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Three of the best charts going in natural gas right now

Posted on May 15, 2013

Fundamentals are driving price actions.

What the greenback is telling us about the market

Posted on May 6, 2013

Many investors study supply and demand statistics to figure out where they think the oil price is going.

Will this new 'national interest' be Canada's oil saviour?

Posted on April 17, 2013

A 'national interest' seems to be building around the idea of reversing a gas line that crosses two thirds of the continent to get western heavy oil to eastern Canada and refine it there.

Waterfloods: The next big profit phase of the shale oil revolution

Posted on April 11, 2013

Producers are pushing water into underground formations to flush a large amount of oil out to nearby producing wells.

What's lowering the break-even price of natural gas?

Posted on February 21, 2013

Natural gas bulls keep pointing to the declining gas rig count in the US as a reason for a near-term turnaround to the upside in prices.

What stocks I'm buying right now

Posted on February 15, 2013

Canada has a seasonality for oil and gas stocks.

The saving grace for Canadian producers

Posted on February 4, 2013

The price of condensate — a very light oil which is condensed from rich natural gas and solution gas from oil — is skyrocketing.

Who's making a killing on condensate?

Posted on February 1, 2013

Condensate prices in Canada are soaring—now sitting some $14/barrel ABOVE WTI—making it the most valuable Canadian energy product.

The 'other side' of North American energy independence

Posted on January 21, 2013

Fast-growing domestic shale oil production will make light oil prices dip.

This is what's solving America's biggest pipeline issue

Posted on January 3, 2013

Railroads provide the most transportation for oil out of Bakken and offer producers compelling value

Bakken oil boom in question

Posted on December 28, 2012

North Dakota oil field produces 730,000 bpd but challenges remain to reach 1M

The huge risk-reward scenario in East Africa

Posted on November 26, 2012

Welcome to East Africa—home of a potential 28 billion barrels of recoverable oil, 440 trillion cubic feet of gas and 14 billion barrels of natural gas liquids.

The 'water alchemists' in the new wild west

Posted on October 28, 2012

Producing oil and gas without water is impossible

Baghdad is losing Iraqi Kurdistan – empowered by oil and gas

Posted on October 17, 2012

Less Iraqi oil exports, and less foreign currency coming in.

Keith Schaefer says natural gas rally could end on nozzle change

Posted on October 5, 2012

The publisher of the Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin says rally in natural gas could be over if power generators switch back to coal

The Duvernay shale is a colossal oil and gas play

Posted on June 13, 2012

In many ways the oil industry is a fashion industry, and in 2011 the exciting new model on the investment bankers’ catwalk was the Duvernay shale.

The recent stock and oil relationship – and how to trade it

Posted on May 14, 2012

Today's story comes from Cory Mitchell, who explains how the charts of oil and the overall market are now hauntingly like the 2006-2008 period—but in the short term, that means now could be a good time to own stocks.

Learn, invest and prosper in oil and gas

Posted on December 21, 2011

For the first time since 1949, the United States is poised to become a net exporter of petroleum, according to the Petroleum Supply Monthly report for November put out by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

EPA Pollutes Fracking Argument with Flawed Science, Gas Industry Says

Posted on December 13, 2011

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – may be the cause of groundwater pollution in a Wyoming community.

Fracking Dragon: China looks to exploit shale gas

Posted on November 30, 2011

Fracking has helped the United States maintain the world's number one economy, but the exploitation of unconventional gas is also catching the eye of the world's second largest economy: China.

THE MACRO DILEMMA – PART 2

Posted on November 21, 2011

Part 1 suggested the macro force of “peak oil” which will constrain global oil supplies, will push the price of oil higher. Yet if peak oil occurs, it implies peak debt and GDP.

U.S. to become world’s top oil producer: Goldman Sachs

Posted on November 2, 2011

Who do you think will be the world’s largest oil producer a few years from now? Saudi Arabia? Russia? Canada with its Oil Sands?

The outlook for natural gas: the stocks with upside around the corner

Posted on June 22, 2011

Timing is everything in the market and being able to spot trends is critical for locking in attractive returns. Natural gas producers have taken a beating over the past three years but there are encouraging signs that natural gas might be ready for a break to the upside.

How To Use ETFs to Predict Price Moves in Oil

Posted on June 16, 2011

ETFs, or Exchange Traded Funds, not only track the price of oil, but they can actually provide clues as to where the oil price is going. 

The New Canadian Energy Income Trusts

Posted on June 6, 2011

Will the US oilpatch get flooded with Canadian juniors looking to build and sell production to the new Canadian energy income trusts?  Trusts are now allowed in Canada again – but with foreign assets.