Benchmarking commodity trends
The cross-sectional Commodities ETF includes a straightforward representation of each segment of the broad commodity market in an effort to identify singular break-out points
Energy
Disappointing news with a new tax regime
MLPs are closely linked with a general partner (GP), usually an energy producer who relies on the infrastructure owned by the MLP to distribute extracted oil
GE Oilfield Equipment & Services – a fraught strategy
Ambitious, far-sighted or ‘Lego’ play, streamlining oilfield equipment industries and linking the lot with Baker Hughes, one of the oil service majors, was exposed to professional skepticism from the start and to oil market vagaries a bit later
The BHGE partnership, combining oil services and technology
Starting out with laudable ambitions, the GE – Baker Hughes October ’16 partnership came to life after a drawn-out two-year battle for control of Halliburton
The future of energy storage
Associate Professors J. Johnson and J. DeCarolis, North Carolina State University, envision the advent of grid-scale batteries, providing the utilities with flexible energy delivery, if the price per KwH of lithium batteries continues to plummet
Improved lithium-ion battery technology
To charge the battery, the anode loads up lithium ions. Ions travel through the electrolyte to the cathode to generate power With a higher ‘upload’, replacing the graphite anode by a silicon – graphite mix anode, the battery will generate more power
US Energy Outlook 2017
Projections for US energy consumption as well as energy production through 2040 are obviously shrouded in uncertainty because of the interplay of multiple multiple factors over such extended time frames