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• Oil Majors' Costs Have Risen 66% Since 2011

  Published 02 March 2017 | viewed 0 times

  The oil majors reported poor earnings for the fourth quarter of last year, but many oil executives struck an optimistic tone about the road ahead.…

• Next Oil Rally? Futures Say Market Is Tightening

  Published 01 March 2017 | viewed 0 times

  U.S. oil inventories are at record levels, but there are a few glimmers of hope that the glut could be starting to subside. Storing crude…

• The Oil War Is Only Just Getting Started

  Published 02 February 2017 | viewed 0 times

  It's been a month now that investors and analysts have been closely watching two main drivers for oil prices: how OPEC is doing with the…

• The Top 5 Places To Work In U.S. Oil And Gas

  Published 17 January 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Anadarko Petroleum and Chevron have emerged as the top two employers in U.S. oil and gas, according to a survey conducted by the job site…

• Oil Prices Running Out Of Reasons To Rally

  Published 12 January 2017 | viewed 0 times

  Oil prices faltered at the start of the second week of the year, as fears set in about a rapid rebound in U.S. shale production.…

• U.S. Shale Is Now Cash Flow Neutral

  Published 22 December 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Oil prices are probably already high enough to spark a rebound in shale production. The IEA says that in the third quarter of 2016, the…

• Not So Prolific: U.S. Shale Faces A Reality Check

  Published 13 December 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The collapse of oil prices has forced the U.S. shale industry to slash production costs. In order to improve the "breakeven" costs for the average…

• Are The Saudis About To Reveal The Best Kept Secret In Oil?

  Published 18 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  One of the oil world's longest and best kept secrets may finally be revealed. Saudi Arabia is preparing to unveil how much oil it holds,…

• OPEC's Bearish Report Provides Little Hope For Oil Markets

  Published 15 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Just one day after the IEA warned the world could drown in oil if production does not fall beneath demand sometime soon, OPEC released a…

• Can Oil Markets Survive An OPEC Implosion?

  Published 02 November 2016 | viewed 0 times

  A technical meeting that was supposed to iron out some wrinkles for a deal to cut oil production ended in acrimony over the weekend, and…

• For How Long Can OPEC Talk Up Oil Prices?

  Published 11 October 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Not a day passes without OPEC making oil and gas headlines, and today is surely no exception. Seemingly in lockstep with OPEC, the market is…

• Where Will Oil Prices Go After Algiers?

  Published 28 September 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Saudi Arabia and Iran may yet come to terms on some sort of production arrangement, but the outcome of the negotiations in Algeria this week…

• The Next Sector To Recover From The Oil Price Crash

  Published 08 September 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Oilfield services, shipbuilders and other industries that rose with the pre-2014 oil price boom have had it hard. Since barrel rates fell, their previous patrons…

• OPEC's Output Freeze: What Has Changed Since Doha?

  Published 24 August 2016 | viewed 0 times

  It's possible that OPEC is crying wolf with hints of an output freeze next month in Algiers; but it's also possible that they are ramping…

• Surprise Natural Gas Drawdown Signals Higher Prices Ahead

  Published 09 August 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The U.S. electric power sector burned through a record amount of natural gas in recent weeks, a sign of the shifting power generation mix and…

• Today's Downturn Sets Markets Up For A Dramatic Oil Price Spike

  Published 05 August 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Originally posted August 3, 2016. Another oil price downturn threatens to deepen the plunging levels of investment in upstream oil and gas production, which could…

• Oil Industry Faces Huge Worker Shortage

  Published 12 July 2016 | viewed 0 times

  The rig count has rebounded from the lows seen in late May, a small indication that oil companies in the U.S. could begin drilling anew.…

• Morgan Stanley Warns That Rising Rig Count Could Undo The Rally

  Published 09 July 2016 | viewed 0 times

  In an industry where anything could happen, surprises -- often unwelcomed -- are hard to come by. Oil is exactly such an industry at the…

• Potash Price Surge Could Lead To Higher Food Costs For Billions

  Published 27 June 2016 | viewed 0 times

  We are on the precipice of a food fight among 7 billion people, and potash will be right at the center of it. If you…

• Move Over Oil - Lithium Is The Future Of Transportation

  Published 23 June 2016 | viewed 0 times

  Just a few years ago, we would have scoffed at the idea that electric vehicles could be mainstream anytime soon, or that the global appetite…