Energy

Obama, Oil Reserves and Alan Gaines

Leading Oil Industry Executive Alan Gaines speaks on Obama and Oil Reserves. Alan Gaines was Chief Advisor to financier Carl C. Icahn in all of Mr. Icahn’s investments within the energy space, including such highly publicized forays as Texaco, Phillips Petroleum, Unocal, United States Steel (Marathon Oil), Tenneco, Williams Cos., Western Company of North America, [...]

Alan Gaines on Oil Prices and the Oil & Gas Industry

Alan Gaines was Chief Advisor to financier Carl C. Icahn in all of Mr. Icahn’s investments within the energy space, including such highly publicized forays as Texaco, Phillips Petroleum, Unocal, United States Steel (Marathon Oil), Tenneco, Williams Cos., Western Company of North America, etc.. Many companies in the industry have been refocusing from natural gas [...]

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) Undervalued

Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) a Must Own Stock after an Asia focused restructure. Heffernan Capital Management have upgraded Peabody Energy (NYSE:BTU) to Must Own status and Economist Shayne Heffernan has given a 2013 price target of $43 on the company. In a note to traders today Shayne Heffernan said that Peabody Energy has been the first [...]

Shaanxi Coal Looks to Expand in Australia

Chinese Coal group to invest in Australia Shaanxi Coal and Chemical Industry Group Co Ltd, a major State-owned energy and coal chemical company, plans to invest in an Australian coal mine, group chairman Hua Wei told China Daily while attending the 5th session of the 11th National People’s Congress Tuesday. “We are currently undergoing geological [...]

Asia and Oil Prices

Asian economies, a major net importer of Crude Oil as a whole, will be much more adversely affected than most other regions if Crude Oil prices keep rising, Nomura Research warned in a report. The price of Brent Crude was up nearly 15% last week from 108 bbl at the end of last year, hovering [...]

Berau Coal Energy to Spend $691m on Exploration and Production

Berau Coal Energy plans to spend $691 million over the next three years to expand its exploration and production, up from an original target of $450 million to $475 million, the company’s president director said on Monday. Last year’s coal production was estimated at 20 million tons and net income at $180 million, a rise [...]

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Domestic Energy Push in USA

US plans to sell off remaining Gulf of Mexico oil leases The US government announced Thursday its plans to sell off Oil and Gas leases on 38-M acres of the Gulf of Mexico sea floor. The scheduled sale on 20 June would include all available un-leased areas in the offshore Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. It [...]

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Oil Production Jumps in Russia

Russia’s Crude Oil production taps post-Soviet high BP Russia’s Crude Oil production rose 1.25% in Y 2011 to a record level for the post-Soviet era, as companies in the World’s largest Crude Oil producing nation took advantage of higher prices and boosted output at new projects. Production grew to an average of 10.27-MBPD, according to [...]

The Future of Gasoline

Gasoline and the Energy mix for the Future Ever wonder how many gallons of Gasoline takes to charge an iPhone, a quaint question yes, considering iPhones are charged with electricity, not Gasoline. The answer speaks to why Gasoline and other liquid fuels are and will continue to be an important part of the energy mix [...]

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Red Alert: Oil States International, Inc.(NYSE:OIS)

Red’s Bull Trade Alert: Oil States International, Inc.(NYSE:OIS) 5 December 2011 Profile: Oil States International, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides specialty products and services to the oil and gas drilling and production companies worldwide. It operates in four segments: Accommodations, Offshore Products, Well Site Services, and Tubular Services. The Accommodations segment offers temporary and permanent [...]

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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 …