NDP News and Press, Tortoise Energy Independence Fund Inc. From 12/06/19

Oil companies are burning a record amount of natural gas instead moving it to market and selling it, according to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. More news on: The United States Natural Gas ETF, LP, The Williams Companies, Inc., Energy Select Sector SPDR E...

Nigeria seems fully committed to the implementation of its quota as agreed with OPEC+. According to the country's minister for state of petroleum, Nigeria's compliance has improved since August. Production of crude stood close to 1.8 million b/d in October, much lower than the 1.96 million b/d...

Crude oil ( USO +3.4% ) powers higher amid optimism that the OPEC+ group could approve deeper production cuts when they meet in Vienna this week, with further support from industry data showing a larger than forecast drop in U.S. crude stockpiles. More news on: The United States Oil ...

Tortoise today announced the following unaudited balance sheet information and asset coverage ratio updates for TYG, NTG, TTP, NDP, TPZ and TEAF. Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. (NYSE: TYG) today announced that as of Nov. 30, 2019, the company’s unaudited total assets were a...

The S&P energy sector ( XLE +0.3% ) is bucking the downward slide in the broader market as January WTI crude oil +1.6% to $56.05/bbl, topping its 50-day moving average of $55.59/bbl. More news on: Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF, Marathon Oil Corporation, Cimarex Energy Co., Energy...

This is a guest post by Ovi. All of the oil production data for the states comes from the EIAʼs Petroleum Supply Monthly . The charts below are updated to September 2019 for the largest US oil-producing states (>100 kb/d). There continues to be much speculation and informati...

OPEC will meet next week on Dec. 5-6 Although Brent crude dropped below $63 per barrel by the week closing, oil prices are still very close to the levels that prevailed around OPEC's meeting six months ago when an output cut rollover was suggested till March 2020. OPEC will meet next wee...

US shale producers are cutting spending for the second year in a row. That raises questions about shale's medium- to long-term resilience as it struggles with sustaining the key WTI breakeven point of $50 per barrel. The oil industry used to believe that shale fracking was profitable at well...

This article was originally published on October 29, 2019. Most closed-end fund investors know that distribution cuts come with the nature of the closed-end fund's structure. The fact is that when a fund is paying out 90% of their NII and 98% of their realized capital gains on an annual ba...

US crude inventories rose by 1.8 million barrels despite refinery runs increasing by 519,000 bpd. Oil prices were relatively steady with Brent crude holding above $63 per barrel, near an eight-week high, and WTI finishing above $57 per barrel. The physical spot market is getting tighter ...