In the summer of 2010, Scottish oil company Cairn Energy announced an ambitious program to explore the waters of the west coast of Greenland. The US Geological Survey estimates that Greenland holds…
These are some of Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls. American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) added to Strong Buy List at Zacks. Bank…
Day rates for shippers of container, crude oil, and dry bulk cargoes have been hit hard this year as an over-supply of vessels and general concerns about the weak global economies have…
A barrel of oil contains about six times as much energy as a thousand cubic feet of natural gas. By that metric, at today’s WTI price of around $90/barrel, natural gas should…
A new initial public offering being filed by a Houston-based company called Sanchez Energy Corporation may not garner much interest all on its own. Not until investors realize that this is a…
If you believe that an energy policy in the United States can happen in the coming years, there is almost no way that natural gas can be ignored. The massive shale plays,…
There is a long-standing debate over the effect and impact of share buyback plans. What is not up for debate is that many companies have given big updates or announced new buyback…
There have always been questions about whether stock buybacks are an effective return of cash to shareholders. The theory is a simple one: reducing the number of shares outstanding boosts the price…
The US Energy Information Administration has just released its summary of US oil and natural gas reserves as of the end of 2009 and the look-back will only highlight the future ambition…
US shale gas deposits were known to have existed for decades. The problem was how to turn them into flowing wells. The natural gas was tightly compressed into small pockets in virtually…
These are some of this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms: Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF) Raised to Accumulate at Standpoint. Aruba…
Earlier this year Pioneer Natural Resources Co. (NYSE:PXD) said that it was seeking bids from potential partners to develop its holdings in the Eagle Ford shale gas play in south Texas. At…
Since 2002, Greenland has issued 13 licenses to explore its onshore and offshore areas for oil and gas. Among the licensees are Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), Encana…
These are some of the top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Friday morning: Dish Networks (NASDAQ: DISH) Started as Overweight at JPMorgan. DirecTV (NYSE:…
These are this Wednesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Started as Neutral at JPMorgan. Deutsche Telekom (NYSE: DT) Started as Underweight…
