The Saudi Dilemma: To Cut Or Not To Cut
By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com To cut and push up prices or not to cut and preserve market share, this is the question that Saudi Arabia is facing ahead of this year's December OPEC meeting. It seems like just yesterday when OPEC met in 2016 and decided to cut production by 1.8 million barrels d ...Can We Expect A Major Rebound In Oil Prices?
By Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com After declining by more than 20 percent from the October peak, oil prices are showing some signs that they have now bottomed out. WTI hit a low point at $56 per barrel on Wednesday and Brent hit a low just below $65 per barrel. Both crude benchmarks regained s ...U.S. Shale Has A Glaring Problem
By Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com Oil prices are down a bit, but are still close to multi-year highs. That should leave the shale industry flush with cash. However, a long list of U.S. shale companies are still struggling to turn a profit. A new report from the Institute for Energy Economic ...Move Aside Lithium – Vanadium Is The New Super-Metal
By James Burgess The lithium ride was a great one. Cobalt, too. All they needed was their Elon Musk moment, which came in the form of the Nevada battery gigafactory. The next Elon Musk moment won't be about lithium at all—or even cobalt. It will be for an element that takes everything electric to ...Move Aside Lithium – Vanadium Is The New Super-Metal
By James Burgess The lithium ride was a great one. Cobalt, too. All they needed was their Elon Musk moment, which came in the form of the Nevada battery gigafactory. The next Elon Musk moment won't be about lithium at all—or even cobalt. It will be for an element that takes everything electric to ...Oil Price Rally Boosts Electric Car Sales
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com Tesla's competition is about to get more crowded next year with many legacy automakers and luxury brands launching a record number of battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids. All EV makers will have one common element that could help lift demand for ...$100 Oil Is A Distinct Possibility
By Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com An oil price spike is starting to look increasingly possible, with a rerun of 2008 not entirely out of the question, according to a new report. The outages from Iran are worse than most analysts expected, and bottlenecks in the U.S. shale patch could prevent n ...The Downside For Oil Is Limited
By Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com More than two weeks of nearly uninterrupted price gains for crude oil ended this week, with the rally running out of steam. The question is what happens next? Oil prices posted steep losses just as the bulls were back on the march. WTI briefly topped $70 per b ...The Single Biggest Breakthrough In Oil Tech This Year
By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com Utah holds the largest reserves of oil sands in the United States, but up until now, no company had the technology to exploit these vast resources. Despite the potential, "only a few companies are pursuing the price-sensitive and water-intensive development ...A Saudi-Iran Oil War Could Break Up OPEC
By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com When OPEC and Russia shook on increasing crude oil production by a million barrels daily to stop the oil price climb that had begun getting uncomfortable for consumers from Asia to the United States, there was no sign of what was to come just two months later: slowi ...Saudi Arabia And Iran Reignite The Oil Price War
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com The rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran is becoming increasingly evident in the oil pricing policies of the two large Middle Eastern producers. The two countries are currently reigniting the market share and pricing war ahead of the returning U.S. sanction ...Coke, Meth And Booze: The Flip Side Of The Permian Oil Boom
By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com The fastest-growing oil region in the U.S. is fueling not only the second American shale revolution—it's fueling a subculture of drug and alcohol abuse among oil field workers. The Permian shale play in West Texas is once again booming with drilling and i ...Strong Dollar Could Cap Oil Prices
By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com The strength of the U.S. dollar poses an obstacle to further gains in oil prices. President Trump's trade war with China, which is still in its early stages, has already battered the yuan. The dollar has gained more than 8 percent against the Chinese currency sinc ...The New Oil Cartel Threatening OPEC
By Irina Slav for Oilprice.com When reports emerged that India and China are in talks about forming an oil buyers' club , OPEC was probably too busy with its upcoming June 22 meeting to concern itself with that dangerous alliance. Now, it may be time for it to start worrying. "The timing is ri ...3 Breakthrough Technologies Changing The Energy Sector
By Gregory Brew for Oilprice.com Energy has seen some big changes in the last few years. Coal has stumbled. Renewables have surged. Oil fell hard, then spent years clawing its way back up. But the biggest change in energy has been in tech. The shale revolution unlocked millions of barre ...
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