Could low natural gas prices be setting up a new profit opportunity in Canada?
Canadian brokerage firm GMP Securities says low prices could be the catalyst for a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the Canadian oilpatch.
In a September 7 report, GMP likens the current pricing environment to 1998-2001, when...
US energy stocks outperformed Canadian ones last year—but in the last few months, E&P equities in the Great White North have soared. Why? The low Canadian dollar has a lot to do with it, adding an extra 6-10% to the Canadian oil price—which of course is ALL profit.
The second...
In Part 1 I explained how Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale is the only international play—so far—that looks like it could be bigger than the Bakken.
For investors, the challenge is that most of the activity in Argentina today is controlled by major companies. Names like Shell, ExxonMobil, EOG Resources and...
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There is a great opportunity in energy stocks right...
Zeke Zeringue is a man with a plan. But the new CEO of Calgary based GasFrac (GFS-TSX) says shareholders need to understand it’s a long-term plan.
Zeringue took over as CEO of GasFrac in October 2011, 14 months after it went public on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
GasFrac is unique in...
by Cory Mitchell, CMT
The Horizon BetaPro NYMEX Natural Gas Bull+ ETF (TSX: HNU) has been one of, if not THE most profitable trades in natural gas for the last four years, yet my sense is retail investors have missed it completely.
Why? The reason is simple—you...
American oil production is set for a fast pullback, says Chris Theal, founder and CEO of Canadian energy fund Kootenay Capital.
And that has two important implications
America is now the swing producer in the global oil market.
If the bottom in oil prices wasn’t set Nov. 5, it’s very, very close.
“We...
What do you do if a respected friend gives you a stock tip?
Stock tips should be avoided at all costs—nothing replaces old fashioned research.
And with oil stocks, 10-15 minutes of research can tell you almost all you need to know—if you’re looking for the right data points.
In my six years...