The Set-Up: In February 2014 I wrote a story on how the US arm of brokerage Raymond James saw a lot of negatives for Canadian natural gas. Longer term that could be true but in this article OGIB guest writer Shaun Polczer—who was formerly an energy writer at the Calgary...
By Bill Powers
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein
Therefore, energy investors in North America are insane.
Cheap money (low interest rates) and high oil prices encouraged the drilling of many marginal plays from 2010-2014--causing a huge amount of energy bankruptcies after...
El Paso Corp. (EP:NYSE) recently announced that the Ruby Pipeline is now in service, which could have a supstantial impact on the natural gas sector, according to analysts.
THE ONLY JUNIOR LITHIUM PRODUCER IN THE WORLD:
OROCOBRE LIMITED (ORL-TSX)
I’ve been studying lithium all through 2016. Lithium and lead are the key to renewable energy like wind and solar. These “clean” power sources need enough power density in battery storage to make them economic on a large scale—and that...
Black Diamond Group Ltd. (BDI:TSX) has signed a new three-year contract through its 50/50 Black Diamond Dene Limited Partnership for a remote camp that will be established for working on the Cordova Shale located in British Columbia.
What did Chevron accomplish in 2015 by outspending cash flow by $19 billion?
Increase production a paltry 2%. Barely replace reserves--107% of production.
That is what Chevron managed to achieve in 2015 by spending $31 billion while generating just $19 billion of cash flow. And that is actually incredibly bullish, despite...
The investor trend towards yield could have a big impact on the US junior oil and gas market, a new report by brokerage firm Raymond James suggests.
Energy Analyst Kevin Smith says the stocks of Upstream Master Limited Partnerships, or MLPs, are worth almost double their regular corporate counterparts (called...
by +Keith Schaefer
Last week I looked at breaking developments that suggest the Duvernay shale may be the most profitable play in Canadian history.
Consider just two points on the play—hot off the press at a tight-knit gathering of Duvernay insiders put on by TD Securities in Toronto a few weeks ago:
Well...