The Bakken Oil Formation is one of the largest remaining oil reservoirs in the World. The formation is estimated to span some 520,000 KM Squared (200,000 Square Miles) and covers parts of Montana, North Dakota, and Saskatchewan. It was discovered back in 1951; however, due to difficulties extracting from the Bakken Shale the reservoir was [...]
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TFSA 2010 – Potential Investments
2010 is fast approaching and with the New Year comes an extra $5000 of Tax Free Savings Account Room. The TFSA is a great way to employ any spare cash you have to work for you. There have been a number of articles written about the TFSA on this personal finance blog and this article [...]
Bakken Oilfields to Out Perform Canadian Oil Sands
Bakken Oilfield Producers likely to be much more profitable than Oil Sands
The Bakken Oilfields make up a gigantic oil formation with over 4.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil. This oil fields stretch across southeaster Saskatchewan, North Dakota, and Montana and was not technically or economically accessible in the past; however, new technologies have made this [...]
Top Canadian Oil Investments for the Long Term
Top 6 Oil and Gas Investments in Canada
The best way to invest in the oil sands of Alberta is to buy one of the many Canadian Oil Sands companies. There are so many oil and gas companies to choose from, so an investor needs to find a way to distinguish the stars from the dogs.
Unless [...]
Best Way to Profit from Over Valued Oil Prices
Best Way to Profit from Over Valued Oil Prices
Oil prices have increased dramatically over the past few months and Goldman Sachs Group GS is now calling for $200 oil again. If that isn’t a huge reality check than I don’t know what is. Last time Goldman Sachs had an analyst made a prediction like that [...]
How to Profit: Oil and Gas Crack Spread
Oil and Gas Crack Spread: How to Profit from an unrealistic Spread.
Spread out of whack: Natural Gas Crack Spread
When you hear oil and gas futures traders talking about the crack spread what they really mean is the difference between the price of crude oil and petroleum products extracted from it. The ‘Crack’ can be though [...]
Top 6 Stock Picks: Oil and Gas
Top 6 Oil and Gas Stock Plays:
Top 6 Stock Picks: Oil and Gas
1) Cyries Energy: Formed in July, 2004 as a result of the merger between CEQUEL Energy Inc. and Progress Energy. The company is a high-growth junior exploration company and operates in the greater Peach River Arch Area of Alberta and targets medium-depth, multi-zone [...]
