Oil and Gas

Halliburton’s share price (NYSE:HAL) is up more than 2.5% today, despite second quarter results that paled by comparison to both the previous quarter and year-on-year. The key factor was that HAL beat analysts’s expectations of 29 cents per share by 51%. Halliburton generated 44 cents. Company Chairman and CEO, Dave Lesar, pointed out that “Our […]

Its been some time Since Chris Oil wrote my last ADVFN article due to my business dealings around the globe. However its time to highlight (LSE:NEW) New World Oil & Gas that stands out at present, now that i am allowed to write once again on the company. New World Oil & Gas is clearly […]

Some observers have already over-reported that the Iran “deal” will be driving the price of oil down as the first apparent reaction of oil prices was a 2% decline in brent crude to $56.67 per barrel this morning. As I have said repeatedly in this column, cause and effect are not necessarily closely related in […]

Faroe Petroleum (LSE:FPM) offers short term upside in the form of an exciting mix of exploration and appraisal wells offshore Norway and in the Barents Sea. The Boomerang well is currently being drilled, after which attention will move onto the Shell (LSE:RDSB) operated Portrush prospect and then back to another Pil discovery well called Blink. […]

Northcote stock (LSE:NCT) is virtually worthless as it continues to lose value, going towards zero. Although some bulls see this stock as a wonderful opportunity to go long at very cheap prices, the bears would continue to fight for supremacy, and this may cause a considerable amount of volatility. Speed + magnitude = volatility. Markets […]

There is a high possibility that massive sell-offs soon may begin on San Leon Energy shares (LSE:SLE), as indicated by the price action in the chart below. Chris Tate says there is a time to be in the market and there is time not to be in the market. Definitely for the bulls, this is […]

Preparing to Spud Shimanek #2 well and Q2 2015 Operations Update Magnolia Petroleum Plc, the AIM quoted US focused oil and gas exploration and production company, has announced that drilling operations at the Magnolia operated and 94% owned Shimanek #2 vertical well in Oklahoma are expected to commence by the end of July 2015. Additionally, […]

BP has been operating in China since the early 1970s. With an accumulated investment of current operations around US$ 4.5 billion by the end of March 2015 BP has marked the official start-up of the Phase 3 PTA plant of Zhuhai Chemical Co., enhancing, the company said, “its position in the purified terephthalic acid (PTA) […]

China Expansion – Collaboration Agreement with China Oilfield Services, Red Sea Technologies and Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group for Shallow Water Subsea and Crossover Wellhead Production Systems in China Plexus Holdings PLC, the AIM quoted oil and gas engineering services business and owner of the proprietary POS-GRIP friction-grip method of wellhead engineering, has announced a...

There is nothing that cannot happen in the market in our favor or against us. Atlas Development shares (LSE:ADSS) are weak: they have been caught in a long-term, slow and steady downtrend. The market journeyed south from the beginning of this year, and things became really volatile on the months of March to June, forming […]