Global Energy Alert

Feb 08, 2015 at 18:08 | Jim Hyerczyk

Crude Oil Outlook If you read the crude oil news on January 29, the day that crude oil bottomed, you’ll…

Jan 30, 2015 at 16:44 | Dan Dicker

Another Wednesday, another big build in domestic crude stocks, sending oil prices swooning again. Prices retreated another 3% to under $45 a barrel. Two majors, Hess…

Jan 30, 2015 at 16:38 | Martin Tillier

In most cases, conviction is a terrible trait for traders to have. Believing that you are right and the entire market is wrong is an almost…

Jan 30, 2015 at 16:31 | Editorial Dept

U.S. President Obama just made some dramatic changes to the offshore oil and gas landscape. Let’s take a look beneath some of the recent headlines to…

Jan 30, 2015 at 16:21 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Focus: Saudi Arabia What has happened in Saudi Arabia with the passing of King Abdullah should be viewed as no less than…

Jan 30, 2015 at 16:17 | Jim Hyerczyk

Crude Oil Outlook A valiant attempt to consolidate March Crude Oil prices failed this week when the market traded down to a level not seen since…

Jan 23, 2015 at 16:42 | Dan Dicker

Thursday’s ECB announcement from Mario Draghi gave everyone in the stock market continued hope – with 60b Euros of bond buying power, the stock markets both across the pond and…

Jan 23, 2015 at 16:40 | Martin Tillier

As some may be aware, I spent nearly twenty years making a living in a dealing room. Contrary to what many believe, those who are paid to trade are, in…

Jan 23, 2015 at 16:35 | Editorial Dept

The U.S. oil and gas rig count continues to fall – having plummeted by 74 rigs for the week ending on January 16 – in a clear sign that…

Jan 23, 2015 at 16:32 | Editorial Dept

Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictYemen Shi’ite Houthi rebels in Yemen have taken over the presidential palace in the capital Sana’a after negotiations over a power-sharing deal with the government…

Jan 23, 2015 at 16:28 | Jim Hyerczyk

Crude Oil Outlook Crude oil futures began the week in a position to rally based on the technical chart pattern formed the weak-ending January 16, however, there was no follow-through…

Jan 16, 2015 at 13:12 | Dan Dicker

Calling a bottom in oil is a fool’s errand. What’s more important here is in trying to gauge how oil will trade AFTER it finds a bottom. And that isn’t…

Jan 16, 2015 at 13:09 | Martin Tillier

I have said in past weeks that I believe the mid-40s would provide support for WTI prices, and so far that has been the case. There has hardly been a…

Jan 16, 2015 at 13:04 | Editorial Dept

Egypt sits at a strategic crossroads, positioned between Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. From the Roman era right up through the 20th century, control for Egypt has been the…

Jan 16, 2015 at 12:54 | Editorial Dept

Deals, Mergers & Acquisitions • Mexico's state-run Pemex is in talks with the US Commerce Department to import 100,000 barrels per day of light crude to raise Mexico's gasoline production…

Jan 16, 2015 at 12:49 | Jim Hyerczyk

With U.S. production levels remaining steady and OPEC not showing any signs of letting up on its current daily production output, investors may have to turn to technical analysis to…

Jan 09, 2015 at 13:50 | Dan Dicker

In 2008, as money rushed out of the oil market and prices continued to collapse, a bottom for oil was nearly impossible to find. But one commercial factor gave a…

Jan 09, 2015 at 13:49 | Martin Tillier

When the general mood in a market is gloomy and the bears have the upper hand, even good news can get overlooked, or rather overpowered. For…

Jan 09, 2015 at 13:46 | Editorial Dept

Another week, another impressive fall in oil prices. There have been a series of psychological thresholds through which oil prices have crashed over the past few months. In the beginning…

Jan 09, 2015 at 13:40 | Editorial Dept

Iraq/Syria Monitoring Report • We have been closely monitoring the situation in Kobani, Syria, on the Turkish border, as we detailed for subscribers in October. Earlier this week, Kurdish forces…