I was quoted in a Financial Times  story today on floating storage barrels coming ashore being an oil price lid for the moment:  “The conta...

This is the last week of the Summer US driving season . With US bank holiday Labor Day coming up next monday and the UK end of August bank ...

Crude oil prices are stuck in a range between US$55-$75 per barrel. Today I was quoted by the Wall Street Journal: "We'll stay in t...

I discussed the rally up toward US$70 per barrel with the Wall Street Journal: But higher oil prices could prove the oil rally's undoin...

The US government has on occasion during several administrations acted irrationally and in anger trying to manage oil prices with disastrous...

The oil price rally stalled at the beginning of July in the low US$70s. Oil has since retreated down in the high $50s and low $60s, where it...

Carl Etnier from the Rutland Herald wrote an interesting piece on why oil prices have been rising and to role of speculators. Carl mentio...

Chart: Crude Oil (NYMEX WTI) Prices Over the Past 8 Days The oil market has been chopping sideways around $70 over the past few days. Weekl...

As mentioned in Oil 101 , oil is traded in US dollars because it most efficient for everyone (consumers and producers) involved. Oil floats ...

Crude ( NYMEX WTI ) continues to make new highs for 2009 above $72 per barrel. I was quoted in the Wall Street Journal yesterday: "Unt...

OPEC oil ministers are meeting in Vienna tomorrow (Thursday May 28, 2009). Ahead of the meeting the Wall Street Journal quoted me: "OP...

OPEC members meet next on May 28, 2009. Although varied OPEC members create a lot of media noise, this is usually for consumption by their d...

Oil is a currency. It floats in relation to the US dollar and all other paper currencies. This is why it is ridiculous when some say that oi...

Ahead of the OPEC meeting on March 15, 2009 in Vienna, I was interviewed for a number of news articles. In summary, I said that OPEC do not ...

Reuters mentioned Oil 101 today in a discussion of WTI as a benchmark. I made the case that WTI is a great benchmark, with liquidity, lar...

The Financial Times Alphaville Blog called Oil 101 a " must read " on Feb 25, 2009. They also published some of my charts on US oi...

Check out IBM featuring the book Oil 101 on the front of their global homepage this week (Feb 16-22, 2009). The oil industry is one of the ...