Financial PostThe Hot New Statistic Oil Traders Are Watching Is 71 Years OldBloombergEvery week since 1944, Baker Hughes Inc. would release its survey of how many rigs were out drilling for U.S oil and gas. And every week, oil and gas traders would, for th …

Where Do Oil Prices Go From Here?ForbesSome experts suggest oil prices will be range-bound for a while before heading lower, even as low as $20 per barrel. Others believe oil prices are about to head north before settling somewhere between $70 and $80 per …

ForbesShould You Convert To Natural Gas Now That Oil Is Cheap?ForbesThe top energy play for the last few years has been converting gasoline and diesel-burning motors to run on natural gas. I wrote about that in Energy Forecast 2013-2014: Convert to Natural …

ReutersForecasts Of Oil Price Bottom And RecoveryForbesFor oil price forecasters, it is all but mandatory to start with self-deprecating humor, because the track record is so bad. Late 2013, surveys showed predictions for 2014 of $104 per barrel for Brent. …

Business InsiderThree reasons why lower oil prices won't lead to a 'deflationary spiral'Business InsiderLower oil prices may be good for consumers, but it creates a serious deflation risk. Falling prices could cause companies and consumers to p …

Oil groups struggle on UK's junior marketFinancial TimesCompany Watch, the financial-risk analysts, says that there are 126 publicly quoted oil exploration and production companies, of which 99 are on Aim. Nearly three-quarters are lossmaking and about …

ReutersAfter Oil's Friday Surge, Is The Bottom Finally In?ForbesOn Friday, WTI and Brent crude oil both surged by approximately 8 percent after a Baker Hughes report showed that 94 U.S oil rigs and 11 Canadian oil rigs were taken offline in the past we …

Is Oil's Big Capitulation Sell-Off Still Ahead?ForbesThroughout the oil bust of the past seven months, countless economists, traders, and pundits have been trying to call the bottom. After oil plunged by nearly $10 to under $70 per barrel on November 2 …

New York TimesCiting Plunge in Oil Prices, Iraq Seeks Arms on Credit to Fight ISISNew York TimesLONDON — Battered by a sharp decline in oil prices, Iraq is asking Western allies to provide weapons on credit for its fight against the Islamic State until Bag …

BusinessweekOil Traders Look for a Bonanza Like 2009BusinessweekThe sudden collapse in oil prices has left the world awash in cheap crude. Analysts estimate that global production of excess oil—oil for which there is no immediate demand—is somewhere betwee …