Nick Cunningham is an independent journalist, covering oil and gas, energy and environmental policy, and international politics. He is based in Portland, Oregon.
BNP Paribas, France’s largest bank, announced that it would no longer lend money to struggling oil and gas companies in the United States. "Given the…
Plenty of oil commodity producers are in trouble, and that includes more than a handful of countries whose economies are heavily dependent on oil, gas,…
Will oil go below $20? Jeffrey Currie, the head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, said on Bloomberg TV on Tuesday that he wouldn’t be…
“It is very hard to see how oil prices can rise significantly in the short term.” For oil prices, the “short term risk to the…
The signals from major investors, oil companies, and OPEC have clouded the picture for where oil prices will go next. Oil prices have crashed from…
As energy investors look for reasons to be optimistic, many are keeping close tabs on supply figures. There are some signs that supply is taking…
The Obama administration will reportedly unveil a proposal next week that would place a $10 tax on each barrel of oil produced in the United…
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U.S. oil drillers have been hollowed out from what has been described as a price war waged by OPEC. But a separate price war might…
The fourth quarter is shaping up to be one of the most painful in recent memory for the oil and gas industry. BP is the…
The U.S. Senate will kick off deliberations over a (potentially) bipartisan energy bill this week. Reaching consensus on energy legislation has been notoriously difficult, but…
As fourth quarter earnings start trickling in, lots of losses are piling up in the shale industry and another round of cuts are expected. Over…
The rumors of a coordinated production cut between OPEC and Russia continue to grow more serious. The latest comes from the Russian energy minister Alexander…
The currencies of commodity-exporting countries have been struck by a bout of volatility lately, and are now jumping and falling in value on a daily…
The biggest result from the collapse in oil prices could be a future price spike. Oil prices at $30 per barrel have put most producers…
The head of OPEC called on oil producers around the world to work together to address the current state of oversupply. “It is vital the…
Despite the nascent oil price rally that started to take hold at the end of last week, there is a broad swathe of financial distress…
The IEA struck a dour tone on the state of the global economy in 2016 in its latest monthly Oil Market Report, and even included…
Oilprice.com recently spoke with Carl Larry, Director of Oil and Gas at Frost & Sullivan, a consultancy that conducts research on oil and gas markets,…
Last year was a record year for clean energy investment, and 2016 should be even better. That comes from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), which…