The next year in oil could be hard to predict

Jan 9, 2018
As the Energy Information Administration forecast looks to 2019, experts see lots of wildcards that could impact the carefully played hands of oil and gas producers. Click the audio player above to hear the full story. 

Oil prices start the year on a high note

Jan 2, 2018
It’s the highest first-of-the-year price for oil since 2014. But the companies producing crude are taking a more cautious view of things than the investors and lenders who back their efforts. From unrest in Iran to uncertainty about the new tax code, oil could face a profitable but turbulent year. Click the audio player above […]

Oil companies make do with breaking even

Oct 27, 2017
A few years ago, oil prices were hitting record highs. A barrel of West Texas Intermediate went for $107 dollars in the summer of 2014. Then, there was a fracking boom in the U.S., a worldwide oil supply glut and prices collapsed. Many oil producers went out of business. But oil prices are now picking […]

Why boom-bust oil prices may be here to stay

Apr 18, 2017
Robert McNally's 'Crude Volatility' looks at the cycle in a historical context.
“I think the sort of the next rude shock perhaps in the oil markets is that we will be thirstier for oil for a lot longer than folks hope and expect,” says energy analyst Robert McNally.
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Can Venezuela's Maduro survive the latest riots?

Apr 13, 2017
The economy is a hot mess and allegiances are shifting.
Venezuelans protest the government of President Nicolas Maduro last week in Caracas.
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Permian Basin oil find cheers U.S. drillers

Mar 7, 2017
Oil drilling and fracking are back in America — that’s the storyline out of the big annual oil industry confab in Houston this week. Crude oil prices have recovered from a two-year bust. The rigs are getting back to work. But a new location is the talk of the day. No, not Alberta, Canada, or […]

Goldman predicts oil prices may be revving up for now

May 16, 2016
The company said we have likely moved from a global oil surplus to a deficit.
A gas station, near an oil well pumper, was selling gas for $1.16 a gallon February 12, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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Fires and those who have been fired cause oil uncertainty

May 9, 2016
Saudi Arabia has a new oil minister. Canada has the worst wildfires in years.
Khalid al-Falih speaking during a press conference last year.
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Oil producers talk, but the market is in control

Apr 15, 2016
OPEC members and other nations want to freeze oil production, but the supply of crude is already falling.
Saudi Arabia's minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Ali al-Naimi is surrounded by journalists at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, on December 4, 2015.
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Why Virgin America is a tempting acquisition

Mar 29, 2016
After a wave of big-carrier mergers, the smaller guys are consolidating
A Virgin America plane lands at San Francisco International Airport on March 29, 2016 in Burlingame, California. JetBlue Airways and Alaska Air Group are reportedly preparing takeover offer bids for Virgin America airlines.
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