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 >

The Election's Over, but Europe's Difficulties Are Not
Source: Kent Moors, Oil & Energy Investor  (6/18/12)
"If you're looking to make a move in these conditions, sit tight. First and foremost, we need to be patient until greater stability emerges in the markets." More >

When Do You Buy Oil?
Source: Eric Dutram, Zacks Investment Research  (6/18/12)
"Given the market's uncertainty, is it better to play oil via the commodity itself, oil producers with stocks or through the relatively safe and high payout space of MLPs?" More >

Biofuels on Busy Aerospace Agenda
Source: The Herald, Michelle Dunlop  (6/18/12)
"There's a lot on the horizon for Washington's aerospace industry, which is positioning the state as an aviation biofuels hotspot." More >

Natural Gas Puts East Africa on World Energy Map
Source: American Free Press  (6/18/12)
"Massive offshore gas discoveries in East Africa are catapulting the region into major-player status in the global energy arena, bringing billions in investment that could transform entire economies." More >

Speed Up or Slow Down—Don't Exit the Commodities Highway
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (6/18/12)
"Goldman Sachs is anticipating a 29% return for the S&P GSCI Enhanced Commodity Index over the next 12 months and suggests investors might want to increase their position in commodities." More >

The Right Formula for Markets
Source: Frank Holmes, U.S. Global Investors  (6/15/12)
"Formula 1's fine-tuning of regulations to respect the risks and rewards of racing is the formula government policies should strive for when regulating businesses. Instead, excessive regulations are acting as speed bumps." More >

Quality Oil and Gas Stocks Are On Sale: Joel Musante
Source: Zig Lambo of The Energy Report  (6/14/12)
The pullback in oil prices has created some attractive buying opportunities in both developing and established oil and gas companies, even if oil prices settle in the $80-90/bbl range. In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Joel Musante, senior analyst with C. K. Cooper & Co., gives us his insights into current energy markets and talks about several of his favorite names that may reward investors with an appetite for risk. More >

Japan Moves Closer to Restarting First Nuclear Reactors Since Tsunami-Driven Meltdowns
Source: The Washington Post, Chico Harlan   (6/14/12)
"The nuclear reactor restarts would mark a controversial victory for the central government, which has spent months arguing that Japan needs nuclear power to sustain its fragile economy." More >

It's Growing Season, But Not for Fertilizer Stocks
Source: Forbes, Tom Aspray  (6/13/12)
"The seasonal trend analysis shows that historically, investors would be wise to wait until later in the year, when the fertilizer group typically bottoms." More >

New ETF Will Focus on North American Oil Sands
Source: Eric Dutram, Zacks Investment Research  (6/13/12)
"The ETF is a way to play the increasingly important North American oil sands industry. The region is incredibly stable from a political perspective, and it offers up a way to help shift the balance of power in the current OPEC/Russia-dominated oil markets." More >

Why Natural Gas Could Displace Gasoline
Source: Daniel Graeber, OilPrice.com  (6/13/12)
"How will natural gas figure into the North American energy mix? Well-known Author and energy trader Raymond Learsy weighs in." More >

What's the Deal with Oil Prices?
Source: Byron King, The Daily Reckoning  (6/13/12)
"Is the oil investment space under a pricing assault? I doubt it. Here's why: 40% of global oil production comes from places where the national governments cannot afford oil prices to go much lower." More >

Fukushima Watch: Next Nuclear Battleground—Utilities' Shareholder Meetings
Source: The Wall Street Journal, Mitsuru Obe  (6/13/12)
"With the government inching closer to restarting the first nuclear reactors since last year's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, a new battleground between Japan's pro- and anti-nuclear camps is emerging: the annual shareholder meetings of the country's big power companies in June." More >