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thinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today reported the U.S. natural gas stocks increased by 41 billion cubic feet last week, compared with an expected build of between 47...
ThinkstockMetallurgical coal miner Walter Energy Inc. (NYSE: WLT) today cut its quarterly dividend from $0.125 to $0.01. The cut was demanded by creditors in order to let the company amend a $2.73...
ThinkstockThe U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its weekly petroleum status report this morning. U.S. commercial crude inventories dropped by 2.8 million barrels last week,...
ThinkstockYesterday afternoon, Hercules Offshore Inc. (NASDAQ: HERO) reported a problem at a natural gas well in the shallow waters of the Gulf of Mexico about 55 miles offshore of Grand Isle, La....
ThinkstockIn a current research report, the oil field service and equipment analysts at Jefferies maintain that investors should be overweight the sector. Demand prospects are solid globally. While...
ThinkstockThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) earned $982 billion in net oil export revenues in 2012 according to the latest report from the U.S. Energy Information...
ThinkstockBy now, anyone paying any attention to gasoline prices has run into the term “blend wall,” which is the point at which mandated ethanol production matches or exceeds ethanol demand....
ThinkstockPeabody Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTU) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The coal miner posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.33 on...
ThinkstockFreeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. (NYSE: FCX) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The mining company reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of...
ThinkstockValero Energy Corp. (NYSE: VLO) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The oil refiner posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.85 on revenues of...
ThinkstockWhen Barron’s ran “Gold Is Regaining Its Glow” over the weekend, they probably made the weekend over every concerned and disheartened gold bug in the world. After all, how can central...
ThinkstockSunday’s New York Times story on the shenanigans played by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) at its aluminum warehouse in Detroit is nothing especially new. What is new is that the...
ThinkstockFor investors with the view that we have seen the worst of the correction in commodity stocks for 2013, or will soon shortly, the research team at Oppenheimer believes increased exposure to...
ThinkstockFor much of the past year and through the first quarter of 2013, the refinery sector was on fire. The top stocks in the sector were some of the top-performing stocks overall. The stocks...
ThinkstockHalliburton Co. (NYSE: HAL) reported second-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The oil and gas services company posted adjusted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of...