Friday, September 18, 2026

Oil Prices Up: WTI Pushing $48

From Reuters Oil prices hit six-month highs on Monday on worries about global supply outages and as long-time bear Goldman Sachs sounded more positive on the market, although a stockpile build at the U.S. storage hub for crude futures pared gains.   Expectations of resumption in oil exports from a Libyan port, a ramp up in Nigerian crude production by

What will Happen to Freeport-McMoRan’s Oil & Gas Assets without Jim Flores?

“Having this kind of debt is a killer”: FCX’s CEO Adkerson – Q1’16 conference call Mining giant Freeport-McMoRan (ticker: FCX) is known internationally as the world’s largest copper miner—one that would be happy right now if it can sell its oil and gas assets for $3 billion cash, even though that price represents an 85% haircut from what the company originally

Switch to NatGas Delivers Lowest CO2 Emissions from Electricity Generation Since 1993

Natural Gas: the environmental movement’s strongest asset Double benefits of gas-fired power plants: NatGas emits less carbon dioxide per unit of electricity generation and consumes less fuel per unit of generation It shouldn’t be very long before the environmental movement is rallying kayakers to hold celebrations to thank U.S. E&P companies for their hard work and massive investments to find and

Williams Companies, Energy Transfer Equity Square Off Again

Williams takes further legal action against ETE on Friday  On Friday, May 13, The Williams Companies (ticker: WMB) filed an action in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeking a Declaratory Judgment and Injunction preventing Energy Transfer Equity (ticker: ETE) from terminating or otherwise avoiding its obligations under the merger agreement it entered into with Williams on September 28, 2015. Williams said it asked

Ontario’s $7 Billion Carbon Plan May Phase Out Natural Gas for Heating

From the Hamilton Spectator TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government insists no final decisions have been made on its plan to tackle climate change, and won’t confirm a published report that says it will spend $7 billion over four years to help reduce the province’s carbon footprint. The Globe and Mail says it obtained a copy of the Climate Change Action

Sanchez Production Partners Reports First Quarter 2016 Results

HOUSTON, TX–(Marketwired – May 16, 2016) – Sanchez Production Partners LP (NYSE MKT: SPP) (“SPP” or the “Partnership”) today reported first quarter 2016 results. Highlights from the report include: A cash distribution to common unitholders of $0.4121 per common unit ($1.6484 per unit annualized) related to first quarter 2016 activity, which represents the second consecutive increase of 1.5% over the