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Saudi Arabia’s Oil-Price War Is With Stupid Money
Saudi Arabia’s Oil-Price War Is With Stupid Money Saudi Arabia is not trying to crush U.S. shale plays. Its oil-price war is with the investment banks and the stupid money they directed to fund the plays. It is also with the zero-interest rate economic conditions that made this possible. Saudi Arabia intends to keep oil prices low for as […]
OPEC Says US Oil Boom Will End This Year
OPEC Says US Oil Boom Will End This Year OPEC says the demand for oil – its oil – will rise during 2015 because the cartel is winning its price war against US shale producers by driving them out of business. “Higher global refinery runs, driven by increased [summer] seasonal demand, along with the improvement […]
The Latest Media Attempts To Suppress Oil Prices
The Latest Media Attempts To Suppress Oil Prices It started with the Iranian supply overhang and has grown louder by the day in the media. While we were all supposed to be cowering in fear at the 1MB/D that would be coming from Iran any day, it emerged instead that not only is the deal […]
Is Saudi Arabia Setting The World Up For Major Oil Price Spike?
Is Saudi Arabia Setting The World Up For Major Oil Price Spike? In order to maintain a grip on market share by pushing U.S. shale producers out of the market, Saudi Arabia (and OPEC) is willing to use up its spare capacity. That could lead to a price spike. Saudi Arabia produced 10.3 million barrels per day […]
Latest EIA Predictions Should Be Taken With More Than A Pinch Of Salt
Latest EIA Predictions Should Be Taken With More Than A Pinch Of Salt The U.S. government released its landmark Annual Energy Outlook on April 14, with some rather bold predictions about the future of oil and gas. The EIA released the 2015 edition of its report at a Washington conferencehosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. […]
Who’s To Blame For The Oil Price Crash?
Who’s To Blame For The Oil Price Crash? When we think of the recent drop in oil prices, the question is not only who started it, but who’s responsible for keeping the prices falling. Probably no one would dispute that the price plunge began with the eager and copious production of oil from shale formations […]
Oil Market Knee-Jerk Reaction To Nuclear Deal Unjustified
Oil Market Knee-Jerk Reaction To Nuclear Deal Unjustified A group of exhausted diplomats did the unthinkable. The P5+1 countries and Iran came to a massive and historic framework agreement over Iran’s nuclear program, paving the way for a final deal to be hashed out before the real deadline in June. Negotiations went past the self-imposed […]
This Is What Will Determine If Oil Prices Go Up Or Down
This Is What Will Determine If Oil Prices Go Up Or Down It appears as if oil prices could be on the verge of a rebound, with new data showing that the U.S. oil patch is hitting an inflection point. While specific shale regions – such as North Dakota’s Bakken and Texas’ Eagle Ford – have posted […]
Low Oil Prices Not Enough To Kill Off Oil Sands, Yet
Low Oil Prices Not Enough To Kill Off Oil Sands, Yet On Friday I visited the University of Alberta in Edmonton, where falling oil prices have brought a record provincial budget deficit despite aggressive tax increases and spending cuts. Here I pass along some of what I learned about how the plunge in oil prices is affecting […]
T. Boone Pickens Points The Finger At U.S Shale
T. Boone Pickens Points The Finger At U.S Shale So what do you do when you believe devoutly in hydraulic fracking but also understand that too much fracking is responsible for an oil glut that’s hammering the price of oil like a pile-driver? If you’re legendary Texas oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens, you call for […]
Just as Global Oil Glut Deepens, China Cuts Oil Imports
Just as Global Oil Glut Deepens, China Cuts Oil Imports “We don’t want to lose our share in the market,” Kuwait Oil Minister Ali al-Omair said on Thursday. OPEC had to maintain production despite the plunge in price since last summer, he said, underscoring Saudi Arabia’s position. OPEC would not cut production to goose prices. […]
IEA sees renewed pressure on oil prices as glut worsens
IEA sees renewed pressure on oil prices as glut worsens (Reuters) – Oil prices might have stabilized only temporarily because the global oil glut is worsening and U.S. production shows no sign of slowing, the International Energy Agency said on Friday. The West’s energy watchdog said the United States may soon run out of spare […]
This Week In Energy: Data Pointing To Another Fall In Oil Prices
This Week In Energy: Data Pointing To Another Fall In Oil Prices Oil prices have stabilized somewhat around the $60 per barrel mark, and over the past few weeks oil has shown less volatility than what we have grown used to in the preceding six or seven months. But another swoon could be just over […]
OPEC’s Strategy Is Working Claims Saudi Oil Minister
OPEC’s Strategy Is Working Claims Saudi Oil Minister Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi, the architect of OPEC’s strategy to regain market share by causing the price of crude oil to plunge, says his plan is working, and data from petroleum research firms seem to back him up. Making his first public comments in two months, […]
The Rig Count “Meme” (And Why The Bounce In WTI Is Likely Over)
The Rig Count “Meme” (And Why The Bounce In WTI Is Likely Over) Recently, the Baker Hughes Rig Count has become all the rage. I did a search on Bloomberg, using only Bloomberg generated articles, with “Rig” and “Count” as matches in the headline only. Back in October, there were barely any articles at all. The […]
