Category: Energy Resources
The analysis published under this category are as follows.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
China To Continue Expanding Its Influence In The Oil And Gas Sector / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: OilPrice_Com
Since 2009, China has been taking a much more active role in its pursuit of international oil contracts. In 2009, for the first time, Saudi Arabia exported more of its oil to China than it did to the U.S. China also made large investments in Saudi Arabia's oil refining industry as well. But China's oil investments didn't stop there; they also pursued oil producing Canadian assets in 2011-12.Read full article... Read full article...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Riding the Energy Wave to the Future / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: John_Mauldin
“Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” – J. Paul Getty
This week’s yuan devaluation was big news, but it’s really part of a much bigger saga. Events around the globe are combining to create huge economic change over the next few years. We are watching giant, multidimensional chess games played by some master players.
Energy is the chessboard that connects all the players. What happens when the board changes shape in the middle of the game? If you don’t know the new energy landscape, you’ll have a hard time playing to a draw, much less winning.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015
Why the Energy Sector’s Perfect Storm Is About to Blow Over / Commodities / Energy Resources
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MoneyMorning.com
Dr. Kent Moors wrotes: There is a “perfect storm” brewing in the energy sector.
And as storms go, this one has certainly attracted attention. The ongoing concern over supply gluts both in the U.S. and abroad has combined with a Chinese stock collapse to drive down the price of oil.
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Friday, July 17, 2015
Greek Vote: The Three Energy Aftershocks You Need to Know Now / Commodities / Energy Resources
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MoneyMorning.com Dr. Kent Moors writes: In the small hours of the morning, Athens time, the Greek parliament passed a tough set of reforms as the price for another European bailout. The aftershocks of this will be felt throughout the energy sector.
However, even this tough pill is not likely to be enough. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) reported on Monday that Greece may not pull through without an absolute reduction in the debt owed. Germany has already bristled over the prospect of a creditor “haircut” and the prospects of another round of negotiations has everybody fit to be tied on both sides of the conversation.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Here’s the Next Big Source of Energy Profits / Commodities / Energy Resources
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MoneyMorning.com Dr. Kent Moors writes: Not long ago, the idea of disconnecting from the electrical grid and opting to live a “self-powered” life was limited to either “survivalists” or the realm of science fiction.
That’s beginning to change.
Back in 1973, the English economist E. F. Schumacher published Small Is Beautiful. The idea of the best-seller was to treat economics “as if people mattered.” The best way to do that, Schumacher posited, was by bringing the main elements of people’s lives closer to where they lived (remember, this was at the peak of the 1973 oil crisis). Basic human needs and well-being should be prized above materialism and the “bigger is better” mentality.
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Friday, June 26, 2015
QM and XLE Energy Sector Charts Analysis / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: Gary_Savage
It’s starting to look more and more likely that the counter trend bounce in oil (and commodities) may be over. If so then my expectation is that oil will test $35 at some point before the 3 year cycle low is complete.
I was expecting a little more out of the bear market rally. Possibly a move to the mid 60’s before heading back down, but it’s looking more and more likely that oil is going to come up short of my original expectation and traders should probably now start looking for lower prices than hoping for one more pop higher.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Three Ways a Greek Debt Settlement Will Affect the Energy Sector / Commodities / Energy Resources
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MoneyMorning.com Dr. Kent Moors writes: There are now rising indications that the Greek government and its creditors are going to avert a full-blown financial meltdown…
And this means there are some positive developments coming for the energy sector.
As I have been noting over the past couple of weeks, whatever emerges at the 11th hour will be at best merely another thumb in the dike. Completing the metaphor: Nobody has any actual plans to repair the leaking levee.
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Monday, May 04, 2015
The Energy Complex: Very Interesting Chartology / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: Rambus_Chartology
Lets start by looking at the daily chart for WTIC I posted earlier this week that showed a potential inverse H&S bottom with a double bottom head. The brown shaded areas shows the left and right shoulders. WTIC has closed two days in a row above the neckline. So far so good.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
What Obama's First-Ever Energy Review Missed / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes: The Obama administration just released its inaugural Quadrennial Energy Review (QER).
The aim of the 348-page report, which was ordered by a Presidential Memorandum in January 2014, is to help the U.S. government create a "comprehensive and integrated energy strategy" by identifying the roadblocks to providing affordable and secure energy and energy services for the country.
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Four Things Missing From Obama’s First-Ever Energy Review / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes: The Obama administration just released its inaugural Quadrennial Energy Review (QER).
The aim of the 348-page report, which was ordered by a Presidential Memorandum in January 2014, is to help the U.S. government create a “comprehensive and integrated energy strategy” by identifying the roadblocks to providing affordable and secure energy and energy services for the country.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Why Alternative Energy Isn’t Taking It on the Chin Despite Low Oil Prices / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes: Throughout the recent collapse in oil prices, I’ve been telling my readers about a very unusual development in the energy sector.
