On December 3, 2013, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced the Eastern Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale 225 will take place on March 19, 2014. The sale is the first proposed for the Eastern Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) under President Obama’s 2012 to 2017 outershelf program, and will be the first
On November 24, 2013, the United States and Iran reached a diplomatic accord in hopes of soothing tensions existing since the Carter administration. As part of the deal, Iran agreed to freeze its entire nuclear program in exchange for the U.S. to ease its trade restrictions. Relations between Iran and other nations have opened up since Dr. Hassan Rouhani took
Following its Houston Investor Day, Chairman and CEO Gary Evans appeared on CNBC’s Mad Money to discuss the company’s Bakken, Marcellus and Utica operations, as well as the company’s bullish outlook on natural gas.
Emerald Oil’s CEO McAndrew Rudisill appeared on CNBC’s Mad Money with Jim Cramer to discuss the company’s high growth area in the Williston Basin and the company’s plans to add a third rig in Montana.
Gary Evans, Magnum Hunter’s Chairman and CEO, was on BNN Television discussing his company’s Utica upside potential, and plans for near-term non-core asset sales.
As the impasse in Washington drags closer to the Thursday debt ceiling deadline, the wait-and-see approach adopted by many Americans has had little effect on the stock market. Government entities haven’t been as fortunate. Furloughed workers and the closing of agencies, including the Energy Information Administration (EIA), are feeling the heat from the bitter political standoff. Traders expressed optimism at
Oil production alone has risen 34% since 2005, and the US continues to be the world’s chief producer of natural gas. Despite the surge in hydrocarbon resources, the coal industry is suffering. The vast natural gas supply unlocked by hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling has pushed prices below $4.00 per MMbtu. The low price of natural gas has made it
According to a recent survey by Reuters, OPEC’s oil output dipped to a two-year low, falling from 30.32 MMBOPD in August 2013 to 30.07 MMBOPD in September 2013. The survey comes despite the fact that Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil exporter, has not weaned its production and continues to export more than 10 MMBOPD. The September 2013 OPEC output
Dr. Hassan Rouhani is the seventh President of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He has been a Representative of the Supreme Leader to the Supreme National Security Council, a Member of the Expediency Council, and a Member of the Assembly of Experts. He took office on August 4, 2013, succeeding Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Previously, Rouhani served as Iran’s nuclear negotiator to
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) held its Western Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Lease Sale 233 on August 28, 2013, which raised $102.4 million in high bids. The event auctioned 3,873 tracts from nine to 250 miles offshore, in water depths ranging from 16 to more than 10,975 feet. By comparison, the Central Gulf of Mexico Lease Sale netted
Crude Oil Inventory/’000 BBLS Current: 373,918 Actual Build/(Withdrawal): (9,874) Economist Average Estimate: (3,114) Previous: 383,792 Click here for the chart with five year averages. CRUDE OIL IN THE MEDIA *Fracking Firms Face New Crop of Competitors – WSJ So many companies have jumped into the hydraulic-fracturing business that the price of performing the key part of the oil- and gas-drilling
An agreement between the U.S. and Mexico is prompting U.S. oil and gas offshore operators in the Gulf of Mexico to brush up on their Spanish. The passage of H.R. 1613 in the U.S. House of Representative is expected to establish a transboundary agreement to allow joint energy development projects between U.S. energy companies and the Mexican state owned oil
