Alex Kimani

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• Why A Shale Comeback Could Be Disastrous For Oil Markets

  Published 17 May 2021 | viewed 2,390 times

  After having a year to forget in 2020, the energy sector has this year emerged as the best-performing of all 11 U.S. market sectors. Energy…

• Oil Markets Will Face A Supply Crisis Before Demand Peaks

  Published 17 May 2021 | viewed 7,452 times

  The year 2020 was a watershed moment for the fossil fuel sector. Faced with a global pandemic, severe demand shocks, and a shift towards renewable…

• 3 Strong Oil And Gas Stocks For The Summer

  Published 13 May 2021 | viewed 13,569 times

  For years, searching for potentially rewarding oil and gas stocks during the ongoing energy crisis has pretty much felt like dumpster diving. The energy sector…

• The ESG Bubble Has Finally Burst

  Published 13 May 2021 | viewed 7,542 times

  Back in January, we warned that the green energy sector was in danger of overheating after massive runups by clean energy stocks in 2020. The…

• Airlines Pull Back From Oil Hedging After Losing Billions

  Published 12 May 2021 | viewed 4,931 times

  Commodity price hedging is a popular trading strategy frequently used by oil and gas producers as well as heavy consumers of energy commodities such as airlines…

• Saudi Arabia's Covid Aid Comes At A Cost For India

  Published 10 May 2021 | viewed 7,816 times

  At a time when oil and gas investors have been celebrating the latest oil rally after OPEC+ pledged to maintain strict production discipline, not everybody…

• Big Oil Is In Desperate Need Of New Discoveries

  Published 10 May 2021 | viewed 9,098 times

  The year 2020 was a watershed moment for the fossil fuel sector. Faced with a global pandemic, severe demand shocks and a shift towards renewable…

• Big Oil Eyes Wave Of Buybacks After Blowout Earnings

  Published 09 May 2021 | viewed 23,326 times

  Crude oil futures have rallied to their highest finish in months, with WTI price climbing above $65 for the first time in two months after…

• The Mystery Of Dark Energy

  Published 06 May 2021 | viewed 3,288 times

  "Dark energy is not only terribly important for astronomy, it's the central problem for physics. It's been the bone in our throat for a long…

• Is It Time To Invest In Smart Energy Tech?

  Published 04 May 2021 | viewed 1,415 times

  In a virtual climate summit with 41 world leaders last month, President Joe Biden unveiled an ambitious ten-year Climate Plan that has proposed cutting U.S.…

• Big Oil Hikes Dividends After Blowout Quarter

  Published 03 May 2021 | viewed 21,345 times

  Crude oil futures have rallied to their highest finish in six weeks, days after OPEC+ stuck with plans to gradually ease production curbs, signaling confidence…

• Canada’s Oil Patch Is Preparing For A Production Hike

  Published 29 April 2021 | viewed 9,570 times

  At a time when U.S. shale, OPEC+, and dozens of oil producers have laid out blueprints to limit production in a bid to return the…

• Three Things That Will Drive Oil Prices In May

  Published 28 April 2021 | viewed 27,289 times

  The Energy Sector (NYSEARCA:XLE) has taken the lead in the S&P midday sector standings on Wednesday trading, jumping 3.5% as OPEC+ appears ready to stick…

• China Makes Big Move On Battery Metals In Africa

  Published 27 April 2021 | viewed 6,813 times

  Over the past few decades, China has been all over Africa, building railroads, airports, bridges, and power dams, doing what Africa's colonial masters should have…

• The 5 Most Influential Oil Companies In The World

  Published 26 April 2021 | viewed 15,717 times

  In a virtual climate summit with 41 world leaders, President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled an ambitious 10-year Climate Plan that has proposed cutting U.S.…

• Energy Transition Could Doom Africa’s Oil Producers

  Published 25 April 2021 | viewed 3,760 times

  When it comes to the final frontier for big oil discoveries, it’s not the Guyana-Suriname basin where supergiants like ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM), Hess Corp. (NYSE:HES), and…

• Did The World Bank Just Doom LNG?

  Published 22 April 2021 | viewed 7,146 times

  The United States has a long-running love affair with natural gas, with fossil fuels acting as the lynchpin in the country's power generation mix. At…

• Why Is Most Oil Found In Deserts And The Arctic?

  Published 21 April 2021 | viewed 7,694 times

  The short-term energy outlook has improved considerably over the past few months, thanks mainly to the ongoing Covid-19 vaccine rollout. A cross-section of analysts now…

• Can The Energy Sector Maintain Its Crazy Momentum?

  Published 19 April 2021 | viewed 3,104 times

  Is the pessimism in the fossil fuel sector overdone? Can investing in oil and gas still pay off over the long term? After years of…

• Oil And Gas Bankruptcies Jump Despite Rise In Crude Prices

  Published 18 April 2021 | viewed 23,372 times

  The oil and gas sector is currently enjoying a mini-boom cycle as economies gradually re-open and oil demand begins to return to a semblance of…