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• Recovering Demand Sparks Optimism In Oil Markets

  Published 02 April 2021 | viewed 3,990 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures finished higher this week following some friendly news from OPEC+ on Thursday. The market was poised to finish…

• What Really Happened At The OPEC Meeting?

  Published 02 April 2021 | viewed 6,962 times

  The OPEC meeting came and went without much of a hitch. But while market analysts and the media had assumed that a rollover of the…

• Renewable Energy Set To Reshape The U.S. Power Sector

  Published 02 April 2021 | viewed 6,697 times

  1. Renewables shift to accelerate- The shift towards renewable energy in the U.S. will accelerate over the next two to three years, according to an…

• Making The ‘Obvious’ Trade In A Recovering Energy Market

  Published 02 April 2021 | viewed 1,902 times

  I have spent nearly four decades in and around financial markets, and that experience has left me with certain habits and preconceptions. I am, for…

• A Critical Week For The Yemen Ceasefire

  Published 02 April 2021 | viewed 900 times

  Geopolitics It’s the 11th hour for a true ceasefire in Yemen now as the world waits to see what Saudi Arabia will do next and…

• Military Takes Full Control Of Myanmar

  Published 05 February 2021 | viewed 3,425 times

  Myanmar is a huge investment for China. We’re talking about billions of dollars in infrastructure, including oil and gas pipelines, mines, and a deepwater port--not…

• Iran Boasts Oil Production Increase

  Published 05 February 2021 | viewed 5,780 times

  Geopolitics, Politics & Conflict -Iran is claiming that it is already increasing its oil production, and will have reached pre-sanctions levels within a month or…

• Is This The Start Of A Commodity Price Supercycle?

  Published 05 February 2021 | viewed 7,647 times

  1. Silver prices spike- Speculators rushed into silver this week, sending prices soaring, jumping 16% in just a few days, before falling back a bit.…

• How To Play The Energy Market In 2021

  Published 08 January 2021 | viewed 2,972 times

  As happy as we all were to bid adieu to 2020, it has quickly become obvious that just flipping a page on the calendar wasn’t…

• Russia Has Won Its Oil War With Saudi Arabia

  Published 08 January 2021 | viewed 67,286 times

  Oil prices reached the highest point since February 2020 this week after Saudi Arabia’s surprise announcement at the monthly OPEC+ Ministerial Meeting that it would…

• Can Anything Stop The Current Bull Run In Oil?

  Published 08 January 2021 | viewed 10,185 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures continued to move higher on Friday with last February’s high at $53.60 well within reach. Investors continue to…

• Iraq Issues An Arrest Warrant For Donald Trump

  Published 08 January 2021 | viewed 12,978 times

  Geopolitics - In an unexpected turn of events indicative of the United States loss of power in Iraq, an Iraqi court has issued an arrest…

• OPEC+ Throws U.S. Shale A Lifeline

  Published 08 January 2021 | viewed 10,224 times

  1. Metals see a massive boost in EVs- Robert Friedland has started a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition Corp. aimed at…

• 2020: A Historic Year In Review

  Published 18 December 2020 | viewed 1,828 times

  For most people, the idea of looking back on the last year is probably not that appealing. The phrase “because, you know, 2020…” has become…

• Oil Markets Ignore Bearish Risks

  Published 18 December 2020 | viewed 4,675 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are edging higher on Friday as investors showed no signs of lightening up on the long side ahead…

• U.S. LNG Exports Surge

  Published 18 December 2020 | viewed 4,735 times

  1. China’s oil import surge ended- China’s imports of crude oil are set to jump 10% this year, but the import surge occurred during the…

• The Oil Market Is Still In Trouble

  Published 18 December 2020 | viewed 5,245 times

  COVID Market Update Despite the vaccine optimism prevalent in the market that has successfully boosted oil prices to February levels, the oil market is still…

• What's Next For OPEC?

  Published 18 December 2020 | viewed 4,774 times

  A rapprochement between Israel and the UAE came earlier this year in a blockbuster deal that made Trump look pretty good, even if it was…

• Oil Markets Ignore Bearish News

  Published 11 December 2020 | viewed 4,311 times

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures are edging lower on Friday but remained in a position to post a sixth week of gains, as…

• OPEC+ Stabilizes Oil Markets

  Published 11 December 2020 | viewed 11,691 times

  1. Deep capex cuts for shale- A group of 33 U.S. shale companies cut capex to just $5.8 billion combined in the third quarter, according…