Commodity Trends

4 Precious Metals to Consider

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A variety of factors, including worries about the US dollar, inflation, the stock market and trade sanctions have led people to consider alternative investments for their future. Precious metals have always been an alternative due to their negative correlation to other markets. This means that often when stocks or currencies are falling precious metals are rising.  There are 4 precious metals to consider for investment and to secure retirement.

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Oil & Chemicals

Merger Mania: The World’s Largest Oil Company And Petrochemical Company Merge

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In the following article from  OilPrice.com we see a major merger in the works to expand Saudi Aramco from just energy into chemical products. In previous articles we’ve discussed the possibility that Saudi Arabia is looking for alternative revenue streams as the world shifts toward renewable energy. 

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Oil Fallen

The $32 Trillion Push To Disrupt The Entire Oil Industry

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Global oil and gas companies are increasingly facing an uphill battle as global warming policies are taking their toll. Most analysts and market watchers are focusing on peak oil demand scenarios, but the reality could be much darker. International oil companies (IOCs) are likely to face a Black Swan scenario, which could end up being a boon for state-owned oil companies (NOCs).

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Electricity Production Capacity Changes in 2019

Renewable Energy Trends in 2019

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According to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2019 will be a good year for renewables. A whopping 46% of new electricity production will come from Wind power and 18% will come from Solar Photovoltaic power with the remaining increase coming from clean burning Natural Gas for a total increase in generating capacity of 24 gigawatts (GW). On the other hand, 8 gigawatts (GW) of electrical generating capacity will be retired this year 53% of that will be coal fired, 27% natural gas and 18% will be nuclear powered plants.

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Drilling Zones

Huge Backlog Could Trigger New Wave Of Shale Oil

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Why would a company spend millions of dollars to drill an oil well and then not finish it? There are a couple of  reasons. Thanks to rapid advancements in drilling technology shale oil wells can actually be drilled faster than they can be completed. This can result in a high inventory of uncompleted wells called “drilled but uncompleted wells (DUCs)”.  But when the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) counts DUCs they don’t count the recently completed ones to allow time for completion.

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China Vanadium Battery Factory

Move Aside Lithium – Vanadium Is The New Super-Metal

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The lithium ride was a great one. Cobalt, too. All they needed was their Elon Musk moment, which came in the form of the Nevada battery gigafactory. The next Elon Musk moment won’t be about lithium at all—or even cobalt. It will be for an element that takes everything electric to its revolutionary finish line: Vanadium.

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U.S. Shale Has A Glaring Problem

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Oil prices are down a bit, but are still close to multi-year highs. That should leave the shale industry flush with cash. However, a long list of U.S. shale companies are still struggling to turn a profit. A new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) and the Sightline Institute detail the “alarming volumes of red ink” within the shale industry.

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