Berkshire Hathaway Had a Strong 2022. What to Watch in 2023.

Berkshire Hathaway is coming off a strong year, one in which operating earnings climbed, investment activity picked up sharply, and the stock handily outperformed the S&P 500 The outlook for 2023 ...

8 Consequential Energy Predictions For 2023

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A Beautiful Future Emerges From An Ugly Past

Three years ago, I wrote an article about the state of valuations for Appalachian gas companies. I used imagery from Sergio Leone’s classic: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly as a theme. At the time, ba...

Biden Effort To Cap Gas Flaring Hangs On 15 Little Words

A gas flare burns at an oil well site outside Williston, North Dakota. Gas flares are created when … [+] excess flammable gases are released by pressure release valves during the drilling for oi...

ISO New England Pumps Up The Fuel Oil Again During Winter Storm

Winter nor’easter in downtown Providence Rhode Island. Providence is the capital and most populous … [+] city in the state of Rhode Island getty New England seems unable to reduce its reli...

Oil books biggest weekly gain since October as concerns rise over Russia supplies

Oil futures rose Friday, booking strong weekly gains, as concerns grew about a drop in Russian exports following the imposition of a price cap by G7 countries earlier this month. Russia’s deputy prime...

20 big oil companies expected to be cash gushers in 2023 despite uncertainty

The energy sector of the S&P 500 has been the year’s best performer, yet oil stocks still appear to be inexpensive when compared with those in other industries. If you are interested in investing ...

The Year The Energy Transition Went Off The Rails

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PureWest’s Digital Sustainability Report Raises The Bar On ESG Transparency

A pronghorn antelope trots across a Wyoming well pad operated by PureWest. PureWest The question of ESG considerations and how to set and meet goals related to them has consumed a rising portion of pl...

The Biden Administration’s Embarrassing “Reverse Ferret”On Energy Policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – APRIL 22, 2018: An American flag flies over the south facade of the White House … [+] in Washington, D.C. Additional security fences and barriers were added along the so...

U.S. Coal Exports To Europe Up 46% By Weight, 184% By Value

Coal was the nation’s fourth-ranked export by tonnage in the month of October, trailing three other … [+] energy sources: oil, refined petroleum and natural gases. ustradenumbers.com Europ...

Why U.S. Electricity Is Becoming Even More Natural Gas Dominant

WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 31: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on oil company profits in the … [+] Roosevelt Room of the White House on October 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. Biden is...

UK’s Rishi Sunak Bans Fracking But Government Green Lights New Coal Production

NUSA DUA, INDONESIA – NOVEMBER 16: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shakes hands with President … [+] Joe Biden of the United States of America during a bilateral meeting at the G20 summ...

Bitcoin miner 360 Mining raises $2.25 million as it scales natural gas production

Bitcoin miner 360 Mining raised $2.25 million in a new funding round and plans to deploy the funds to increase natural gas production and mining capacity.  The company’s plans were reveale...

Opinion: Five energy companies are seeing bullish stock buying from their own executives

Even though energy stocks are up 49% this year, executives keep buying their own companies’ shares. Does that make sense? Yes, for two reasons. Oil will trade a lot higher next year, and energy stocks...

In 2022, U.S. Exports Could Top $2,000,000,000,000 For First Time

U.S. oil exports, slowed during the Covid-19 pandemic, have surged in recent years, as the chart, … [+] showing totals for successive months of September, reveals. Oil is the nation’s No. ...

‘I Don’t Think Energy Policy Matters Much Over The Long Run’

Jesse Ausubel is one of America’s top thinkers on science and energy. In my 2007 interview with him, … [+] reprinted here, he said, “I do not think energy policy matters much over th...

20 dividend stocks with high yields that have become more attractive right now

Income-seeking investors are looking at an opportunity to scoop up shares of real estate investment trusts. Stocks in that asset class have become more attractive as prices have fallen and cash flow i...

U.S. Unleashes Chevron. Oil Major To The Rescue In The Energy Crisis

CARACAS, VENEZUELA – MARCH 23: Men wearing a protective masks walk in Petare slum on March 23, 2020 … [+] in Caracas, Venezuela. While Nicol·s Maduro declared national quarantine, the inte...

Stock Market Looks Poised to Rally as Bond Yield Falls

Text size Michael Nagle/Bloomberg The worst may be over for the stock market. Key equity indexes continued their autumn rally, and there could be more gains before the end of the year, helped by conti...

What A Likely Ultra-Short Winter Means For You

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U.S. Natural-Gas Pioneer Struggles in His Second Act

Charif Souki has played a starring role in transforming America into an energy powerhouse, but his second attempt at exporting natural gas is foundering. Mr. Souki’s new firm, Tellurian Inc., is strug...

Spotlight on layoffs: Cuts at Amazon, Cisco, Roku, Meta, Twitter, Intel and more

From HP, Amazon, Roku and Beyond Meat to Meta and Twitter, big names across a number of sectors have announced major layoffs in October and November. Alphabet Inc. GOOGL, +1.45% GOOG, +1.53% is consid...

The best-performing sector in 2022 is not finished crushing it, says Citi, offering three stocks to buy

You can count on it, says our call of the day provided by Citigroup, though they say investors can’t expect as lofty returns. “We see market rotation into energy equities as having further to run, eve...

Freeport LNG Says It Hopes for Restart of Texas Plant in December

Freeport said production could reach 2 billion cubic feet per day in January, and full production could be back in March 2023. Photo: MARIBEL HILL/Maribel Hill via REUTERS Nov. 18, 2022 12:44 pm ET | ...

Permian Basin Drives The U.S. Oil Industry Despite Limits On Growth

Oil Wells pumping outside of Midland Texas. (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images … [+] Group via Getty Images) Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Ima...

Opinion: The new bull market will be led by stocks in these three industries.

We don’t know yet if the recent rally kicks off a new bull market in stocks. But here’s a safe bet: Once the new bull market is here, entirely different groups will lead. It’ll be out with the old — t...

Warren Buffett’s chip-stock purchase is a classic example of why you want to be ‘greedy only when others are fearful’

This has been quite a year for Berkshire Hathaway and CEO Warren Buffett. The conglomerate just disclosed its investments in other companies as of the end of the third quarter, and one name — and one ...

Berkshire Bought Taiwan Semi Stock. Here’s What Else It Bought and Sold.

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Icahn loads up on Twitter, oil and gas in third quarter, dumps Welbilt

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn acquired more than 12.5 million shares of Twitter Inc. during the third quarter, ahead of Elon Musk’s takeover of the company, while also boosting his holdings in Occid...

Retail analysts foresee holiday-season sales growth. Now we’ll hear from retailers themselves.

Even as price increases squeeze shoppers, analysts expect holiday-season sales to increase this year. With Walmart Inc., Target Corp. and discounters TJX Cos. and Ross Stores Inc. reporting results in...

A Berkshire Hathaway Bright Spot: Energy. Here Are the Numbers.

Warren Buffett likes energy. Berkshire Hathaway now owns some $58 billion of Chevron and Occidental Petroleum securities. It isn’t Berkshire’s largest holding; that would be insurance, led by auto ins...