Alex Kimani

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• Beijing’s Big Tech, Refiner Crackdown Sends Clean Energy Stocks Flying

  Published 19 August 2021 | viewed 2,809 times

  The current year has seen a massive wave of regulatory pressure by the Chinese government on key strategic sectors of its economy. Beijing has tightened…

• Is The U.S. Shale Bankruptcy Rout Over?

  Published 18 August 2021 | viewed 4,741 times

  Back in April, we reported that U.S. oil and gas companies were still filing for bankruptcy at record levels right in the midst of an…

• Wall Street Bullish On Oil Despite Losing Streak

  Published 17 August 2021 | viewed 8,549 times

  Oil prices fell on Friday but still managed to eke out a slight weekly gain at $68.44/bbl, as investors continued to weigh a bullishly tight…

• The Natural Gas Rally Is Far From Over

  Published 16 August 2021 | viewed 6,564 times

  After hitting a near three-year high of $4.20/MMBtu a week ago, natural gas prices have gone into a sharp reversal, leading to growing fears that…

• Where Does Wall Street Think Oil Is Heading?

  Published 14 August 2021 | viewed 19,608 times

  After a volatile week of reversals and re-reversals, oil prices have rebounded a bit again on Wednesday thanks to an overall risk-on theme returning to…

• The Oil & Gas Inflation Trap That No One Wants To Talk About

  Published 12 August 2021 | viewed 10,839 times

  President Joe Biden has lately sought to soothe fears that rising inflation could hurt the U.S. recovery and undermine his $4-trillion spending plans. This comes…

• Peak Gasoline Demand Forecasts Aren't Scaring Big Oil

  Published 11 August 2021 | viewed 5,544 times

  Last week, President Joe Biden came out with an executive order aimed at making half of all new vehicles sold in 2030 electric (battery electric,…

• New Energy Companies Post Mixed Earnings Despite Pivot To Renewables

  Published 11 August 2021 | viewed 1,344 times

  Oil and gas companies have been shooting the lights out this earnings season, with the energy sector recording the highest growth of any of the…

• Cheap Natural Gas Is A Thing Of The Past

  Published 09 August 2021 | viewed 18,823 times

  The era of cheap natural gas might be gone for good.  U.S. natural gas futures climbed to a 31-month high of 4.16/MMBtu on Thursday thanks…

• Why Are Oil Stocks So Undervalued Right Now?

  Published 05 August 2021 | viewed 12,782 times

  Lately, the oil bulls just can't seem to catch a proper break. Just when oil prices were consolidating after OPEC+ reached an agreement on production…

• Exxon’s Falling Production Is Highly Bullish For Oil Prices

  Published 04 August 2021 | viewed 20,332 times

  Last week, ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) reported Q 2 2021 earnings in one of Big Oil's most anticipated scorecards this earnings season. The United States' largest oil…

• There’s A New Battery King And It’s Minting Billionaires Faster Than Google

  Published 03 August 2021 | viewed 12,732 times

  After an almost surreal 15-month stretch that saw its market value balloon 17-fold, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) has come back to earth this year and appears…

• The Sun Is Shining On Solar Stocks This Summer

  Published 02 August 2021 | viewed 1,592 times

  After struggling for weeks trying to work out details of how to pay for the legislation, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is reportedly close to…

• Can The Middle East Really Become A Leader In Renewable Energy?

  Published 29 July 2021 | viewed 2,741 times

  To say that the six countries that make up the Gulf Cooperative Council (GCC) live and breathe hydrocarbons is hardly an exaggeration. About 60 years…

• Shrinking Global Populations Poses An Existential Threat To Oil

  Published 28 July 2021 | viewed 8,041 times

  About a week ago, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman made waves in the oil community after telling Bloomberg News that Saudi Arabia "...is…

• Oil Majors Are Primed For A Massive Earnings Season

  Published 28 July 2021 | viewed 6,370 times

  Earnings season is here with us once again, with a quarter of S&P 500 companies having reported second-quarter 2021 earnings. According to FactSet data, 88%…

• The Best Risk-Reward Plays In Oil

  Published 27 July 2021 | viewed 10,628 times

  Oil prices have been ticking upwards after OPEC+ reached an agreement on Sunday that will see the group start adding 400,000 bpd production each month…

• Natural Gas Stocks Still Have Major Upside

  Published 25 July 2021 | viewed 8,614 times

  After an epic, pandemic-induced crash in 2020, the U.S. stock market has gone back to winning ways and is enjoying yet another bumper season in…

• Marine Fuel: The Next Market Share Battleground In Asia

  Published 24 July 2021 | viewed 1,895 times

  For decades, Singapore has been the world's pre-eminent marine fuel hub, accounting for 21% of the 230 million metric tonnes global bunker market. But a…

• 5 Wild New Ways To Generate Energy

  Published 21 July 2021 | viewed 2,687 times

  With the clean energy shift beginning to gain serious momentum, the prime candidates for a sustainable future have been solar, wind, and--to a lesser extent--geothermal…