Alex Kimani

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• Why Is Most Oil Found In Deserts And The Arctic?

  Published 21 April 2021 | viewed 11,411 times

  The short-term energy outlook has improved considerably over the past few months, thanks mainly to the ongoing Covid-19 vaccine rollout. A cross-section of analysts now…

• Can The Energy Sector Maintain Its Crazy Momentum?

  Published 19 April 2021 | viewed 3,656 times

  Is the pessimism in the fossil fuel sector overdone? Can investing in oil and gas still pay off over the long term? After years of…

• Oil And Gas Bankruptcies Jump Despite Rise In Crude Prices

  Published 18 April 2021 | viewed 24,817 times

  The oil and gas sector is currently enjoying a mini-boom cycle as economies gradually re-open and oil demand begins to return to a semblance of…

• 3 Oil Stocks To Watch This Spring

  Published 15 April 2021 | viewed 17,554 times

  Oil bulls who have been praying for oil prices to cross the $70 per barrel mark to affirm a full recovery after a very encouraging…

• This Strategic Shift Could Make Big Oil Much More Profitable

  Published 15 April 2021 | viewed 4,823 times

  At a certain point in its lifecycle, every industry faces its moment of reckoning with growing pressure to transform due to factors such as increasing…

• Big Oil Aims To Win Back Investors With Green Oil

  Published 12 April 2021 | viewed 4,748 times

  Last month, the Biden administration dealt the fossil fuel industry yet another blow after it proposed the introduction of a carbon tax in a bid…

• The $7 Trillion Reason Saudi Arabia Is Cutting Oil Production

  Published 11 April 2021 | viewed 38,503 times

  Strict production discipline by OPEC and its partners is the #1 reason why oil prices have managed to stage a remarkable recovery and stay relatively…

• Big Oil Is Dead Set On Exploiting The Wind Power Boom

  Published 08 April 2021 | viewed 15,877 times

  Lately, the solar sector has been hogging the renewable energy limelight, and for good reason. Experts such as the International Energy Agency (IEA) have predicted…

• Smart Money Is Betting On A Helium Boom

  Published 08 April 2021 | viewed 4,077 times

  Two years ago, three pre-eminent materials scientists, John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham, and Akira Yoshino, were awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for…

• The U.S.-China Trade War Isn’t Over Yet

  Published 07 April 2021 | viewed 4,986 times

  When former U.S. President Donald Trump ascended into the Oval Office in January 2017, he kicked off his presidency by investigating unfair trade practices in…

• Iran’s Comeback To Oil Markets Unlikely To Cause Price Crash

  Published 06 April 2021 | viewed 6,627 times

  Oil investors now have to contend with another wildcard: Iran soon returning to the oil markets. After a three-year layoff, Iran could be poised to…

• The U.S. Is Losing The Energy Tech War Against China

  Published 05 April 2021 | viewed 5,482 times

  For years, the U.S. and China have waged war over technology, trade, and capital markets. Tensions between the world’s leading economies reached a fever pitch during…

• World’s Largest Lithium Producer: Get Ready For A Mega-Rally

  Published 04 April 2021 | viewed 35,749 times

  Several months ago, Chile’s second-largest lithium producer, Albemarle Corp. (NYSE:ALB), warned that global supplies of lithium were on course for a major shortfall in a…

• Blackrock Investment Guru Busts The ESG Investing Myth

  Published 03 April 2021 | viewed 8,083 times

  Over the past few months, one of the most influential investors on Wall Street has been throwing its full weight behind ESG and the clean…

• Will The World’s Newest Oil Benchmark Be A Success?

  Published 30 March 2021 | viewed 13,643 times

  At a time when highly leveraged U.S. exploration and production (E&P) companies have been struggling with dwindling valuations, shrinking credit lines, and mounting bankruptcies, Middle…

• Blocking The Sun: A Crazy Idea To Stop Climate Change?

  Published 30 March 2021 | viewed 4,587 times

  The Arctic Blast has exposed the U.S. energy grid as being ill-prepared for climate change, with electric grid regulators now saying the U.S. needs to…

• Can Silicon Valley Beat China In Clean Energy Tech?

  Published 28 March 2021 | viewed 5,953 times

  Many investors are already aware of the fact that China is the world's most dominant player in the solar and clean energy sector. 8 out…

• Global Petroplastic Markets Set To Explode This Year

  Published 28 March 2021 | viewed 15,119 times

  In a sharp reversal of fortunes, oil markets have gone into another tailspin with prices dipping by the biggest margin since the historic April crash.…

• Bitcoin’s Energy Problem Isn’t Going Away Anytime Soon

  Published 25 March 2021 | viewed 3,561 times

  Since its debut 12 years ago, bitcoin has frequently been lambasted for its energy-intensive mining process. About 2.5 years ago, Nature Climate Change, a monthly…

• Saudi Arabia Skips LNG, Bets Big On Hydrogen

  Published 23 March 2021 | viewed 22,298 times

  Last year, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Saudi Aramco sent shockwaves through the natural gas markets after it announced that it was kicking off the…