The increase in U.S. shale and tight crude oil production has resulted in a decrease of crude oil imports to the U.S. Gulf Coast area, particularly for light-sweet and light-sour crude types. […]

The natural gas market in North America is fretting about over-supply. But in another one of the world’s key natgas centers, the problem is exactly the opposite this week.The place is Western […]

Sub-prime is a toxic expression applied to low-grade mortgages and their role in the 2008 financial crisis, but sub-prime could be making a return with the world awash in debt at a […]

Clean energy is growing again in the U.S. as investments in renewables increased in 2014 after a two-year decline. via Renew Economy http://ift.tt/1zUlx0m

Steven Kopits is the president of Princeton Energy Advisors, and contributes guest posts to The Barrel.  In an interview with Bloomberg TV, BP CEO Bob Dudley took a bearish view on the […]

Golden CO (SPX) Jan 29, 2015 Two new reports from the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examine the economic options customers face when deciding how to finance commercial or residential […]

One of the main factors that will determine the depth and duration of the current slump in oil prices is the extent and timing of a resulting rebound in demand. It is […]

Clean coal is dead. While the notion of coal being a source of “clean” was a bit oxymoronic to begin with, the Obama administration perhaps put an end to the dream for […]

It was a close race, but in the end new generating capacity from renewable sources beat out new natural gas capacity by 1.16% in 2014. Of the 49.81% of new capacity from […]