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Mar 30, 2015 at 11:45

Frontier Updates • Amid the oil price slump, if you’re considering Africa, forget Nigeria and look to Kenya. The east African emerging oil giant has just received a boost from…

Mar 30, 2015 at 11:40

The spike in May NYMEX Crude Oil futures during the pre-market trading session on Wednesday night (Eastern Time) came as a surprise to many traders because,…

Mar 30, 2015 at 11:10

Very important, although little discussed, news item emerging Friday. Which could have major consequences in propping up U.S. natural gas prices. The announcement in question was…

Mar 30, 2015 at 11:02

Wind power may soon be coming to a field near you. The Department of Energy (DOE) published a major report looking at the viability of…

Mar 30, 2015 at 10:50

As I discussed previously, the coal market -- on a worldwide basis -- is dismal right now. But certain parts of the world like India are…

Mar 27, 2015 at 18:49

There can be little doubt that the Tesla Model S is a wonderful car. Critics and owners alike have raved over the combination of power and…

Mar 27, 2015 at 18:40

Recently, I have noticed that oil storage & production data (and media hype for that matter) has disconnected from hard data. This has been occurring for…

Mar 27, 2015 at 18:24

On March 18 the city of Georgetown, Texas announced that it would soon be generating 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources. Georgetown agreed…

Mar 27, 2015 at 18:10

There are a lot of ways to indemnify an energy company against a dwindling income from plummeting oil prices. One is to lay off workers. One…

Mar 27, 2015 at 17:51

About half the world's oil production is moved by tankers on fixed maritime routes, according to Reuters. The blockage of a chokepoint, even temporarily, can…

Mar 27, 2015 at 13:51

The headline for the week was Saudi Arabia’s attack on rebels in Yemen, which threatens to ignite tensions between regional rivalries in the Middle East. The…

Mar 27, 2015 at 12:05

Argentina, once a regional energy leader, is now better known for financial busts and bombastic politicians than hydrocarbons prospects. Still, with a resource potential both vast…

Mar 27, 2015 at 11:33

As I discussed last week, the commentary around the global coal business has been doom and gloom lately. But few investors recognize that the market is…

Mar 26, 2015 at 18:26

The back and forth, the ebb and flow, or business as usual continues in Eastern Europe. As another interim gas deal approaches its deadline, Ukraine will…

Mar 26, 2015 at 18:04

We are living in a world obsessed with oil and its price movements. Some time back, when all the trade pundits were predicting a stable 100$…

Mar 26, 2015 at 12:53

Saudi Arabia launched airstrikes in Yemen, causing oil prices to jump on fears over Middle East instability. The markets clearly reacted with concern over the…

Mar 26, 2015 at 11:17

We are in an age of propaganda where most people argue viewpoints not based on facts but on selective perception basis. They cherry pick what supports…

Mar 26, 2015 at 10:56

Petrobras announced on March 24 that it has discovered a significant deposit of oil just of the coast of Rio de Janeiro. The company says…

Mar 26, 2015 at 10:44

One of the most ground-breaking changes in metals the last year was the Indonesian export ban. The government-mandated halt to shipments of unprocessed concentrates caused widespread…

Mar 25, 2015 at 19:01

The newest Mercedes autonomous car looks like a car on the outside but like a lounge on the inside, with four swivel seats facing each other…