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Crude Oil Cuttings (Week Ended 4/12/13)

April 17, 2013

CRUDE OIL INVENTORY/’000 bbls Current: 387,641 Actual Build/(Withdrawal): (1,233) Economist Average Estimate: 1,082 Previous: 388,874 Click here for the chart with five year averages. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT *VIDEO: U.S. Need for Oil Is `Shrinking,’ Petrie Says – Bloomberg Thomas Petrie, chairman of Petrie Partners, talks about U.S. energy independence and the outlook oil prices and refineries. Petrie speaks with Tom Keene and

Natural Gas Roundup (DOE Inventory Update)

April 11, 2013

NATURAL GAS INVENTORY (Week Ended 4/5/13) Current: 1,673 Bcf Actual Injection/(Withdrawal): (14) Bcf Economist Average Estimate: (16) Bcf Previous: 1,687 Bcf Click here for the chart with five year averages. NATURAL GAS IN THE MEDIA *Fracking Doesn’t Cause Significant Earthquakes, Study Says – Bloomberg Hydraulic fracturing used to access oil and gas from rock and shale hasn’t caused “significant” earthquakes, according to a

Get your Fracs Straight before Inserting Foot in Mouth

March 6, 2013

CRUDE OIL INVENTORY/’000 bbls (Week Ended 3/1/13) Current: 381,351 Actual Build/(Withdrawal): 3,833 Economist Average Estimate: 327 Previous: 377,518 Click here for the chart with five year averages. CRUDE OIL IN THE MEDIA *U.S. Tops Saudi Arabia as World’s Biggest Fuel Producer – WSJ The U.S. has catapulted past Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest fuel producer, now that abundant production

Putin election victory: What next for Russia?

March 6, 2013

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State of the (Dis)-Union Address

February 13, 2013

Oil & Gas 360® gathered a few news features on the President’s State of The Union address: Patton Boggs Last night, President Barack Obama delivered his fourth State of the Union Address before a joint session of the 113th Congress. Not since 1887, when President Grover Cleveland faced a divided 50th Congress, has a Democratic President been confronted (again) with

Dmitry Medvedev’s two-day state visit to Norway has begun

February 7, 2013

The Sun Never Sets on a Crude Oil World

December 28, 2012

Every week, EnerCom’s Oil & Gas 360® will deliver media stories, company updates, and research commentary covering the crude oil spectrum. The theme for this week: The Sun Never Sets on a Crude Oil World. CRUDE OIL INVENTORY/’000 bbls (Week Ended 12/21/12) Current: 371,059 Actual Build/(Withdrawal): (586) Economist Average Estimate: (1,555) Previous: 371,645 Click here for the chart with five year

Turkey Day – Fire Up Your Gas Stoves!

November 21, 2012

Every Thursday, EnerCom’s Oil & Gas 360® will deliver media stories, company updates, and research commentary covering the natural gas spectrum. The theme for this week: Turkey Day – Fire Up Your Gas Stoves! NATURAL GAS INVENTORY (Week Ended 11/16/12) Current: 3,873 Bcf Actual Injection/(Withdrawal): (38) Bcf Economist Average Estimate: (28) Bcf Previous: 3,911 Bcf Click here for the chart

Crude Reactions to Obama's Re-election

November 7, 2012

Every Wednesday, EnerCom’s Oil & Gas 360® will deliver media stories, company updates, and research commentary covering the crude oil spectrum. The theme for this week: Crude Reactions to Obama’s Re-election. CRUDE OIL INVENTORY/’000 bbls (Week Ended 11/2/12) Current: 374,847 Actual Build/(Withdrawal): 1,766 Economist Average Estimate: 1,464 Previous: 373,081 Click here for the chart with five year averages. IN CASE YOU

REPOST: Campaigns Clash Over the Future of Coal

October 19, 2012

WSJ REPOST: Coal has improbably risen to become one of the top issues of the presidential campaign, with dueling ads about coal in swing states and attacks by each candidate on the other’s position. The battle is escalating even though coal employment is just a shadow of what it was a few decades ago and its use in power generation

REPOST: Clinton Cites 'Energy Diplomacy' as Driving Force in Foreign Policy

October 19, 2012

WSJ REPOST: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday described “energy diplomacy” as a driving force behind U.S. foreign policy and offered a spirited defense of the Obama administration’s foreign-policy record. She also took swipes at rivals, including China and Russia, which she said have used energy as a geopolitical or trade weapon. “Fundamentally, energy is an issue of wealth and

It’s a Big Gas World!

October 11, 2012

NATURAL GAS INVENTORY (Week Ended 10/5/12) Current: 3,725 Bcf Actual Injection/(Withdrawal): 72 Bcf Economist Average Estimate: 79 Bcf Previous: 3,653 Bcf Click here for the chart with five year averages. NATURAL GAS IN THE MEDIA *Houston firm drilling exploratory well in NY shale – Houston Chronicle A Houston company has begun drilling a vertical well to explore the potential of

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