ForbesThe Long And Short Of Crude OilForbesThe market is inherently reactionary, with the one constant being talking heads refusing to contradict current trends. This has been especially apparent during the massive-crude oil sell-off that began in mid-2014 …

ForbesWhy Low Oil Prices Make OPEC StrongerForbesPredictions of OPEC's demise have been greatly exaggerated for decades now. Most recently, a representative from a “non-Gulf Arab country” pronounced OPEC dead after the May, 2016 OPEC board of governors …

ForbesSaudi Oil Confounds The Skeptics (Who Remain Unrepentant)ForbesFriend and colleague Rob Bradley came across a 5-year old article denouncing me for my foolishness is not believing in peak oil theory and especially “refuting” a New York Times piece I h …

ForbesIs $50 Oil The New $100? (Depends On What You Think $100 Was)ForbesThe rise in the price of oil to $45 from a low of $25 is probably not seeing champagne corks popping in Houston (and definitely not in Riyadh), but it is probably letting a lot of pro …

CNBCLow Oil Prices And High Dividends Cost Exxon Mobil Its Sterling AAA Credit RatingForbesJust how damaging have low oil prices been for commodity-dependent companies? For the first time since the Great Depression, Exxon Mobil has a less-than perfect cred …

New York TimesSaudi Prince Shares Plan to Cut Oil Dependency and Energize the EconomyNew York TimesBEIRUT, Lebanon — The ambitious young prince who oversees the economy of Saudi Arabia rolled out a grand vision for the future of the kingdom on Monday that …

ForbesWhat Next For Oil? Here's My PredictionForbesI hope you are making lots of money from the big oil stocks you bought when the blood was on the street. I've followed my own advice, as I've written on Forbes, and done pretty well. It's b …

ForbesOil market bottoms out as industry's pain threshold gets testedForbesThere is some sense in the futures market that the oil price has bottomed out to settle within the sub-$50 range for the upcoming quarter. Short calls escalated in the aftermath …

ForbesOil Market Bottoms Out As Industry's Pain Threshold Is TestedForbesThere is some sense in the futures market that the oil price has bottomed out to settle within the sub-$50 range for the upcoming quarter. Short calls escalated in the aftermath o …

ForbesChina Goes After Russian Oil Giant Rosneft, Deals FlyForbes“I have a plan. We should sell to the Chinese and stick it to BP.” Russian president Vladimir Putin talks with Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin. BP recommended Russia not open more of its shares to th …