One of the critical elements in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for oil and gas deposits is ordinary sand. The stuff is used to prop open the fissures blasted into the sub-surface rock by…
The state of North Dakota said that crude oil production from the state’s oil fields totaled 510,000 barrels/day during November. That is the highest daily production yet recorded in the state and…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockThe US Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday released a draft of its three-year study of possible groundwater contamination caused by hydraulic fracturing near Pavillion, Wyoming. The draft results are not good news…
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…
After popping to an intra-day high near $5/thousand cubic feet (tcf) in early June, natural gas prices have dropped back to around $4/tcf and hovered there for about six weeks. It’s not…
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…
One of the reasons that the Bakken shale deposits in North Dakota and Montana get relatively little attention is that none of the big integrated oil companies have much presence there. There…
Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Tuesday morning. AECOM Technology Corp. (NYSE: ACM) Reiterated Buy with $33 target at…
Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Monday morning. We are tracking news and moves in shares of EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE: EOG), McDonald’s Corporation (NASDAQ: MCD), and Royal…
Jon OggYou already know about the S&P U.S. credit rating downgrade, but these are some of the top equity analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls this Monday…
If you believe that an energy policy in the United States can happen in the coming years, there is almost no way that natural gas can be ignored. The massive shale plays,…
S&P 500 WEEK TOP 10 (27 MAY – 2 JUN) Ticker Weekly Price Change (%) Close Price 2Jun11 Close Price 27May11 Market Cap ($Mil) Apollo Group Inc APOL 16.6 46.90 40.22 6618.9…
The acquisition of XTO Energy by Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) instantly turned the oil giant into the largest natural gas producer in the US. We’ve already had our say about Exxon’s…
More than half of the American workforce is comprised of women. It is well-known that they are paid less than their male counterparts. Several studies show that female workers make about 77%…
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…
