Alex Kimani

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• Dallas Fed Survey Sees Activity Increasing At Solid Pace In U.S. Oil And Gas

  Published 28 September 2022 | viewed 4,136 times

  Despite falling oil prices, a Dallas Fed report surveying oil and gas executives shows activity in the oil and gas sector expanded at a robust…

• Lithium Is Up 220% And This Is What You Need To Know

  Published 27 September 2022 | viewed 5,651 times

  In the current year, we have witnessed a gravity-defying commodity rally after the shuttering of Ukrainian ports, sanctions against Russia and disruption in Libyan oil…

• Catastrophic Grid Failure Causing Widespread Blackouts In Nigeria

  Published 26 September 2022 | viewed 8,125 times

  Nigeria's national electricity grid woes show no signs of abating with the grid collapsing again on Monday, leaving many parts of the country without power.…

• Solar Stocks Continue To Shine In Wider Market Selloff

  Published 26 September 2022 | viewed 2,919 times

      Over the past two years or so, the clean energy sector has been a major laggard with investors giving it a wide berth.…

• Natural Gas Prices Continue Plunge As Europe Fills Up Ahead Of Schedule

  Published 26 September 2022 | viewed 32,894 times

  Europe’s natural gas prices have continued their sharp pullback across UK and European benchmarks as the continent has filled up its gas storage ahead of…

• Energy Earnings Set To Ease, But Oilfield Services Remain Strong

  Published 22 September 2022 | viewed 7,245 times

  The energy sector has enjoyed bumper profits in the current year, with Big Oil companies setting records right, left and center. ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Chevron…

• The Pullback In Natural Gas Has Created An Opportunity

  Published 21 September 2022 | viewed 18,075 times

    U.S. natural gas prices have hit a fresh six-week low, closing at $7.75/MMBtu on Monday with the Wall Street Journal saying that the market…

• Private Equity Scoops Up Oil And Gas Assets

  Published 20 September 2022 | viewed 14,637 times

  Over the past couple of years, Wall Street banks, E&P companies and investors have faced mounting pressure to disinvest in fossil fuels. Last year, BlackRock…

• Germany Seizes Rosneft Refineries, But Doesn’t Solve Its Oil Problem

  Published 19 September 2022 | viewed 7,460 times

  After taking over a Gazprom subsidiary earlier this year, Germany has now assumed control of Russian Rosneft refining assets in the country in a bid…

• Oil And Gas Rules The Toronto Stock Exchange

  Published 18 September 2022 | viewed 7,459 times

  After a three year absence, oil and gas companies are back with a bang on the Toronto Stock Exchange’s annual list of top stocks, the…

• 3 Strong Buys In The Oil Patch

  Published 15 September 2022 | viewed 12,958 times

  The oil market is currently going through another rough patch as investors continue to grapple with inflationary, recessionary and demand fears. Oil prices have continued…

• The Oil Market Isn’t Broken, It’s Just Responding To A Supply Surplus

  Published 15 September 2022 | viewed 18,692 times

  As oil prices continue to plunge, with the latest selloff triggered by a surprise crude build and another release from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, commodity…

• European Oil Giant Warns Windfall Tax Could Backfire

  Published 15 September 2022 | viewed 5,813 times

  The chief executive of Austrian multinational integrated oil, gas and petrochemical company OMV (OTCPK: OMVJF) Alfred Stern has warned that the EU's planned windfall levy…

• The Best Ways To Play The Great Uranium Comeback

  Published 14 September 2022 | viewed 11,111 times

  After languishing in a bear market for a decade, uranium has staged an impressive comeback as Russia’s war on Ukraine exacerbated the global energy crisis…

• Do Falling Gas Prices Signal An End To U.S. Inflation Spiral?

  Published 13 September 2022 | viewed 5,546 times

  After hitting multi-decade highs in recent months, erstwhile stubbornly high inflation in the U.S. has begun to ease and is showing signs of returning to…

• Is The Middle East Becoming Unhabitable?

  Published 12 September 2022 | viewed 22,351 times

  A climate report released ahead of the UN's COP27 climate summit in Egypt in November has revealed that the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean are…

• Why Europe Won’t Exploit Its Huge Gas Reserves

  Published 11 September 2022 | viewed 66,638 times

  As energy prices continue to soar across Europe, with gas prices surging 26% on Monday after Russia stopped pumping via Nord Stream 1, the highly…

• Mergers And Acquisitions Are Back With $10 Billion In New Deals

  Published 10 September 2022 | viewed 10,223 times

  The last two energy crises that threatened hundreds of energy companies with bankruptcy have rewritten the oil and gas M&A playbook. Previously, oil and gas…

• Ethereum Overhaul May Cut Its Emissions By 99%

  Published 07 September 2022 | viewed 5,757 times

  Cryptocurrency mining has frequently been lambasted for being an energy-intensive process. Four years ago, Nature Climate Change warned that Bitcoin mining alone could push global…

• What’s Happening At Ukraine’s Occupied Nuclear Plant?

  Published 07 September 2022 | viewed 2,465 times

  Ukraine’s state nuclear company Energoatom has reported that the final working reactor at the six-reactor facility at Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine was disconnected from Ukraine's…