The shale oil boom is causing a steep price drop in Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) in North America, hurting gas producers. Natural Gas Liquids are the raw, associated gases and liquids that come up along with oil and natural gas from the well.  NGLs are very important—vital even—now for regular,...
Whenever I can, I invest for the long term. The reality is, oil and gas and ethanol markets are not only cyclical, but volatile within cycles. So when I find a company that is a)      Debt free b)     Can be so profitable it can increase its dividend TWICE in 2016 so far c)      Gives me exposure to...
A Texas court case this Friday, February 26 will set a precedent that will either see all US pipeline and “midstream” stocks have a monster rally—or get crushed (even more!). That’s when Crestwood Partners (CEQP-NYSE) will defend its fee structure in transporting the natural gas of defunct Quicksilver (formerly KWK-NYSE)...
Dear OGIB Reader, There is a definite seasonality to the oil and gas stocks in Canada—and generally speaking, the top is right now. In both 2011 and 2012, the TSX Energy Index peaked out the first week of February. In 2010 it was the first week of January. Each of the last...
Energy services company Patterson-UTI Energy Inc.'s (PTEN:NASDAQ) 3Q11 results indicated earnings per share (EPS) of C$0.53, around 140,000 horsepower (hp) worth of pumping equipment deployed so far this year and seven new APEX rigs completed during the period.
Many small exploration and production (E&P) companies could still be worthless even if oil prices rise next year according to RBC Capital Markets.  RBC’s recent energy note—Surviving The Downdraft--looked at the prospects for 29 US and Canadian small cap stocks. They are what I call The Zombie Stocks—The Walking Dead. ...
   Guest Post Hi, this is Keith Schaefer—even though you don’t recognize the logo above.  Since oil crashed back in the fall of 2014 we have had a few false starts at an oil price recovery. Is this rally real--or another tease? I’ve helped the editor at Hedge Fund Insiders http://www.hedgefundinsiders.com/, Reece Morgan, start a brilliant investment...
In Part One of this series I introduced readers to “Kurt’s Bible” a great piece of energy stock investing wisdom written by Canadian energy analyst Kurt Molnar of Raymond James. In Part Two here, I want to warn energy stock investors of a huge risk that they are taking if...