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Bearish Risks Remain Despite a Tight Oil Market

Bearish Risks Remain Despite a Tight Oil Market

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OPEC Oil Reserves in Decline

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Our Top Pick for the Next Bakken/Eagle Ford

Our Top Pick for the Next Bakken/Eagle Ford

May 31, 2013 at 13:51 | James Stafford

In the coming weeks, we’re going to detail all the potential candidates, but we’re starting out with what is hands down THE next venue to play, why we believe this…

How to Trade the Energy Markets Over the Coming Week

How to Trade the Energy Markets Over the Coming Week

May 31, 2013 at 13:40 | Dan Dicker

A few quick blog-type posts today to give an overview of the energy picture and how it should be traded in the coming week:1 - The word from…

Turkey: Game-Changing Oil & Gas Legislation Afoot

Turkey: Game-Changing Oil & Gas Legislation Afoot

May 31, 2013 at 13:38 | Editorial Dept

We’ve noted recently that Turkey is a hot venue for both the majors and the juniors, but that there still hasn’t been that one big find to put the country…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 31st May 2013

Oil Market Forecast & Review 31st May 2013

May 31, 2013 at 13:31 | Jim Hyerczyk

There wasn’t much movement in July Crude Oil this past week. The market basically retraced about 75% of the previous week’s range before selling off early in the session on…

KURDISTAN: Genel Announces Another Find

KURDISTAN: Genel Announces Another Find

May 31, 2013 at 13:26 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Anglo-Turkish Genel Energy—the biggest license holder in Iraqi Kurdistan—has announced another discovery, boosting the company’s already significant resources in Kurdistan. Analysis: Genel Energy (LON:GENL) and partner…

POLAND: Shale Tax Policy Delay, Little Appeasement for Investors

POLAND: Shale Tax Policy Delay, Little Appeasement for Investors

May 31, 2013 at 13:21 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Shale gas explorers in Poland get a bit of a boost (but not enough) as the government prepares to postpone shale gas production tax collection for five years…

COLOMBIA: Oil Pipelines Remain Constant Rebel Target

COLOMBIA: Oil Pipelines Remain Constant Rebel Target

May 31, 2013 at 13:17 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Despite news of significant progress in peace talks between the government of Colombia and the rebel group FARC, guerrillas in the north and south of Colombia remain active.…

TUNISIA: Salafi Extremism Will Affect Oil Confidence

TUNISIA: Salafi Extremism Will Affect Oil Confidence

May 31, 2013 at 13:13 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Developments during the month of May indicate that Tunisia’s Islamist government is preparing in earnest to take on the threat posed by radical Salafi forces. Analysis:…

Time to Hop on the Natural Gas Train

Time to Hop on the Natural Gas Train

May 24, 2013 at 15:11 | Dan Dicker

With hedge funds performing miserably this year compared to the indexes, you’ve got to say that sometimes it helps to be a little stupid.  Those investors who didn’t read the…

How to Play the UK Fracking Game

How to Play the UK Fracking Game

May 24, 2013 at 14:06 | James Stafford

Since it lifted the moratorium in December, the United Kingdom has taken its new fracking “freedom” to the limit, granting more than 300 licenses to explorers to frack onshore. And…

Carbon Capture: Killing Two Birds with One Stone

Carbon Capture: Killing Two Birds with One Stone

May 24, 2013 at 14:00 | Editorial Dept

In May, the biggest carbon capture project in the US went on line in Port Arthur, Texas, capturing carbon dioxide from industrial operations and using that carbon for enhanced oil…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 24th May 2013

Oil Market Forecast & Review 24th May 2013

May 24, 2013 at 13:52 | Jim Hyerczyk

Although U.S. crude oil supplies fell 300,000 barrels for the week-ending May 17, according to an Energy Information Administration (EIA) report, traders seemed to be more focused on outside markets…

SOMALIA: This New Frontier Isn’t Ready for Oil

SOMALIA: This New Frontier Isn’t Ready for Oil

May 24, 2013 at 13:43 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Somalia plans to sign 30 PSCs this year with foreign oil companies and auction off over 300 new oil blocks, but oil rights here are not solidified and…

US-EUROPE: The Free Trade Drama

US-EUROPE: The Free Trade Drama

May 24, 2013 at 13:41 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: A pending free-market deal between the US and the European Union could open up a massive transatlantic market that could account for 56% of global imports and exports…

NAMIBIA: First Oil Discovery Overrides Earlier Disappointments

NAMIBIA: First Oil Discovery Overrides Earlier Disappointments

May 24, 2013 at 13:38 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: It’s been a rough ride for Namibia explorers but this week explorers announced their first oil discovery, and while it’s not commercially viable, it could be the first…

EU: Tighter Regulations for Explorers

EU: Tighter Regulations for Explorers

May 24, 2013 at 13:34 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: The EU’s new offshore oil and gas exploration legislation is designed to prevent another Gulf of Mexico incident and will force explorers to submit special hazard reports and…

Geothermal Energy: More Exciting than Media Thinks

Geothermal Energy: More Exciting than Media Thinks

May 17, 2013 at 14:44 | Editorial Dept

Geothermal energy is hands down THE best renewable energy avenue out there: The Earth is always generating heat, and there won’t be any “peak heat”, nor could we ever extract…

A Perfectly Positioned Company Set to Benefit from North America’s Oil Boom

A Perfectly Positioned Company Set to Benefit from North America’s Oil Boom

May 17, 2013 at 14:31 | Dan Dicker

The most compelling news of the week in the energy world was the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) mid-term report, calling for a ‘supply shock’ from North America’s increasing oil supply.

US LNG Exports … Who We Like

US LNG Exports … Who We Like

May 17, 2013 at 14:29 | James Stafford

This is it … the US Department of Energy is expected to decide on US natural gas exports this summer, and President Barack Obama has already suggested that the US…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 17th May 2013

Oil Market Forecast & Review 17th May 2013

May 17, 2013 at 14:20 | Jim Hyerczyk

After falling from $97.38 on May 6 to $92.40 on May 15, July crude oil rebounded on May 16 to regain almost 50% of its recent break. This turnaround was…

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