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More Job Losses Coming To U.S. Shale
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 8:38 pm | Oilprice.com
With the recently concluded nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 countries, oil prices have already started heading downward on sentiments that Iran's crude oil supply would further contribute to the already rising global supply glut. The economic ... More >>
Expect A Wave Of Consolidation In The Oil Industry
Wednesday, 24 June 2015, 9:52 pm | Oilprice.com
As stated previously , asset monetization by small E&P operators will start in earnest in the second half of this year out of cash flow necessity. Most, if not all, smaller market capitalization companies, public or private, are still free cash ... More >>
How Much Energy Does The Super Bowl Use?
Sunday, 21 June 2015, 12:29 pm | Oilprice.com
In the pantheon of American culture, no event is more iconic and distinctly American than the Super Bowl. Like all things American, the Super Bowl is huge, expensive, and a source of incredible passion for fans. Just running a 30-second commercial ... More >>
The Dark Side Of The Shale Bust
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 4:39 pm | Oilprice.com
The fallout of the collapse in oil prices has a lot of side effects apart from the decline of rig counts and oil flows. More >>
The Evolution Of The Oil Weapon
Saturday, 6 June 2015, 12:50 pm | Oilprice.com
In the age of derivatives, swaps, and electronic money transfers, a new form of warfare has emerged: financial warfare. More >>
Innovation Will Help U.S. Companies Win The Oil Price War
Saturday, 23 May 2015, 12:28 pm | Oilprice.com
Although some US oil companies are struggling with low oil prices, a new wave of innovation is hitting the oil patch, allowing for a significant reduction in drilling costs. More >>
David V. Goliath: Small-Cap Tech To Save Giant Coal
Friday, 8 May 2015, 12:38 pm | Oilprice.com
The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new mercury pollution regulations that took effect last month opened the flood gates for a new multi-billion-dollar energy industry that has investors scrambling to get in on second-generation technology ... More >>
Have Natural Gas Prices Bottomed?
Saturday, 2 May 2015, 12:12 pm | Oilprice.com
Last Friday we finally got confirmation of where all the natural gas supply has been coming from as Cabot (COG) reported its earnings. Just like Chesapeake (CHK), they reduced natural gas output, but on a much grander scale. CHK has yet to report and ... More >>
Oil Price War May Benefit Both US Shale And Saudi Arabia
Saturday, 25 April 2015, 11:02 am | Oilprice.com
Even as financial commentators on CNBC are starting to come around to the idea of a bottom in oil prices, the key question for US oil producers remains one of timing. How long will the oil price slump last? Is this a relatively short term event like ... More >>
Is This Where Investors Should Be Looking When Oil Recovers?
Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 10:03 pm | Oilprice.com
When oil prices recover-and plenty of analysts think the climb back up will start soon-Canada's western frontier of Saskatchewan and neighboring Alberta will ' still have the edge ', according to a report from TD Economics. More >>
Has The U.S. Reached "Peak Oil" At Current Price Levels?
Saturday, 18 April 2015, 11:16 am | Oilprice.com
Last night the EIA once again capitulated on the myth that rig counts don't matter and the productivity of wells would largely offset, leaving the industry on a continuous path to higher output. The current consensus of 500,000 B/D additional growth in ... More >>
Water Revolution: Interview with Stanley Weine
Thursday, 16 April 2015, 5:19 pm | Oilprice.com
Globally, water demand is threatening to dangerously outpace supply, while in the US, dry states such as Texas and California are suffering from shortages and the future forebodes more suffering. For the North American shale boom, the lack of water ... More >>
How Much Longer Can OPEC Hold Out?
Saturday, 11 April 2015, 11:43 am | Oilprice.com
OPEC has been the most talked about international organization among investors, analysts and international political lobbies in the last few months. More >>
Top 12 Media Myths On Oil Prices
Thursday, 9 April 2015, 9:32 pm | Oilprice.com
The upstream oil and gas industry is not a black hole. There's no mystery wrapped in an enigma here. More >>
Is Warren Buffett wrong about oil stocks?
Friday, 3 April 2015, 11:42 am | Oilprice.com
Recently, Warren Buffett has made headlines by selling all of his shares in Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), the rest of his position in ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), and reducing his stake in National Oilwell Varco . This has people wondering if the glory days ... More >>
Can Argentina Capitalize On Its Vast Shale Reserves?
Friday, 3 April 2015, 12:49 am | Oilprice.com
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 and untapped, the nation has never been far from energy investors' minds. ... More >>
Driverless cars poised to transform automotive industry
Saturday, 28 March 2015, 7:46 am | Oilprice.com
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 in a multimedia bubble of padded leather and walnut veneer. More >>
Wall Street losing millions from bad energy loans
Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 9:34 pm | Oilprice.com
Oil companies continue to get burned by low oil prices, but the pain is bleeding over into the financial industry. Major banks are suffering huge losses from both directly backing some struggling oil companies, but also from buying high-yield debt ... More >>
100,000 Layoffs and Counting: Is this the New Normal?
Thursday, 19 March 2015, 4:29 pm | Oilprice.com
This time a year ago, the oil industry's biggest problem was finding a way to deal with the " retirement tsunami " about to crash down on it as older oilfield workers hung up their cork boots to enjoy freedom-55. Now, with oil prices still ... More >>
Texas: From Shale Boom to Water Revolution
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 5:10 pm | Oilprice.com
Texas is famous the world over for two things on a massive scale: oil and droughts. Now the slick but dry state is becoming famous for water: that precious element that both resolves the drought problem and also makes it possible to pump more oil out ... More >>