January 11, 2018 @ 7:54 pm | Breaking News, Volatility |
U.S. crude oil inventories fell by a surprising large 4.95 million barrels last week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced this morning. This took international benchmark Brent crude up as high as $70 a barrel during trading on Thursday before closing...
December 4, 2017 @ 6:37 pm | Breaking News, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, PXD |
When West Texas Intermediate crude was struggling to stay above $50 a barrel, the important issues for a U.S. oil shale producer such as Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) were How much of production in 2018 was hedged above $50 a barrel? and How quickly the company...
August 23, 2017 @ 12:20 am | Breaking News, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, PXD, Update |
Back on August 1 Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) reported second quarter earnings of 21 cents a share, beating the Wall Street consensus by 10 cents a share. Revenue climbed 107% year over year to $1.63 billion, way ahead of the Wall Street consensus at $1.06 billion....
August 22, 2017 @ 7:30 pm | Breaking News, You May Have Missed |
How soon will U.S. oil production from wells in oil shale geologies peak? It’s the big question for U.S. oil producers and for a global oil market swimming in excess inventory. As long as U.S. oil production continues to increase all of OPEC’s production...
July 25, 2017 @ 7:26 pm | Breaking News |
U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate closed up 4.21% to $48.25 a barrel today, July 25. International benchmark Brent climbed 3.93% to $50.51 a barrel. Big moves. Exactly what you’d expect on a day when both OPEC and U.S. shale producers produced big news. On...
June 20, 2017 @ 7:11 pm | Breaking News |
As of noon New York time, U.S. benchmark set Texas Intermediate was off 2.9% to $42.92 a barrel–below, again, not just $45 but the $43 a barrel level that has provided support. International benchmark Brent crude was off 2.56% to $45.71. A break in Brent below...
March 10, 2017 @ 7:38 pm | Buy, Dividend Income Portfolio, HP |
I’ve been arguing recently that you need to own a piece of the Permian Basin in your portfolio. On February 10 https://jubakpicks.com/my-first-picks-for-buying-a-piece-of-the-permian/ I even gave you my first two picks, producers Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD)...
March 8, 2017 @ 7:22 pm | Breaking News |
“If it wasn’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all,” Walter Mosley wrote. Today it was “If it wasn’t for bad news, there’s be no news at all” for the oil sector. Oil prices got crushed today with U.S. benchmark West Texas...
February 10, 2017 @ 12:52 am | Breaking News, Buy, FANG, Jubak Top 50 Portfolio |
I’ve been arguing recently–in posts on my paid JubakAM.com site like this one http://jubakam.com/2017/01/red-hot-permian-goes-to-white-hot-with-another-big-acquisition-and-freaks-out-global-oil-market/ and on this site with posts like “Permian power!...
February 9, 2017 @ 12:42 am | Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, PXD, Update |
Update: February 8, 2017. Shares of Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) closed up today, February 8, by 3.85% after this big player in the low-cost Permian Basin blew past earnings estimates and released aggressive guidance on future production growth. The company’s...
January 24, 2017 @ 10:40 pm | Breaking News, Volatility |
It’s been quite a while since I shared with you what I’ve been thinking and writing about on my paid sites. Yes, that’s sites. Plural. Which explains why I haven’t filled you in since July. I’ve been busy building a second site,...
December 6, 2016 @ 6:53 pm | Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, PXD, Update |
Update December 6, 2016. Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), one the biggest oil shale producers in the low cost Permian Basin, filled in some details on its post-OPEC agreement on reducing production today at the Cowen & Co. Energy Conference. The company said it...
November 30, 2016 @ 7:51 pm | Breaking News |
Yesterday I wrote that the financial markets’ reaction to whatever came out of OPEC’s meeting today would depend on how weak or strong the agreement to cut production was. Well, the actual agreement announced today to cut oil production was far stronger...
September 22, 2016 @ 7:19 pm | Jubak Top 50 Portfolio, PXD, Update |
Update September 22. At the Johnson Rice energy conference yesterday, Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) announced that it plans to add 5 new horizontal drilling rigs to the 12 already at work on its leased acreage in the northern Spraberry/Wolfcamp area of the Permian...