By Brian Hoffman, CPA, CA
Natural-gas prices have shown some strength recently, piggy-backing on higher oil prices. Although last week's higher than expected gas storage update is bearish in the short-term for natural-gas prices, the longer term outlook bodes well for significantly higher natural-gas prices.
Although oil prices will also probably...
One of the two most important technologies in the development of the natural gas market in the last few years is "multi-stage fracing" (pronounced "fracking"), which is short for fracturing, as in fracturing the rock in which the oil and gas is held. (The other technology is Liquid Natural...
I am busy writing my first issue, but wanted to make a couple quick comments on the oil and gas markets. The market is divided on whether this rally can continue, in both the Dow Jones and in oil. For the Dow, I see sentiment shifting from a "Sell...
Today I purchased 500 shares of Petrobank (PBG-TSX) at $24.10. Please see my report on Petrobank under the Sample section of the website.
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Peter Tertzakian is a well respected oil and gas analyst in Calgary. He has authored a couple books on oil and energy, and is chief energy economist...
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It's great to get feedback from readers. One industry executive gave me permission to post his comments, which I think you will find quite interesting:
"Keith, I saw your piece "Another Domino Falls" from last week and I see one significant flaw that I will point out to you and...