Charles Kennedy

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• The Metal Trump Wants More Than Gold

  Published 13 February 2020 | viewed 101,104 times

  China has a monopoly on one of the most strategic metals on the planet, and Washington is anxious to change that.  Global dominance at this…

• Six Of The Hottest Oil Stocks For 2020

  Published 07 January 2020 | viewed 32,127 times

  This is what the bears don’t get about oil stocks: These are no longer the reckless, wasteful, binge years of the shale boom. The smart…

• Putin Calls U.S. Shale “Barbaric”

  Published 21 November 2019 | viewed 225,580 times

  Vladimir Putin has spent his week cozying up to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and dissing the United States’ oil industry, dismissing shale…

• 6 Technology Trends Revolutionizing The Transportation Sector

  Published 13 November 2019 | viewed 7,516 times

  The transportation industry boasts this inglorious claim to fame: It’s responsible for nearly 30 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.  Of…

• Trump Surrenders 2.5 Billion Barrels Of Oil To Syria

  Published 23 October 2019 | viewed 75,004 times

  The American president just gifted 2.5 billion barrels of oil to long-time Syrian enemy Bashar Al-Assad and, by default, Iran and Russia. As far as…

• Is Eating Meat Worse Than Burning Oil?

  Published 22 October 2019 | viewed 18,290 times

  Bad news for meat worshipers. Eating healthy isn't just good for your body--it’s good for the environment, too, according to a series of new studies,…

• Russia’s Oil Reserves Now Worth $1.2 Trillion 

  Published 22 September 2019 | viewed 26,525 times

  The total value of Russia's oil reserves is estimated at $1.2 trillion, nearly doubling the valuation over the course of a single year, Moscow's Ministry…

• Kuwait Raises Security Alert Level Of Oil Facilities

  Published 20 September 2019 | viewed 10,470 times

  Kuwait raised the security alert level at all of its ports, affecting both commercial ports and oil facilities, according to the state-run Kuwait News Agency,…

• Why Gold Prices Are About To Skyrocket Even Higher

  Published 12 August 2019 | viewed 111,073 times

  The gold bears have finally caved under the deafening barrage of fiscal and geopolitical catalysts, from Fed hints to intensely brewing conflict with Iran. But…

• Natural Gas Pipeline In Kentucky Explodes, Killing 1, Injuring 5

  Published 01 August 2019 | viewed 15,873 times

  One person is dead and five others injured when a natural gas pipeline ruptured in a residential community in rural Kentucky shortly after midnight on…

• Oil Production Drops As Libya’s NOC Declares Force Majeure Again

  Published 31 July 2019 | viewed 8,596 times

  Libya’s national oil company declared force majeure on Sharara crude oil loadings on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter. The country's largest…

• Bernie Sanders Calls For Line 5 Oil Pipeline To Be Shut Down

  Published 26 July 2019 | viewed 39,972 times

  Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has called for the controversial Line 5 oil pipeline to be shut down. Sanders became the second 2020 Democratic primary…

• US Pushes Back Vote On Nord Stream 2 Sanctions

  Published 26 July 2019 | viewed 11,523 times

  A U.S. Senate committee will now not vote until next week on a bill that seeks to levy sanctions on companies and individuals involved in…

• China To Add More Coal Power In 2019 And 2020 To Meet Energy Demand

  Published 18 July 2019 | viewed 13,155 times

  In order to meet the growing demand for electricity, China's biggest power generator, China Energy Group is planning to build 11 gigawatts (GW) of new…

• Trump Administration Announces Huge Gulf of Mexico Oil & Gas Lease Sale

  Published 18 July 2019 | viewed 18,276 times

  The U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced Thursday that BOEM proposes to offer 77.8 million acres…

• India’s Solution To A 100% Surge In Energy Demand

  Published 17 July 2019 | viewed 13,423 times

  Nearly 75 percent of power in India is still generated from coal. While coal-fired power generation is still growing, ambitious clean energy policies and falling…

• Turkey Won’t Back Down From Cyprus Oil Drilling Despite EU Sanctions

  Published 16 July 2019 | viewed 9,624 times

  The Turkish Foreign Affair Ministry on Tuesday rejected the notion of European Union sanctions on Turkey over its drilling for gas in disputed eastern Mediterranean…

• Is This A Gamechanger For The Lithium Industry?

  Published 24 April 2019 | viewed 50,395 times

  2018 was a terrible year for commodities, but few sectors fared as badly as lithium. The crucial battery metal, also known as “White petroleum”, struggled…

• Run On Aramco Bonds Could Sideline IPO

  Published 09 April 2019 | viewed 6,544 times

  The Saudi plan to use their state-run oil giant, Aramco, as a piggy bank panned out fabulously for the Kingdom on Tuesday, with international investor…

• The Single Biggest Breakthrough In Oil Tech This Year

  Published 28 August 2018 | viewed 29,023 times

  Utah holds the largest reserves of oil sands in the United States, but up until now, no company had the technology to exploit these vast…