Alex Kimani

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

  Published 29 April 2021 | viewed 11,507 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 28,731 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 7,568 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 18,377 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 4,375 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 7,574 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 10,431 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 3,543 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 24,618 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…

• 3 Oil Stocks To Watch This Spring

  Published 15 April 2021 | viewed 17,469 times

  Oil bulls who have been praying for oil prices to cross the $70 per barrel mark to affirm a full recovery after a very encouraging…

• This Strategic Shift Could Make Big Oil Much More Profitable

  Published 15 April 2021 | viewed 4,739 times

  At a certain point in its lifecycle, every industry faces its moment of reckoning with growing pressure to transform due to factors such as increasing…

• Big Oil Aims To Win Back Investors With Green Oil

  Published 12 April 2021 | viewed 4,632 times

  Last month, the Biden administration dealt the fossil fuel industry yet another blow after it proposed the introduction of a carbon tax in a bid…

• The $7 Trillion Reason Saudi Arabia Is Cutting Oil Production

  Published 11 April 2021 | viewed 38,181 times

  Strict production discipline by OPEC and its partners is the #1 reason why oil prices have managed to stage a remarkable recovery and stay relatively…

• Big Oil Is Dead Set On Exploiting The Wind Power Boom

  Published 08 April 2021 | viewed 15,708 times

  Lately, the solar sector has been hogging the renewable energy limelight, and for good reason. Experts such as the International Energy Agency (IEA) have predicted…

• Smart Money Is Betting On A Helium Boom

  Published 08 April 2021 | viewed 3,918 times

  Two years ago, three pre-eminent materials scientists, John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino, were awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for…

• The U.S.-China Trade War Isn’t Over Yet

  Published 07 April 2021 | viewed 4,810 times

  When former U.S. President Donald Trump ascended into the Oval Office in January 2017, he kicked off his presidency by investigating unfair trade practices in…

• Iran’s Comeback To Oil Markets Unlikely To Cause Price Crash

  Published 06 April 2021 | viewed 6,464 times

  Oil investors now have to contend with another wildcard: Iran soon returning to the oil markets. After a three-year layoff, Iran could be poised to…

• The U.S. Is Losing The Energy Tech War Against China

  Published 05 April 2021 | viewed 5,304 times

  For years, the U.S. and China have waged war over technology, trade, and capital markets. Tensions between the world’s leading economies reached a fever pitch during…

• World’s Largest Lithium Producer: Get Ready For A Mega-Rally

  Published 04 April 2021 | viewed 35,547 times

  Several months ago, Chile’s second-largest lithium producer, Albemarle Corp. (NYSE:ALB), warned that global supplies of lithium were on course for a major shortfall in a…

• Blackrock Investment Guru Busts The ESG Investing Myth

  Published 03 April 2021 | viewed 7,985 times

  Over the past few months, one of the most influential investors on Wall Street has been throwing its full weight behind ESG and the clean…