Could US oil production peak...NOW? Shale oil production in the United States could potentially stop growing as early as...now. As in March 2015. The information came out in the EIA’s latest Drilling Productivity Report which was published on March 9, 2015. The report predicts that US shale production in the month of April will exceed...

Will Occidental Petroleum’s $2 Billion Permian Be Any Better Than The Company’s Disaster In The Bakken? Occidental Petroleum (OXY-NYSE) just paid the highest price per acre in Permian Basin history at $50,000 per acre to get into that play—and that’s after backing out production. Shareholders had better hope that turns out...

The Canadian dollar has dropped 25% against the US dollar in the last 18 months, going from 94 cents to 71 cents.  That's horrible news for Canadian drivers, as the lower loonie (as Canada's dollar is affectionately nicknamed) has almost completely eliminated any savings at the pump, while oil...

A recent ruling on the Marcellus shale could bring the legality of thousands of oil leases into question.

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...

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

Editor's Note:  Everyone, it seems, is talking about the Keystone pipeline. Recently I wrote a story on a mostly unexplored topic in the U.S gas price debate – a problem that could soon affect oil refineries and the price consumers pay for gas on America's east and west coasts....

If the Utica shale deposit holds the same amount of reserves that some industry insiders predict, it could potentially revive oil production in the area and improve the condition of the ailing East Coast refining industry.