Michael Kern

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• Oil Falls Into $20 Range As The Fed Cuts Interest Rates To Zero

  Published 16 March 2020 | viewed 62,756 times

  The Federal Reserve took yet another bold action on Sunday evening, announcing that the central bank would be slashing interest rates to zero percent. But…

• Oil Prices Rise As Trump Declares National Emergency Over Coronavirus Outbreak

  Published 13 March 2020 | viewed 64,380 times

  There’s no doubt about it, it has been a rough week for oil. Just days after Saudi Arabia and Russia launched a full-blown oil war,…

• Oil Price Crash Continues Despite $1.5 Trillion Fed Intervention

  Published 12 March 2020 | viewed 52,906 times

  The Federal Reserve took drastic action on Thursday as the stock market meltdown accelerated, pledging to inject as much as $1.5 trillion into U.S. markets…

• Ice Cream: Scotland’s Latest Renewable Win?

  Published 11 March 2020 | viewed 9,260 times

  When we think about the fight against climate change, we typically think about electric vehicles, reducing emissions from coal, putting pressure on Big Oil to…

• Oil Prices Crash 25% As Oil War Begins

  Published 08 March 2020 | viewed 278,518 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…

• Gasoline Prices Are Plummeting

  Published 06 March 2020 | viewed 63,171 times

  Everywhere you look, it seems like things have taken a turn for the worst. The coronavirus crisis has wreaked havoc across markets. The U.S. political…

• The Ultimate Guide To Well Logging

  Published 01 March 2020 | viewed 19,888 times

  What is Well Logging? Well logging is the practice of recording and analyzing various kinds of data about the rock formations around a borehole during…

• The Biggest Problem Facing The $2.7 Trillion Space Industry

  Published 25 January 2020 | viewed 21,403 times

  The space race has begun. Private companies have exploded, soaring beyond multiple billion-dollar valuations seemingly overnight. Some of the hottest tech companies on the planet…

• The Complete Guide To Hydraulic Fracturing

  Published 22 January 2020 | viewed 22,088 times

  Hydraulic fracturing has attracted a lot of attention in recent years with the rise of U.S. shale oil and gas drilling and production. Hydraulic fracturing…

• The Oil Industry’s Most Promising Dividend Stocks Of 2020

  Published 08 January 2020 | viewed 45,645 times

  Dividend stocks hold a special place in many investors' portfolios. They have the potential to provide a constant stream of income, without some of the…

• The $6 Trillion Problem The Energy Industry Is Ignoring

  Published 30 November 2019 | viewed 56,796 times

  Cybersecurity has long flown under the radar of governments worldwide. Hackers are set to cost countries across the globe $6 trillion in the next two…

• Harvesting Human Electricity Gains Commercial Traction

  Published 10 November 2019 | viewed 15,560 times

  One odd, energy-related fact that came out of the Yugoslav wars was the phenomenon of the “Designated Electricity Maker”. With no power in the cities,…

• Saudi Arabia’s Newest Tactic To Hush Dissidents

  Published 09 November 2019 | viewed 18,704 times

  In 2017, Saud al-Qahtani--advisor to the Saudi Crown Prince--was rather active on social media. In one Twitter post, he stated: “Does a pseudonym protect you…

• Keanu Reeves: The Perfect Environmental Role Model

  Published 05 November 2019 | viewed 32,589 times

  It’s time to set a new climate change benchmark. And we’ll call it the Keanu Reeves Factor (KRF). Generally speaking, being a celebrity means having…

• A Rare Bullish Bounce In Oil Markets

  Published 01 November 2019 | viewed 19,311 times

  While oil market sentiment has been and remains decidedly bearish, Friday has seen a rare bullish bounce after the rig count fell once again and…

• The Dirty Underwear That Saved Syrian Oil From ISIS

  Published 30 October 2019 | viewed 23,289 times

  When ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by U.S. military forces last week, ostensibly removing a key threat to Syrian oil, it was dirty…

• Oil Bulls Broken By Economic Fears

  Published 25 October 2019 | viewed 36,541 times

  A Quadrillion Dollar Mining Opportunity: The race to become the world’s first trillionaire has begun, and investors in this one industry are miles ahead. Find…

• U.S. Energy Secretary Subpoenaed As Ukraine Scandal Escalates

  Published 10 October 2019 | viewed 7,071 times

  On Thursday afternoon, House Democrats issued a subpoena to Energy Secretary Rick Perry. The subpoena is the latest in the party's impeachment probe into whether…

• $100 Oil? Drone Strikes Halt Half Of Saudi Crude Production

  Published 14 September 2019 | viewed 313,819 times

  Half of Saudi Arabia's oil production has gone offline following a surprise drone strike. Drones attacked Abqaiq facility in Saudi Arabia and the Khurais oil…

• Could A Lithium Shortage De-Rail The Electric Car Boom?

  Published 10 April 2019 | viewed 634,466 times

  We’ve gone electric, and there’s no going back at this point. Lithium is our new fuel, but like fossil fuels, the reserves we’re currently tapping…