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WTI Prices Surge On Keystone Spill
WTI Prices Surge On Keystone Spill Oil prices surged on Wednesday on news that the Keystone pipeline might not restart for several weeks. The outage at the damaged pipeline ended several years of contango for WTI, pushing the benchmark into a state of backwardation for the first time since 2014. TransCanada made a lot of […]
Can The Gas Glut Kill The Permian Boom?
Can The Gas Glut Kill The Permian Boom? The Permian basin continues to add new oil production, but shale drillers in West Texas could face an unexpected problem: too much natural gas. Natural gas is produced as a byproduct when drilling for oil. Oil tends to be more lucrative, so shale companies typically target oil […]
IEA’s Shocking Revelation About U.S. Shale
IEA’s Shocking Revelation About U.S. Shale The oil market is exhibiting signs of having reached a “new normal,” according to the IEA, with the floor for oil prices jumping from $50 to $60 per barrel. But a few factors could poke holes in that price floor, and market watchers should be careful not to become […]
The War That Would Transform Oil Markets
The War That Would Transform Oil Markets A fire erupted at an oil pipeline connecting Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and the two Arab allies are pointing the finger at Tehran. Iranian officials denied any involvement, but the incident is the latest in a series of events that are intensifying conflict between the Middle Eastern rivals. […]
Is Peak Permian Only 3 Years Away?
Is Peak Permian Only 3 Years Away? The world’s hottest shale basin, the Permian, is leading the second U.S. wave of tight oil production growth and will continue to do so for years to come, all analysts say. However, signs have started to emerge that the relentless intensification of drilling leads to diminishing returns, Simon […]
Is The U.S. Solar Boom In Jeopardy?
Is The U.S. Solar Boom In Jeopardy? The U.S. solar industry has surged in recent years, accounting for the largest source of new electric capacity in the past year, with plenty of room to grow. However, the Trump administration is weighing a trade tariff that could seriously curtail the explosive growth figures for U.S. solar. […]
Half A Million Bpd At Risk From Geopolitical Firestorm
Half A Million Bpd At Risk From Geopolitical Firestorm It’s been a long time since geopolitical developments caused major movements in the oil price, but the escalating tension between the U.S. and Iran, combined with the sudden military clashes in Iraq, has pushed geopolitical risk back on to the agenda for the oil market. “Geopolitical […]
Canada’s Pipeline Industry Takes Another Hit
Canada’s Pipeline Industry Takes Another Hit Another oil pipeline in Canada bites the dust. TransCanada announced last week that it would scrap its plans to build a 2,800-mile major pipeline that would traverse nearly the entire country, closing off a crucial potential export route for Canada’s oil sands. The $15 billion Energy East pipeline would […]
U.S. Shale Isn’t As Strong As It Appears
U.S. Shale Isn’t As Strong As It Appears The extraordinary cost reductions achieved by North American oil and gas companies have likely reached their limit, and any boost in profitability for much of the U.S. shale and Canadian oil sands industries will have to come from higher oil prices, according to a new report from […]
IEA: Price Spike Coming In 2020
IEA: Price Spike Coming In 2020 The oil market has been awash in crude for more than three years, and OPEC has struggled to accelerate the rebalancing effort, but the world could be heading for a supply crunch in a few years due to the sharp fall in industry spending. The halving of oil prices […]
Is The Sun Setting On The Solar Boom?
Is The Sun Setting On The Solar Boom? The U.S. solar industry is expected to see its expansion significantly curtailed this year after installing record capacity in 2016, marking the first annual decline in installations for the industry. A new report from GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) raises some question marks […]
Hurricane Irma’s Wrath Weighs On Natural Gas
Hurricane Irma’s Wrath Weighs On Natural Gas Hurricane Irma has left millions of people without power in Florida, a critical situation that could take a painfully long period of time to sort out. Estimates vary, but some 9 million people lost power during Hurricane Irma, according to the CEO of Florida Power & Light, the […]
Refiners Boost Output, But Irma Could Dent Demand
Refiners Boost Output, But Irma Could Dent Demand Texas continues to recover from Hurricane Harvey, and many of the disrupted refineries are ramping up production once again. But the ripple effects from the outages are still being felt, and some Midwestern refineries are benefitting from surging margins stemming from the havoc. Bakken Midwest refining margins […]
The North Sea Oil Recovery Is Dead In The Water
The North Sea Oil Recovery Is Dead In The Water The oil majors issued a vote of confidence for the North Sea in recent days, citing precipitous declines in the cost of production, which they say will revive the region’s oil and gas production. At an oil industry conference in the North Sea’s oil capital, […]
