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Nick Cunningham

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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. 

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  • Can Trump Derail The EV Revolution?

    Published 14 November 2016 | viewed 19,214 times

    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…

  • Trump May Open Up Arctic Drilling

    Published 13 November 2016 | viewed 29,150 times

    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.…

  • Will Trump Open Up New Oil And Gas Reserves?

    Published 12 November 2016 | viewed 4,724 times

    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…

  • Trump To Clear Way For Oil Pipelines

    Published 10 November 2016 | viewed 42,160 times

    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…

  • Oil And Gas - Huge Victors Of The Presidential Election

    Published 09 November 2016 | viewed 56,854 times

    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 Just Knocked $20 Off Its Oil Price Outlook

    Published 08 November 2016 | viewed 77,840 times

    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…

  • $30 Oil Or Worse If OPEC Fails

    Published 07 November 2016 | viewed 52,619 times

    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,…

  • Fracking Under Fire: The Ballot Initiatives That Impact Oil & Gas

    Published 06 November 2016 | viewed 18,303 times

    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…

  • Surging M&A Activity Suggests The Worst Is Over For Oil

    Published 03 November 2016 | viewed 18,509 times

    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,…

  • Is This The Most Bearish Oil Report Of All Time?

    Published 02 November 2016 | viewed 31,979 times

    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 Shell Optimistic The Market Is Turning

    Published 01 November 2016 | viewed 23,637 times

    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…

  • Can Oil Markets Survive An OPEC Implosion?

    Published 31 October 2016 | viewed 32,924 times

    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…

  • Will Oil Majors Ever Recover?

    Published 30 October 2016 | viewed 30,616 times

    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…

  • The Beginning Of The End For Europe’s Natural Gas War

    Published 27 October 2016 | viewed 27,853 times

    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…

  • Full Scale Oil Price Recovery Unlikely As 5000 DUC’s May Come Online

    Published 26 October 2016 | viewed 43,152 times

    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…

  • Iraq Threatens To Sink OPEC Deal

    Published 25 October 2016 | viewed 19,371 times

    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 Escapes Bankruptcy… But Oil Production Continues To Plunge

    Published 24 October 2016 | viewed 36,112 times

    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 Record Frack: How U.S. Shale Keeps On Boosting Output

    Published 23 October 2016 | viewed 12,795 times

    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…

  • Oil Titans Differ On Whether Prices Will Spike Or Remain Low

    Published 20 October 2016 | viewed 33,699 times

    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…

  • Oil Executives Have Little Appetite For Deepwater Drilling

    Published 19 October 2016 | viewed 12,004 times

    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…

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