Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Petronas/Progress Energy Deal Blocked – A Roundup of Coverage

Canada blocks Petronas’ bid for Progress Energy – AP TORONTO — Canada has blocked the Malaysian state-owned oil firm Petronas’ US$5.2 billion (CA$5.17 billion) bid for gas producer Progress Energy Resources, saying the proposed investment would not provide a net benefit to Canada. Federal Industry Minister Christian Paradis did not explain his decision in a statement released just before midnight

Bam! It's Earnings Season Again – Q3'12 Estimates

EnerCom, Inc. compiled third quarter earnings per share, revenue, EBITDA and cash flow per share analyst consensus estimates on 185 E&P and OilService companies in our database. Click here for the full chart of estimates. OAG360 notes that additional supporting slides for the following data can be found on the Analytics Page. The median OilService company earnings estimate for the

Geopolitical Issues Push WTI/Brent Differential to $23

CRUDE OIL INVENTORY/’000 bbls (Week Ended 10/5/12) Current: 366,370 Actual Build/(Withdrawal): 1,672 Economist Average Estimate: 773 Previous: 364,698 Click here for the chart with five year averages. CRUDE OIL IN THE MEDIA *Continental Resources says Oklahoma discovery may add 1.8 billion barrels – Tulsa World Continental Resources Inc. says a shale-oil discovery in Oklahoma may add the equivalent of 1.8 billion

Oil Prices Falling Below $90

CRUDE OIL INVENTORY/’000 bbls (Week Ended 9/28/12) Current: 364,698 Actual Build/(Withdrawal): (482) Economist Average Estimate: 1,486 Previous: 365,180 Click here for the chart with five year averages. CRUDE OIL IN THE MEDIA *Presidential debate could shed light on energy issues – Politico Wednesday’s presidential debate offers one of the final chances to pin down the candidates on the energy issues

Brent and WTI – Which Way are They Headed?

Every Wednesday, EnerCom’s Oil & Gas 360® will deliver media stories, company updates, and research commentary covering the crude oil spectrum. The theme for this week: Brent and WTI – Which Way are They Headed? CRUDE OIL INVENTORY/’000 bbls (Week Ended 9/21/12) Current: 365,180 Actual Injection/(Withdrawal): (2,446) Economist Average Estimate: 882 Previous: 367,626 Click here for the chart with five

Look Out Below! Crude Oil Plunges

Every Wednesday, EnerCom’s Oil & Gas 360® will deliver media stories, company updates, and research commentary covering the crude oil spectrum. The theme for this week: Look Out Below! Crude Oil Plunges. CRUDE OIL INVENTORY/000 bbls (Week Ended 9/14/12) Current: 367,626 Actual Injection/(Withdrawal): 8,534 Economist Average Estimate: 433 Previous: 359,092 Click here for the chart with five year averages. CRUDE

Oil – The Global Commodity

Oil – The Global Commodity Every Wednesday, EnerCom’s Oil & Gas 360® will deliver media stories, company updates, and research commentary covering the crude oil spectrum. The theme for this week: Oil – The Global Commodity. CRUDE OIL INVENTORY/000 BBLs (Week Ended 9/07/12) Current: 359,092 Actual Injection/(Withdrawal): 1,994 Economist Average Estimate: (2,268) Previous: 357,098 Click here for the chart with

ERHC Building Capital Foundation for Future Exploration Potential

In an effort to increase capital availability and financial flexibility, ERHC Energy (OTCBB: ERHE) announced its Board of Directors approved resolutions amending the company’s Restated Articles of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares and to create or issue one or more classes of preferred stock from shares of currently authorized preferred stock.  This is a signal the company

HNR Harvests Venezuela for $725 Million

Harvest Natural Resources (ticker: HNR) is an oil and gas exploration company headquartered in Houston, Texas with exploration projects in Indonesia, Gabon, Oman and producing assets in Venezuela. On June 21, 2012 the company announced it had sold its 32% interest in its Venezuelan affiliate, Petrodelta, to the Indonesian state-owned oil company, PT Pertamina for $725 million in an all-cash

Lead, Follow or Get Out of the Way

Set aside that we’re in the season of rhetoric, half-truths and innuendos, and that the oil and gas industry is being kicked around like a football and POTUS prefers basketball (what did U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron really think about President Obama taking him to a play-in college game in Dayton in March?  I would expect the Prime Minister would