Bottom Line: Despite high hopes, South Africa shale gas permits are not likely to be forthcoming this year for E&P companies, bound up as they…
Renewable energy credits, or RINs, are one of the hottest things on the energy market right now because they are making up for a shortfall…
Ambitious acquisitions and a diversity that should have any investor hot and bothered: This is General Electric, and what we’re really eyeing here is the…
If you had asked me yesterday, I would have said we are on the verge of a global carbon market that was shaping up to…
Bottom Line: Riding high on its massive Levant Basin discoveries and with the first gas coming online from one of these supergiant fields, Israel is…
Bottom Line: In the end, geopolitics is always about natural resources, and almost always about fossil fuels specifically. Following this logic, the end game in…
Bottom Line: Yemen is offering up new oil exploration licenses citing a great interest by foreign oil companies, but the truth is that this venue…
Bottom Line: US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is talking about a proposal to regulate oil and gas fracking on public lands, and while we haven’t…
All around the world construction is an industry that consumes a lot of energy and is generally renowned for being unsustainable. One solution that is…
Here are separate charts for Total Distillates, Gasoline, Kerosene Jet Fuel, Fuel Oil (diesel, etc.) and Residual Oils. Once again that there can be little…
As part of the commodity sell-off, oil prices were down again today (the price of gold is irrelevant for the economy, but oil matters). According…
Far be it from bondholders or banks that caused the debt crisis to be punished for their sins, German 'Wise Men' push for wealth seizure…
While most aren’t eyeing the Eastern European shale potential with too much excitement, Chevron stands out for its decisive buy-up of acreage in this region.…
Bottom Line: The sweeping parliamentary endorsement of Sunni politician Tammam Salam to become the country’s next prime minister is a major boost for stability and…
Bottom Line: Peru is taking tough action against oil and gas companies over poor environmental practices following an oil spill earlier this month, halting operations…
Bottom Line: Though small in volume, Ukraine’s launch of gas imports from Europe is spurring a response from Moscow which is essentially to cut Ukraine’s…
Bottom Line: The Russian Finance Ministry’s proposed increase in extraction taxes of 5% for 2014-2016 is intended to raise money for building roads, but the…
Obama’s budget proposal boosts clean energy at the expense of fossil fuels; the ethanol mandate comes under bipartisan attack; trader Dan Dicker’s predictions for Noble…
This week, Sweden based Sol Voltaics has announced that it intends to commercialise its new product that it believes could be a real game changer…
While these Middle East/North Africa venues are global oil giants and net oil exporters, demand for natural gas here is growing faster than supply. Combined…