ExxonMobil has long been a market leader in oil & gas. The direct descendent of Standard Oil Co., Rockefeller’s oil empire, which was the largest refiner in the world at its height, ExxonMobil remains the company with the sixth largest net revenue in the world. However, after several bleak years beginning in 2015, the company’s…

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First synthesised successfully in 1954, synthetic diamonds have become ever easier and efficient to produce, especially over the last 20 years, aided by growing technology. Synthetic diamonds, not just aesthetically but chemically and physically identical to their naturally formed counterparts, are increasingly posing a threat to the mined diamond industry. According to a report commissioned…

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Researchers at J.P. Morgan, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs have forecasted a major incoming commodities ‘super cycle’ as prices of metals, oils and grains have all surged to multi-year highs on a bull run that started in the summer of 2020.   The term ‘super cycle’ refers to the observable price fluctuations of resources…

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In 2019, President Vladimir Putin endorsed the Paris Agreement, joining 196 other countries, pledging to eventually reduce hydrocarbon-based emissions in Russia to levels 33% lower than in 1990. This pledge, however, does not see Russia shifting away from the production of energy from non-renewable sources; rather, their proposed long term energy strategy seeks to further…

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Coal has been the target of considerable acrimony from climate activists petitioning governments and energy providers to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. The sedimentary rock even graced a front cover of The Economist in December of last year, posing inside an antiquated museum display case above the headline “Making Coal History” – the West…

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Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) has emerged over the past ten years as a cleaner and more environmentally friendly substitute to conventional fuelling commodities, such as coal and heating oil. As pre-eminent global climate change agreements and the catalysed green energy sector place greater importance on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, natural gas (NG in…

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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted Europe’s dependency on certain products, critical materials and supply chains. Materials encompass everything involved in the discovery, development, and processing of raw materials. There are currently 30 materials on the bloc’s critical resources list, an increase from only 4 years ago when the list consisted of only 3. Although countries such…

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The climate change crisis has increasingly found its way into the boardrooms of the world’s largest oil companies, perpetuated recently by the most turbulent year in decades for producers, highlighting the need for the creation of new operational strategies. After years of environmentalist action, blaming these corporations not only for alarming levels of global emissions…

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