Tidal energy is a form of renewable energy that is generated by harnessing the power of ocean tides. Tides are created by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun on the Earth's oceans, …
What is Green Shipping?
Green shipping refers to the use of environmentally friendly practices and technologies in the shipping industry. It aims to reduce the impact of shipping on the environment, including air …
What are Crack Spreads?
Crack spreads are a measure of the difference in price between crude oil and the refined petroleum products produced from it, such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. The term "crack" refers to the …
What is Hedging?
Hedging is a financial strategy used to minimize or offset the risk of loss from price fluctuations in an asset or investment. It involves taking an opposite position in a related market or asset with …
Hydrogen and the Hydrogen Economy
What is hydrogen? Hydrogen is a chemical element with the symbol H and atomic number 1. It is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe, making up about 75% of its elemental mass. …
What is Hedging?
What Do Energy Jobs Pay?
We pulled together a short summary in the video answer what do energy jobs pay, but keep reading for more data and the sources we pulled from. What are the best paying jobs in energy? What do …
Contango vs. Backwardation
A couple of things caught my eye this week that made me want to update this 'Contango vs Backwardation in Oil Prices' resource. The first was this news story: +US shale bosses tell Europe: …
Upstream Vs Downstream Oil and Gas
Thousands of people a month enter the search term 'upstream vs downstream' or 'what is the difference between upstream and downstream' into Google every month. When we began getting search traffic …
Insight: LNG Supply Chain
Today (Aug 22, 2022), global financial markets were in a frenzy. European power prices spiked causing a ripple effect that saw equities and the Euro plummet. US energy prices were …
Drill Deeper Into Upstream With These Oil and Gas Podcasts
Oil and Gas Podcast Our oil and gas podcast network continues to evolve and cover topics relevant to anyone staying on top of trends in upstream oil and gas. Here are three podcast series that …
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Learning Resource: The Economics of Commodity Trading Firms
Recently, one of our Oil 101 community members reached out for some input related to his internship. Yes, people do move beyond the e-learning modules and just talk to us directly! After all, part …
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