Streetwise Articles
Obama Takes Flak for DOE Sale
Source: Uranium Investing News, Melissa Pistilli (10/13/09)
"Under federal law, the DOE cannot make any sales or transfers that may adversely impact the domestic uranium mining. . ."
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World Needs Big Drive for Carbon Capture-IEA
Source: Reuters, Daniel Fineren (10/13/09)
"The world needs to build 100 major projects for capturing and burying greenhouse gases by 2020. . ."
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Oil Rises to 7-Week High as Global Demand Is Revised Higher
Source: Bloomberg, Mark Shenk (10/13/09)
"Prices are up 66% this year."
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No Holding the Speculators
Source: The Australian, Robin Bromby (10/12/09)
"It's dangerous days out there folks. Caveat investire. "
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Thermal Coal Demand in China Drives Price Increases
Source: MetalMiner, Stuart Burns (10/12/09)
". . .contrary to many other commodities, both metals and energy that hit bottom in early 2009 have been rising since."
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George Soros to Invest $1 Billion in Green Energy
Source: BusinessWeek, Mark Scott (10/12/09)
"After a shaky start to the year, investors are now more willing to fork out for clean energy projects."
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Tiny 'Nuclear Batteries' Unveiled
Source: BBC (10/8/09)
". . .the batteries hold a million times as much charge as standard batteries."
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Oil Rises as Dollar Declines, Crude Supplies Fall Unexpectedly
Source: Bloomberg, Christian Schmollinger and Ben Sharples (10/8/09)
"The imports were down and that was a big surprise."
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Mickey Fulp: Rare Earths Are 'Flavor of the Year'
Source: The Energy Report (10/8/09)
Shifting gears from gold to energy, Mercenary Geologist Mickey Fulp focuses on the latest rage: rare earth elements (REEs). In this exclusive interview with The Energy Report, Mickey discusses China's monopoly on REEs and the resultant shock waves still rocking Western industrialized countries and Japan. While fear of China protectionism looms, Mickey sees plenty of opportunity in "cream-of-the-crop North American companies" that are presently undervalued.
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Fadel Gheit: Oil Prices to Remain Inflated, but Don't Pass on Gas
Source: The Energy Report (10/8/09)
Ranked #3 on Forbes' Best Brokerage Analysts for 2009, Oppenheimer Senior Analyst Fadel Gheit sat down with The Energy Report to shed light on existing conditions in the oil and gas sector. In terms of oil prices, "financial players are more in control now than oil companies or OPEC," according to Fadel, who is currently more bullish on gas than on oil. "Despite the fact that gas stocks gained significantly this year," he says, "we think the upside potential remains great."
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Crude Oil and Gasoline Prices: Like Déja Vu All Over Again
Source: Seeking Alpha, Bob van der Valk (10/7/09)
"Like in baseball, we are back to the basics in the petroleum markets."
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WGC09: Gas Projects Need Long-Term Investment
Source: Oil & Gas Journal, Warren R. True (10/7/09)
"With demand likely to recover more quickly than investments, that will put a squeeze on supply"
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1,000 Years of Energy from Flaming Ice
Source: Christian A. DeHaemer, Wealth Daily (10/7/09)
". . .the only fiscally feasible solution for powering the globe is hydrocarbon based."
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CFTC May Tighten Enron Loophole on Natural Gas
Source: Bloomberg, Asjylyn Loder (10/7/09)
"[CFTC] may impose new rules on 17 natural gas and power contracts offered on the Intercontinental Exchange Inc."
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Autumn 2009's Inflation Time-Bomb
Source: Paul Tustain, BullionVault (10/7/09)
It's not only the energy markets that threaten the 'low inflation' data now encouraging bondholders to keep buying. . .
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UAE Adopts Nuclear Law
Source: World Nuclear News (10/5/09)
". . .the country's energy demand is likely to double by 2020."
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Global Emissions Strategies Make Yellowcake a Long-Term Investment
Source: The Australian, Robin Bromby (10/4/09)
"Deutsche Bank believes exposure to uranium stocks is a solid long-term investment. . ."
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EPA Moratorium of Appalachian Coal Project Permits Provoke Outrage
Source: Mineweb, Dorothy Kosich (10/1/09)
"The Corps and the EPA have established a process for. . .surface coal mining activities that would discharge fill material into U.S. waterways."
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Deep-Sea Oil Reigns Supreme for Byron King
Source: The Energy Report (10/1/09)
Energy and resource sector expert Byron King tells Energy Report readers in this exclusive interview that he has not bought into the argument that the recession is behind us and he is absolutely sold on deepwater drilling and other plays that bode well for oil as long as the price stays above $70 a barrel. Meanwhile, he's hunting for new investment alternatives in the natural gas arena, and hoping to see the geothermal industry rebuild what he sees as its broken business model.
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Crude Oil Inventories Continue to Rise
Source: Seeking Alpha, Bespoke Investment Group (9/30/09)
". . .inventories up by 2.8 million barrels for the second month in a row. . ."
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Boxer-Kerry Climate Bill Arrives Amid Praise, Criticism
Source: Oil & Gas Journal, Nick Snow (9/30/09)
"Our addiction to foreign oil hurts our economy, helps our enemies, and risks our security."
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Is U.S. Oil Demand Heading Higher?
Source: Investopedia, Eric Fox (9/30/09)
"The [FHA] report for July 2009 shows that travel on all roads and streets increased by. . .2.3% on a YOY basis."
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Carbon Trading May Dwarf That of Crude Oil
Source: CNBC, Trevor Curwin (9/29/09)
"If carbon cap-and-trade becomes a reality, get ready for a potential multi-trillion dollar commodities market. . ."
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Clean Coal in China to Face Staggering Costs—Report
Source: SteelGuru (9/29/09)
". . .costs will total as much as US$400 billion over 30 years to install systems to capture carbon. . .in China"
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Clean Tech Investments Soar Worldwide in Q3 Report
Source: Reuters (9/28/09)
"There is a lot of momentum and there are a lot of deals in the pipeline."
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