I wrote late last year about an unusual trend emerging in oil and gas M&A. Namely, a wave of outgoing global investment from E&P firms in Russia. And news this week confirmed that Russia is on the rise when it […]
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Brazil Just Opened First-Ever Access To Its Reserves
Brazil Just Opened First-Ever Access To Its Reserves by Dave Forest Around the world, governments continue to loosen their hold on oil and gas reserves. Just look at a slew of developments this week. Such as Russia finalizing a privatization plan […]
Three Big Changes On Global Mining Royalties This Week
Here Are Three Big Changes On Global Mining Royalties This Week by Dave Forest, Pierce Points Governments in resource-rich nations worldwide are still scrambling to adjust to lower commodities prices. With officials in a number of countries making significant moves […]
Russia Becoming A Hotbed For Oil And Gas M&A
Russia – This Shocking Spot Is Becoming A Hotbed For Oil And Gas M&A by Dave Forest As I discussed last month, M&A activity is returning to the oil and gas sector. With a rebound to $50 crude encouraging the […]
Protestors Rally Against FT Commodities Summit
Protestors Rally Against FT Commodities Summit by Simon Bradley, Lausanne – swissinfo.ch Hundreds of people took to the streets in Lausanne on Saturday to protest against a major commodities conference organised by the Financial Times (FT) newspaper next week. On […]
Russia’s Struggles: Geopolitics; Oil Prices; Return Of Alexei Kudrin
Russia’s Struggles: Geopolitics; Oil Prices; Return Of Alexei Kudrin by Bill O’Grady of Confluence Investment Management (Due to the Presidents’ Day holiday, our next issue will be published Feb. 22, 2016.) Over the past year, Russia has faced a growing […]
Russia Cries Dyadya (Uncle), Is Saudi Arabia Listening?
In recent days, signs of a possible breakthrough in the year-long stand-off between Russia and Saudi Arabia on crude production strategy have emerged. Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s dominant member, has long insisted OPEC (read Saudi Arabia) would not reduce output to […]
Potentially Worth Trillions, But Is Aramco A ‘Good Deal’ For Investors?
Potentially Worth Trillions, But Is Aramco A ‘Good Deal’ For Investors? by Nick Cunningham, OilPrice.com Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince Muhammad bin Salman made headlines this week when he said that the kingdom was considering an IPO of Saudi Aramco, […]
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The World’s Ten Biggest Oil And Gas Companies [INFOGRAPHIC]
The biggest oil and gas companies with the most impressive increases over this time are all state-owned. Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest producer, increased production from 10.8 million bpd (2004) to 12 million bpd (2014). Rosneft, National Iranian Oil, Petrochina, […]
Castleton Commodities Bids For Morgan Stanley Oil Unit
Morgan Stanley is planning to unload its active oil trading operations to Castleton Commodities for more than $1 billion