Category: Oil Investing

Encore Energy Works with Mineral Owners in the Utica Shale

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted January 2, 2013

Encore Energy has purchased Utica Shale properties in order to work with mineral owners in the region.

Sinopec Creates Oilfield Service Company

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted January 1, 2013

As demand grows for oilfield service providers, Chinese company Sinopec has set up its own company to operate worldwide.

Oil, Oil Stocks to Head Higher

Written by Nick Hodge
Posted January 1, 2013

What happens when six of the top ten oil-producing countries are now also on the list of top oil-consuming countries?

Bakken Crude Tanker Runs Ashore

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted December 27, 2012

An oil tanker carrying Bakken crude to a Canadian refinery from New York has run aground in the Hudson River.

A Brief History of Oil

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted December 26, 2012

Brian Hicks, author of Profit from the Peak, gives a brief history of oil that begins before the first-ever oil well.

$10 Million Oil Deal

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted December 26, 2012

Oil exploration deal gives Genel 75% interest in Phoenicia Energy Company.

Marcellus Gas Production

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted December 26, 2012

Fracking concerns remain, but development speeds along.

Glasgow's Weir Group (LON: WEIR) Enters U.S. Shale Market

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted December 25, 2012

Glasgow engineering firm Weir Group has entered the U.S. shale market through an acquisition of a U.S. shale services company.

2012: A Year for Oil

Written by Brianna Panzica
Posted December 22, 2012

As we prepare for the holidays, it's important to review the year and figure out how we can prepare for the future.

Keystone XL Lawsuit

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted December 19, 2012

A Texas land-owner says he wasn't fully informed on what the Keystone XL Pipeline would be carrying when he signed a contract, and a judge agrees with him.

Statoil (NYSE: STO) Purchases Marcellus Shale Acreage

Written by Brian Hicks
Posted December 19, 2012

Norway's Statoil (NYSE: STO) hopes to increase production in the U.S. to 500,000 barrels of oil equivalent a day in 2020.

The Easiest Gains for 2013

Written by Briton Ryle
Posted December 19, 2012

Sometimes, the stock market's moves are so clearly telegraphed, it's a simple matter of stooping over to pick up the profits that are just laying there. Now is one of those times.