By Benoit Faucon, Sarah Kent and Hassan Hafidh LONDON (MarketWatch) — Rising American output of shale oil is rewriting global trade patterns and deepening fault lines within the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, limiting its ability to mount a collective response. A crucial OPEC meeting in Vienna on Friday will mark the first stage […]

Seeking Alpha Economic principles tell us much about the effects of supply and demand on prices of goods and services. Simple economics shows us that if the supply of a particular good or service remains constant while demand for that good increases, the price for the good will also increase. Likewise, if demand falls, so […]

By STANLEY REED Published: May 1, 2026 LONDON — As Big Oil increasingly becomes Big Gas, no major petroleum player may have more at stake in the shift than Royal Dutch Shell. More than any of its rivals, Royal Dutch Shell, which will report its quarterly results on Thursday, is betting its future on the […]

If you haven’t noticed, natural gas has gone from laughing stock to favorite commodity over the past year as the price of our most abundant fossil fuel has more than doubled. While many investors look to lighten up and lock in gains at this time of year, Jeff Hirsch, editor-in-chief of Stock Trader’s Almanac, says […]