The recent Houthi attack on…
A very volatile week for…
Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah…
Hedging is a concept too often misunderstood, or worse, badly executed. To many investors and traders, a hedge simply consists of a trade that directly opposes their main position. They…
Residents of on East Coast of the U.S. are surely eager for spring to arrive after what has been a brutal winter. It seems like every week we are digging…
Somalia, not so fastInvestors contemplating a potential move on Somalia are wise to consider that while this is the first time since a 20-year civil war and state…
25%. Interest that major petroleum player Petronas is selling in the Pacific North West Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) development in British Columbia, Canada.The firm said this week it…
This week we are turning our attention to Venezuela, where the worse unrest in 10 years is being marked by violent clashes in Caracas between police and anti-government demonstrators led…
The week of February 17 has been a violent one, with protests, intense political unrest, and many casualties in several countries around the world. Protestors in Ukraine are stealing the…
This is my first article for Oilprice.com, so I tried to find something really upbeat to write about. I wanted to be positive and to re-assure those of you here…
The last several weeks have seen some very strong US crude oil prices, adding strength to my prediction that we'll likely see average prices of well over $100 a barrel…
There’s one question that’s on the minds of energy investors the world over. Where will be the next place for shale gas and oil?It’s worth pondering. The profits…
Morocco and Western Sahara in the SpotlightWith the hunt for oil picking up momentum in Morocco—considered an investor’s haven compared to other Sahelian countries—we are closely watching controversial…
It’s been a tough winter, and not just because of the weather. The markets have given us opportunity but it’s been a barbed-wire wrapped one: Big moves down have looked…
There are exactly two ways to succeed in investing.First, be a visionary. Look at the data everyone else is puzzling over and see something they don't. Then translate…
Syria has around 2.5 billion barrels of crude oil, which makes it the largest in terms of proven reserves in the eastern Mediterranean, but overall in the global scheme of…
Japan’s nuclear dilemma and Asia’s LNG hunger.JapanThe pro-nuclear camp has won the critical 9 February Tokyo gubernatorial elections, and while this is not a straight-out victory…
March Crude Oil futures closed over $100.00 per barrel this week without much fanfare. The rally took out the previous top from December 2013 at $100.79, but fell short of…
If you’ve missed the point of the last 2 weeks of market action, let me get you up to date: 2014 is going to be rough, really rough. We’re going…
This week’s events show it’s becoming a bad time to be a generalist. Buyers of large-cap energy stocks have had their wallets handed to them over the last couple of…
As we have noted on numerous occasions, despite the continued influx of investment in Iraq, the situation is untenable and each month moves closer to an all-out civil war. First,…
This week we’re stepping back to focus on Latin America again due to the volume of energy developments in the region. This week and last we were debriefed by our…
March crude oil futures rose to even for the year, erasing all of the loss from the December 31, 2013 close at $98.55. Positive U.S. economic data, stabilizing equity markets…