Nick Cunningham

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• The Oil Bust Is Great For Business Here

  Published 08 September 2015 | viewed 12,541 times

  Low oil prices are crushing a lot of upstream exploration and production companies. But downstream, refiners are having a field day. The collapse in oil…

• Lack Of Alternatives Sees EU Sign New Russian Gas Deals

  Published 07 September 2015 | viewed 18,178 times

  Several recent gas deals will tie Russia and Germany closer together.Russia’s Gazprom announced an agreement on asset swaps with European partners including OMV, BASF, E.ON,…

• Desperate Putin Not Giving Up On Asia Just Yet

  Published 05 September 2015 | viewed 12,631 times

  As Russia reels from low oil prices and western sanctions, it continues to try to pivot to the east. Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to…

• EIA On Board With Lifting U.S. Crude Export Ban

  Published 03 September 2015 | viewed 13,499 times

  A new report from the Energy Information Administration adds more weight to the notion that crude oil exports from the U.S. would not damage the…

• Financial Sector To Cut Credit Supply Lines For Oil And Gas Industry

  Published 02 September 2015 | viewed 21,809 times

  More U.S. oil and gas companies could come under financial distress in the coming months as crucial hedging protection begins to expire. Many companies had…

• Why Did Oil Prices Just Jump By 27 Percent In 3 Days?

  Published 01 September 2015 | viewed 30,488 times

  Oil prices have posted their strongest rally in years, jumping an astounding 27 percent in the last three trading days of August. While much of…

• Obama’s Balancing Act: Climate Change And Arctic Drilling

  Published 31 August 2015 | viewed 5,566 times

  President Obama kicked off a multiday visit to Alaska on August 31, with the intention of highlighting the effects of climate change unfolding in real-time.…

• Why So Much Oil Price Volatility? Blame The Speculators

  Published 29 August 2015 | viewed 28,223 times

  Oil prices crashed last week only to rebound at lightning speed. On August 28, oil prices surged 10 percent, the largest one-day gain in seven…

• Oil Prices Compound Iraq’s Stability Concerns

  Published 27 August 2015 | viewed 12,885 times

  Iraq has managed to ratchet up oil production to record highs, against what would seem to be insurmountable obstacles. Despite political gridlock, a fight against…

• Why Saudi Arabia Won’t Cut Oil Production

  Published 26 August 2015 | viewed 35,840 times

  Nine months after OPEC decided to leave its production target unchanged and pursue market share instead of trying to prop up prices, the group is…

• Nuclear Utility Suffers Setback As DC Pursues Clean Energy

  Published 25 August 2015 | viewed 10,406 times

  Regulators for Washington DC rejected the proposed purchase of Pepco Holdings by Exelon, potentially killing off the $6.84 billion acquisition. By law, the DC Public…

• Oil Price Collapse Triggers Currency Crisis In Emerging Markets

  Published 22 August 2015 | viewed 28,962 times

  Emerging market currencies are getting slammed by the collapse in commodity prices, a downturn that has accelerated in recent weeks. The health of many middle-income…

• As Oil Industry Cuts Back, Prices Could Spike In Years Ahead

  Published 20 August 2015 | viewed 13,673 times

  Low oil prices are expected to continue through much of this year and next, but as companies shelve plans for new drilling, they are setting…

• Low Oil Prices Could Break The “Fragile Five” Producing Nations

  Published 19 August 2015 | viewed 28,150 times

  Persistently low oil prices have already inflicted economic pain on oil-producing countries. But with crude sticking near six-year lows, the risk of political turmoil is…

• Low Oil Prices And China Pull The Rug From Under Latin America

  Published 18 August 2015 | viewed 22,606 times

  When China sneezes, the world gets a cold. The world’s second largest economy is suddenly looking unstable, with economic growth slowing, the stock markets gyrating,…

• Oil Markets Coming To Grips With Prices Remaining “Lower for Longer”

  Published 17 August 2015 | viewed 13,231 times

  “Lower for longer” is on everyone’s lips in the oil industry. A survey by the Wall Street Journal of investment banks found a growing consensus…

• The “Thin Green Line” Holding Back U.S. Energy Exports

  Published 15 August 2015 | viewed 13,572 times

  There has been a lot of hype in recent years about the U.S. having become an energy superpower. American companies have fracked and produced record…

• Russia’s Natural Gas Plans May Be Little More Than Hype

  Published 13 August 2015 | viewed 14,299 times

  Russia has publicly touted an array of natural gas export projects over the past year, a web of pipelines that would connect Russian gas to…

• Where Is Oil Heading? New Reports From IEA, OPEC, And EIA Provide Clues

  Published 12 August 2015 | viewed 16,083 times

  The IEA, OPEC, and EIA released new monthly reports for August, offering the latest snapshot into the oil markets. The main takeaway in the IEA…

• Japan’s Nuclear Restart Could Spell Disaster For Commodities Markets

  Published 11 August 2015 | viewed 13,977 times

  It has been several years in the making, but Japan is finally returning to nuclear power. Although Japan won’t turn its reactors back on en…