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A major oil refinery in Tehran is now engulfed in a huge blaze just hours after on Wednesday morning the Islamic Republic's largest warship caught fire and sank in…
Get ready for $5 per gallon gasoline - especially if you live in California. At least, that was the contention of a new WSJ op-ed that claims…
President Biden, possibly most famous for his - and his son's - business dealings in China coming into question whilst running for the Presidency, may…
Ford's hopes to follow in Tesla's and GM's footsteps and piggyback on the EV/ESG bandwagon will be tested this morning, with Ford stock spiking then…
Oil prices rebounded from last week's Iran deal optimism-inspired rout, as a new potential "snag" emerged in reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that could…
Update (1245ET): Well that didn't last long. After oil prices plunged on Iran nuclear deal optimism, they have surged back higher again now after Russian Envoy…
Hamas' militant wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, announced earlier this week that it is deliberately targeting Israel's secretive Dimona nuclear reactor site, known as the Shimon Peres…
Elon Musk said in January of this year that he was "highly confident [a Tesla] will be able to drive itself with reliability in excess…
China's dominance in green energy technologies are rare earth metal production is very concerning to the International Energy Agency (IEA), who posted a stark warning Wednesday advising…
The National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) industry trade group warns that a worsening semi-truck driver shortage may spark higher fuel prices and gas shortages this…
Iran is warning that it doesn't plan to let nuclear negotiations "drag on" and has threatened to cut talks short if they are "not constructive". The…
BMW is the latest legacy automaker to smash its sales comps for Q1, as automakers benefit from 2020's poor sales due to the pandemic. BMW…
A massive fire erupted on Wednesday evening at an oil refinery operated by Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) in the city of Minatitlan in the eastern Mexican…
There's growing alarm in Canberra over what's expected to be Australia's inevitable increased dependence on foreign petroleum amid a major influx of cheaper refined oil products from China.…
Certainly one of the more exciting stories in the world of EV investing over the past several weeks has been Volkswagen. We have documented the…
A key tenet of the prior Trump administration's crackdown on China and Iran was to punish those Chinese companies caught transferring sanctioned Iranian oil, which was often…
Look out, Tesla. There could be another mainstream FOMO electric vehicle stock coming. VW common shares soared as much as 29% this morning - the…
Despite optimism from Chinese data overnight, forecasts for lower OPEC+ output, and a weaker dollar, oil prices are tumbling this morning with WTI back below…
The battlefield in Yemen is getting more volatile with each passing day. On March 10th, the Saudi-led coalition released a video claiming to have destroyed…
Three Reuters sources said Monday that Beijing made massive purchases of US energy products. The sources said, "three ships carrying ethanol were heading to China from the…