I say “unusual” because unlike other episodes of falling oil prices, other forms of energy like wind and solar power haven’t followed suit.
You see, when oil prices decline, there’s always an inevitable uptick in demand.
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Saturday, April 18, 2015
I’m Counting on Chaos in the Energy Sector and You Should, Too / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: Money_Morning
Keith Fitz-Gerald writes: CNBC’s Kate Kelly asked me last January if I was worried about smaller players in the energy sector “just plain going out of business.”
I replied that not only was I not afraid of the weaker players being swept away, I was counting on it.
As you might imagine, that raised more than a few eyebrows, considering oil had fallen by 51% from last summer’s highs to only $52/barrel at the time, and investors couldn’t hit the sell button fast enough.
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Wednesday, April 08, 2015
The Energy Trouble Center Nobody’s Talking About (Yet) / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes: I’d been looking forward to delivering the keynote address at a conference in its capital city, Manama. But now the government has cancelled my appearance, and the U.S. Department of State has even seconded the conclusion.
What’s keeping me out of Bahrain, a wealthy, tiny island country in the Persian Gulf? The threat of Sunni-Shiite violence, which is spreading throughout the Middle East and North Africa. There’s no sign that it’s slowing down.
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Tuesday, April 07, 2015
Is It Finally Time to Buy Energy Stocks? / Companies / Energy Resources
By: DailyWealth
Dr. Steve Sjuggerud writes: "Why You Can't Buy Oil Stocks – Yet." That was the DailyWealth headline on January 6.
I wrote that 90 days ago... Has the picture changed yet for oil stocks?
Is it finally time to buy energy companies yet?
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Thursday, March 26, 2015
MidEast Energy Alert: Why the Crisis in Yemen Could Get Ugly Very Fast / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes: The last 24 hours have provided a stark reminder of the immediate impact geopolitical events can have on oil prices.
This time there’s a crisis in Yemen, and it’s about to take a turn for the worse.
As a result, I’ve been asked to provide my analysis on CNBC’s Closing Bell at 4:10 p.m. today to discuss the impact the crisis will have on oil prices.
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Wednesday, February 04, 2015
This “Hydrogen Battery” Might Overcome Energy’s Biggest Roadblock / Companies / Energy Resources
By: Money_Morning
Dr. Kent Moors writes: Hydrogen has always been an intriguing alternative energy source.
Pound for pound, it contains almost three times as much energy as natural gas, and when consumed, its only emission is pure, plain water.
The problem with this “miracle fuel” has always been the price.
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Saturday, January 31, 2015
199 Days of Hell - Unintended consequences: Oil and the Worst Battle in History / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: Marin_Katusa
Just after I signed the publishing agreement for my first book, The Colder War, I realized how much research I was going to end up doing, specifically in areas that I never thought would be so integral to my subject area: energy and mining. Along the way, I came across some fascinating events that were completely out of my area of expertise but gave me a better sense for the unintended consequences in an historical perspective of the events that led to where we are today.
Friday, January 30, 2015
Seen the Energy Downturn Movie Before, and Not Worried / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: The_Energy_Report
With oil and gas prices down, it's time to cull the herd, sell marginal producers and double down on the strong ones in your portfolio, says Michael Waring, founder of Galileo Global Equity Advisors Inc. In this interview with The Energy Report, Waring explains that this kind of correction happens every 10 years in this space. It presents opportunities for companies to improve and investors to profit—and he names four companies he considers most likely to succeed.
The Energy Report: Michael, you said in November that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) expected the U.S. to share in reducing production growth to help stabilize the oil market. Have events justified that expectation?
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Sunday, January 25, 2015
Divesting America of Ozone-Destroying Energy Sources / Politics / Energy Resources
By: Walter_Brasch
Walter Brasch writes: Long before the price of gas and oil began to plummet, socially conscious churches, universities, non-profit organizations, and local governments began to divest themselves of fossil fuel stock and shock the fossil fuel industry to understand the environmental and public health concerns.
The World Council of Churches, which represents about 590 million Christians in 520,000 congregations, decided in July that to continue to hold fossil fuel stock would compromise its ethics, and recommended that the 349 member denominations consider divesting oil and gas stock.
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Saturday, January 03, 2015
The Energy Sector Takes 2015 by Storm / Commodities / Energy Resources
By: DailyWealth
Rachel Gearhart writes: Stocks are booming, the economy is growing, the job market is strengthening and it’s looking like the prosperity will continue into 2015.
With the bombardment of doom-and-gloom business news, that may feel more like wishful thinking than reality. So let’s allow the numbers to tell the tale.
In 2014, American-based mergers and acquisitions rung in at $1.52 trillion, up from $998 billion in 2013.
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