Keith Schaefer

Latest articles from Keith

• The Bakken Oil Boom: Moving "Back Home" to Montana?

  Published 20 December 2012 | viewed 25,529 times

  Most people associate the huge Bakken oil field with North Dakota... but did you know the Bakken was actually discovered to the north in Montana?Drilling…

• Emperor Oil-A Rags-to-Riches Oil Story Unlike Any Other

  Published 19 December 2012 | viewed 7,462 times

  It took five years for Africa Oil (AOI-TSX) to be an overnight success.  The stock ran from $2-$11 in the spring of 2012 when they…

• New Report Could Effect Huge Change in the Pipeline Industry

  Published 12 December 2012 | viewed 14,316 times

  How are leaks detected on today's oil and gas pipelines?Often times they're found – not by the owners and operators of the pipelines – but…

• Canada's Junior Oil Companies Swap Growth for Income

  Published 22 November 2012 | viewed 11,069 times

  The leading Canadian junior oil companies are doing whatever they can to create value for their shareholders.Three of the top junior oil companies in Canada…

• The Swing Vote That Could Switch Natural Gas Back to Coal

  Published 04 October 2012 | viewed 8,720 times

  It's a big question for America's big electricity producers.Will rising natural gas prices push producers back to using coal? After all, natural gas prices are…

• Energy Independence in the US: Is the Impossible Possible?

  Published 27 September 2012 | viewed 14,549 times

  The U.S. has become the world's second-biggest oil producer – having passed Russia, and trailing only Saudi Arabia. But can America's vast shale oil and…

• Why North American Gas Prices Are So High

  Published 19 September 2012 | viewed 17,657 times

  Driving gasoline is 50% higher today than in 2008 – relative to the price of oil. In other words, gas prices are nearly what they…

• Food-Grade Fracking Fluid? (The Future of Fracking)

  Published 11 September 2012 | viewed 11,827 times

  The fracking debate rages on. It’s a divisive issue, no more so than in the U.S. – where 90%-plus of all global fracking is done…

• Colombia Oil: Is It Time To Invest in this South American Comeback Story?

  Published 29 August 2012 | viewed 11,176 times

  Investors – particularly Canadians – may recall Colombia as one of the hottest oil plays in the world.That was just a few years ago. Huge…

• How the U.S. East Coast Just Dodged an Oil Supply Shut-Down

  Published 21 August 2012 | viewed 17,511 times

  Last September, Sunoco and ConocoPhillips announced they would both close their Pennsylvania oil refineries. Roughly 330,000 barrels of oil are supplied through the Sunoco refinery…

• Investing Lessons in One of the World's Most Volatile Sectors

  Published 02 August 2012 | viewed 14,165 times

  One of the biggest questions energy investors face is how to trade volatility. For example, in a flat to down energy market, professionals often say…

• Why Gas Producers Are Getting Crunched by the Shale Boom

  Published 25 July 2012 | viewed 15,989 times

  North America's shale drilling revolution is taking a toll on natural gas producers.The reason?  The shale boom has generated a tremendous oversupply of Natural Gas…

• A "Shocking" Shut-in Scenario for Canadian Natural Gas

  Published 17 July 2012 | viewed 9,890 times

  Canada is full of natural gas. The country's gas storage market is near capacity, in fact -- much earlier than normal in the current gas…

• Why America's Missing Out on the Billion-Dollar Global LNG Game

  Published 08 April 2012 | viewed 9,765 times

  The fast-growing Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) market is creating serious wealth around the world. So who is profiting the most right now – and who…

• LNG: The Best Way To Play Cheap Natural Gas

  Published 12 March 2012 | viewed 10,929 times

  There are 374 LNG carriers in the world.  As recently as a few years ago, roughly one-third of these vessels were laid up, or out…

• The Global Shipping Industry's Most Profitable Sector: LNG Shipping

  Published 03 March 2012 | viewed 23,327 times

  Record demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) has created a huge new global industry for the vessels that carry the fuel. And that has created…

• Local Gas - Why Nat Gas Pipeline Stocks Could Soon Lose Out

  Published 16 February 2012 | viewed 9,984 times

  Dividend-paying pipeline companies have performed well for natural resource investors lately. But there's a new twist to this story that could alter this trend... and…

• Fracking and Water: A New Way To Profit from the Industry's Biggest Problem

  Published 14 February 2012 | viewed 64,898 times

  While oil and water don’t mix, for the fracking industry... the two go hand-in-hand. You see, while WATER is one of the oil industry’s biggest…

• A New Direction for China's Massive Shale Gas Reserves

  Published 24 January 2012 | viewed 9,329 times

  It's estimated that China holds more natural gas – locked in its huge shale reserve – than the U.S. And while the country hasn't yet…

• International Junior Oil Stocks: How Investors Can Position Themselves for High-Reward International Plays

  Published 02 December 2011 | viewed 7,719 times

  Without question, the oil stocks that have made me the biggest profits have been junior oil companies with international plays. Companies like Xcite Energy, (XEL-TSXv)…