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OIL SPECULATION

Are oil prices being pumped up by speculation, or are prices mainly affected by the forces of supply and demand? Should the government try to curtail speculation, or is it an important part of the way markets function? This topic will keep you abreast of the latest research and commentary on oil speculation.

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Contract awarded in $12bn Saudi projectmore

Saudi Aramco and French oil giant Total have awarded a construction contract for its $12 billion joint venture refining...

Platts - The Barrel: Macroeconomics rulemore

With earnings season past, oil markets have become more reliant upon macroeconomic and oil data for direction.

Platts - The Barrel: Oil might be at $70, but the fundamentals still l...more

Despite the upturn in global equity markets and oil prices in recent months, oil market fundamentals remain in a pretty...

The results: Platts top 10 stories of 2008more

So what did our readers think was a bigger deal? The price going up? Or the price coming down?

Iran dismisses US plans for gasoline banmore

The Iranian government, repeating earlier comments, has dismissed suggestions that the US Congress impose a gasoline...

China's July crude imports hit record-high 19.63 mil mt more

China's crude oil imports soared to a record high of 19.63 million mt (4.65 million b/d) in July on growing fuel demand...

Platts - The Barrel: OPEC -- those numbers just keep going upmore

It's that time of the month again. Some estimates of OPEC production have already appeared and the next few days will...

Oil Prices Are Wrong - Very Wrong (pfblogs.org)more

Everybody seems to have the same question for me lately: What's the deal with gasoline prices? How could it go from $2...

Refinery shutdowns loom amid overcapacity, weak demand:consultantmore

Some refineries will be forced to shut down as the industry grapples with overcapacity and weak demand, Fereidun...

Knocking Peak Oilmore

Will there simply be a gradual shift towards higher energy prices (which is arguably already under way), or will prices...

Oil dips ahead of US inventoriesmore

Oil prices dipped on Wednesday ahead of the latest US weekly inventories data while sugar continued to trade strongly...

Crude hits 6-wk high above $71/bbl more

Front-month crude jumped to a 6-week high, closing above $71/bbl Aug. 3 on the New York market as the US dollar fell to...

Large Caguan basin find shapes up in Colombiamore

Emerald Energy PLC and Canacol Energy Ltd., Calgary, are delineating what appears to be a large heavy oil discovery in...

FT.com / Global Economy - Global economy at risk from oil price risemore

Global economy at risk from oil price rise By Kate Mackenzie Published: August 3 2009 17:35 | Last updated: August 3...

Iraq’s Oil Sector Inches Toward Progressmore

Iraq is trying to strike the right cord in its efforts to attract foreign players to its oil and gas sector.

Platts podcast: Algae-based gasoline enters testing phase more

Starr Spencer, senior writer for Platts Oilgram News, discusses a recent announcement that ExxonMobil is investing in...

Tar sands' climate threat, security promise both exaggerated -- reportmore

Further development of Alberta's famous oil sands will be neither the climate disaster that activists fear nor the...

One of the world's largest oil companies sees "biggest crisis&quo...more

By Daily Crux Editor Sean Goldsmith: Petrobras, the Brazilian oil giant, is in trouble... The Brazilian parliament is...

A MAJOR buy signal for oilmore

By Porter Stansberry in the S&A Digest: The time to buy oil (just like any other commodity) is when no one wants it.

There Will Be Many Barnetts: A Q&A with Roberto Aguileramore

Roberto Aguilera is one of the world’s leading experts on tight gas engineering. Two decades ago, the industry’s...

Federal Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing Is Not the Solutionmore

Federal Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing Is Not the Solution Hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracing,” is the...

Homeowner wants oilman Pickens charged with theftmore

As a youngster, Texas oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens scratched his name in wet concrete in the driveway of his...

Ex-Sinopec boss wins reprieve from death rowmore

China has sentenced to death a former chairman of top oil refiner Sinopec Corp, but the court gave him a two-year...

Oil Is in Its Steepest Fall Since September 2006more

Oil prices briefly fell under $60 a barrel on Thursday after nearly two weeks of uninterrupted declines, as traders and...

Oil Rises From 7-Week Low as U.S. Jobless Claims, Dollar Dropmore

July 9 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose from a seven-week low after the number of Americans filing claims for unemployment...

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