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IEA Sees No Oil Price Rebound For Years
IEA Sees No Oil Price Rebound For Years Oil prices are likely to stay below $80 per barrel for another five years, according to a closely watched energy report. The International Energy Agency released its 2015 World Energy Outlook (WEO), with predictions for energy markets out to 2040. Although there are no shortage of caveats, the IEA […]
Venezuela Liquidating Assets As Economic Crisis Worsens
Venezuela Liquidating Assets As Economic Crisis Worsens Venezuela is at a political crossroads, with an all-important parliamentary election set to take place in December. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan economy continues to deteriorate as the state seeks to stave off default and a brewing financial crisis. The state-owned oil company PDVSA is looking to push off debt repayments that […]
What The Oil And Gas Industry Is Not Telling Investors
What The Oil And Gas Industry Is Not Telling Investors Oil prices crashed because of too much supply, but will rebound as production shrinks and demand rises. But what if long-term demand for oil ends up being sharply lower than what the oil industry believes? That is the subject of a new report from The Carbon Tracker […]
SPR To Be Used To Raise Cash For US Gov
SPR To Be Used To Raise Cash For US Gov The U.S. Congress is moving on a budget deal to avert a standoff over raising the debt ceiling, at least until 2017. The emerging budget deal calls for some modest increases in government spending, including on defense, along with some tweaks to Social Security and Medicare. But […]
Next Few Weeks Will Reveal Full Extent Of Oil Industry Suffering
Next Few Weeks Will Reveal Full Extent Of Oil Industry Suffering Get ready for some bad news and red ink. With the bulk of quarterly earnings reports in the energy industry yet to be announced, there are already $6.5 billion worth of asset write-downs, according to Bloomberg. And that could be just the tip of the […]
Stop Blaming OPEC For Low Prices
Stop Blaming OPEC For Low Prices We are a little more than a month away from OPEC’s next meeting, which will be held in Vienna on December 4, 2015. OPEC altered the course of the oil markets last year when it decided to cast aside its traditional role of maintaining balance through production cuts. Instead […]
Obama Slams The Door On Future U.S. Arctic Drilling
Obama Slams The Door On Future U.S. Arctic Drilling The Obama administration officially shut the door on Arctic drilling, a move that could prevent any new drilling for years to come. The U.S. Department of Interior announced on October 16 that it would cancel two lease sales for offshore acreage, which had been scheduled to take place […]
Macroeconomic Instability For Emerging Markets Thanks To Commodity Bust
Macroeconomic Instability For Emerging Markets Thanks To Commodity Bust The bust in commodity prices is sending ripples through the world of emerging markets. Countries depending on resource extraction and exports of commodities have run into a brick wall this year the prices collapsed for all sorts of materials – oil, gas, coal, gold, copper, and […]
With Shell’s Failure, U.S. Arctic Drilling Is Dead
With Shell’s Failure, U.S. Arctic Drilling Is Dead Arctic Drilling in the U.S. is dead. After more than eight years of planning and drilling, costing more than $7 billion, Royal Dutch Shell announced that it is shutting down its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic. The bombshell announcement dooms any chance of offshore oil development […]
Oil Majors Sacrifice Production To Protect Dividends
Oil Majors Sacrifice Production To Protect Dividends The French oil company Total released a downward revision to its production forecast, lowering its target from 2.8 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2017, to 2.6 mb/d, a sign that low oil prices continue to cut into long-term oil production for even the largest companies. Total’s CEO said part […]
Canadian Oil Trapped Without More Pipeline Capacity
Canadian Oil Trapped Without More Pipeline Capacity Adding insult to injury for Canada’s oil industry, Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton came out against the Keystone XL Pipeline on September 22, ending several years of silence and waffling on the controversial issue. That comes as a blow to TransCanada, the project’s backer, who wanted to connect Canada’s oil […]
There Are 800 Fossil Fuel Subsidies Around The World
There Are 800 Fossil Fuel Subsidies Around The World There are 800 different programs around the world that subsidize fossil fuels, according to a new report from the OECD. The OECD released the report ahead of the international climate change negotiations set to take place in Paris in December, where the world has a “moral imperative to […]
Oil Companies Running Out Of Options
Oil Companies Running Out Of Options The financial pressure on indebted oil and gas companies continues to mount, putting them in a bind as they try to mend their deteriorating balance sheets. As their debt rises, drillers have had to divert more of their operating cash flow to servicing that debt. Or, put another way, […]
Decline In U.S. Oil Production Accelerates
Decline In U.S. Oil Production Accelerates New EIA data once again points to a deeper contraction than previously expected. The revelation was initially revealed in late August, when the EIA reported that the United States produced much less oil than expected in the first half of 2015. On the whole, the country produced 40,000 to 100,000 […]
Lack Of Alternatives Sees EU Sign New Russian Gas Deals
Lack Of Alternatives Sees EU Sign New Russian Gas Deals Several recent gas deals will tie Russia and Germany closer together. Russia’s Gazprom announced an agreement on asset swaps with European partners including OMV, BASF, E.ON, and Royal Dutch Shell. The deals will kick start the Nord Stream gas pipeline expansion and also give Gazprom a greater […]
