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May 18, 2015 at 16:52

As the Lax Kw’alaams community rejected a $1 billion offer from Pacific NorthWest LNG as compensation for a proposed natural gas project this week, the global energy community took notice.…

May 18, 2015 at 13:58

The oil price collapse is not over yet. It is more likely that the Brent price could fall back into the mid-$50 range than that it will continue to rise…

May 18, 2015 at 11:48

The billionaire CEO of Continental Resources told a dean at the University of Oklahoma that he wanted earthquake researchers fired. In one of the most transparently oligarchic tactics we have…

May 18, 2015 at 10:05

While we constantly analyze short-term data, the industry has a longer-term problem. And it is not related to what lies below the ground.There is a retirement tidal wave…

May 18, 2015 at 09:54

There have been a lot of techniques used to look for major gold discoveries over the last 50 years.But only one has consistently worked.That's the message…

May 15, 2015 at 17:08

Ten Members of the U.S. Congress – along with 32 of their staff members – received secret payments from Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil company to travel to Baku in 2013.

May 15, 2015 at 16:58

 The sanctions are now in their second year; the ruble is still not quite itself; and national champions Gazprom and Rosneft are both bracing for what can generously be called…

May 15, 2015 at 16:42

Divestment of stocks in fossil fuel companies may seem like a good idea if the goal is to put financial pressure on conventional energy companies and thereby leave an…

May 15, 2015 at 16:32

Subsidies to Fossil Energy Aren't the Low-Hanging Fruit We Might Wish They WereEvery few months — or…

May 15, 2015 at 15:56

We need an updated strategy if we’re staying in the oil game. Not a new one, mind you – the plan I’ve laid out for the long-term trends in oil…

May 15, 2015 at 15:52

As many of you will be aware, there are two basic approaches to stock selection, commonly known as top-down and bottom-up. The former involves looking at big picture economic factors,…

May 15, 2015 at 15:46

IntroductionDespite all of the hype around the shale revolution in the United States, over the long-term, US shale is expected to deteriorate. Owing to high initial decline rates,…

May 15, 2015 at 15:37

Geopolitics & OilLet the games begin in Cuba …As the US and Cuba work to restore diplomatic relations, keeping in mind that we are doubtful the…

May 15, 2015 at 15:30

Despite the previous week’s potentially bearish chart pattern, July Crude Oil futures managed to trade higher most of the week. The key number which held as support was the previous…

May 15, 2015 at 12:02

Iran is not done sending a message to indebted tankers in the Persian Gulf. For a second time in three weeks, the Iranian Navy fired across the bow of a…

May 14, 2015 at 14:42

Is US shale about to make a comeback?Oil prices have rebounded strongly since March. The benchmark WTI prices soared by more than 36 percent in two months, and…

May 14, 2015 at 14:33

History dictates that flat oil price curves are rare events and usually signal a pivot point in future pricing and economic activity. Today’s curve can’t get much flatter, as the…

May 14, 2015 at 12:46

Despite a decline in sales, the world’s biggest car manufacturer hopes to retain its top spot by issuing a new investment instrument in order to fund long-term R&D.Toyota…

May 14, 2015 at 12:28

Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of seventeen elements with exotic names like neodymium and yttrium that are key ingredients in many high-tech products, many important for national defense.…

May 14, 2015 at 10:59

Libya has been torn apart from violence and political instability, and its oil sector has been severely impacted as a result. But amid all the…