Tag Archives: OIL PRICES
Dennis Mangan, logi Energy: Market and Diesel Fuel Hedging Discussion
November 27, 2009 Crude Oil: We closed down this week losing $0.67 to close at $76.05. We had a BUY SIGNAL and have partial hedges on at the 25% level. I remain negative but we follow the Indicators and they are still positive. The main reason for the strength is simply the US $ weakness. This week saw some $ […]
Dennis Mangan, logi Energy, Comments on Inventory
Crude Oil inventory surprisingly increased last week by 1,762,000 barrels to 337,676,000 barrels. Inventory is down 5,956,000 from 13 weeks ago and is now up 25,727,000 barrels from a year ago. We are at the 87th Percentile in barrels in storage, and we are at the 96th Percentile based on the 23.91 days of usage in storage. Distillate inventory increased […]
Chris Nelder, logi Energy: Is the IEA World Energy Outlook Politically Distorted?
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its annual World Energy Outlook (WEO) this week — a report I always anticipate eagerly. Hey, it’s like Christmas for energy geeks. The IEA found coal in its stocking though, after a report the previous evening in the UK’s Guardian newspaper cited unnamed whistleblowers alleging the agency had been distorting its true view on […]
Commentary from Black Gold Readers
Editor’s Note: Thought that there might be interest in commentary from readers, after reading the article “Samuel Foucher, logi Energy: Peak Demand or Peak Consumption? A Look at the OECD Demand” Let us know what you think! Gail the Actuary on November 11, 2009 – 10:17am Thanks, Sam! This is really a nice post. Explains a piece of the puzzle […]
Samuel Foucher, logi Energy: Peak Demand or Peak Consumption? A Look at the OECD Demand
Standard economic principles have demonstrated that price is a function of supply and demand. The same is true for the recent oil prices fluctuations we have witnessed over the last few years, namely the adequation between supply and demand. However, the following conundrum has not been resolved: are oil prices high due to greater demand or too little supply? This ambiguity allows for vastly divergent interpretations of the same data and depending on the agenda you are trying to push, will easily support either. Continue reading
Nouriel Roubini: Big Crash Coming
logi Energy wants as many people as possible to read this article by Nouriel Roubina. Dr. Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics and international business at the Stern School of Business at NYU and chairman of RGE Monitor, is perhaps best known for his prescient predictions of the financial market collapse in 2005. Dr. Roubini will be the keynote speaker at […]
Mangan, logi Energy, Market and Diesel Fuel Hedging Discussion
Dennis Mangan, Logi Energy, November 2: Crude Oil: This week we finally saw weakness return and closed down $3.50 at $77.00. We had a BUY SIGNAL and we have put on partial hedges at around the 25% level. Considering the current Crack Spreads, the Crude Oil is where we want to hedge. The Indicators changed direction and triggered a Buy […]
logi Energy recommends this article by Nouriel Roubina. Dr. Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics and international business at the Stern School of Business at NYU and chairman of RGE Monitor, is perhaps best known for his prescient predictions of the financial market collapse in 2005. Dr. Roubini will be the keynote speaker at IndexUniverse’s upcoming “Inside Commodities” conference on Nov. […]
Jeffrey Brown, logi Energy, Comments on Five Stages in the Life Cycle of Net Oil Exporters
The production decline rates for six examples of declining net oil exporting countries were all in the single digit range, and all but one were less than 5%/year. Continue reading
Dennis Mangan, logi Energy: EIA Crude Oil, Distillate and Gas Inventories, Production and Usage Statistics Week Ending: 11/27/2009
Inventory Comments Crude Oil inventory increased another 2,091,000 barrels this week, to 339,899,000 barrels. Inventory is up 2,417,000 from 13 weeks ago and is up 19,527,000 barrels from a year ago. We are at the 88th Percentile in barrels in storage, and we are at the 97th Percentile based on the 24.15 days of usage in storage. Distillate inventory dropped […]