Global Energy Alert

Nov 15, 2013 at 16:24 | Editorial Dept

There’s something very special about Australia’s Olympic Dam uranium mine.Olympic Dam is the largest uranium ore body in the world, with a towing 57-year reserve life. Production…

Nov 15, 2013 at 16:18 | Dan Dicker

The latest IEA report on Crude supplies has got me thinking, a new accomplishment for the IEA who have been woefully behind the curve on most of the major…

Nov 15, 2013 at 16:13 | Editorial Dept

Before we get into the oil and gas scene that is suddenly attracting the supermajors to this unexplored venue that has all the promise of the greatest African discoveries of…

Nov 15, 2013 at 16:06 | Jim Hyerczyk

January crude oil futures reached a five-month low this week, however, oversold conditions and technical support points stopped the slide, putting the market in a position to post a potentially…

Nov 15, 2013 at 16:04 | Editorial Dept

Security Risk RankingsThis week we are introducing our new security risk ranking system designed to provide investors and potential investors with a continual look at the changing security…

Nov 08, 2013 at 17:08 | Dan Dicker

It’s been a busy year for the regulators and legal groups of major banks and hedge funds, as the recent fines of JP Morgan, Steve Cohen and others have appeared…

Nov 08, 2013 at 17:06 | Editorial Dept

Sometimes geography just works. That’s certainly the case in North American natural gas markets today. To the north you have America—a new natural gas superpower. So…

Nov 08, 2013 at 17:05 | Editorial Dept

The importance of security in Algeria should not be underestimated. This is a country that plays an extremely crucial role in the global oil and gas market, with some 160…

Nov 08, 2013 at 17:01 | Jim Hyerczyk

December crude oil futures rose this week, driven higher by oversold technical conditions, uncertainty over the Fed’s timing of its plans to taper monetary stimulus and a smaller-than expected rise…

Nov 08, 2013 at 16:59 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: The European Union appears to be punishing Argentina over the expropriation of Repsol YPF with higher duties on Argentine bio-diesel that will cost the industry dearly.Analysis:…

Nov 08, 2013 at 16:58 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Benghazi is heading toward a conflict climax, while myriad clashes in Tripoli are of a less cohesive nature, they are still indicative of the government’s inability to handle…

Nov 08, 2013 at 16:55 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: China’s optimism as it enters final talks to acquire Petrobras’ assets in Peru is not shared yet with other potential foreign investors as the country fails to make…

Nov 08, 2013 at 16:54 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: We are back to the drawing board in Mali, and oil exploration in the north should be dismissed out of hand.Analysis: Two French journalists were kidnapped…

Nov 01, 2013 at 17:37 | Editorial Dept

You probably haven’t heard about it—but there’s a potential bull market brewing in propane. At the risk of sounding like Hank Hill—the market for this natural gas liquid…

Nov 01, 2013 at 17:28 | Dan Dicker

The refiners have been a very ‘feast or famine’ trade group that I have been wary of playing.  But with widening Brent-WTI spreads, along with the collapses of other benchmarks…

Nov 01, 2013 at 17:24 | Editorial Dept

We want to take another look at what’s going on in Lebanon--in terms of the spillover of the conflict in Syria, the meddling of external actors, and the internal political…

Nov 01, 2013 at 17:14 | Jim Hyerczyk

A slew of weak economic data last week and a stronger U.S. Dollar helped pressure December crude oil futures the week-ending November 1. Traders read the economic data as a…

Nov 01, 2013 at 17:12 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: The French have relaunched offensives in Mali marking the end of a brief patch of peace following elections and the premature issuing of new oil exploration licenses in…

Nov 01, 2013 at 17:11 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Syrian regime leader Bashir al-Assad has a tougher grip on power than he has since the start of the conflict, but it is far from over, and clashes…

Nov 01, 2013 at 17:08 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Kurdistan’s leverage over the central Iraqi authorities in Baghdad gets a major boost with the much-anticipated completion of a pipeline directly to Turkey.Analysis: Kurdistan’s leverage over…