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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
May 3, 2012
With North Dakota’s production expected to exceed total Canadian tar sands production by next year, and with challenges now arising from the seemingly endless new supply of cheap natural gas, the whole project may become redundant.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
January 18, 2012
Natural gas has been your worst nightmare of a commodity since its peak at $14 in 2008, then riding on crude's coattails in its infamous run to $149/barrel. Since then, natural gas has cratered 80%, and is down 37% from its 2011 top.
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By Brian Sylvester |
January 2, 2012
The author of the Big Picture Speculator says new technologies offer the industry and investors profitable opportunities as shale gas, shale oil and enhanced oil recovery are true "game changers."
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By Jason Simpkins |
December 21, 2011
This was an up-and-down year for oil prices, but don't expect that pattern to repeat in 2012. No, next year, the trajectory for oil prices will be far more linear - and it's pointed up. In fact, we could even see $150 oil by mid-summer.
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By Keith Schaefer |
December 16, 2011
Environmental concerns about hydraulic fracturing are impacting shale oil and gas exploration all over the world - Canada, the United States, New Zealand - but none as much as France.
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By Andrew Snyder |
December 12, 2011
While we are finding new sources of crude oil, discoveries pale to what's happened with natural gas. Recent boosts to supply also cannot overcome volatility in the Mideast and the fact that much of the world's cheap crude was pumped long ago.
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By Justice Litle |
November 3, 2011
Standard Oil made John D. Rockefeller the richest man in history (adjusted for inflation). Now a new deal maker, Richard Kinder, is cementing a reputation as the Rockefeller of natural gas pipelines.
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By Scott Wright |
October 28, 2011
Thanks to higher prices and technological advances, oil companies are finding that the production of unconventional oil can be highly profitable even at higher costs. The higher prices have afforded positive economics to more reserves.
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By The Mad Hedge Fund Trader |
October 6, 2011
Carbon capture and storage technology locks up emissions deep underground forever. The problem is that there is only one of these plants in operation in North Dakota, a legacy of the Carter administration, and new ones would cost $4 billion each.
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By Scott Wright |
September 30, 2011
The bottom line is the world's largest oil consumer is undergoing a radical shift in long-standing supply trends. The US is seeing its first material imports decline in a quarter century. This is partly due to a once-unfathomable rise in domestic output.
