The new year has started just like the old one ended, with the oil price continuing its downward slide. This morning oil dropped to five and a half year low as over supply continued to spook the markets.
Oil Price
Oil Industry in Crisis as $1Tn Investment at Risk
And so the free-fall continues. The price of Brent crude has fallen this morning below $60 a barrel for the first time since July 2009. The price of US crude is below $55.
Bank of America: $50 A Barrel on Its Way
The US shale industry faces a Darwinian struggle over the next few months as only the fittest producers will survive as the price of crude plunges to $50 a barrel, the Bank of America has warned.
Banks “Circling” Tar Sands Debt
The message from the markets for the North American oil industry is summed up in four simple words by the Financial Times today: “No respite for oil.”
US “Not Immune” to Oil Price Hike
As war rages in Iraq, and oil and gasoline prices rise, the impotence of the US oil boom is exposed.
Analysts Warn of $200 / Barrel
Last week, President Obama lauded the fact that America was poised to become the number one energy producer in the world this year.
Regulator Acts Against Oil Speculators
One of the political mantras of those old boys at the American Petroleum is that if the gas price is too high it means we have to drill for more oil. Plain and simple. Its good old fashioned economics: supply and demand. If the price is too high, we must be faced with a physical … Read More
The High Cost of Keeping Gas Prices Low
The subsidy battle raging in Washington at the moment is all about what are known as “production” subsidies. These are subsidies that are paid to the oil majors to keep the oil and gas flowing. But there is also another type of subsidy: this is where governments, often in countries producing oil or developing countries, … Read More
As Gas Prices Remain High, US Becomes Net Exporter of Fuel
Until Sunday night one of the main talks of the town in Washington was gas prices. Now the talk of the town is Bin Laden’s death. Oh and gas prices. Because the issue of high gas prices is not going away any time soon. A 36 per cent rise in the last year put pays … Read More
OPEC’s “Fictional” Comfort Blanket
Many people are now getting jittery about Saudi Arabia. Protesters in the Kingdom have called for a “day of rage” his Friday to show their dissatisfaction with King Abdullah’s regime. Meanwhile the King has tried to head off serious unrest in the country by pledging to boost spending on housing, social welfare and education. And … Read More