Energy Markets

Oil is Near $100. Shale Isn't Coming to the Rescue.

Frackers are constrained by investor payouts, inflation and interest rates, keeping spending in check. Source link

1 year ago

Fuel Prices Are Soaring: Who Is Feeling the Pinch?

Production cuts made by OPEC and its allies have pushed crude oil to 10-month highs. Source link

1 year ago

The Panama Canal Has Become a Traffic Jam of the Seas

More than 200 vessels are stuck on either side of the waterway as a serious drought cuts crossings. Source link

1 year ago

Rising Oil Prices Are Bad News for Drivers—and the Fed

America faces a familiar foe in its fight against inflation, with crude prices up more than 18% over the past month.…

2 years ago

Exxon and Chevron Stalk More Shale Deals as Profits Dip

The oil giants together added $14 billion in profits to their cash piles and have signaled they’re not finished shopping…

2 years ago

Russia Defies Sanctions by Selling Oil Above Price Cap

Higher prices could bolster Moscow’s oil-export revenues, which last month dropped to just over half their level from a year…

2 years ago

That Extreme Heat Hasn't Budged Natural-Gas Prices

With a glut from the warm winter, the power-generation fuel costs 60% less than last summer. Source link

2 years ago

Shale Industry Is Dropping Drilling Rigs, Fast

Smaller fracking companies are feeling the pinch of inflation, lower oil and gas prices, and fewer prime drilling spots. Source…

2 years ago

Chinese Oil Demand Doesn't Make Sense

China’s economy is having a rough summer, but the country is churning out record amounts of diesel and importing vast…

2 years ago