Just about every day we hear a story of how China has passed the U.S. in some metric, or how China is slowly catching up to us.
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August 17 - News
"America has a long history of achieving the impossible. We defeated the British. We landed on the moon. We invented the Internet.
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August 12 - News
Energy independence is one of the only topics that doesn't incite partisan battles or ideological bickering.
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August 12 - News
The move to multi-well pad drilling has been saving oil and gas producers big bucks.
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August 12 - News
Export earnings among OPEC members rose to $1.26 trillion last year. That's up from the $1.15 trillion it earned in 2011. That's an incredibly large number. The entire U.S.
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August 11 - News
President Obama's critical comments of TransCanada Corporation (USA) (NYSE:TRP)'s Keystone XL pipeline suggest the chances of the projects's approval are waning.
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August 3 - News
North Dakota's oil and gas production hit a new all-time high this past May according to recently released data from North Dakota's Industrial Commission.
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July 29 - News
Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn't sustainable.
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July 29 - News
Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE:CLR) CEO Harold Hamm has a dream that one day the United States will be energy independent.
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July 29 - News
All too often in our 24-hour news-cycle society, it's easy to miss important news because it's being drowned out by the noise of the next headline.
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July 27 - News
I recently took a brief look at one of the more unique MLPs, Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ:EROC).
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July 26 - News
It's an exciting time to be an energy investor. Oil production in the U.S. is booming and as oil prices stay high, it's easy to see a future in which U.S.
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July 26 - News
As West Texas Intermediate oil prices continue their upward march to $110 a barrel, its seems appropriate to look at some energy plays that should continue to benefit from higher...
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July 25 - News
As the old saying goes, "you need to spend money to make money." Bakken-focused Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp (USA) (NYSE:KOG) is taking that saying to heart by making a very big bet...
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July 25 - News
An EOG Resources Inc (NYSE:EOG) operated well in the Eagle Ford Shale of Texas has set a new regional record for oil production.
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July 24 - News
The recent derailment of the Montreal, Maine, and Atlantic Railway train in Lac Megantic, Quebec, caused irrevocable damage on a small town just 10 miles from the U.S.-Canada...
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July 22 - News
The worldwide oil and gas exploration and production industry is expected to grow by 3% this year to $4.5 trillion.
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July 17 - News
This weekend's horrific railcar explosion in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, has drawn sudden attention to the rapidly expanding use of railcars to transport crude oil from where it's ...
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July 15 - News
A perfect storm is about to hit the gasoline market, making it possible that gas prices will jump by up to 20 cents per gallon over the next few days.
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July 15 - News
Since the recession, there has been a noticeable pricing gap between West Texas Intermediate crude, a lighter grade of oil used as the benchmark for pricing in the U.S., and Brent...
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July 3 - News
The Motley Fool's readers have spoken, and I have heeded their cries.
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June 27 - News
The oil and gas trade rags are abuzz as April's production numbers have hit the press. Volumes are up in Texas' Eagle Ford and North Dakota's Bakken shale.
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June 24 - News
Whether you're looking for value, growth, income, or a combination of all three, the energy industry has something for every investor.
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June 18 - News
There are hundreds of ways to evaluate oil companies, and each of them will give you a different result as who is the best.
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June 17 - News
By all accounts, Northern Oil & Gas, Inc. (NYSEMKT:NOG) shows no signs of an ailing company.
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June 13 - News
Halcon Resources Corp (NYSE:HK) recently provided investors with an important operational update detailing its drilling progress.
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June 12 - News
According to Ernst & Young's latest U.S. oil and gas reserves report, the largest U.S.
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June 12 - News
One of the large issues this country has faced over the past 20 years or so is the migration of companies away from the U.S. to set up shop.
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June 11 - News
Oil production coming out of the Bakken was closing in on 800,000 barrels of oil per day as of this past March.
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June 6 - News
The North American rail industry has been a life raft for oil production. In almost every major shale oil play in the U.S., production has steadily outpaced pipeline capacity.
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June 5 - News
Bakken-focused exploration and production company, Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp (USA) (NYSE:KOG) announced deal to acquire 42,000 additional acres in the Williston Basin of North Dakota...
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June 4 - News
The Bakken is a notoriously tough area for producers to drill, which is why the play has some of the highest well completion costs in the U.S.
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June 3 - News
It's been a tough year for investors of Magnum Hunter Resources Corp (NYSE:MHR).
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June 3 - News
It's no secret that U.S. crude oil production has grown rapidly in recent years.
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June 3 - News
To the average investor, there are dozens of metrics market participants can use to monitor Mr. Market.
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May 30 - News
To the average investor, there are many indicators shareholders can use to monitor stocks. Two of the most underrated are hedge fund and insider trading sentiment.
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May 24 - News
In the first quarter of 2013, David Einhorn, the famous hedge fund manager, initiated long positions in six new stocks, bringing total assets under management to more than $6....
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May 22 - News
As an investor you're likely keenly aware of the fact that plunking down your hard-earned money for a sliver of ownership in a company involves risk.
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May 22 - News
In its recently published medium-term review of the oil market, the International Energy Agency forecast that the U.S.
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May 20 - News
It's hard to argue the fact that Bakken has become a game-changer for U.S. oil production.
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May 15 - News
The Bakken Shale – a vast formation underlying parts of North Dakota, Montana, and South Dakota – has taken the U.S. by storm.
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May 14 - News
It's no secret that shale drilling has revolutionized America's energy landscape, helping boost domestic oil production last year to its highest level since 1998 and natural gas...
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May 13 - News
The United States Geological Survey recently reviewed earlier studies of the Bakken and Three Forks formations.
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May 6 - News
On Tuesday, EOG Resources Inc (NYSE:EOG) will release its latest quarterly results.
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May 5 - News
While Alberta's oil sands hold the promise of providing both the U.S.
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May 1 - News
On Thursday, Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp (USA) (NYSE:KOG) will release its latest quarterly results.
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April 30 - News
I follow quite a lot of companies, so the usefulness of a watchlist to me cannot be overstated.
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April 24 - News
Crude oil production coming out of the Bakken has been one of the great growth stories of the past few years.
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April 23 - News
Oil-field services company, Schlumberger Limited. (NYSE:SLB)'s large size and global presence means that it really has a read on the pulse of the global energy industry.
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April 22 - News
