The recent buyout of Reece Energy (RXR-TSX) by PennWest is a good example of the issues facing junior producers of oil AND gas right now.
Reece had great exploration success, started slow, built up production and showed they were good operators as well as explorationists...kept their share structure clean, were...
Petrobank Energy and Resources (PBG-TSX; $35.97) announced yesterday it was creating a 37,000 bopd Bakken-focused oil producer by merging its Canadian Business Unit (CBU) with TriStar Oil and Gas (TOG-TSX; $11.51) to create a new company, Petrobakken.
The cash and stock transaction gives TriStar a value of $14.75 cash, a...
This chart is bullish for oil. It shows the number of non-commercial net long crude oil positions in the NYMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) is moving down – these are the people we all call "The Speculators". Getting these (politically unpopular) people out of the oil market is what...
The Saudis want control of the oil market back, and they are lowering prices to weed out the high cost producers.
But I found a western producer with even lower costs per barrel than the Saudis.
That’s right—someone who beat them at their own game. Just like the Saudis, this company...
Bakken oil production has already declined in 2015. There is compelling evidence that this decline is going to accelerate significantly in the next couple of months.
If that happens the recovery we have seen in oil prices in recent weeks is also going accelerate.
Being as the market likes the fact...
Dear OGIB Reader,
Following is a story my research team put together on the oil field service sector, including what it is that's driving the positive numbers... and two ways to play the momentum. Enjoy,
- Keith
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Drilling levels in Western Canada are often a good barometer of the weather. And...
Environmental concerns about hydraulic fracturing are impacting shale oil and gas exploration all over the world—Canada, the United States, New Zealand—but none as much as France.
One year ago, the Paris Basin in northern France was one of the top international shale oil plays in the world. And just like...
Part 2: The Permian Basin - Cline Shale Resource Play
In Part 1, I explained how the Permian Basin in Texas was exploding with industry and investor interest—because of all the new tight oil plays being discovered and developed.
And that has me excited about the prospects for one Canadian junior—though...