Mountainview Energy Ltd. (MNVWF:US) recently signed an agreement to greatly increase its holdings in the northern United States.

Canadian brokerage firm Canaccord Genuity maintained its SPECULATIVE BUY rating and C$1.65 target share price for exploration and production company Canacol Energy Ltd. (CNE:TSX).

So much thought and energy is put into getting oil and gas out of the ground, that it can be easy for a lay person to forget about the infrastructure needed to transport these resources to places where they can be sold.

There is only ONE number in the oil price saga that’s important to investors. It’s the same number the Saudis are tracking. That is: how much did US oil production increase in the last week. That number is released every Wednesday morning at 10:30 EST in the weekly EIA (US Energy...

Investment bank Cannacord Genuity recently upgraded oil and gas company Trinidad Drilling (TDG:TSX) to a BUY rating and maintained its target share price of C$11.25.

For the first time since 1949, the United States is poised to become a net exporter of petroleum products, according to the Petroleum Supply Monthly report for November put out by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Through the first nine months of 2011, the U.S. exported 753.4 million barrels of...

With so much excitement over U.S. shale plays lately, it’s hard to justify why investors should be looking anywhere else in the oil and gas space. After all, what other sub-sector offers the kind of big production and returns enjoyed by unconventional shale drillers? But there’s a fundamental shift in value...

  One question investors should be asking about new dividend-focused E&P companies in the Canadian oil patch is: How will they pay their taxes? Deferring income tax payments is a major part of the business strategy for most junior E&Ps—one that investors don’t realize. Investors have become so used to junior producers (almost) never...