February 22, 2022

New catalyst can turn CO2 into gasoline 1,000 times more efficiently

Stanford University researchers developed a new catalyst that increases the production of long-chain hydrocarbons from captured CO2.

February 21, 2022

Oil surges as Ukraine tensions mount and market giants bullish

West Texas Intermediate traded near $94 a barrel and Brent climbed near $96 as the Kremlin announced Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to officially recognize separatists in eastern Ukraine.

February 21, 2022

Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion soars to over $16 billion

The Trudeau government says it will not commit any more public dollars to the project to cover the overrun.

February 20, 2022

Congo nears deal with Israeli billionaire to recover assets

The DRC is in negotiations with Dan Gertler’s Fleurette Group, which controls mining and oil permits throughout the Central African country.

February 18, 2022

Gold stocks poised to dethrone top-performing oil in US, Canada

Citi increased its near-term price target on gold to $1,950 per ounce -- a $125/oz hike from its previous forecast.

February 18, 2022

Coastal GasLink work camp attacked in British Columbia

The attack occurred in the same area where opponents of the natural gas pipeline had set up an occupation camp and blockade for 59 days.

February 10, 2022

Researchers develop ICP-coring system for deep mining

A new coring system has the potential to obtain and test "living" samples from the deep earth.

February 8, 2022

The commodity gauges that underpin Goldman’s uber-bullish view

There are more commodities futures contracts trading in backwardation than at any point since at least 1997.

February 7, 2022

Goldman commodity veteran says he’s never seen a market like it

"We’re out of everything – I don’t care if it’s oil, gas, coal, copper, aluminum, you name it we’re out of it,” says Jeff Currie.

February 4, 2022

Information batteries: the latest proposal to dethrone lithium-ion batteries

“Information batteries” store surplus renewable energy as computation.