Nick Cunningham is an independent journalist, covering oil and gas, energy and environmental policy, and international politics. He is based in Portland, Oregon.
After flirting with breaking below $30 per barrel, oil decidedly broke that threshold at the end of last week, deepening the unrelenting losses the market…
The economic instability in China has raised concerns about the global economy, but the pain is already being acutely felt in Brazil, where economic success…
An estimated $380 billion worth of oil and gas projects have been cancelled since 2014, according to a new estimate from Wood Mackenzie. The downturn…
Low crude oil prices since the second half of 2014 have created a boon for consumers as the cost to fill up at the pump…
Oil prices continue to hit new lows. WTI and Brent traded down by more than 2 percent during midday trading on Monday, as the markets…
Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince Muhammad bin Salman made headlines this week when he said that the kingdom was considering an IPO of Saudi Aramco,…
Low oil prices put pressure on the budgets of major oil producing countries in 2015, but the next domino to fall could be their currencies.…
Energy investors got clobbered in 2015, and are hoping for things to turn positive as we head into the New Year. What can we expect…
Oil prices jumped on the first trading day of 2016 as Middle East tension outweighed a selloff in financial markets around the world. Oil markets…
The official groundbreaking ceremony for the TAPI pipeline was held in Turkmenistan on December 13, a milestone for a project that has been on the…
In a clash of the titans, Warren Buffett just defeated Elon Musk. The fight was over solar net-metering in Nevada, a state that has the…
OPEC says that $10 trillion worth of investment will need to flow into oil and gas through 2040 in order to meet the world’s energy…
2015 has been an historic year for oil markets, one that few will forget. At the beginning of the year, crude oil was well on…
One small Latin American nation is making the transition to clean energy look easy. In only a few years, Uruguay has succeeded in shifting almost…
The natural gas drilling frenzy is grinding to a halt, as the industry struggles with excess supply. Natural gas prices have plunged to their lowest…
There is a growing chorus in Europe against Germany’s support to expand a major natural gas pipeline from Russia over fears that it will leave…
China’s coal consumption may have peaked in 2013, and with it, so have the coal industry’s fortunes. A new report from the International Energy Agency…
Although its importance as an oil producer pales in comparison to other Latin American countries, Colombia has managed to significantly increase output over the past…
The U.S. Congress is on the verge of passing a major budget deal that includes some of the largest changes to energy policy in some…
The Federal Reserve is about to raise interest rates for the first time in almost ten years and it couldn’t come at a worse time…