudi Arabia did it. After stonewalling for weeks, all attention is on the House of Saud and its refusal to let OPEC cut production, even…
The lion’s share of debate about the progress of renewable energy is missing an important dimension. It seems that the media, banks and NGOs largely…
Most of the chatter about climate change ahead of the G20 Summit in Brisbane was how Prime Minister Tony Abbott was refusing to allow global…
One of the most frustrating bits of legislation affecting the oil industry looks to be slowly eroding, if not completely. The ban on U.S. oil…
The shale revolution’s sweet spot is oilfield services, the lower-risk backbone of the American oil and gas boom that pays off regardless of a play’s…
All eyes are on a small college town just outside of Dallas, Texas, whose claim to fame is three-fold: It is the home to the…
Oil prices continued to fall this week on ample supply and signals from OPEC members Saudi Arabia and Kuwait that they can deal with lower…
American drillers are fretting over an oil boom that is out-pacing demand and pushing prices down, feeding the export ban debate and pushing it critically…
Booming production in America’s shale sweet spots, steady oil and gas demand and still more momentum towards liquefied natural gas exports highlight this week’s US…
Ukraine is on the brink of committing economic suicide after imposing a crippling 55 percent tax on private gas producers, while parliament prepares to vote…
This week in energy, the prospect of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports gain momentum in Washington with final federal approval for two more projects in…
This week in energy we’re looking at the grand opening in Iowa of the first facility to commercially produce ethanol from corn waste products as…
One of the world’s legendary investors is upping his bet on Argentina’s shale oil and gas industry in a show of confidence for shale production…