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Charles Kennedy

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Charles Kennedy

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  • Latest Pipeline Spill Here Could Galvanize Environmentalist Opposition

    Published 20 May 2015 | viewed 36,724 times

    A pipeline in California broke and spilled oil into the Pacific Ocean on May 19. Oil washed up on the shores in Santa Barbara County…

  • Big Oil May Be Caught Off-Guard By Wave Of Retirement

    Published 18 May 2015 | viewed 24,898 times

    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…

  • Some Good News From This War-Torn Nation’s Oil Industry

    Published 14 May 2015 | viewed 10,876 times

    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…

  • Why Is Oklahoma Now The Earthquake Capital Of The U.S?

    Published 13 May 2015 | viewed 17,937 times

    With mounting evidence that the fracking industry is causing a dramatic rise in seismic activity in Oklahoma, a growing chorus is calling for a moratorium…

  • Did Low Oil Prices Actually Hurt U.S. Economy?

    Published 11 May 2015 | viewed 15,357 times

    Low oil prices have provided a windfall to consumers around the world. In the United States, the second largest importer of crude (which was recently…

  • ISIS Still Hampering Iraqi Oil Industry Progress

    Published 08 May 2015 | viewed 9,618 times

    The U.S. military is helping Iraqi forces pushback ISIS at a vital oil refinery.The Baiji refinery is located between Kirkuk and Mosul, and it has…

  • One Industry Cashing In Big On Cheap Oil

    Published 06 May 2015 | viewed 6,222 times

    Low oil prices in recent months have led to boom times for the tanker industry.Oil and refined products (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel) are carried on…

  • Low Oil Prices Could Destabilize Financial System

    Published 30 April 2015 | viewed 20,534 times

    Could the rising levels of debt in the oil industry contribute to destabilization in the financial system?The collapse in oil prices has forced drillers to…

  • Can Shell Afford To Drill In The Arctic?

    Published 29 April 2015 | viewed 14,491 times

    How can Shell possibly finance the purchase of BG?Royal Dutch Shell is set to report its first quarter earnings, and by all accounts, it will…

  • Future Of Nuclear Industry Takes Yet Another Hit

    Published 28 April 2015 | viewed 9,866 times

    Despite the rough patch that the nuclear industry has experienced in recent years, its future remains bright, the industry insists. That is because the next…

  • UK Govt To Oppose Any Moves On BP

    Published 27 April 2015 | viewed 9,387 times

    The U.K. government wants BP to still stand for “British Petroleum.”The Financial Times reported that Downing Street would do all it could to block a…

  • Corruption Scandal Will Cost Petrobras At Least $2.1 Billion

    Published 23 April 2015 | viewed 6,409 times

    The Brazilian state-owned oil company has released its first financial statements in 8 months – and it doesn’t look good. Petrobras has been embroiled in…

  • What Japan’s Nuclear Restart Could Mean For LNG Prices

    Published 22 April 2015 | viewed 8,099 times

    It has been a bumpy road, but Japan is closer than ever to seeing a return to nuclear power. Four years after Fukushima, Japan still…

  • DOE Just Produced A Multi-Trillion Dollar Headache For Congress

    Published 21 April 2015 | viewed 15,761 times

    Every four years the U.S. Department of Defense releases its Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), an assessment of the potential threats and capabilities of the U.S.…

  • Wall Street Bets On Oil Price Rally

    Published 20 April 2015 | viewed 20,449 times

    If the whims of speculators are anything to go by, then oil markets are poised for a rebound. Data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission…

  • Has The Bakken Peaked?

    Published 16 April 2015 | viewed 16,243 times

    The Bakken is one of the foundations of U.S. oil production, and one of the principle reasons why the U.S. has become a massive oil…

  • OPEC Boosting Production To Keep Pressure On U.S. Shale

    Published 15 April 2015 | viewed 16,035 times

    Saudi Arabia has decided to turn up the heat on U.S. shale producers. The de factor OPEC leader ramped up oil production in March despite…

  • Japan May Not Restart Nuclear Reactors After All

    Published 14 April 2015 | viewed 8,977 times

    Japan may not return to nuclear power as quickly as its government had hoped. Now more than four years after the Fukushima meltdown, Japan’s Prime…

  • Why Cheap Natural Gas Could Be Here To Stay

    Published 13 April 2015 | viewed 9,502 times

    While everyone is watching oil prices bounce around at low levels, natural gas prices are also at their lowest levels in years.   Crude oil…

  • What The Iran Nuclear Deal Could Mean For Asia

    Published 09 April 2015 | viewed 8,261 times

    One of the big winners of the historic deal between Iran and the P5+1 nations over its nuclear program will be Asia. Specifically, the deal…

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