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23 11月 2015

Per aspera ad astra

Chevron and ExxonMobil have a lot in common as the two remaining US-based oil majors. But both have reacted very differently in the face of plummeting crude prices.

20 11月 2015

Strain shows but where are the deals?

Nearly 18 months into ‘lower for longer’ and the strain is beginning to show. This week alone, three independent E&P firms have gone bust — Swedish independent PA Resources, Canada’s Iona Energy and UK-listed Kea Petroleum all called it a day and have variously ente

19 11月 2015

The climate change nettle to be grasped in Paris

Of all the thorny issues that UN climate negotiators will face at the Paris summit in two weeks’ time, finance from industrialised nations for mitigation and adaptation in the developing world will be the spikiest — and the most pivotal.

18 11月 2015

G20 leaders fail on climate, security fronts

The G20 meeting in Antalya, Turkey, that concluded on 16 November was an opportune moment for rich nations to strengthen the chances of an ambitious new international climate deal and, in so doing, enhance global security. They failed on both counts.

17 11月 2015

Cutting to the bone

If one were to sum up US independents’ mantra from the most recent round of earnings calls in five words, they would be: cuts, cuts and more cuts.

12 11月 2015

Come for the policy, stay for the schnitzel

The Opec meeting in Vienna is still a month away, but some member states must be wondering whether it will be worth the trip.

05 11月 2015

The writing on the wall

Volkswagen is struggling to apply the brakes to the emissions scandal, with the company admitting this week that some 800,000 of its cars could be affected by the under-reporting of fuel use and emissions.

04 11月 2015

Reform redux in Latin America?

Latin America is approaching a fin de siècle… again. Populist regimes in Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela are vulnerable, and opponents espousing market-based policy reforms for moribund commodity-based economies are nipping at the heels of power. We´ve seen this movie b

30 10月 2015

Pump it up

Opec’s policy shift last year turned the oil business Darwinian. Many must perish so the fittest may survive.

28 10月 2015

“Down so goddamn long, it looks like up to me”

Oil and gas producers understandably do not like lower prices, with the attendant hit on profits and consequent investment cuts, project delays and the lay-off of skilled staff who are difficult to recruit in better times.

20 10月 2015

Enter the bad guys

“We are the bad guys. I am happy to be a bad guy. But the world is not black and white… and clearly oil and gas companies have to be part of the solution.”

19 10月 2015

How will Gazprom handle the LNG glut?

The US is about to start its first new LNG export facility for over four decades. And it’s pointing its tankers to Europe, Gazprom’s largest and most important gas market.

16 10月 2015

A grim narrative plays out

US independents are bracing for their worst results in years when they begin reporting third quarter earnings in coming weeks. But a bleak oil market outlook raises the question: How much worse can it get?

14 10月 2015

Horse trading

Since the oil price began to fall in June last year, the North Sea has become one big horse-trading operation in waiting. But buyers and sellers have had a problem — finding a mutually agreeable price for the livestock on offer.

13 10月 2015

The cure for low prices

The oil market is oversupplied, prices are low and producers are fighting to undercut one another to hang onto market share.

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