Monthly Archives: February 2016

some pretty big frackers are finally calling it quits, at least for the time being…for us here in Ohio, the most important is Chesapeake Energy, the 2nd largest US natural gas producer and the operator of more than half of … Continue reading →

it’s been a pretty busy week….the key reports were the 2nd estimate of 4th quarter GDP and the January report on Personal Income and Spending, both from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, which were both released on Friday…other widely watched … Continue reading →

crude oil supply: energy bond yields: natural gas prices: 4th quarter GDP: January income and outlays:

an agreement between Russia and a handful of OPEC countries to freeze oil production pretty much dominated most of the news out of the oil patch this week..in a well publicized secret meeting between Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi and … Continue reading →

the key reports released this past week were the January Consumer Price Index and the January Producer Price Index, both from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the report on Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for January from the Fed, and … Continue reading →

oil prices Bakken crude oil output per well daily by month of production: Eagle Ford crude oil output per well daily by month of production: Niobrara crude oil output per well daily by month of production: Permian crude oil output … Continue reading →

it was yet another volatile week for oil prices, as the price swings we saw last week continued in heavy trading that saw an average of 1.5 million thousand barrel contracts change hands daily on the New York Mercantile Exchange … Continue reading →

the key reports of this past week, retail sales for January and business inventories for December, were both released by the Census bureau on Friday…leading up to the latter, the Census released the Monthly Wholesale Trade: Sales and Inventories report … Continue reading →

January retail sales: 4th quarter consumer credit: oil production history: crude production past year: 60 minute oil prices:

it seems we set a number of records, or encountered some unusual outliers, this week…first, we have new highs in both the amount of crude oil and the amount gasoline in storage, which isn’t too surprising considering that both hit … Continue reading →