China Watch Mail Bag: Is CEO on the Rise?
CNOOC recently found a natural gas field in the South China Sea, and one viewer asks what this means for the company and its stock.
View ArticleChesapeake Drops After Production Cut
The 7% cut is aimed at supporting natural gas price levels.
View ArticleSempra Aims for Mass-Scale Solar Power
Sempra Energy, employing First Solar's panels, sees its Nevada facility becoming a major supplier of solar power to the consumer market.
View ArticleFirst Solar Buys Start-Up OptiSolar
First Solar acquires the company in a $400 million, all-stock transaction.
View ArticleBP CEO: Dividend Will Stay
BP CEO Tony Hayward said that oil needs to average $60 a barrel in order for the company to continue paying the dividend. If not, BP would have to borrow.
View ArticleRange Fuels Plans Mass Cellulosic Facility
The private company will hook up with Emerson and hopes to be online with the alternative fuel facility by 2010, ahead of BP.
View ArticleOil Q&A: Commodities Expert Phil Flynn
A rebound in crude is pretty much dependent on the U.S. consumer, he says.
View ArticleWhen Gold Trades at 25 Times Oil
Is it a legend or reality that this is a good level to make a trade?
View ArticleDow, Rohm & Haas Reopen Merger Talks
The two companies are scheduled for a trial Monday over their disputed merger.
View ArticlePickens vs. Geithner on Energy Policy
The Treasury secretary isn't warm to subsidizing companies that contribute to global warming. But T. Boone Pickens has big plans for natural gas.
View ArticleWill OPEC Production Cut Come?
Some analysts believe that OPEC is so worried about renewable energy that it is restructuring its internal system to prevent another major spike in the price of crude like the one experienced last...
View ArticleDow Chemical, Rohm & Haas Seal Deal
The $15.3 billion merger will be completed by April 1.
View ArticleOPEC Oil 'Cut/No Cut' Talk Heats Up
OPEC oil production debate is heating up, pushing oil prices for West Texas crude futures higher.
View ArticleOil Contango: Fun While It Lasted?
Is it over with crude's recent move? Some say it may not be.
View ArticleConocoPhillips: Production Steady
ConocoPhillips says it expects total hydrocarbon production to remain unchanged compared to last year even though its capital spending will fall 37%.
View ArticleNew Oil Price Benchmark Roils Status Quo
The Americas Sour Marker is looking to supplant West Texas Intermediate crude as the trading standard.
View ArticleDow Looks to Restart Kuwait Deal
Petrochemical Industries surprised Dow last December when it backed out of their joint venture because of the global economic downturn.
View ArticleChina Watch Mail Bag: PTR's Not so Refined
One viewer asks for insight on PetroChina after news that the company is pursuing Aruba refinery-sources, and whether he should get in on the stock now.
View ArticleCrude Rebounds on Stocks' Coattails
West Texas crude futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange were recently falling $1.64 at $44.61 a barrel in pre-session trading.
View ArticlePlatts Launches New Crude Price Marker
Platts officially launched its Americas Sour Marker on Monday in a bid to create a better crude pricing mechanism than the existing West Texas crude futures contract currently maintained by the Nymex.
View ArticleRoyal Dutch Shell Reserves Unchanged
Royal Dutch Shell announced that its total reserves at the end of 2008 were 11.9 billion barrels of oil equivalent, unchanged from the prior year.
View ArticlePeabody Signs Long-Term Supply Deals
Peabody Energy signed long-term deals of up to 17 years in length with two Midwestern power generators. The contracts are expected to produce $6 billion in revenue.
View ArticleEni Acting as Monopoly, EU Says
The European Commission alleges that Eni illegally prohibited rivals from using its natural gas pipelines.
View ArticleHigh-and-Low with Oil Prices
Oil reporter Chuck Marvin explains why oil prices are up -- and why they're likely going back down.
View ArticleCrude Over $50, but It Shouldn't Be
Dec. 1 was the last time crude oil was over $50 a barrel, but the fundamentals of the marketplace suggest that crude should be $30 a barrel, maybe even $25.
View ArticleChina Watch: Cashing in the Aussie Way
China's biggest aluminum producer, Chinalco, wants to double its stake in Rio Tinto - but the decision has been deferred by Australia's foreign investment regulator. Chuck Marvin weighs in on why the...
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