Production from legacy oil wells is declining each year. At the same time, demand from emerging markets is rising rapidly.
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September 23 - Commodities, News
Over the next five years, the offshore drilling services market is expected to grow from $73.1 billion in 2013 to $121.1 billion by 2018.
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September 11 - News
While I was in Stavanger, Norway during a recent vacation, Statoil ASA (ADR) (NYSE:STO), the Norwegian-controlled oil company, was making news, selling some of its North Sea interests...
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September 10 - News
It's not very often that we see a company like Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) earnings drop by 57% from the previous year.
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September 10 - News
Shifting regulatory sands are generating tremors beneath the extractive industry's once solid ground, and some companies are running scared.
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September 5 - News
On the surface Whiting Petroleum Corp (NYSE:WLL)'s $260 million acquisition of 17,282 net acres in the Bakken looks like nothing more than a small bolt-on acquisition.
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August 29 - News
It's "old" news that the Bakken Shale of North Dakota is an oil producer's dream.
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August 23 - Commodities, News
One of the things I really like to do is bury myself in market analysis.
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August 8 - News
Oil has surely had a tough year.
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August 7 - News
Norway's state-owned oil giant Statoil ASA(ADR) (NYSE:STO) reported its second-quarter financial results on July 25.
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July 31 - News
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) is one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the world, and the second-largest U.S.
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July 29 - News
Over the past year and a half, Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) has been busy selling some of its assets as the Houston-based company aims to improve its balance sheet and ...
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July 25 - News
On June 28, the Shah Deniz gas field consortium in Azerbaijan awarded the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) the privilege of delivering the newly tapped gas supply to Europe. If...
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July 16 - News
For years, natural gas has been a relatively regional product, and producers that had access to major markets via pipelines were the only game in town.
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July 9 - News
According to estimates by the US Geological Survey, the Arctic may account for roughly one-fifth of global undiscovered oil and gas reserves and may also contain sizable mineral...
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June 24 - News
It may be a matter of months before production in the Eagle Ford shale play catches up to its Bakken cousin.
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June 24 - News
This series, brought to you by Yahoo! Finance, looks at which upgrades and downgrades make sense, and which ones investors should act on.
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June 18 - News
Tax reform can be a powerful incentive for energy companies to increase spending on capital projects.
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June 17 - News
In the search for investment opportunities in the oil and gas business, I came across Statoil ASA (NYSE:STO), the Norwegian integrated energy company.
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June 12 - News
For me, the three countries that came to mind were (1) Saudi Arabia, (2) Russia, and (3) China.
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May 29 - News
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) is the world's largest publicly traded company and it continues to offer a lot of value to investors.
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May 28 - News
Back in March, this is exactly what happened... in England. In a single day, natural gas prices spiked by 50% there, all because of a failed water pump.
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May 28 - News
Ever since the 1958, the United States has consumed more crude oil than it could produce domestically.
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May 28 - News
For the first time ever, carbon dioxide sensors in Hawaii reported that the average daily reading of carbon dioxide concentration surpassed 400 parts per million.
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May 20 - 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
Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), the world's largest publicly traded oil company, recently announced that it's beginning development of a major ultra-deepwater project -- the...
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May 12 - News
One of the most prominent developments in the oil industry over the past several years has been the large-scale shift toward unconventional sources of supply.
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May 5 - News
The oil industry seems to be constantly undervalued. Many of the large companies in this space produce massive amounts of revenue and trade at low multiples.
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April 24 - News
Since 2013 started, I have been recommending. As a matter of fact, I made myself a shareholder.
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April 23 - News
Over the past decade, no state has grown faster than North Dakota. It leads in GDP growth and personal income growth, and it has a wide lead in oil production growth.
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April 14 - News
Now more than ever, a comfortable retirement depends on secure, stable investments. Unfortunately, the right stocks for retirement won't just fall into your lap.
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April 11 - News
We may be about to enter a period of intrigue in Scotland comparable to the events that Shakespeare poured into "Macbeth".
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April 2 - News
The biggest problem that oil and natural gas companies face is depleting reserves.
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April 2 - News
Ever since the celebrations at the beginning of the new millennium, investors have had to deal with turbulent markets.
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March 25 - News
Offshore drilling in the arctic has received a host of negative press.
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March 15 - News
Exploration and production company ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) held its annual investor day on Feb. 28.
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March 11 - News
Hugo Chevez died from cancer last night after 14 years as President of Venezuela.
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March 6 - News
Geospace Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:GEOS) has a pivotal role in the energy sector, but don’t expect its shares to go soaring--not in the immediate future anyway.
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February 20 - News
Can Canada lose an opportunity that will guarantee a high amount of revenue for the country, along with new jobs that will boost the economy? It’s a win-win situation that no...
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February 20 - News
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC), the second biggest U.S.
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February 19 - News
One thing's for sure: You'll never discover truly great investments unless you actively look for them.
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February 11 - News
Two developments in the last week are turning the heat up on oil companies: HSBC released an analysis finding oil majors at significant risk from "unburnable" reserves, and a ...
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February 4 - News
The African continent has been in the news a lot over the past year.
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February 4 - News
Climate change may have been responsible for Hurricane Sandy's $60 billion-plus in damage. It also may be to blame for last summer's drought that cost another $77 billion.
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February 2 - News