Is An Oil Shock Coming This Summer?
Source: Seeking Alpha, John Overstreet  (6/26/12)
"Typically, when the gold/oil ratio starts somewhere in the single digits and then breaks above 14:28 within a relatively brief time frame, one should be on the lookout for an oil shock twelve months after the gold/oil ratio peaks." More >

New UK Nuclear Power Plants Could Boost Economy
Source: Dow Jones, Salina Williams  (6/26/12)
"The construction of a new fleet of nuclear power plants in the U.K. could boost the economy by five billion pounds a year, said a report published by the Institute for Public Policy Research." More >

Liquefied Natural Gas Race Getting Thinner
Source: Calgary Herald, Dina O'Meara  (6/25/12)
"The United States has regulations limiting how much of its natural resources can be exported and to where." More >

US Energy Use to Slow, Get Cleaner
Source: Associated Press  (6/25/12)
"The energy landscape in the U.S. has shifted dramatically in recent years. Domestic oil and gas production has increased, while efficiency programs have led to lower consumption." More >

The Race for Canada's Pink Gold
Source: The Province  (6/25/12)
"A greater reliance on potash promises to virtually double the output of emerging economies' agricultural sectors." More >

Calling the Rise in Natural Gas
Source: Keith Schaefer, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin  (6/25/12)
"Once natural gas gets to $3, the power companies start to turn back to coal. But gas really needs to go to $4 before these stocks start to make money." More >

UN: Sierra Club Wrong About Natural Gas
Source: Dana Bohan, Energy InDepth  (6/25/12)
"According to Kandeh Yumkella, an energy program director at the United Nations, natural gas will play a key role in preserving the global environment and improving the lives of the world's poor." More >

Oil Field Services: Three Ways To Invest in the Oil Sands
Source: Michel Massad, Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin  (6/25/12)
"It's a business that doesn't have much sex appeal, but oil service stocks are forming great-looking charts." More >

Yield Hunger Trumps Oil Price Drop, MLPs Uptick
Source: Hinds Howard, MLP HINDSight  (6/24/12)
"MLPs outperformed most things, on average, this week, even with lower oil prices." More >

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies and Their Impact on the Market
Source: Kent Moors, Oil & Energy Investor  (6/22/12)
"The short players have been successful in depressing the price of oil and making money in the process. These same folks will be attempting to make money by jerking the price upwards once the floor hits." More >

Japan Gives Nuclear Industry a Reason to Cheer
Source: MarketWatch, Myra Saefong  (6/22/12)
"Japan's devastating disasters last year derailed some growth in the nuclear industry worldwide, but demand for uranium is poised to strengthen after the nation that fed doubts over safety approved its first restart of nuclear reactors since the catastrophe." More >

Uranium Producers Likely to Benefit from Japan's Return to Nuclear Power
Source: Seeking Alpha, Zvi Bar  (6/21/12)
"The decision to restart nuclear power usage follows a deal between political parties that also included a consumption tax increase. The nuclear power restart is still unpopular with many Japanese people, but many industrial businesses have claimed they require the power." More >

Play Defense and Offense with MLPs: John Edwards
Source: George S. Mack of The Energy Report  (6/21/12)
Where does an investor go for income in an environment where interest rates are in the pits? Credit Suisse Senior Analyst and Director John Edwards follows a sector encompassing what he believes is the purest form of capitalism, the midstream oil and gas master limited partnerships (MLPs). He has staked out a short list of highly defensive plays that are less sensitive to commodity price fluctuations even as they grow income and weather the effects of economic catastrophe. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Edwards brings his best names to the forefront. More >

Saskatchewan's First New Potash Mine in 40 Years Breaks Ground
Source: Dorothy Kosich, Mineweb  (6/20/12)
"Despite a historic policy of expropriation that cost K+S Group its first Saskatchewan potash operation in the 1970s, the German company has returned four decades later with its new Legacy project." More >

Oil Price Differentials: Caught Between the Sands and the Pipelines
Source: Marin Katusa, Casey Research  (6/20/12)
"A range of oil qualities and a raft of infrastructure issues are creating record price differentials. And with no solution in sight, we think those differentials are here to stay." More >

Little Guy Beats Up Big Guys in Biofuel Race, Shares Skyrocket
Source: 24/7 Wall St.  (6/20/12)
"The fuel in question is isobutanol, which could be a substitute for corn ethanol. Gevo's fermentation process can produce isobutanol at a cheaper price than other makers." More >

Chile Pitches Lithium to Investors in New York
Source: Fox News Latino  (6/20/12)
"Deputy Mining Secretary Pablo Wagner is trying to drum up investor interest in contract bidding to produce lithium in Chile, which has 25% of the world's reserves of the mineral." More >

Here's What Happened to My Call for $150 Oil
Source: Kent Moors, Oil & Energy Investor  (6/20/12)
"It's time for a good, hard look at why the oil situation has not unfolded the way I anticipated, and for an assessment the market's new dynamics, including where we stand now and where I believe we're headed next." More >

Natural Gas Fracking Begets a Clean-Up Industry
Source: CNBC, Mitsuru Obe  (6/20/12)
"The U.S. natural gas boom has kicked off a gold rush among clean tech firms trying to cash in on minimizing the industry's environmental footprint." More >

Get More for Your Money with Fiber-Optic Fracking: James McIlree
Source: Peter Byrne of The Energy Report   (6/19/12)
Fracking technology is giving a new face to the oil and gas industry, says James McIlree, managing director of Dominick & Dominick. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, McIlree zeroes in on a small holding company, Acorn Energy Inc., whose line of fiber-optic sensors makes oil exploration faster, safer and more economic. More >

USGS Updates Oil, Gas Reserve Estimate
Source: UPI  (6/19/12)
"The U.S. Geological Survey estimated there are at least 665 Bbbl of undiscovered oil in reserves outside United States." More >

Tanzania's Natural Gas Reserves Almost Triple on New Finds
Source: Bloomberg, David Malingha Doya  (6/19/12)
"Oil majors have discovered more gas off Tanzania, about 28 miles north of the maritime border with Mozambique, where explorers have made the largest gas discoveries of the decade." More >

Japan and US Give Green Light to Nuclear Power
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (6/19/12)
"Could this be a signal that the big boys are just beginning to acquire high-quality junior miners located in mining-friendly jurisdictions?" More >

Japan and US Give Green Light to Nuclear Power
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (6/19/12)
"Could this be a signal that the big boys are just beginning to acquire high-quality junior miners located in mining-friendly jurisdictions?" More >

Bohr, Baby, Bohr! German Policies Support Enhanced Geothermal Drilling
Source: GreenTechMedia, Karlynn Cory, Wilson Rickerson, Benjamin Miethling  (6/19/12)
"Germany may have found the secret sauce that encourages new geothermal projects—policies that directly support drilling and financing the power plant by lowering investor risks." More >