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• U.S. Shale Assets Could Be Seized By Banks

  Published 12 April 2020 | viewed 2,796 times

  U.S. banks are preparing to start seizing the assets of ailing shale oil companies, Reuters reported today, citing unnamed sources in the know, who said that the…

• Nothing Can Stop The Tesla Boom

  Published 08 April 2020 | viewed 9,396 times

  The falling price of gas has brought some relief to drivers fed up with seeing numbers whirr on the pump at wallet-draining speeds. According to the AAA,…

• Trump Increases Pressure On Venezuela

  Published 06 April 2020 | viewed 1,980 times

  Over the past weeks, the Trump Administration has tightened the noose around Nicolas Maduro’s regime, increasing pressure on the country sitting on top of the…

• China Is Buying Up Billions Of Barrels Of Cheap Crude Oil

  Published 05 April 2020 | viewed 7,428 times

  China is hurting. The entire global economy has taken a huge hit from the spread of the coronavirus, but so far none have been hit…

• Trump Tweet Sends Oil Soaring 25%

  Published 02 April 2020 | viewed 5,787 times

  Oil prices spiked on Thursday morning after U.S. President Donald Trump said that he spoke with the Saudi Crown Prince, and hoped and expected that…

• Oil Falls To $20 For First Time In Nearly Two Decades

  Published 30 March 2020 | viewed 3,649 times

  Oil prices plunged on Monday to their lowest levels in eighteen years, below $20 per barrel, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cripple global oil…

• America’s Shortage Of This Metal Keeps Trump Up At Night

  Published 27 March 2020 | viewed 8,121 times

  The coronavirus may be wreaking havoc on the global economy, but when the dust settles, moving forward will be all about access to critical metals,…

• Major Acquisition Gives The World’s First Green Ride-Share Another Edge

  Published 25 March 2020 | viewed 4,957 times

  With Uber and Lyft already suffering under the massive pressure of lawsuits, CO2 footprints, unhappy drivers and now, coronavirus threats, one innovative new startup is…

• Gas Stations Shut Down In Venezuela As Coronavirus Crisis Intensifies

  Published 23 March 2020 | viewed 2,066 times

  Venezuela has started shutting down gasoline stations across the country as a shortage of fuels has prompted rationing, Bloomberg reports. According to an unnamed source…

• The Key To Commercial Hydrogen

  Published 22 March 2020 | viewed 2,758 times

  Hydrogen gets a lot of attention as a feasible, green alternative to traditional fossil fuels, and even as the potential solution to commercial nuclear fusion,…

• Could Coronavirus Derail The EV Boom?

  Published 19 March 2020 | viewed 2,705 times

  In just one month, the coronavirus outbreak blew out to a full-on pandemic, threatening to tip the global economy into recession and affecting every country,…

• Big Oil Goes Remote As Coronavirus Fears Grow

  Published 17 March 2020 | viewed 3,115 times

  Large oil companies in the United States have asked their office employees to work from home and instituted health checks for those who cannot work…

• Is It Time To Ditch Oil Stocks?

  Published 13 March 2020 | viewed 5,717 times

  There are three questions tormenting investors in the oil and gas industry right now:  Why did Icahn double down on Occidental Petroleum? Is Warren Buffett…

• New Tech Could Restart The Lithium Boom

  Published 12 March 2020 | viewed 3,874 times

  A research team is close to patenting a new technique to extract lithium from brine that could revolutionize the lithium extraction process and potentially cut…

• How One Country Saved Itself From The Oil Price Plunge

  Published 11 March 2020 | viewed 3,746 times

  Petroleos Mexicanos has been in an unrelenting downward spiral for decades. Pemex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, has seen a vast and speedy decline of its…

• Oil Plummets As Saudi Arabia, Russia Face Off In Price War

  Published 09 March 2020 | viewed 2,472 times

  Russia has just sparked what may end up being among the ugliest oil price wars in recent history. And Saudi Arabia is firing back. As…

• Short Sellers Are Piling Into Oil

  Published 05 March 2020 | viewed 9,438 times

  Hedge funds are clearly bracing for even harder times for the battered oil market as bearish bets keep piling on. According to data from research…

• The Ride Sharing War Has Officially Begun: Interview With Sayan Navaratnam

  Published 03 March 2020 | viewed 5,294 times

  Uber transformed transportation when it spent a fortune turning ride-sharing into a mainstream mode of transportation. But the 2.0 version of ride-sharing is where the…

• Three Energy Casualties In The Coronavirus Crisis

  Published 25 February 2020 | viewed 3,588 times

  At a time when the energy sector is weighed down by debt and reeling from low commodity prices, American energy producers are now bracing for…

• How Taxpayers Are Bankrolling The EV Revolution

  Published 22 February 2020 | viewed 4,193 times

  Proponents of the electric vehicle (EV) revolution have a lineup of arguments at the ready for drivers on the fence about whether to go electric,…