Alex Kimani

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• TotalEnergies To Buy LNG From ADNOC In $1B Deal

  Published 01 May 2023 | viewed 2,740 times

  ADNOC Gas Plc, a listed subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co, has reached an agreement with France’s TotalEnergies SE (NYSE:TTE) to supply the latter…

• Oil Prices Fall On Disappointing Manufacturing Data

  Published 01 May 2023 | viewed 11,713 times

  Oil prices were down sharply on Monday after the latest manufacturing data showed that the sector contracted for the 5th straight month in April, ending a 30-month…

• Largest Supply Glut In A Decade Crashes Nickel Prices

  Published 30 April 2023 | viewed 11,876 times

  Last year,  the nickel markets came into the limelight courtesy of the historic nickel short squeeze that sent nickel prices soaring to an astonishing $100,000…

• Solar Stocks Routed After Enphase Issues Weak Guidance

  Published 27 April 2023 | viewed 3,065 times

    U.S.-based solar stocks sold off heavily on Wednesday, and only slightly recovered on Thursday after one of the sector’s leading names, Enphase Energy Inc.…

• 3 Reasons Why Oil & Gas Is Goldman Sachs’ Favorite Sector

  Published 26 April 2023 | viewed 14,970 times

  Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs has advised investors to buy energy and mining stocks, saying the two sectors are positioned to benefit from economic…

• Wave Of Nationalizations Threatens Miners In Latin America

  Published 26 April 2023 | viewed 2,939 times

  Shares of two of the world's biggest lithium miners,U.S.-based Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) and Chile-based Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) have been falling after Chile's President Gabriel Boric unveiled plans…

• Siberian Oil Saw Significant Drilling Push In March

  Published 24 April 2023 | viewed 4,372 times

  Russia’s main oil-producing region of Khanty-Mansiisk (Yugra) in West Siberia significantly ramped up oil well drilling in the month of March, Reuters has reported. The…

• What’s Keeping Oil From Rallying?

  Published 24 April 2023 | viewed 23,676 times

  After weeks of rising, oil prices appear to have lost upwards momentum after the 2 April announcement of voluntary output cuts failed to counter worries…

• Biden To Veto Congressional Efforts To Overturn Solar Tariff Waivers

  Published 24 April 2023 | viewed 2,614 times

  U.S. President Joe Biden will veto a bipartisan resolution to overturn his policy to waive solar tariffs on four Southeast Asian nations for two years,…

• Oil Prices Rebound After Testing Monthly Lows

  Published 24 April 2023 | viewed 5,835 times

  Crude oil futures were trending higher on Monday as hopes of a demand-led recovery seemed to win over growing concerns regarding the health of the…

• Oil & Gas In The Age Of Climate Change

  Published 23 April 2023 | viewed 4,052 times

  Rising sea levels, wild-fires, heat waves and extreme weather events are already wreaking havoc everywhere and could cost the global economy hundreds of billions of…

• Standard Chartered: Oil Demand To Hit All-Time High In August

  Published 19 April 2023 | viewed 8,904 times

  Previously, we reported that energy agencies have been growing more bearish with their forecasts on oil demand growth with four experts including  IEA and OPEC Secretariat giving…

• How Energy Efficient Are Tiny Homes?

  Published 18 April 2023 | viewed 4,744 times

    Whenever the subject of air pollution and climate change is broached,  most fingers tend to point at fuel-guzzling trucks and SUVs as well as…

• Oil Demand Predictions Vary Wildly Among Energy Agencies

  Published 17 April 2023 | viewed 7,894 times

  Projecting long-term oil demand during the ongoing energy transition has been likened to trying to catch lightning in a bottle, with prognostications by different experts…

• 3 Natural Gas Stocks To Consider This Spring

  Published 16 April 2023 | viewed 11,436 times

  Natural gas prices have continued their relentless slide after the latest inventory data showed the markets continue to be well supplied. Natural gas (Henry Hub)…

• What Could Go Wrong With Chinese Oil Demand Forecasts?

  Published 12 April 2023 | viewed 8,963 times

  Oil markets have rallied since OPEC+ announced that it will reduce its output further, by some 1.66 million barrels per day, bringing the cartel’s total output…

• Is Carbon-Capture A Real Solution To Climate Change?

  Published 12 April 2023 | viewed 2,559 times

  Climate change is no longer a fiery apocalypse that we expect to happen in the far off future. Rising sea levels, wild-fires, heat waves and…

• How Clean Are Tesla’s Cars Really?

  Published 11 April 2023 | viewed 4,272 times

  Electric vehicle skeptics sometimes argue that the manufacturing and disposal of battery-electric vehicles like Teslas as well as reliance on coal to generate the electricity that powers…

• Exxon: Decarbonization Business Is Set For Huge Growth

  Published 11 April 2023 | viewed 6,795 times

  Last month, Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) pulled the plug on its 14-year-long algae biofuels project, becoming the last oil company to abandon what was once considered the fuel of the…

• Hedge Funds Are Still Bearish On Oil But Bulls Are Gaining Steam

  Published 08 April 2023 | viewed 8,068 times

  The oil markets have been oversupplied over the past few months thanks to overall weak demand following warmer than expected weather in Europe. The U.S.…