Avi Salzman

Avi Salzman

Senior Writer

LATEST ARTICLES

$100 Oil Could Be Here to Stay, Whatever Happens With the Peace Deal

$100 Oil Could Be Here to Stay, Whatever Happens With the Peace Deal

A return to normal operations in the Middle East could take months.

4 minute read

Diamondback Plans to Drill More. The Stock Pays the Price.

Diamondback Plans to Drill More. The Stock Pays the Price.

Diamondback Energy lifted its production growth estimates above its prior guidance, to take advantage of the soaring prices caused by the Iran War.

3 minute read

AI Data Centers Need Electricians Desperately. What Stocks Win.

AI Data Centers Need Electricians Desperately. What Stocks Win.

Today’s big problem for AI data centers is a shortage of contractors with electrical expertise. It won’t be solved easily.

3 minute read

Exxon Stock Is Rising. Why Earnings Should Reassure Investors.

Exxon Stock Is Rising. Why Earnings Should Reassure Investors.

Shares rise after the oil major beats Wall Street’s earnings target.

3 minute read

Chevron Stock Wavers After Earnings. It’s Pumping Out Fuel at a Record.

Chevron Stock Wavers After Earnings. It’s Pumping Out Fuel at a Record.

The decline in earnings has to do with how Chevron accounts for the change in the value of its financial hedges, which are designed to blunt the impact of fast-moving commodity prices.

2 minute read

Gasoline Hits 4-Year High of $4.30. Americans Simply Won’t Stop Driving.

Gasoline Hits 4-Year High of $4.30. Americans Simply Won’t Stop Driving.

A recent surge in prices may soon test just how much pain at the pump American drivers are willing to absorb.

3 minute read

3 Clean Energy Stocks for the Coming Boom

3 Clean Energy Stocks for the Coming Boom

Demand for clean-energy products in surging in many parts of the world as oil and natural-gas prices spike. Which stocks to buy, which to avoid.

Long Read

Oil Producers Don’t Want to ‘Drill Baby Drill.’ There’s a Problem in Texas.

Oil Producers Don’t Want to ‘Drill Baby Drill.’ There’s a Problem in Texas.

Negative natural gas prices in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico are discouraging producers from drilling more wells.

3 minute read

Enphase Stock Falls After Earnings as Solar Slump Overshadows Data Center Push

Enphase Stock Falls After Earnings as Solar Slump Overshadows Data Center Push

Enphase Energy’s stock dropped after earnings as U.S. solar demand weakened, overshadowing its push into data-center power equipment.

2 minute read

The UAE Quits OPEC. It Could Be the End for the Oil Cartel.

The UAE Quits OPEC. It Could Be the End for the Oil Cartel.

The fracturing of the alliance diminishes OPEC’s ability to control prices.

4 minute read

Shell’s $16 Billion Deal May Be Just the Beginning

Shell’s $16 Billion Deal May Be Just the Beginning

Shell has profited from high oil prices during the Iran War, but the company has been battered too.

3 minute read

Nuclear IPO X-Energy Quickly Jumps 27%

Nuclear IPO X-Energy Quickly Jumps 27%

The larger-than-expected sum puts the nuclear start-up’s market cap around $9 billion.

1 minute read

Natural Gas is Wildly Profitable Around the World. In Texas, Prices are Negative.

Natural Gas is Wildly Profitable Around the World. In Texas, Prices are Negative.

Producers are having to pay companies to take the natural gas they are producing off their hands. 

2 minute read

Jet Fuel Is Running Out in Europe. Your Summer Travel Plans Are at Risk.

Jet Fuel Is Running Out in Europe. Your Summer Travel Plans Are at Risk.

The Iran war has caused a mess throughout the entire oil market, but jet fuel is a particular point of pain.

4 minute read

Renewable Energy Is Booming Again

Renewable Energy Is Booming Again

Solar-energy equipment sales are soaring, signaling a shift to renewables. A move away from oil is affecting the whole spectrum of energy sources.

4 minute read

NextEra Energy on Track to Close at Record High. It’s in the Electricity Sweet Spot.

NextEra Energy on Track to Close at Record High. It’s in the Electricity Sweet Spot.

NextEra’s first quarter earnings of $1.09 per share beat analysts’ expectations for $1.03, fueled by multiple parts of its business.

2 minute read

Nuclear Start-Up X-Energy Is About to Go Public. Amazon Is an Investor.

Nuclear Start-Up X-Energy Is About to Go Public. Amazon Is an Investor.

The company is set up for success: strong partnerships, a financing deal with the government, and a stand-out chief executive.

3 minute read

How to Know If U.S.-Iran Talks Are Going Well

How to Know If U.S.-Iran Talks Are Going Well

The global pain is going to spread if the war continues. There is pressure on both sides to reach a deal, but also big differences in their respective positions.

4 minute read

Trump’s Coal Push Faces More Pushback as Costs Mount

Trump’s Coal Push Faces More Pushback as Costs Mount

Coal’s environmental and health impacts are still a concern, but opponents are increasingly focusing on the cost of keeping decrepit coal power plants around

4 minute read

Trump Confirms Opening of Hormuz and Says Iran Deal Is Close. Oil Settles Below $90.

Trump Confirms Opening of Hormuz and Says Iran Deal Is Close. Oil Settles Below $90.

But oil analysts caution that it is too soon to tell if ships are actually planning to traverse the strait.

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