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China's Refinery Bonanza Slows Down

China's Refinery Bonanza Slows Down

Chinese oil refinery throughput rates…

Will Oil Prices Fall Below $70?

Will Oil Prices Fall Below $70?

Considering the current factors affecting…

Global Energy Alert

Zambia: Sitting on the Next Lake Albert?

Zambia: Sitting on the Next Lake Albert?

Aug 02, 2013 at 13:25 | Editorial Dept

Zambia has no proven oil reserves as of yet, but we’re looking here because there is massive exploration interest with the potential tie-in to hot Angola and geological similarities with…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 2nd August 2013

Oil Market Forecast & Review 2nd August 2013

Aug 02, 2013 at 13:22 | Jim Hyerczyk

A combination of events helped drive September crude oil futures higher this week, setting up a potential resumption of the uptrend which came to a halt two-weeks ago. Supply issues…

Iran-Iraq-Syria Pipeline Must Tempt Europe

Iran-Iraq-Syria Pipeline Must Tempt Europe

Aug 02, 2013 at 13:18 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: As Iraqi, Syrian and Iranian oil ministers meet in southern Iran to sign an MOU for the construction of the tri-country gas pipeline; a new picture emerges from…

As Sudan-South Sudan Oil Battle Re-Ignites, South Sudan Risks Instability

As Sudan-South Sudan Oil Battle Re-Ignites, South Sudan Risks Instability

Aug 02, 2013 at 13:17 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: An oil agreement between Sudan and South Sudan is off track—again, and only Ethiopian mediation has managed to postpone for two weeks Sudan’s threat to shut down the…

Waiting on Egypt for Oil & Gas Investment

Waiting on Egypt for Oil & Gas Investment

Jul 26, 2013 at 15:30 | Editorial Dept

Whither Egypt and its nearly 4.4 billion barrels of proven oil reserves and 77 trillion cubic feet of natural gas? Well, it’s never been a cakewalk, getting energy-starved Egypt’s development…

Drone Technology Gets Energized

Drone Technology Gets Energized

Jul 26, 2013 at 15:24 | James Stafford

Only a decade ago, drones were the purview of the military, but today we are realizing the commercial potential of this technology and the numerous cost-cutting applications for the oil…

How to Put an End to Gas Price Spikes

How to Put an End to Gas Price Spikes

Jul 26, 2013 at 15:10 | Dan Dicker

The United States is producing almost 7 million barrels of oil a day, more than it has in a decade and a half.  We also now export refined gasoline, something…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 26th July 2013

Oil Market Forecast & Review 26th July 2013

Jul 26, 2013 at 14:58 | Jim Hyerczyk

Overbought conditions continued to pressure September crude oil futures last week. Prices seemed poised to finish the week sharply lower as speculators pared positions while booking profits after a spectacular…

UK Releases Impressive Shale Estimates, Relaxes Tax Regime

UK Releases Impressive Shale Estimates, Relaxes Tax Regime

Jul 26, 2013 at 14:56 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: As the UK doubles its shale reserve estimates, plans are in the works for lowering the proposed shale production tax rate by half. Analysis: The UK…

Armenia Faces Opposition over Gazprom Deal

Armenia Faces Opposition over Gazprom Deal

Jul 26, 2013 at 14:54 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Armenia’s plans to hand over the state’s remaining stake in its natural gas monopoly to Gazprom has opposition politicians furious over the prospect of ceding total control of…

Romania to Build Gas Pipeline to Moldova with Major Political Implications

Romania to Build Gas Pipeline to Moldova with Major Political Implications

Jul 26, 2013 at 14:52 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Romania announces that construction will begin soon on a natural gas pipeline to neighboring Moldova, in a project that will underbid Gazprom prices and challenge Russia’s control in…

Uganda Eyes 2016 for Commercial Output

Uganda Eyes 2016 for Commercial Output

Jul 26, 2013 at 14:50 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: The earliest we can expect commercial output from Uganda is 2016 as production stalls over tax questions and local refining uncertainty. Analysis: Uganda made its first…

6 Key Oil & Gas Discoveries of 2013 – Who’s Worth Owning

6 Key Oil & Gas Discoveries of 2013 – Who’s Worth Owning

Jul 19, 2013 at 23:06 | Editorial Dept

The pace of oil and gas exploration is frightening, and discoveries are weekly, if not daily, with volumes investors would only have dreamt of a decade ago. With each new…

A Deeply Undervalued Play in the Refining Sector

A Deeply Undervalued Play in the Refining Sector

Jul 19, 2013 at 22:54 | Editorial Dept

Two weeks ago before my vacation, my inbox filled with questions surrounding the refining space and CVRR in particular, an MLP that I recommended at its IPO price of $25. …

Exclusive Intelligence: Be the First to Get in on Bosnia

Exclusive Intelligence: Be the First to Get in on Bosnia

Jul 19, 2013 at 22:53 | Editorial Dept

We’ve been holding on to this nugget for some time, waiting for one of the last pieces of the puzzle to near position. Now it’s time: Bosnia and Herzegovina has…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 19th July 2013

Oil Market Forecast & Review 19th July 2013

Jul 19, 2013 at 22:47 | Jim Hyerczyk

September Crude Oil futures reached a new high for the year this week, but there was very little follow-through. This is a good sign that conditions are overbought and that…

Ukraine: Unexpected Oil Find, Major Gas Interest

Ukraine: Unexpected Oil Find, Major Gas Interest

Jul 19, 2013 at 22:44 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: We see a flurry of activity in Ukraine, with a $735 million Black Sea commitment by Exxon, an unexpected 100 million barrel oil find in the Poltava region…

Again, We Bring You Oryx

Again, We Bring You Oryx

Jul 19, 2013 at 22:42 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Swiss billionaire Jean Claude Gandur’s Oryx Petroleum Corp. could hit it big again in property adjacent to its key acreage in Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, and we should know…

Watch as Russia Descends on New EU Member Croatia

Watch as Russia Descends on New EU Member Croatia

Jul 19, 2013 at 22:38 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Now that Croatia has joined the European Union, Russia will work hard and fast to get its foothold in the Balkan country’s energy market, where location gives it…

Russia Prepares To Liberalize LNG Exports

Russia Prepares To Liberalize LNG Exports

Jul 19, 2013 at 22:36 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: By January 2014, Russia may liberalize LNG exports currently monopolized by state-run Gazprom, in order to make room for expansion of LNG exports to the Asia-Pacific region.

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