Tom Kool

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• Coronavirus Meltdown Continues As Brent Drops Below $50

  Published 28 February 2020 | viewed 20,356 times

  As fears of the coronavirus outbreak reaching pandemic levels continue to spread, markets have taken a beating. Investors are panic selling and nearly every sector…

• Oil Falls Below $50 On Demand Fears

  Published 25 February 2020 | viewed 22,928 times

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• Oil Prices Fall As OPEC+ Refuses To Act

  Published 21 February 2020 | viewed 53,587 times

  Oil prices fell on Friday as OPEC+ decided not to move its March meeting forward while Russia indicated that it currently has no intentions to…

• Uncertainty Brings An End To The Oil Price Rebound

  Published 18 February 2020 | viewed 28,706 times

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• The Complete Guide To Oxygenates

  Published 18 February 2020 | viewed 15,749 times

  Internal Combustion Engine Basics The internal combustion engine is undoubtedly one of the greatest inventions of human civilization. Like so many other inventions, however, the…

• Oil Markets Bounce Back As Coronavirus Fears Fade

  Published 14 February 2020 | viewed 13,064 times

  It seems that oil markets have decided that the coronavirus worst-case scenario that sent prices below the $50 mark is increasingly unlikely, with WTI now…

• Oil Up Despite Demand Fears

  Published 11 February 2020 | viewed 21,706 times

  (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge)Chart of the Week (Click to enlarge)-    The U.S. became a net oil exporter in recent months,…

• Oil Falls Again As OPEC+ Struggles To Strike A Deal

  Published 07 February 2020 | viewed 28,362 times

  Oil prices continue to slide as the coronavirus dominates headlines.  (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge)…

• Can OPEC+ Rescue Oil Markets Once Again?

  Published 04 February 2020 | viewed 21,180 times

  If you haven't received our latest Global Energy Alert report, I strongly recommend you to sign up and read it immediately. From the latest breaking…

• The Complete Guide To Motor Oils

  Published 03 February 2020 | viewed 45,689 times

  Although sales of electric vehicles (EVs) are continuing to grow around the world and are expected to keep rising in many markets, including in the…

• Oil Market Falls Deeper Into Abyss

  Published 31 January 2020 | viewed 40,922 times

  The oil market is “troubled by both rising demand worries and rising fuel stocks,” said Ole Sloth Hansen, head of commodities strategy at Saxo Bank…

• GM To Spend $2.2 Billion On Electric Vehicle Production In Detroit

  Published 29 January 2020 | viewed 8,534 times

  It isn’t often that Detroit gets a multi-million-dollar reprieve, but this is the auto revolution 2.0, and there is some hope yet for the Motor…

• OPEC+ Halts Slide In Oil Prices

  Published 28 January 2020 | viewed 25,638 times

  After several days of losses, oil prices stabilized on Tuesday morning after OPEC and partners announced their intent to extend output cuts till June of…

• Oil Bears Are Back As Demand Fears Go Viral

  Published 24 January 2020 | viewed 27,071 times

  Pessimism has returned to oil markets, with Brent testing the $60-per-barrel threshold.  (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click to enlarge) (Click…

• Oil Falls Despite Major Outage In Libya

  Published 21 January 2020 | viewed 16,986 times

  Despite an escalation in Libya's oil war, crude prices fell on Tuesday morning as a deadly virus in China sparked fears of an economic slowdown. …

• The Single Biggest Factor In Oil This Week

  Published 17 January 2020 | viewed 25,160 times

  Oil prices regained a bit of ground at the end of the week on optimism surrounding the Phase 1 U.S.-China trade deal. At the same…

• Oversupply Fears Are Front And Center In Oil Markets

  Published 14 January 2020 | viewed 12,824 times

  The threat of a potential crisis in the Middle East has apparently disappeared for oil traders, with revitalized fears of oversupply now taking center stage.…

• Bearish Sentiment Returns To Oil Markets

  Published 10 January 2020 | viewed 40,526 times

  Oil prices have now fallen below where they were before the assassination of General Soleimani, suggesting that traders have turned their focus away from geopolitical…

• Oil Prices Soar As Iran Fires Missiles At U.S. Base

  Published 07 January 2020 | viewed 80,606 times

  In what appears to be its first retaliation strike, Iran has claimed to have fired tens of ground-to-ground rockets at the Ain al-Assad military base…

• Is The Oil Price Rally Already Over?

  Published 07 January 2020 | viewed 21,683 times

  The new year has started with a bang, and markets have gone haywire following the assassination of Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani. Readers of Global Energy…