Streetwise Oil & Gas Articles
What's Next for Canada's Oil Sands?
Source: Keith Schaefer (7/5/11)
"It's a feast or famine future scenario for Canadian oil sands production."
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Argentina Has High Hopes for a Shale Payoff
Source: New York Times, Clifford Krauss (7/5/11)
"An oil field called Vaca Muerta—'dead cow' in English—has finally come to life."
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Eric Nuttall: Looking for Oil and Gas Values, Not Value Traps
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report (6/30/11)
Sprott Energy Fund Portfolio Manager Eric Nuttall wants an edge when he can find one. He's bullish on oil, but he prefers to play the good oil story, not the commodity. And even though he's bearish on natural gas, he's finding names that may provide exceptional growth. Eric shares his best ideas in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report.
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Oil Rising to Pre-SPR Release Levels
Source: CNN Money, Steve Hargreaves (6/30/11)
"What's driving the market—fundamentals or pure speculation?"
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Lawmakers Seek Inquiry of Natural Gas Industry
Source: New York Times, Ian Urbina (6/29/11)
"The House Committee on Natural Resources hopes to meet in coming weeks as concerns mount on all sides."
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EIA Chief Defends Nat Gas Production Estimates
Source: Platts, Derek Sands (6/29/11)
"News stories earlier this week questioned the economic viability of the U.S. shale gas development."
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How Shale Gas May Transform Energy Markets
Source: Marin Katusa, Casey Energy Report (6/28/11)
"Shale resources add more than 40% to the world's gas volume."
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Nat Gas Drilling Levy on Tap in Pa. House
Source: Associated Press, Mark Scolforo (6/28/11)
"Gov. Tom Corbett warned he plans to veto whatever might pass."
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Secrets Are Scarce in Energy Market
Source: UPI (6/27/11)
"Did someone leak information before last week's strategic oil release?"
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Playing Cat and Mouse with Global Oil
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors (6/27/11)
"We think one of the best opportunities in the market is in the oil services sector."
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Josef Schachter: Get Ready for a Natural Gas Boom
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report (6/23/11)
Schachter Asset Management Analyst and Investment Advisor Josef Schachter, who provides oil and gas research to Maison Placement Canada clients, is recommending a group of Canadian companies that are maintaining the delicate balance between oil, on which he is bearish, and natural gas, which he believes will soon enrich both producers and investors. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Josef shares some value-priced names he feels are poised for big gains, along with natural gas' rising price.
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The Outlook for Natural Gas
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin (6/23/11)
"Golden age of natural gas sees stocks with upside around the corner."
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Oil Interests Tie China to Sudan Leader Bashir
Source: Washington Post with Foreign Policy, Andrew Higgins (6/23/11)
"Sudanese President Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide charges, will visit China confident he won't get arrested."
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U.S. to Tap Oil Reserves to Boost Supply
Source: Associated Press (6/23/11)
"Oil prices dropped nearly 5% in response to the announcement."
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Sudan to Block Pipes if South Doesn't Pay
Source: BBC (6/22/11)
"President Bashir says the south can either split its oil revenue with the north, or pay for using the north's oil infrastructure."
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Gas Industry Cranks Up PR
Source: Bloomberg, Vicki Smith (6/22/11)
"The 'Just Beneath the Surface' campaign aims to inform the public and provide transparency around fracking."
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Russia Soon to Be Europe's #1 Nat Gas Supplier
Source: Globe and Mail, William Stoichevski (6/22/11)
"Russian producers best Norwegian prices to win the German market."
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FTC Launches Oil-Trade Probe
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Tennille Tracy and Jerry Dicolo (6/21/11)
Are producers, refiners or traders manipulating oil markets?
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Oil Prices Rise on Weak Dollar
Source: The Street, Andrea Tse (6/21/11)
"A tense market could show bursts of volatility today."
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Oil Prices Rise on Weak Dollar
Source: The Street, Andrea Tse (6/21/11)
"A tense market could show bursts of volatility today."
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Fracking Disclosure to Rise
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Ben Casselman (6/20/11)
"Industry vocally supports increased disclosure bill."
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Power Cuts Hit Greece as Protests Grow
Source: Associated Press, Elena Bercatoros (6/20/11)
"Power utility DEH's employees protest the company's austerity-measure-sanctioned privatization."
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Bruce Edgelow: Which New Technologies Will Increase Oil Recovery Margins?
Source: George Mack of The Energy Report (6/16/11)
Credit lines are critical for small- and mid-cap oil and gas explorers. For nearly 40 years, ATB Financial Energy Group Vice President Bruce Edgelow has made it his business to provide non-dilutive cash for growing energy companies. At the recent SEPAC Oil & Gas Investor Showcase in Calgary, and in this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Bruce reveals some of the advances changing the bottom line for smart investors.
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Energy's David and Goliath
Source: Arab News, John Daly (6/16/11)
"Vietnam confronts China over South China Sea energy riches."
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Russia, China Build Energy Partnership
Source: The Hindu, Vladimir Radyuhin (6/16/11)
"The nations form long-term strategic energy partnership."
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