So When Will Markets Rebalance?

Over the past several weeks, a fundamental shift has appeared to happen in markets and in oil market commentators.  While there are certainly still skeptics concerned about market rebalance who continue...
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Ty's Take For 4-21-2017

In writing the articles for this week, I did my usual review of 10-20 news stories everyday. And most of the stories were fairly mundane. Everyday occurrences like: Oil Company X...
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U.S Gets Strong Boost From Exports

The United States oil market has greatly benefitted from the global trade of energy products, particularly to Latin America recent reports suggest. The U.S. exported record quantities of natural gas, propane,...
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The Week In Numbers for the Week Ending March 24, 2017

In each edition of the Standard, we strive to provide you a bare bones summary of what happened to the price of WTI, Natural Gas, and Brent Crude. In addition, we...
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The Supply Glut That Just Won't Go Away

In the last edition of The Five Star Standard, we wrote an article on CERAWeek. One of the more interesting comments to come out of the meeting, was Saudi Oil Minister...
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Oil Price Volatility And Recent Market Fluctuation

The last few weeks have been an interesting time for oil. On March 09. 2017, we hosted a customer for a Five Star Lunch and Learn presentation. As part of our...
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Ty's Take 3-24-2017

The last two weeks have been a wild ride for oil. In writing the articles for this week, what interested me most was the technical shift that occurred on February 21,...
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The OPEC Quandary

CERAWeek, the annual industry conference held here in Houston which is discussed more in detail in another article, marked a new level of friendliness and openness between OPEC and U.S. producers...
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Suppy Deficit 2021?

What a difference a year makes.  Or for that matter, a few months. For the last two years, everything we have seen and read has been about how the world is...
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The Week In Numbers for the Week Ending March 10, 2017

In each edition of the Standard, we strive to provide you a bare bones summary of what happened to the price of WTI, Natural Gas, and Brent Crude. In addition, we...
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