ENERGY

By Haley Zermba of Oilprice.com

The world is experiencing a nuclear renaissance. Uranium prices are soaring as the world snaps up nuclear fuel, public favor for nuclear power is at a 10-year high in the United States, Russia is busily expanding its own nuclear energy empire in emerging economies in Africa, and even Japan is moving back to the carbon-free energy source 13 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster. All told, approximately 60 new nuclear reactors are currently under (more…)

On one hand, the Atlanta Fed triumphantly blasted earlier today that Bidenomics is the greatest thing since sliced bread, helping push its Q2 GDP Nowcast to a whopping 4.2%, up from its latest estimate of 3.3%.

On the other hand, Biden's own DOE – in its latest attempt to slam oil, gas and diesel prices because nothing will crush Biden's re-election chances faster than an oil price spike in the summer – reported that demand for gasoline and diesel in the United States has (more…)

Oil prices are rebounding off overnight lows – once again testing the technical support of the 100-day moving average – after sliding following API's report of across the board inventory builds last night.

Oil has been on a downtrend since early April, posting losses in three of the past four weeks, with weakness not just in timespreads but in processing margins too.

That decline has come as much of the geopolitical premium from tensions in the Middle East has unwound, (more…)