Nick Cunningham is an independent journalist, covering oil and gas, energy and environmental policy, and international politics. He is based in Portland, Oregon.
The day after the November 8th U.S. presidential election, the stock prices for electric car maker Tesla plunged 5 percent. Solar and wind stocks also…
Much has been made about President-elect Donald Trump’s plans to dismantle environmental regulations and streamline regulations that could lead to the construction of more pipelines.…
Friday November 11, 2016 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we’ll take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out…
Donald Trump’s victory could ultimately lead to a lot more oil pipelines moving forward, one sector of the fossil fuel industry specifically targeted by environmentalists…
The global financial markets began to crash last night as a Trump victory became more likely, although they regained ground as the results started to…
OPEC warned in newly released report that oil prices might not rise above $60 per barrel until the end of the decade, in an acknowledgement…
After the worst week for oil since January, crude prices firmed up on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s historic election. Oil dropped 10 percent last week,…
The financial and commodity markets took a hit at the end of October and early November as the U.S. presidential election seemed to tighten, with…
The second half of 2016 is shaping up to be one of the most active for M&A activity in the U.S. oil and gas industry,…
Oil prices plunged on Wednesday following data showing a massive buildup of crude oil inventories in the U.S., pushing WTI down to $45 per barrel,…
BP and Royal Dutch Shell reported their latest financial figures for the third quarter and both companies showed some improvement, a sign that the oil…
A technical meeting that was supposed to iron out some wrinkles for a deal to cut oil production ended in acrimony over the weekend, and…
The oil majors began reporting their third quarter earnings in recent days, and the figures do not look good. The three-month period ending in September…
Russia’s Gazprom is on the verge of striking a deal with EU regulators to settle a half-decade old dispute over natural gas pricing, and the…
A backlog of oil wells that have been sitting idle could put renewed pressure on oil prices once the oil starts flowing. Oil prices dipped…
Oil prices dropped more than 1 percent on Tuesday as waning expectations of an OPEC deal weighed on the market. Iraq insisted on Sunday that…
Venezuela just dodged a bullet, pulling off a last minute bond swap with creditors. The deal only buys Venezuela a little bit of breathing room,…
The top shale basins in the U.S. could lose another 30,000 barrels per day in November, as a shortage of drilling fails to offset natural…
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister Khalid al-Falih spoke at the Oil & Money Conference in London this week, where he offered a robust defense of OPEC’s…
With oil prices potentially set to stay low for years to come, the future of deepwater drilling is very much up in the air. The…