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By Phil Flynn |
May 14, 2013
Following several years of stronger-than-expected North American supply growth, the shockwaves of rising U.S. shale gas and light tight oil and Canadian oil sands production are reaching virtually all recesses of the global oil market.
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By Phil Flynn |
April 19, 2013
OPEC is showing more concern about the rapid drop in oil prices. While a call from the hawks for a meeting is not unusual, it seems that OPEC special meeting or not will more than likely reign in production unless prices rebound dramatically.
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By Phil Flynn |
April 18, 2013
Words like depression and deflation are again being talked about and it is possible that the commodity collapse in gold, copper and oil is sending an ominous warning about the direction of the global economy.
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By Asjylyn Loder, Bloomberg |
April 2, 2013
China is on course to overtake the U.S. as the world’s top crude importer by 2014, as the Asian country’s growing refining capacity boosts demand and America’s fracking boom cuts the need for foreign oil, OPEC said today.
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By Phil Flynn |
March 14, 2013
In the past when OPEC’s back has been against the wall, like the late-1990s, energy prices and demand rebounded to save them from the ash heap of history. Yet this time may be different. Why? Because OPEC is not the only game in town!
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By Lananh Nguyen, Bloomberg |
March 12, 2013
OPEC boosted its crude production to the highest in three months in February led by increased output from Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
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By Mark Shenk, Bloomberg |
February 28, 2013
OPEC crude output rose for the first time in six months as rising Libyan production outpaced a cut by Saudi Arabia, which has implemented a program aimed at curbing excess supply and supporting prices.
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By Mark Shenk, Bloomberg |
February 13, 2013
West Texas Intermediate oil in New York dropped after the Energy Information Administration said U.S. crude output rose to the highest level in 20 years.
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By Asjylyn Loder, Bloomberg |
February 13, 2013
A record surge in U.S. oil production that has moved the country closer to energy independence threatens the existence of OPEC, according to analysts at Citigroup Inc.
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By Dominick Chirichella |
February 13, 2013
The EIA and OPEC both increased their projection for global oil demand growth versus last month's reports with the IEA surprising the market by decreasing their forecast vs. last month.
