Taking a voyage across the world of energy with ClipperData’s Director of Commodity Research. Follow on Twitter @ClipperData, @mattvsmith01
It is national flip-flop day, and the oil market is acting accordingly. After reaching a one-month low after six consecutive days of losses, crude has…
Thirty-six years after the movie ‘The Blues Brothers’ opened in Chicago, and the black gold brothers of Brent and WTI are looking melancholic once more.…
Forty-seven years after the birth of Ice Cube, and the bullish sentiment in the oil market is thawing once more. As economic conditions continue to…
One hundred and eighty-two years to the day after Isaac Fischer Jr. patented sandpaper, and the oil market is looking a little rough once more.…
Seventy-two years after Marvin Camras patented the wire recorder, and movement in the oil market today is being dictated by hopes of stronger supply (production…
Five hundred and twenty-two years after the Treaty of Tordesillas was signed, dividing Spain and Portugal, and crude is also in new territory today. As…
One hundred and thirty-four years after H.W. Seely patented he first electric iron, and the crude complex is unable to get rid of the wrinkles…
Seventy-four years after the birth of Curtis Mayfield, and oil prices are struggling to move on up, despite a wilting dollar due to a shocker…
Sixty-two years after Linus’ security blanket made its debut in the Peanuts comic strip, and the oil market is looking to tomorrow’s OPEC meeting to…
One hundred and fifty-seven years after Big Ben was started, and the oil market is counting down the clock to an onslaught of economic data…
Forty-one years to the day after the birth of chef Jamie Oliver, and the recent rally in oil is looking a wee bit overcooked, after…
One-hundred and nine years after the birth of John Wayne, and oil is shootin’ from the hip today, with both Brent and WTI taking a…
One hundred and seventy-two years after Stuart Perry patented the gasoline engine, and oil is chugging higher once more. As a decent crude draw was…
One hundred and thirty-three years after the Brooklyn Bridge was opened to traffic, and crude is trying to navigate troubled water once again. Choppiness today…
Two hundred and thirty years after Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter that he had invented bifocals, and the oil market is adjusting its focus…
One hundred and forty-three years after Levi Strauss began marketing blue jeans with copper rivets, and the oil market is trying to make strides higher…
Forty two years to the day after Erno Rubik invented the Rubik’s cube, and the oil market is looking puzzled. As the fear of a…
Thirty-eight years after ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ had its world premiere, and everyday, it’s a getting closer ($50 crude that is). After a deluge of…
One hundred and forty-one years to the day after the first Kentucky Derby was run, and crude oil’s gallop higher has now slowed to a…
Thirty-one years after Michael Jordan was named Rookie of the Year in the NBA, and supply outages are ensuring that a rally is a slam…