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• The Hunt For Fukushima’s Missing Reactor Fuel

  Published 25 March 2015 | viewed 10,563 times

  In the same week as Japan unveils its Pacific-Rim-esque anti-tsunami wall public works project, and Japanese government auditors say the operator of the Fukushima Dai-ichi…

• Norway Investing Oil Wealth In Foreign Real Estate

  Published 24 March 2015 | viewed 6,388 times

  Norway is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Last week, the Norges Bank defied market expectations by leaving rates unchanged citing an overheating…

• Whiting Forced To Issue Massive Secondary

  Published 24 March 2015 | viewed 5,055 times

  Having been exuberantly chased briefly after announcing it was looking for a buyer - fueling further excitement about a low-oil-price-driven Shale firm M&A boom -…

• Oil Prices Could Crash Hard This Summer

  Published 23 March 2015 | viewed 10,412 times

  Less than two weeks ago we warned that based on the current oil production trend, the US may run out of storage for crude as…

• Oil Price Crash Creates New Wild West In Shale Boom Towns

  Published 12 March 2015 | viewed 16,892 times

  With crude prices reeling from the effects of geopolitical wrangling and surging production, it’s a tough time to be a resident of an oil boom…

• Saudi King Promises To Protect Against Oil Price Slump

  Published 11 March 2015 | viewed 8,219 times

  In what some note could be a pre-emptive strike against rising social tensions in The Kingdom, new (and potentially crazy) King Salman bin Abdulaziz vowed…

• ISIS Burn Iraqi Oil Fields To Hold Off Iraqi Offensive

  Published 06 March 2015 | viewed 20,606 times

  Thick black smoke billowing from oil wells northeast of the city of Tikrit is obstructing Shi'ite militiamen and Iraqi soldiers attempts to drive ISIS from…

• Crude Down Following Biggest Weekly Inventory Rise In 14 Years

  Published 04 March 2015 | viewed 6,745 times

  So much for last night's lower than expected API build, DOE data shows a massive build compared to the 3.95 mm barrels expected: • *CRUDE…

• Oil Prices Tumble As Pace Of Rig Count Decline Slows

  Published 27 February 2015 | viewed 9,945 times

  With production and inventories at record levels despite the total collapse in rig counts, all eyes remain on Baker Hughes data for any signal the…

• Oil Markets Jumped The Gun

  Published 23 February 2015 | viewed 7,917 times

  Perhaps the world is beginning to realize that "it's the demand, stupid" as crude oil prices are collapsing this morning (not helped by "all out…

• EIA Inventory Announcement Scuppers Oil Rally Hopes

  Published 19 February 2015 | viewed 10,426 times

  Between European uncertainty and last night's massive API inventory build (14.3mm barrels), Brent and WTI crude was sliding into today's inventory data - well off…

• As Rig Count continues To Fall, Production Soars To Record Highs

  Published 13 February 2015 | viewed 9,334 times

  Despite the dramatic plunge in rig counts, this week saw yet another surge in production to record highs and with storage levels getting close to…

• After Saudi Arabia Crushes US Shale Who Will It Go After Next?

  Published 09 February 2015 | viewed 17,006 times

  Whether it is to cripple the will of Putin and end his support of the Syria regime (thus handing the much desired gas-pipeline traversing territory…

• When Conspiracy Theory Becomes Fact

  Published 04 February 2015 | viewed 17,921 times

  While the markets are still debating whether the price of oil is more impacted by the excess pumping of crude here, or the lack of…

• Exxon Unveils The Bad News On All Fronts

  Published 02 February 2015 | viewed 9,617 times

  Earlier today, following our chart showing the devastation in Q1 earning forecasts, Exxon Mobil came out with its Q4 earnings, and - as tends to…

• Chevron Responds To Eight Week Drop In Rig Count By Slashing Jobs

  Published 30 January 2015 | viewed 20,158 times

  For the 8th week in a row (something that hasn't happened since June 2009), US total rig count plunged. This week's 90 rig drop to…

• Either Oil Rebounds Above $80 Or Energy Stocks Fall By 40%

  Published 29 January 2015 | viewed 18,252 times

  Several days ago we showed something remarkable: "current forward 12-month P/E ratio for the Energy sector is now well above the three most recent historical…

• U.S. Crude Inventories Reach Highest Levels Since 1982

  Published 28 January 2015 | viewed 8,200 times

  EIA Inventory build was double expectations at 8.87 million barrels...With Total Crude Supply at its highest since at least 1982...* * *Related: OPEC Chief Claims Oil…

• Goldman Sachs Busts Myth Of Impending Russian Oil Collapse

  Published 27 January 2015 | viewed 24,633 times

  Yesterday's Russian downgrade pulled yet another raft of "smartest people in the room" to tell investors how screwed Russia is by low oil prices (and…

• What King Abdullah’s Passing Means For The Oil Markets

  Published 23 January 2015 | viewed 17,126 times

  Several hours ago Saudi Arabia announced that its 91-year-old King Abdullah had passed away, in the process setting off what may be a fascinating, and…