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Jun 22, 2016 at 16:16

Rarely has there been an industry as stable as the car industry. Except for design modifications, the basics of the automobile as a product haven’t changed…

Jun 22, 2016 at 16:05

The price of humankind taking to the air has been high. Many see aviation as a major culprit for climate change, and for a good…

Jun 22, 2016 at 15:36

Tesla is proposing to buy SolarCity for a price of between $26.50 and $28.50 per share, which represents a 21 percent to 30 percent…

Jun 22, 2016 at 14:28

The world’s coal resources are clearly huge. How could China, or the world in total, reach peak coal in a timeframe that makes a difference? If…

Jun 22, 2016 at 14:12

Necessity is the mother of invention, as Israel’s Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz has recently demonstrated, pushing forward with his idea for a detachable offshore port…

Jun 22, 2016 at 12:29

Oil prices pushed up closer to $50 today ahead of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) release of crude inventory data, but were trading slightly lower after the official…

Jun 22, 2016 at 10:44

The frenetic price swings continue in the oil market today, with oil prices push higher ahead of the EIA’s weekly inventory report, further buoyed by dollar…

Jun 22, 2016 at 10:32

A little government aid can go a long way in creating exploration success. As has been witnessed in places like Australia and Canada — where publicly-funded…

Jun 22, 2016 at 09:48

Elon Musk has offered Solar City a $2.8 billion purchase proposal in a stock deal that would unite the company with Tesla Motors. Musk started…

Jun 21, 2016 at 17:21

Just a few years ago, we would have scoffed at the idea that electric vehicles could be mainstream anytime soon, or that the global appetite for lithium-ion batteries and mass…

Jun 21, 2016 at 16:05

Oil is only just beginning to regain some of the ground that it has lost over the last few years, but already some analysts are looking for much higher prices.

Jun 21, 2016 at 15:33

Are today’s spending cuts setting the global oil market up for a supply crunch in a few years? An oil supply deficit may be hard to…

Jun 21, 2016 at 15:22

Oil has been truly black gold for countries such as Nigeria and Angola—Africa’s top oil exporters. It has sustained their economies, accounting for over 90 percent…

Jun 21, 2016 at 15:13

The global oil price slump has dominated the news for months, as exporting nations and energy companies worry about losses. Low prices are affecting both established…

Jun 21, 2016 at 14:04

This week’s key data from the oil and gas industry shows that fears of a Brexit continue to weigh on oil, as the dollar strengthens due to market uncertainty. We…

Jun 21, 2016 at 13:36

Oil exports from Saudi Arabia tumbled to their lowest point in six months according to the latest Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI) published on 20 June…

Jun 21, 2016 at 10:42

Once again, the oil market is being whipsawed around by currency swings under the influence of Brexit sentiment. Amid dollar strength, Nigerian truce hopes, and some…

Jun 21, 2016 at 10:27

As I discussed last month, M&A activity is returning to the oil and gas sector, as a rebound to $50 crude is encouraging the world’s…

Jun 20, 2016 at 18:00

The break-even price for Permian basin tight oil plays is about $61 per barrel (Table 1). That puts Permian plays among the lowest cost significant supply…

Jun 20, 2016 at 16:13

When Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman first announced the Kingdom’s post-oil blueprint in April many commentators were skeptical. Saudi Arabia, they said, has been talking about ditching its…