Robert Rapier

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• The Nine Key Points In Biden’s Energy Strategy

  Published 10 September 2020 | viewed 6,575 times

  Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has laid out an ambitious energy plan. His campaign has released nine key elements of Biden’s plan for a Clean Energy…

• Supermajors Still Struggling Despite Oil Price Recovery

  Published 28 August 2020 | viewed 4,155 times

  The global COVID-19 pandemic led to an abysmal second quarter for the earnings of U.S. oil companies, but oil prices themselves staged a recovery during…

• The World Needs More Nuclear Power To Lower Emissions

  Published 24 August 2020 | viewed 2,563 times

  Two weeks ago in Renewable Energy Growth Continues At A Blistering Pace, I highlighted the inability of renewable energy to keep up with overall energy demand:…

• The Biggest Challenge In Curbing Global Emissions

  Published 15 August 2020 | viewed 4,820 times

  This is the sixth and final article in a series on the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2020. The Review provides a comprehensive picture…

• COVID Pandemic Has Upended MLPs

  Published 01 August 2020 | viewed 8,948 times

  Income-generating assets have had a challenging time since the Covid-19 pandemic began. Popular income vehicles like master limited partnerships (MLPs) have been especially hard-hit. The…

• Is Commercial Hydrogen Possible Without Fossil Fuels?

  Published 15 July 2020 | viewed 19,830 times

  In a previous article, I analyzed the carbon footprint of producing hydrogen from fossil fuels. That is how over 95% of the world’s hydrogen is…

• The U.S. Is Determined To Dominate Global Natural Gas Markets

  Published 11 July 2020 | viewed 24,695 times

  This article is the third in a series on the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2020. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply…

• The World’s Most Important Oil Consumers And Producers

  Published 04 July 2020 | viewed 21,606 times

  Following last week’s release of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2020, I began to review and analyze the data. Today I take a…

• Fossil Fuels Make Up 84 Percent Of The Global Energy Market

  Published 29 June 2020 | viewed 25,865 times

  This week BP released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2020. The Review covers energy data through 2019, and provides a comprehensive picture of supply and…

• Rebound In Oil Prices Helps Prop Up Midstream Sector

  Published 19 June 2020 | viewed 32,239 times

  Since the March lows, the midstream sector of the oil and gas industry has recovered most of its losses. While the overall sector is still…

• The Oil & Gas Sector Could Already Be In Terminal Decline

  Published 17 June 2020 | viewed 81,717 times

  The fossil fuel industry has faced serious headwinds for several years, but the rise of renewables combined with the fall in consumption as a consequence…

• Estimating The Carbon Footprint Of Hydrogen Production

  Published 15 June 2020 | viewed 15,610 times

  Hydrogen is the lightest and most abundant element in the universe. It can be used as a source of power, and it is an important…

• The Secret To A Low-Carbon Future

  Published 10 June 2020 | viewed 9,522 times

  The world is transitioning to a low-carbon future. This transition is being aided by policies aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as rapidly…

• Three Reasons Oil Prices Are Bouncing Back

  Published 01 June 2020 | viewed 56,353 times

  Oil prices have come a long way since the deep dive into negative territory a month ago. One could argue that the price of West…

• Midstream Companies Slash Capex By 50% After Oil Crash

  Published 23 May 2020 | viewed 25,307 times

  With the collapse in oil demand, oil producers and refiners have come under intense financial pressure. Not far behind are the integrated supermajors like ExxonMobil…

• A Once-In-A-Lifetime Warnings For Oil Investors

  Published 11 May 2020 | viewed 87,476 times

  Last week Royal Dutch Shell did something that would have been nearly unthinkable at the beginning of this year. The company cut its dividend for…

• The Terrifying Truth About Trading Oil

  Published 07 May 2020 | viewed 46,276 times

  When we buy stocks – as long as we don’t trade on margin – we know that the worst case scenario is a 100% loss…

• Ethanol Is Taking A Beating In The COVID-19 Crisis

  Published 02 May 2020 | viewed 23,940 times

  In a previous article, I reported that gasoline demand had plummeted to the lowest demand number in more than 50 years. But the COVID-19 pandemic…

• Can A Trillion New Trees Really Combat Climate Change?

  Published 16 April 2020 | viewed 11,284 times

  Last month I discussed the announcement by Jeff Bezos, founder, president and CEO of Amazon — that he would commit $10 billion toward fighting climate…

• The Reality Of The End Of Oil

  Published 11 April 2020 | viewed 243,414 times

  The Oil Age has powered the world for well over a century. There have been two general schools of thought about how it will ultimately…