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• The Single Biggest Player In The Electric Car Market

  Published 19 September 2017 | viewed 12,055 times

  The announcement by the U.K. and France that they would prohibit the production of diesel and petrol cars by 2040 made for good headlines, but…

• Is The U.S. Over-Reliant On Gulf Oil Production?

  Published 06 September 2017 | viewed 8,848 times

  This week we covered the impact on the automotive industry of Hurricane Harvey and the likely boost to demand that will come from the replacement of used…

• Will Oil Demand Growth Be Enough To Tackle Inventories?

  Published 16 August 2017 | viewed 12,304 times

  Two articles in the Financial Times this week give polar opposite views on the direction for oil prices next year. The first is a report on…

• Why Oil Prices Can’t Gain Traction

  Published 20 July 2017 | viewed 12,209 times

  Despite U.S. oil stocks falling 7.6 million barrels, the biggest drop since September, a recent Financial Times article reports, quoting U.S. Energy Information Administration data,…

• The Other Culprits Of The Oil Price Crash

  Published 08 July 2017 | viewed 19,860 times

  It is no surprise that oil prices continue to fall when you look at the rising tide of oil production around the world.Source: Financial Times…

• India’s $100 Billion Solar Bet

  Published 17 June 2017 | viewed 15,029 times

  India saw nearly $10 billion invested, both in 2015 and in 2016, in renewable energy projects. Last year, $1.9 billion of green bonds were issued.…

• The Unlikely Alliance Between Russia And Saudi Arabia

  Published 06 June 2017 | viewed 12,958 times

  It is something of an unholy alliance, but Russia and Saudi Arabia are becoming ever closer allies in a graphic example of realpolitik. The two…

• EVs Aren’t Fueling A Rare Metal Boom…Yet

  Published 14 May 2017 | viewed 7,098 times

  Earlier this decade, there was no lack of hype around electric and hybrid cars. Sales were expected to take off, driving demand for lithium, nickel,…

• Uber Aims To Launch Flying Taxis In Dallas And Dubai By 2023

  Published 29 April 2017 | viewed 12,338 times

  10 years ago, the concept of self-driving cars seemed the stuff of science-fiction. Today, self-driving cars are not an uncommon sight in some cities and…

• Are China’s Ambitions To Combat Pollution Hurting Its Economy?

  Published 22 April 2017 | viewed 19,462 times

  Beijing is caught in something of a quandary. On the one hand, an admirable, and increasingly important social imperative, the Chinese government’s focus on air…

• Big Oil Leading The Charge For New Carbon Capture Tech

  Published 25 March 2017 | viewed 9,905 times

  For an industry that has for decades been criticized by environmental groups as the root of all evil it is ironic that oil and gas…

• Is The Lithium Bubble About To Burst?

  Published 11 March 2017 | viewed 9,797 times

  After rising aggressively, some would argue that lithium prices have already peaked. Reuters quotes Paul Robinson, director at consultancy CRU Group saying that prices have…

• Metals Rise Across The Board After OPEC Agreement

  Published 03 December 2016 | viewed 11,167 times

  Yesterday, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries finalized a deal to cut production by 1.2 million barrels a day starting in January, its first reduction…

• Renewable Energy Storage Could Be Worth $90 Billion Per Year

  Published 15 August 2016 | viewed 17,765 times

  Renewable energy technology has been split into two camps since it became a reality around the turn of the century. On the one hand there…

• The Coal Decline Is Now Irreversible

  Published 08 February 2016 | viewed 8,779 times

  There was a lot of talk last year about coal resources needing to be left in the ground if the world was to reach its…

• U.S. Shale Is Too Adaptive For The Saudis To Kill

  Published 15 October 2015 | viewed 13,255 times

   Saudi Arabia is taking a massive gamble on the world oil markets. Their “pump at any price” policy has driven oil down to below $50…

• Lack Of Political Will Could See World Miss Carbon Targets

  Published 21 February 2015 | viewed 4,143 times

  This graph illustrates the extent to which BP’s Energy Outlook 2035 sees renewable energy sources having a meaningful impact in the years ahead.Source: BP Although…

• Industry Relief As India Begins Coal Block Auctions

  Published 18 February 2015 | viewed 5,776 times

  India took its first step on the road to coal mining reform by initiating the auction of select coal blocks over the weekend. Environmentalists, though,…

• Russia India Nuclear Deal Not As Exciting As Previously Thought

  Published 20 December 2014 | viewed 6,188 times

  The initial euphoria over Russia agreeing to build at least 12 nuclear reactors in India by 2035 has died down as sector experts get around…

• South Stream Demise Could Benefit Both Turkey And Moscow

  Published 17 December 2014 | viewed 6,619 times

  Russian President Vladimir Putin may have announced that the proposed South Stream gas pipeline is dead, but it would seem this has given him a…