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Wikimedia CommonsPetroleo Brasileiro S.A. (NYSE: PBR), or Petrobras, just can’t seem to catch a break. Over the past few months it has been plagued by Brazilian elections, accounting troubles,...
Sterne Agee detailed in a report that Texas banks could have a negative reaction to oil prices, as lending to oil companies might spiral down the drain.
A fresh report this week from Merrill Lynch's MLP team actually highlights which MLPs may be mostly insulated from the carnage in oil prices.
ThinkstockWhy has oil dropped below 70? Analysts and traders appeared to believe Saudi Arabia did not mean what it said when the country announced in October that it did not care if the price of...
ThinkstockShort interest data for major oil stocks was released for the November 14 settlement date. Most of the top oil stocks, with the exception of ConocoPhillips, saw their short interest rise in...
ThinkstockThe quiet period for Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE: SHLX) has been lifted and analysts are beginning to weigh in on the company and its post-IPO performance. While oil prices and...
U.S. commercial crude inventories increased last week, according to the EIA, and remain in the upper half of the five-year range for this time of the year.
Virgin America set its price as $23 for its initial public offering Friday morning. Over 13 million shares were registered.
The runs in airline stocks have been so strong over the past month or so that one question has to be asked: Have they run up too much?
To meet the projected demand for oil, the IEA reckons that global investment of $900 billion per year in upstream development is needed by the 2030s.
The EIA weekly petroleum status report noted that U.S. commercial crude inventories increased by 500,000 barrels last week.
As improbable as it seemed in June when crude prices topped near $100, the prices have rapidly fallen and a price of less than $70 is not impossible.
Tuesday morning, the price of oil dropped to an intra-day low of $75.84, virtually half the high it hit back in 2008.
If oil prices stabilize and hold the levels analysts anticipate next year, these three oil stocks could see significant rallies.
Slumping oil prices are putting pressure on U.S. drillers.