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Nick Cunningham

Nick Cunningham is an independent journalist, covering oil and gas, energy and environmental policy, and international politics. He is based in Portland, Oregon. 

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  • Second Covid Wave Could Send Oil Prices Into “Tailspin”

    Published 05 July 2020 | viewed 39,730 times

    Oil prices hit a four-month high on Thursday, pushed higher by supply restrictions and a global rebound in demand. However, the accelerating spread of the…

  • Goldman Sachs: Prepare For A Global Consolidation Of Refineries

    Published 02 July 2020 | viewed 28,493 times

    A wave of new oil refineries coming online in the Middle East and China will knock others offline, ushering in a period of consolidation, according…

  • Are Oil Bulls In For A Disappointing July?

    Published 01 July 2020 | viewed 33,971 times

    The oil market continues to tighten, but the surge of coronavirus cases in the U.S. could derail the rally in crude prices.  OPEC+ can claim…

  • Big Oil’s Nightmare Is Coming True

    Published 30 June 2020 | viewed 110,618 times

    Royal Dutch Shell said that it could cut the value of its oil and gas assets by as much as $22 billion, as it takes…

  • How The Fed Bailed Out U.S. Oil And Gas

    Published 29 June 2020 | viewed 34,442 times

    The Trump administration has taken dozens of actions during the Covid-19 pandemic to benefit the oil and gas industry, such as opening new lands for…

  • Natural Gas Price Plunge Could Soon Lead To Shut-Ins

    Published 28 June 2020 | viewed 59,589 times

    Natural gas prices plunged to new lows this week, falling below $1.50/MMBtu, a catastrophically low price for U.S. gas drillers.  The factors afflicting the gas…

  • COVID-19 Could Crush Argentina’s Shale Boom

    Published 25 June 2020 | viewed 13,318 times

    Holding some of the largest shale oil and gas reserves in the world, Argentina is often cited as the likely candidate for the next big…

  • Higher Oil Prices Ease Shale Panic, But Challenges Remain For Texas

    Published 24 June 2020 | viewed 24,789 times

    It will take years before U.S. shale production approaches pre-pandemic levels, if it ever does, according to an array of experts. Bloomberg surveyed top oil…

  • U.S. Shale Has Lost $300 Billion In 15 Years

    Published 23 June 2020 | viewed 35,356 times

    The U.S. shale industry peaked without ever making money.  Over the past decade and a half, the shale industry totaled $300 billion in net negative…

  • What's Next For Oil Prices?

    Published 22 June 2020 | viewed 53,384 times

    Crude oil has rebounded to $40 per barrel and hoping to stay there. Some analysts have come out with more bullish forecasts for the near-term,…

  • Taxpayers Are Footing The Bill For 100-Year Old Oil Wells

    Published 21 June 2020 | viewed 24,232 times

    Plugging old oil and gas wells may cost as much as ten times what the industry routinely estimates, according to a new report from Carbon…

  • Goldman: Clean Energy Investment Has Hit A Critical Point

    Published 18 June 2020 | viewed 21,749 times

    Global investment in renewable energy is set to surpass oil and gas for the first time ever next year, according to a new report.  Trillions…

  • When Will U.S. Shale Rebound To Pre-Pandemic Levels?

    Published 17 June 2020 | viewed 34,323 times

    The rebalancing of the oil market has been possible, in part, due to the sharp cutbacks in U.S. shale production. But what happens next for…

  • Oil Markets May Not Fully Recover Until 2022

    Published 16 June 2020 | viewed 33,903 times

    Oil demand may not recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2022 at the earliest, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The…

  • The ‘’Second Wave’’ Of COVID-19 Could Crush Oil Markets

    Published 15 June 2020 | viewed 52,396 times

    The oil price rally may have come to an end, with the long-feared “second wave” of coronavirus infections having now arrived, posing renewed threats to…

  • U.S. Gas Drillers Face A Major Problem

    Published 09 June 2020 | viewed 26,929 times

    The natural gas industry is rapidly losing ground in the U.S. Northeast, beaten back by renewable energy, environmentalists, and stricter climate policy.  Massachusetts Governor Charlie…

  • Trump Issues Emergency Executive Order On Pipelines

    Published 08 June 2020 | viewed 38,757 times

    On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that guts environmental protections for new mines and pipelines, using an “emergency” declaration. Citing the economic emergency…

  • Will U.S. Shale Ever Return To Its Boom Days?

    Published 07 June 2020 | viewed 58,366 times

    U.S. shale drillers are bringing back shut in production three months after the onset of the current downturn. But steep decline rates will increasingly take…

  • A Perfect Storm For Petrochemicals

    Published 04 June 2020 | viewed 23,289 times

    The oil majors have made huge bets on plastics and petrochemicals in recent years, but those investments look increasingly shaky following the COVID-19 pandemic and…

  • Are Investors Ignoring The Largest Financial Risk Ever?

    Published 03 June 2020 | viewed 31,118 times

    Financial markets are vastly underestimating the financial risk from climate change, according to the International Monetary Fund.  Global temperatures have already increased by 1.1 degrees…

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