PREMIUM FEATURES

Slugcatcher on the money side of the unconventional oil and gas boom

IT IS never wise to bet against the US, partly because the country controls the world's unofficial reserve currency but also because, as <i>Slugcatcher</i> has observed, it has a habit of successfully reinventing itself time-after-time – a fact oil speculators are discovering.

Over the past few weeks the latest act of US reinvention has cost several commodity-trading funds a fortune thanks to bets they placed on either the US oil price (West Texas Intermediate) rising, or the...

Start a free trial to continue reading this article

Already have an account? Sign in here

Subscribe now

POLICY

Sea-snake fails to tempt environment minister into new review

POLICY

Oil prices up as OPEC and friends decide to postpone production hikes

OPINION

Opinion: incident investigations should shake down safety systems, not trigger trauma

OPINION

Opinion: Gippsland small business poised to lead nation as Australia's future offshore wind supply chain

RESEARCH

Premium subscribers only

View more

A growing series of reports, each focused on a key discussion point for the energy sector, brought to you by the Energy News Bulletin Intelligence team.