Last week the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) provided an update of oil and gas resources in the Bakken region. This was the first update since a 2008 USGS report that estimated mean undiscovered volumes of 3.65 billion barrels of oil and 1.85 trillion cubic feet… Read More

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Investors have been reminded recently that although the energy sector has performed very well over the past few years, individual stocks can still be very volatile. Further, corrections in the price of oil or natural gas will drag down nearly every company in the sector, as we have seen over… Read More

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Before March 11, 2011 the future of the global nuclear power industry looked bright. Growing concerns over climate change had increased interest in the nuclear power option as a low-carbon alternative to coal-fired power plants. A quarter of a century had passed since the devastating Chernobyl nuclear accident in… Read More

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