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Egypt Protests Could Lead to $150 Oil

{ Posted on Feb 02 2011 by Kent Moors, Ph.D. }
Egypt is hardly the most influential player in the global energy market. Crude oil production has been in decline there for nearly two decades. Since hitting its peak level of 941,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 1993, ...Read More »

Egypt Protests Could Lead to $150 Oil

{ Posted on Feb 02 2011 by Kent Moors, Ph.D. }
Egypt is hardly the most influential player in the global energy market. Crude oil production has been in decline there for nearly two decades. Since hitting its peak level of 941,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 1993, ...Read More »

BP PLC (NYSE ADR: BP) Reinstates Dividend Following a 30% Increase in Profit

{ Posted on Feb 02 2011 by Don Miller }
After posting a 30% rise in fourth-quarter net profit, BP PLC (NYSE ADR: BP) yesterday (Tuesday) announced the long-awaited resumption of its quarterly dividend. The U.K.-based oil giant said it would pay a dividend ...Read More »

BP PLC (NYSE ADR: BP) Reinstates Dividend Following a 30% Increase in Profit

{ Posted on Feb 02 2011 by Don Miller }
After posting a 30% rise in fourth-quarter net profit, BP PLC (NYSE ADR: BP) yesterday (Tuesday) announced the long-awaited resumption of its quarterly dividend. The U.K.-based oil giant said it would pay a dividend ...Read More »

Egyptian Oil Operations Abandoned as Protests Disrupt Energy Industry

{ Posted on Jan 31 2011 by Don Miller }
Several large oil companies are shutting down operations in Egypt as six days of protests against President Hosni Mubarak's regime have disrupted the oil and gas industry. The nation's military closed ranks with the government leadership but ...Read More »

Oil Companies Pumping Profits as Crude Continues to Climb

{ Posted on Jan 28 2011 by Jason Simpkins }
Despite political fallout from the Gulf oil spill, drilling and oil services companies made big waves in the waning months of 2010. And they're likely to carry that success through 2011 as higher oil prices and political ...Read More »

Politics – Not Oil Prices – Are What’s Behind the Deepwater Drilling Debate

{ Posted on Jan 14 2011 by Jason Simpkins }
With oil prices rising and the Gulf oil spill fading from the forefront of the American psyche, deepwater drilling is set to emerge as a very hot, and very controversial topic in the months ahead - particularly among ...Read More »

U.S. Stock Market Forecast: Tech, Energy, Commodities and Gold Are Top Plays For 2011

{ Posted on Dec 22 2010 by Shah Gilani }
The outlook for the U.S. stock market in the New Year figures to be an exasperating mixture of promise and peril. Positive momentum is building going into 2011, but so are dangerous bubbles. The high-tech, energy, materials and commodities ...Read More »

GS, RIG and MON: The Three Stocks It’s a Mistake to Hate

{ Posted on Sep 14 2010 by Keith Fitz-Gerald }
When many investors look at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS), Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) and Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON), they see tainted companies that are probably best avoided. T hat's a mistake. ...Read More »

Money Morning Mailbag: Market Volatility, BP’s Blow Out, and Obama’s Agenda

{ Posted on Sep 10 2010 by Kerri Shannon }
As the first full week of September ends and the summer draws to a close, many investors are still looking for answers to questions first asked back in May, notably: What's behind the recent ...Read More »