James Stafford is the Editor of Oilprice.com
As the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) notes this week that US net natural gas imports fell 14% last year on record production, a report…
As the Canadian government pushes a new law rendering pipeline companies liable for all damages from leaks and spills, the only friend to both sides…
Chaotic preparations for presidential elections in Ukraine this weekend, a coup-in-the-making in oil giant Libya and the wider implications of a long-awaited Russia-China gas deal…
Violent protests have erupted in Turkey at the climax of the country’s worst mining accident in which 274 miners have already been declared dead, with…
As Ukraine continues the downward descent into violent crisis this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to baffle the world’s leaders. On 7 May, Putin…
As liquefied natural gas (LNG) gains significant traction with big oil and gas companies—spurred most recently by events in Ukraine even if this isn’t a…
Ethanol prices have more than doubled over the last few months due to harsh weather conditions and transportation bottlenecks spurred by railway congestion, adding to…
Foreign investors who may have thrown their eggs into the Erdogan basket--or the group of dynasties loosely connection to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…
As of 20 March—and after an entire year of destructive delay—Lebanon officially has a new Cabinet, which for foreign oil companies should mean that the…
Having ridden roughshod over Ukraine, Russia’s annexation of the Crimea is now over and a new chapter in Ukrainian politics is about to begin—but it…
As American troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, the US has handed over prized mineral data to Kabul, which is hoping it can provide enough security…
The European Union and Ukraine signed a political association agreement today, after Russia took steps toward annexing Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, bringing us full circle to…
Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula is now Russia’s. It was done with an impressively organized non-violent military operation, and supported by the foregone conclusion of a referendum…
Smart energy policies seem to be elusive. The US policy disappoints environmentalists and industry alike; Europe’s policy is economically disastrous but is getting people to…
North Dakota’s local authorities have brought attention to what they are calling the potentially largest illegal oil waste dumping case in the state’s history after…
With all the talk about using US natural gas exports as a weapon to fight Russian aggression in Ukraine, what no one’s asking is how…
As Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula is lost to Russia, with a referendum on the peninsula’s independence planned for Sunday and the specter of a Russian military…
Russia’s move on Ukraine’s Crimea region has sparked Central European countries to increase calls for the United States to export its natural gas to Europe…
How much faith can we put in our ability to decipher all the numbers out there telling us the US is closing in on its…
The recent hijacking of a ship off the coast of emerging oil darling Angola, and the apparent heist of $8 million in fuel, helps us…