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‘We Are Entering A New Oil Normal” | Zero Hedge

‘We Are Entering A New Oil Normal” | Zero Hedge. Investment Observations The precipitous decline in the price of oil is perhaps one of the most bearish macro developments this year. We believe we are entering a “new oil normal,” where oil prices stay lower for longer. While we highlighted the risk of a near-term decline in […]

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Ruble Freefall: And the Ugliest Currencies Are? | Wolf Street

Ruble Freefall: And the Ugliest Currencies Are? | Wolf Street. The 35% plunge of the price of oil since June and the sanction spiral imposed on Russia are wreaking havoc on the ruble. Oil and gas revenues are crucial to the finances of the Russian government and to the oil-and-gas dominated economy. So the ruble […]

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Oil Enters New Era as OPEC Faces Off Against Shale; Who Blinks as Price Slides Toward $70? – Bloomberg

Oil Enters New Era as OPEC Faces Off Against Shale; Who Blinks as Price Slides Toward $70? – Bloomberg. OPEC’s decision to cede no ground to rival producers underscored the price war in the crude market and the challenge to U.S. shale drillers. The 12-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries kept its output target unchanged […]

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Energy round-up: nuclear future? | New Economics Foundation

Energy round-up: nuclear future? | New Economics Foundation.   Article: Hinkley Point nuclear plant ‘threatened by Areva financial crisis – Reactor-maker Areva’s stake in new UK nuclear plant called into question amid financial difficulties. Chart: Renewables catching nuclear: Article: Oil price slump to trigger new US debt default crisis as Opec waits – Falling oil prices and US shale drillers […]

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OPEC Presents: Q4 and Deflation – The Automatic Earth

OPEC Presents: Q4 and Deflation – The Automatic Earth. Thinking plummeting oil prices are good for the economy is a mistake. They instead, as I said only yesterday in The Price Of Oil Exposes The True State Of The Economy, point out how bad the global economy is doing. QE has been able to inflate stock […]

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The Price Of Oil Exposes The True State Of The Economy – The Automatic Earth

The Price Of Oil Exposes The True State Of The Economy – The Automatic Earth. We should be glad the price of oil has fallen the way it has (losing another 6% today as I write this). Not because it makes the gas in our cars a bit cheaper, that’s nothing compared to the other […]

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OPEC Decision Likely to Crash U.S. Fracking Industry » EcoWatch

OPEC Decision Likely to Crash U.S. Fracking Industry » EcoWatch. At its meeting today in Vienna, Austria, the 12 member countries of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) voted to keep their output target unchanged despite a 30 percent slump in the oil price since June, due primarily to the explosive growth in fracking in the U.S. as well as […]

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“There Will Be Blood”: Petrodollar Death Means A Liquidity And Oil-Exporting Crisis On Deck | Zero Hedge

“There Will Be Blood”: Petrodollar Death Means A Liquidity And Oil-Exporting Crisis On Deck | Zero Hedge. Recently we posted the following article commenting on the impact of USD appreciation and dollar circulation among oil exporters, as well as how the collapsing price of oil is set to reverberate across the entire oil-exporting world, where […]

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Oil Prices Collapse After OPEC Keeps Oil Production Unchanged – Live Conference Feed | Zero Hedge

Oil Prices Collapse After OPEC Keeps Oil Production Unchanged – Live Conference Feed | Zero Hedge. But, but, but… all the clever talking heads said they wil have to cut… *OPEC KEEPS OIL PRODUCTION TARGET UNCHANGED AT 30M B/D: DELEGATE WTI ($70 handle) and Brent Crude (under $75 for first time sicne Sept 2010) are […]

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Oil Tumbles to 4-Year Low Before OPEC, Pulling Down Krone – Bloomberg

Oil Tumbles to 4-Year Low Before OPEC, Pulling Down Krone – Bloomberg. Oil slid to a four-year low amid speculation OPEC will refrain from cutting output at today’s meeting, dragging down shares of energy companies, Gulf-region stocks, and the Norwegian krone. Government bonds rose, with yields in Europe falling to record lows. West Texas Intermediate crude tumbled 2.1 percent […]

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19 US Shale Areas That Are Suddenly Endangered, “The Shale Revolution Doesn’t Work At $80” | Zero Hedge

19 US Shale Areas That Are Suddenly Endangered, “The Shale Revolution Doesn’t Work At $80” | Zero Hedge. Despite the constant blather that lower oil prices are “unequivocally good” for America, we suspect companies working and people living these 19 Shale regions will have a different perspective… Drilling for oil in 19 shale regions loses […]

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“It’s Different This Time?” What Happened To US Oil Drillers During The Last Price War | Zero Hedge

“It’s Different This Time?” What Happened To US Oil Drillers During The Last Price War | Zero Hedge. History may not repeat but it rhymes so loud sometimes that Einstein would be rolling in his repetitively insane grave. As Bloomberg notes, the last time that U.S. oil drillers got caught up in a price war orchestrated by […]

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For The World’s Largest Rig Operator, The “Recovery” Is Now Worse Than The Post-Lehman Crash | Zero Hedge

For The World’s Largest Rig Operator, The “Recovery” Is Now Worse Than The Post-Lehman Crash | Zero Hedge. The last time the world’s largest oil and gas drill operator, Seadrill, halted its dividend payment was in 2009, shortly after Lehman had filed and the world was engulfed in a massive depression. Retrospectively, this made sense: […]

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Its Grip on Oil Weakening, OPEC Will Meet on Prices – NYTimes.com

Its Grip on Oil Weakening, OPEC Will Meet on Prices – NYTimes.com. LONDON — As oil prices continue to plummet, the once-dominant international cartel of producers is losing its sway over the global energy markets. At its meeting on Thursday in Vienna, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, the group of 12 oil producing nations, is under pressure […]

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Epsilon Theory – Salient Partners | The Unbearable Over-Determination of Oil

Epsilon Theory – Salient Partners | The Unbearable Over-Determination of Oil. You know you’re in trouble when the Fed’s Narrative dominance of all things market-related shows up in the New York Times crossword puzzle, the Saturday uber-hard edition no less. It’s kinda funny, but then again it’s more sad than funny. Not a sign of a market […]

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