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Nick Cunningham

Contributor since: 04 Nov 2013

Nick Cunningham

Nick Cunningham is an independent journalist, covering oil and gas, energy and environmental policy, and international politics. He is based in Portland, Oregon. 

Latest articles from Nick

  • The Coming M&A Wave In U.S. Shale

    Published 05 September 2019 | viewed 33,397 times

    The world’s largest oilfield services companies warned of write-downs and consolidation due to a slowdown in the U.S. shale industry. Spending cuts by shale drillers…

  • Argentina’s Shale Boom In Jeopardy

    Published 05 September 2019 | viewed 11,568 times

    Argentina’s state-owned oil company, YPF, has vowed to continue its plans for both shale development and for LNG exports, but it may find it difficult…

  • The Dramatic Rise Of Carbon Credits

    Published 05 September 2019 | viewed 7,026 times

    The price of carbon in Europe has fallen in recent weeks due to the political turmoil in the UK as the country weighs a no-deal…

  • 2020 Election Could Put Oil Out Of Business

    Published 04 September 2019 | viewed 92,401 times

    The Democratic presidential candidates are gearing up for a lengthy town hall event on CNN covering climate change, where they will discuss a range of…

  • Trade War Panic Sends Oil Lower

    Published 03 September 2019 | viewed 10,814 times

    Oil prices fell sharply on Tuesday as fears over the economic fallout from the U.S.-China trade war returned. On Sunday, a 15 percent tariff on…

  • Oil Production Growth In U.S. Grinds To A Halt

    Published 02 September 2019 | viewed 31,615 times

    Lower oil prices and ongoing financial stress in the U.S. shale industry are creating headwinds for drillers, and it appears increasingly likely that supply growth…

  • Colorado Drillers Ramp Up Production As Stricter Regulation Looms

    Published 02 September 2019 | viewed 9,220 times

    At a public forum last week, the oil and gas industry in Colorado complained to the state’s Governor, lambasting a new law that the industry…

  • Hurricane Dorian Leads To Gasoline Crisis In Florida

    Published 31 August 2019 | viewed 13,660 times

    Hurricane Dorian is rapidly approaching the coast of Florida, forcing people to scramble for fuel and stockpile supplies. At the time of this writing, the…

  • A Dramatic U-Turn In Mexican Oil & Gas

    Published 29 August 2019 | viewed 28,750 times

    Mexico may do a U-turn, and call on the private sector once again to boost oil and gas production. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador…

  • Oil Majors Unhappy With Methane Regulation Rollback

    Published 29 August 2019 | viewed 11,121 times

    On Thursday, the U.S. EPA announced a plan to roll back federal rules on methane emissions for oil and gas companies, a gift that some…

  • Tighter Inventories Give Oil Markets Hope

    Published 28 August 2019 | viewed 17,635 times

    Oil traders continue to look beyond the escalating U.S.-China trade war, bidding up oil prices as they watch tightening inventories. Crude prices have gained this…

  • BP Exits Alaska To Double Down On Shale

    Published 28 August 2019 | viewed 24,024 times

    After roughly six decades in Alaska, BP is getting out. BP announced the sale of its Alaska operations to Hilcorp Energy Co. for $5.6 billion.…

  • Trump Scrambles To Win Back Angry Farmers

    Published 27 August 2019 | viewed 22,423 times

    The Trump administration is scrambling to repair its relationship in farm country, which has long been a faithful political constituency of the President. But after…

  • Possible Currency War Would Be A Disaster For Oil

    Published 26 August 2019 | viewed 26,506 times

    Oil prices plunged on Friday after the U.S. and China both announced tariff hikes in tit-for-tat fashion. At the same time, markets opened on a…

  • Energy: The Worst Performing Sector Of The Decade

    Published 26 August 2019 | viewed 19,188 times

    The energy sector has been the worst performing selection of stocks for quite some time. The roller coaster ride for oil prices is not exactly…

  • Oil Markets Hit Hard By Trade War Escalation

    Published 25 August 2019 | viewed 25,030 times

    Oil prices plunged on Friday after China unveiled new tariffs on $75 billion worth of American goods, a move that reignited fears about a global…

  • Extreme Supply Outages Prevent Oil Prices From Crashing

    Published 22 August 2019 | viewed 31,782 times

    The oil market is facing a near-term supply deficit, despite the growing cracks in the global economy and stagnant oil demand. At the same time,…

  • Canada’s Oil Crisis Is Far From Over

    Published 22 August 2019 | viewed 21,719 times

    Alberta decided to extend its mandatory production cuts through the end of 2020 because of a lack of pipeline capacity. The former New Democratic Premier…

  • U.S. To “Drown The World” In Oil

    Published 21 August 2019 | viewed 75,896 times

    The U.S. could “drown the world in oil” over the next decade, which, according to Global Witness, would “spell disaster” for the world’s attempts to…

  • Presidential Candidates Take Aim At Major Oil Pipelines

    Published 21 August 2019 | viewed 16,939 times

    Several new oil and gas pipelines have drawn the ire of the Democratic presidential candidates, and a few major pipelines could be at risk after…

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