Commentary – I Know Oil, and Oil is No Natural Gas

Produced by Peter Tertzakian | March 3, 2015by Peter Tertzakian

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“Look what technology did to shale gas,” said the conference speaker. “We now have abundant resources and the price of natural gas will be low for a long time.” Before heads in the audience could stop nodding, the speaker delivered the punch line: “What happened to gas is going to happen to light oil.” Read more

OIL AND GAS FUNDAMENTALS

Commentary – A Case of Oil Rig Arrhythmia

Produced by Peter Tertzakian | February 24, 2015by Peter Tertzakian

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Any worthwhile TV medical drama has a mandatory life-and-death scene. A patient lies on a hospital bed. His heartbeat beeps rhythmically while a green line traces a jagged pulse on a black, gridded screen. Suddenly, the patient’s heart gives out, the green line goes horizontal, the beep sustains and everyone in the room panics. Read more

OIL AND GAS FUNDAMENTALS

Commentary – Some Verses of Advice on Oil Price

Produced by Peter Tertzakian | February 17, 2015by Peter Tertzakian

I have never heard an oil executive recite poetry in a board meeting. But that’s not to say it hasn’t happened. Nor does it suggest that wise words can’t come from literature. Read more

OIL AND GAS FUNDAMENTALS

Commentary – The Seesaw Recovery

Produced by Peter Tertzakian | February 10, 2015by Peter Tertzakian

What will the oil price recovery look like? It’s a topic being hotly debated across the oil capitals of the world; from Dubai to Aberdeen, from Houston to Calgary; in the coffee shops and around family dinner tables, all the way to the boardrooms. Read more