ThinkstockJA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (NASDAQ: JASO) reported fourth-quarter and full year 2012 results before markets opened this morning. The China-based solar panel maker reported a net loss per American Depositary Share (ADS) of…
courtesy of BP plcBritish-based oil supermajor BP PLC (NYSE: BP) deposited a check for nearly $12.5 billion yesterday as it closed the sale of its 50% in TNK-BP to Russia’s Rosneft. The company announced…
ThinkstockFrom 2007 to 2012, imports of crude oil to the northeastern U.S. have fallen from around 1.5 million barrels a day to 870,000 barrels according to the U.S. Energy Information Agency. The drop is…
thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks declined by 62 billion cubic feet last week, slightly less than the decline of 70 billion cubic feet anticipated by analysts.…
courtesy of BP plc The long saga of BP PLC (NYSE: BP) and its operations in Russia is just about wind up. The U.K. firm today closed the sale of its 50% stake in…
thinkstockWith Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) now in Chinese bankruptcy court, the shakeout in the Chinese solar industry is officially underway. What’s shakin’ today is a $51 million 15-year loan to solar…
ThinkstockInvestors still love the realm of master limited partnerships (MLPs) for their oil and gas infrastructure dominance, and of course for those high returns of capital that act like dividends. Earlier this week we reported…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) received bids on 1.7 million acres in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico at today’s auction, but none of the bids came from BP plc (NYSE: BP).…
ThinkstockBiofuel maker Gevo Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO) won a partial victory in federal court yesterday when a judge ruled that its method for producing isobutanol does not infringe on a patent held by Butamax Advanced…
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories decreased by 1.3 million barrels last week, bringing the total U.S. commercial crude inventory to 382.7…
thinkstockOnce the world’s largest producer of solar PV cells and modules, Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) announced this morning that a group of eight Chinese banks have filed a petition for insolvency…
ThinkstockEnergy producer Harvest Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: HNR) saw its share price cut nearly in half earlier today following a company filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this morning stating that…
thinkstockChesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) is raising more capital, with this latest offering being a debt offering to the tune of about $2.3 billion. The laddered maturity schedule is going to be three years,…
ThinkstockYesterday, Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. (NYSE: STP) acknowledged that it had missed a $541 million debt payment and admitted that its trustee had sent it an official notice of default. The company is…
ThinkstockSmall-cap independent oil and gas producer Sanchez Energy Corp. (NYSE: SN) this morning announced that it had purchased approximately 43,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas from Hess Corp.…