Oil

USA Gasoline Price Outlook

concerns about the price of gasoline is on the front burner with the US consumer on a daily basis, and it has turned a lot of folks into speculators of how high pump prices will rise. In some regions of the US it tapped $5 a gallon as predicted by several pundits back in February, [...]

Oil Prices and Equities CHK, USO, OIH

WTI Crude Oil Cracks 100 bbl, market reacts USO, OIH, AMJ, XOM, CVX, SLB, BHI, RIG, NOV, VLO, CHK A few days ago Crude Oil was trading at 105 bbl for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) Crude, but the talk has faded from geo-political risks (aka War Premium) associated with Iran and that component is fading. [...]

M&A News: Private Equity Buys Oil and Gas

Private equity (‘PE’) interest in the U.S. oil and gas industry marked at least a 20-year high during the first quarter of 2012, as the volume of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) reached 11 transactions, which had a total deal value of $11.5 billion, a 120 percent increase in activity when compared to the same period [...]

Options Trading: Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK)

Options Trading: Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) A total of 650 block trades were executed Wednesday in CHK. Typically at least 10,000 shares or more represent a single block unit. The block trading activity shows that $230,066,041 worth of shares were bought, and $105,347,713 worth of shares were sold by institutional investors. The positive net cash [...]

Shayne Heffernan Coal Report

Arch thinks U.S. coal consumption for electrical generation could drop by at least 75 million tons this year, so it is paring its total production in the U.S. by 25 million tons over 2012. Arch has eliminated some 500 jobs company-wide since the market’s downturn. “While we hope that coal markets improve as we progress [...]

The Economics of Energy in Peru

Increases in the production of natural gas and the opening of South America’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant have enabled Peru to become a nat ural gas exporter despite rising domestic consumption. Peru has the potential to be a significant producer of both natural gas and petroleum due to its untapped reserves and rising [...]

Gold, Silver and Oil Price Foreecast

Gold, Silver and Oil Up Date Com Gold futures prices finished pit trade in the US off a bit on Tuesday, but tapped a new 3-wk high overnight trading. Most of Europe closed for May Day Tuesday. The Gold Market Bulls are trying to hold on to recently gained technical momentum. Jun Gold last traded [...]

China and Russia in New Energy Deal

Chinese and Russian co-operation in the energy sector will expand beyond the traditional Oil and Gas arena as economic ties between the 2 countries continue to tighten, industry experts say. Russia sold 2.31-M tons of Crude Oil to China in March, a Y-Yincrease of 47.8%. Russia became China’s 3rd-biggest source of Crude Oil after the [...]

Gold, Silver and Oil Outlook

Gold rose for a 4th consecutive session Friday and marked its biggest weekly gain since late February, as disappointing US growth and EU debt problems boosted investment demand for the precious Yellow metal. Bullion buying rose after a report showed US economic growth cooled in Q-1, as businesses cut back on inventories and investment. Some [...]

Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE:RDS-A) Expands in Africa

Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to buy Cove Energy for GBP1.12-B (US$1.8-B), lifting its offer to access East Africa’s huge Nat Gas reserves, but failing to quell rumors of a bidding war with Thailand’s PTTEP for the Mozambique-focused explorer. Cove’s directors recommended the offer from Oil major Shell, which matched rather than beat a rival [...]

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Private Equity Takes a Hit in Q1 2012

Most private-equity and hedge funds typically take 20 percent of investment gains as carried interest, on top of 2 percent of assets as a management fee to …