By: Jessica Morris

I write about energy and industrials for City A.M. I'm particularly interested in geopolitics, energy policy and, of course, the ever lively oil markets.

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EU referendum: The City must speak out to avoid a Brexit

December 22, 2015

The City of London is a global financial powerhouse and the largest financial centre in Europe. It should be a significant player in the EU debate. However, while the industry is in general supportive of the UK remaining a member of the EU, direct expressions of support have been thin on the ground. City executives [...]
US crude and Brent crude oil prices tick up after sliding to multi-year lows

December 22, 2015

Oil prices edged off multi-year lows this afternoon as investors closed bets prices would fall ahead of the holidays. The US benchmark West Texas Intermediate gained 0.36 per cent at $35.93 per barrel this afternoon, while the global benchmark Brent crude slipped 0.1 per cent at $36.25 per barrel. "The sentiment has been very negative and ahead of the holidays [...]
Former UK Oil and Gas chairman David Lenigas leaves boards of all his Aim firms including AfriAg and Rare Earth Minerals

December 22, 2015

David Lenigas, the Australian entrepreneur who famously claimed there may be "multiple billion barrels" of oil under Gatwick, has left the boards of all five of his Aim companies. "I am now off every board I was on on AIM. Don't intend to ever go back on another. Now I can buy shares any day [...]
The Bank of England will look for an all clear from the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision

December 16, 2015

When the United States Federal Reserve finally raises its benchmark interest rate after seven long years at zero, no central bank will be watching what happens more carefully than the Bank of England (BoE). After all, the cyclical similarities between the UK and US mean markets will be looking to BoE as the next central bank [...]
Interest rates, junk bonds and safe-havens: What investors should look out for in 2016

December 15, 2015

This year has been full of surprises for investors – from the Swiss National Bank's shock abandonment of its currency ceiling, to the financial market turmoil which came out of China's "Black Friday". So what should market mavens look out for in 2016? Interest rates will diverge The long-awaited interest rate rise looks some way [...]
StanChart slims its oil and gas advisory banking team as Bill Winters makes cost cuts

December 15, 2015

Standard Chartered has axed around six oil and gas advisory banking roles recently, as its new chief executive Bill Winters powers ahead with his cost-cutting plan. The senior managing directors to leave the bank include the London-based head of the energy mergers and acquisitions team, three sources told Reuters. Four Singapore-based managing directors in the [...]
UK Task Force on Shale Gas: Start fracking to determine its economic benefits

December 15, 2015

Britain should start exploratory fracking as a litmus test for how much it could contribute to the country's economy, according to the Task Force on Shale Gas. The Conservative government has promised to drive forward shale gas in the UK. But projects often face opposition from local councils, due to concerns ranging from its environment impact to the [...]
Turmoil: Analysts cut oil forecast as glut woes intensify

December 15, 2015

Citi analysts are the latest to lower their expectations for the short term future of the oil price, predicting a “very weak first quarter”. The supply glut is now widely expected to run on well into 2016 due to Opec reiterating its dedication to unrestricted pumping, Iran charging into the market once sanctions are lifted [...]
Walt Disney, Hasbro and Cineworld: These Star Wars stocks will benefit from the force

December 15, 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the seventh movie from George Lucas’s Star Wars franchise will hit cinema screens this week. It is almost 40 years since the original movie was released in 1977. The film is out in the UK on 17 December, then a day later in the US and in China in early [...]
Tullow share price jumps after it finds oil at well in Kenya

December 15, 2015

Tullow Oil shares jumped today, after the oil explorer said it had found oil at a well in Northern Kenya, and saw good potential in other underexplored parts of the area. Shares in Tullow, which drills for oil in West Africa, jumped as much as 7.7 per cent to 163.87p per share after Tullow said its Etom-2 well in Northern Kenya [...]

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