Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Saudis Eat American Oil's Lunch
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[ above is a photo I took in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia] The 12 members of OPEC are Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nige...
Friday, October 24, 2014
Oil Price War: Crude Oil to $70
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I just appeared on CNBC TV Halftime Report. Crude oil prices are headed to $70 per barrel. The last time I was on CNBC, oil (basis WTI) was ...
Monday, October 20, 2014
Max Pain in the Oil Market
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There is a saying in the oil market that prices always move to a point of "max pain" before there is a change in direction. In oth...
Oil to $75: OPEC Waits for US Frackers to Blink
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A main point of interest for the oil market is the floor for oil prices. As oil slides toward $75, who hurts first and most on the supply si...
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Still buying premium? The end of high octane gasoline
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In most parts of the world, when you pull up to the gasoline pump there are two and sometimes three octane choices: regular (lower octane), ...
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
What is Driving US Oil Demand?
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A few years ago it became popular to say that US oil demand had peaked and would never recover. However, the US DOT just released traffic s...
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Lower oil prices no longer help the US economy
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The US currently consumes around 19 million barrels of oil per day (5% of the world's population consuming 21% of global oil supply...
Monday, September 15, 2014
Where is the floor for the price of oil?
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Oil prices (WTI crude as a proxy) are close to $90 per barrel this morning, down from almost $110 earlier in 2014. $90 is also major trend l...
Friday, September 12, 2014
US Energy Stocks Turn Red on Russian Sanctions
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There were a slew of new sanctions against the Russian oil industry announced this morning by the US and EU. So why isn't oil rallying?...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Oil market calling end to US tight oil (shale fracking)
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There was an interesting article today on an oil trader betting that the US tight oil (shale fracking) boom will end soon. The oil market...
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