In a few days, Russia…
Energy markets have been going…
While upstream oil investment is…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are trading slightly higher on Friday but are still in a position to post its first weekly loss in three weeks as mixed…
1. Soaring Production Costs Stoke Fears of US Shale Slowdown- Just as US shale producers…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict On the natural gas front, tit-for-tat measures between Ukraine, the European Union, and Russia led to a reduction in Russian natural gas to Europe this week,…
Two months ago, in these very pages, I wrote that I had abandoned my long-term holdings in Tesla (TSLA) and viewed it once again as a trading instrument rather than…
Let the second annexation begin … but it won’t go down like Crimea. In a rehashing of the events that led to Russia’s annexation of Crimea…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are up over 3% for the week with most of the gains attributed to the European Commission’s decision to place an embargo on…
1. Disregarding Supply Shocks, OPEC+ Sticks to Conservative PolicyOPEC+ approved another 432,000 b/d increase in…
Until recently, revealing to people that I wrote about and traded in the energy sector invariably provoked the same response. Their jaws would drop, and they would look at me…
Russia-Ukraine War Briefing Next Monday, May 9th, is Victory Day in Russia - cause for a great amount of speculation (and fear) as to what Putin wants to…
Sometimes, trading is more about the trades that you don’t take than those that you do. I have told myself that many times over the last few weeks when it…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict - Russian troops continue to withdraw from northern Ukraine, having left the Kyiv region to refocus on the east primarily and parts of the south. This…
Numbers Report – April 08, 2022 In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we will take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil is trading flat on Friday as it heads to a second straight weekly loss. The week started out promising with prices rising on talk…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are edging lower on Friday as traders await the outcome of a meeting of International Energy Agency (IEA) member nations set to discuss…
1. US Shocks Market with Largest Ever SPR Release- US President Joe Biden announced the…
Energy Markets on War Footing ExxonMobil’s Montana refinery shut down some units on Saturday after a fire broke out. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. The refinery can…
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine last month, a lot has been said and written in the U.S. about the impact of that and the subsequent sanctions on the price…
We are starting to see the makings of energy curtailments in Europe - an exceedingly unpopular step that governments would be unlikely to take if there were any…
1. OPEC Exports Underwhelm Despite High Prices Source: Kpler. - The Russia-Ukraine war has taken OPEC heavyweights out…
U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are trading lower on Friday, but are still up for the week. This week’s rally is being fueled by a combination of a…