Tesla Chances Efforts With Toyota (TM)
In the past, securing Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE: TM) as a partner and investor would have been a score for Tesla Motors. The reality is that it still probably is. The problem is that…
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Newest first · Page 429Oil Drop’s Real Losers: Alternative Energy Stocks (TAN, PBW, LDK, ESLR, JASO, CSIQ, AKNS, HOKU, ZOLT, FCEL, CPST, AMSC)
Oil has fallen off the proverbial cliff into the roll date and as the concerns that the eurozone’s weakness is going to spread enough to really hurt the recovery of the global oil demand. …
Greenland: Offshore Drilling’s Next Frontier
Since 2002, Greenland has issued 13 licenses to explore its onshore and offshore areas for oil and gas. Among the licensees are Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM), Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX), Encana Corp. (NYSE:…
The Spill Rolls Toward Florida, But Enviromental Risks Low
Florida will probably not be spared. Currents will take crude from the Deepwater Horizon spill within the next few days. According to the NOAA The NOAA’s latest observations indicate that a small part of…
BP plc Liability Rises As Oil Moves East
The BP plc (NYSE: BP) Deepwater Horizon spill is quickly moving east. The NOAA now reports what a number of scientists have already said–the oil slick will move into powerful currents that flow toward…
Crude Oil Price Slide Should Help Refiners
Crude oil prices are off more than 20% from their high of $87.15 on May 3rd. The major contributor to that slide are serious concerns over sovereign debt primarily in the European Union. The…
BP’s Modest Solution
BP plc (NYSE: BP) says it has made modest progress in slowing the leak of crude into the Gulf of Mexico from its Deepwater Horizon rig wreck. It says that a siphon put into the well,…
Another Chinese Investment in Canada’s Oil Sands (PWE, PTR, ENB, CEO, SNP, TOT, COP, KMP)
Penn West Energy Trust (NYSE:PWE) is the latest beneficiary of Chinese interest in the Canadian oil sands. China Investment Corp., a state-owned sovereign wealth fund, has agreed to invest about $1.23 billion in developing…
Gulf Oil Spill May Be Exponentially Worse Than Prior Estimates (BP, RIG)
A report on National Public Radio last night has led to demands for the federal government to get tougher with BP plc (NYSE: BP) and Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) regarding the actual quantity of…
BP Oil Spill Costs Top $450 Million As Questions About The Dénouement Rise
BP plc (NYSE: BP) says the costs of cleaning up and attempting to cap the oil flow from what is left of the Deepwater Horizon have risen above $450 million. According to The Wall Street…
The Chesapeake Stock You Want But Can’t Invest In (CHK)
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE: CHK) is out with a private placement of convertible preferred shares this morning in a $600 million capital raise. Chances are extremely high that even if you wanted to invest…
Drilling Onshore, Less Risky for Investors (BP, RIG, XOM, CVX, COP, OXY, DVN, APA, SU, FST, NFX)
The continuing disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has called into question drilling safety practices for oil in the ultra-deepwaters of the world. Drilling in a well in water more than 5,000 feet deep…
NOAA: More Fisheries Along Gulf Coast Could Face Closure
In the biggest economic blow of the Deepwater Horizon spill which is by some estimates releasing 5,000 barrels of crude a day into the Gulf of Mexico, the government has closed 5% of the…
The Deepwater Horizon Disaster And The Search For The Cement Plug
The blame cycle that has emerged about which company caused the collapse of the Deepwater Horizon rig has come around to a cement plug. The “device” is supposed to seal the pipe that runs…
ProLogis & Solar… More Free Money For Shareholderss (PLD, EIX)
ProLogis (NYSE: PLD) is already very well known as a REIT in commercial space for warehouse-type of projects for storage, warehousing, distribution, and office parks. Now, it is going to be known as a…