North American railroads are experiencing a boom in shipment of crude oil in the past few years due to new discoveries and increasing production in both the U.S. and Canada. This is a welcome relief for US railroads since coal shipments continue to decline and there are worries of further declines due to tighter regulations on the …
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One way to profit from the global growth in energy industry is to invest in companies that provide the infrastructure, equipment, engineering and services to the industry.This strategy follows the theme whereby it is best to invest in firms that provide the tools and services to a specific industry as opposed to investing directly in …
The following table shows the World’s Natural Gas Reserves by Country: Russia, Iran and Qatar account for over 50% of the world’s reserves with Russia alone holding over 25% of the world’s reserves. The following table shows the World’s Oil Reserves by Country: The top three oil-rich countries are Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Canada. The …
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UK-based oil and gas company BG Group (BRGYY) split its ADR stock 5 for 1 last week. Some details from the corporate site: Effective 13 February 2012, the new BG Group ADR represents one ordinary share (previously one ADR represented five ordinary shares). As a result of the ratio change, ADR holders of BG Group …
Companies operating in the midstream and infrastructure category perform some of the vital functions in the global energy industry.While the infrastructure firms provide the required infrastructure facilities for the industry the midstream companies process, store, market and transport commodities such as crude oil, natural gas, etc. Hence investors looking to add some exposure to the …
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