Category Archives: Headlines

Interpretation and analysis of news articles related to energy.

Renewed Trouble in the Falklands

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Jonathan Callahan

A recent headline in The Guardian brings the Falkand islands back to our attention: Falkland Islands: Premier Oil plan leads UK and Argentina to new dispute Britain put itself on a collision course with Argentina over the disputed sovereignty of the …  read more …

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Don’t Blame the Speculators

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Mazama_admin

This is a guest post by Derik Andreoli, Senior Analyst at Mercator International LLC (dandreoli@mercatorintl.com) Never trust a politician to explain oil prices I believe in markets. I believe that when supply falls short of demand, prices increase, and in …  read more …

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Easy Predictions

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Jonathan Callahan

Ten days ago in the Gas Boom Goes Bust post I wrote: We should expect 2012 to be a year in which we see a variety of knock-on effects: Natural gas producers and investors with poor hedge books and too …  read more …

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Gas Boom Goes Bust

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Jonathan Callahan

The current boom in drilling for ‘unconventional’ gas has helped raise US production to levels not seen since the early 1970′s. This has been an incredible boon to consumers and has kept spot prices contained below $5 per million BTU …  read more …

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Trouble in Gas-Land

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Jonathan Callahan

Increased production of natural gas from shale wells, combined with decreased consumption due to a warm winter are leading to a supply demand imbalance and very low prices in the United States. With current spot and future prices below the …  read more …

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