Download PDF Introduction Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) is natural gas that has been cooled to at least -162°C to transform the gas into a liquid for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transportation. This innovation has revolutionized the utilization of natural gas, addressing the historical challenges associated with the Read more…
Download PDF Introduction From the challenge of sustainably transitioning to renewable energy sources to having to step up production to provide energy security in a time of crisis, the Oil and Gas industry has constantly found itself in the spotlight in recent years. The importance of this industry stems from Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Rising energy costs threatened to undermine economies just recovering from a two-year pandemic well before Russian tanks moved into Ukraine. As a result of Putin’s aggression, that threat may now come to fruition. Fueling the global economy, fossil fuels such as crude oil, diesel, and natural gas Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Financial instruments related to carbon emissions have been described in the past two years as a “one-way” bet for hedge funds and other financial players, who think the value of these contracts will rise in the future. The rationale behind these products is that negative externalities like Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Green Finance and ESG investing are the answers of public capital markets to the climate crisis. Oftentimes they are reduced to buzzwords whose actual effectiveness is subject of fierce discussion. However, despite some criticism, these instruments have been incredibly successful in recent times and the appetite of Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Even though electric cars today only account for nearly 3% of the global car sales, companies have for a long time acknowledged that only by starting to invest now in a shift to EVs, they will have a chance to survive in the years to come and Read more…
Download PDF The oil market has been one of the most interesting to follow since the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Due to the severe reduction in travel and factory activity, demand plummeted, dragging down the price of oil. Disagreements between Saudi Arabia and Russia on oil supply caused a Read more…
Download PDF Introduction This article focuses on one of the oldest and most complex trading assets available – Commodities. From its natural explorations to its transformations and massive chains of transportation and storage transactions, Commodities are at the core of economies around the world and a major driver of globalization. Read more…
Download PDF US US stock market marks new record highs with the hopes rising for the soon vaccine development and investors’ look into the Biden’s victory on the US presidential elections. S&P500 closed at 3,585.15 with weekly gain of 2.16%. Dow-Jones Industrial Average Index (DJIA) was up 4.08% reaching 29,479.81. Read more…
Download PDF Devon Energy Corporation (DVN:NYSE) – market cap as of 9/10/2020: €3.9bn WPX Energy Inc. (WPX:NYSE) – market cap as of 9/10/2020: €3.0bn Introduction Following months of global lockdown and a fierce oil price war hitting highly indebted American oil producers, a new wave of consolidation in the Read more…
Download as PDF US US market ended another wild trading week with a slight gain after last Friday substantive losses. S&P500 closed at 2,972.37, with a weekly gain of 0.61%. Dow-Jones Industrial Average Index (DJIA) was up 1.79% reaching 25,864.78. The demand for haven assets is rising and the bets Read more…
Download as PDF United States The US markets experienced the worst week since 2008 due to a massive sell off caused by coronavirus uncertainty. S&P500 closed at 2954.22 with a weekly loss of a staggering 11.50% whilst the Dow-Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) Index finished the week at 25.409, down 12.00% Read more…
Download as PDF With the equity markets being arguably reluctant to consider the potential threats to global growth stemming from the Corona virus outbreak (COVID-19), the commodities market experienced quite large price movements over the past month. While we clearly acknowledge that commodity prices are more directly affected by an Read more…
Introduction This is the second and last part on BSIC’s report about the oil industry. In this article, we set out to discuss the most relevant determinants of oil demand in the short to medium term. We analyze the effects that a predicted economic slowdown would have on the consumption Read more…
With this series of articles, BSIC will present the supply and demand dynamics of the oil industry which are most relevant to create well-grounded predictions of the future. This week’s article will focus on the supply side trends including supply disruption resulted from geopolitical issues, pipeline construction projects around the Read more…