Alternative Investments: Alternative Energy and Oil: Literature review Kevin Meyer‚ Kevin@meyermail.ch Submitted 12/04/2010 Executive Summary Research Purpose In order to build a financial product on a sound theoretical basis‚ I analysed the literature available on or related to the topic: “Alternative energy and Oil”. The aim is to verify the hypothesis of correlation between the variations of the price of oil and alternative energy companies‟ stock valuation. Research Design I searched
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Case 1: Chevron October 24‚ 2011 Introduction of the Company Chevron began with the discovery of oil north of Los Angeles in 1879 and was originally named the Pacific Coast Oil Company. Later John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil bought Pacific Oil in 1900 to form Standard Oil (California). In 1911‚ the Sherman Antitrust Act would force the breakup of the parent Standard Oil and Chevron became Standard Oil of California or Socal. Socal would go on to form joint venture with Texaco in 1936
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Why the Oil price crisis in India? Introduction In the last week‚ our finance minister has announced that there may be no subsidy for the diesel prices for cars. It is one of the news among many news which is coming on its way about the fuel prices in India. Especially in India‚ fixing the fuel prices is one of the daunting task for the government. Indian govt. gives explanation to the common man for the reason of price hikes which can be understand only by the experts. There are numerous things
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Fifteen years have passed since the enactment of Republic Act 8479‚ otherwise known as “Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998”‚ but down to this day‚ Oil Deregulation Law remains to be a subject of disputes. The heightening tension is not only based on whether or not we should regulate or deregulate oil industry but is also founded on an important economic question: Should the government intervene in setting oil prices or should they leave the market outcome to market players – producers
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Introduction An enormous 80% of Brazil’s electrical power is harnessed from its rivers. However a controversial dam project‚ the Belo Monte Dam‚ to be built on the Xingu River in the Brazilian state of Pará has thrown the country into uproar‚ with indigenous peoples and citizens alike protesting in their thousands. The project for what would be the third-largest dam in the world is projected to cost the Brazilian government in excess of around US $20 billion‚ generating 11‚000 megawatts of electricity
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In the wake of the debt crisis starting in Greece and spreading to other Eurozone countries‚ effectively crippling the European economy and contributing to the world economic fallout as a whole‚ questions have arisen regarding debts and deficits‚ consumption and production. For us in the U.S.‚ we recognize that over time‚ we have become the largest debtor nation in the world largely due to our level of consumption relative to the rest of the world. This is evidenced by a $700 billion annual trade
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Macroeconomic Transmission Mechanism of International Oil Price Rise: The Indian Situation In this Article‚ an effort has been made to trace the impact of an increase in international oil prices on Indian economy outlining the various transmission mechanisms. These transmission mechanisms take into account some of the important macroeconomic relationships‚ as relevant to the Indian context‚ and the administered nature of domestic oil price in India. The three broad channels through which the international
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Points for ppt Factors affecting growth of four wheeler industry 1) Prices of four wheeler 2) Price of fuel 3) Income of people 4) Bank Loan Rates 5) Prices of other four wheeler 6) Slow Economic Growth 1) Prices of four wheeler: Car companies had hiked prices by 1-3% in January2012 to pass on their higher cost burdens. The union government raised the excise duty across products by 2%‚ which car companies passed onto customers by increasing prices immediately.
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At the time of going to the press‚ oil prices are at $126 to a barrel‚ more than double the April 2007 price of $63 a barrel. The future doesn’t look too bright with prophets of doom predicting still higher prices. In India‚ we are yet to feel the real impact of the flaring international oil prices even though over 70 per cent of the country’s requirements are met through imported oil. The oil prices in India and many Asian countries are subsidized by government and controlled through price ceiling
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A Cartel is a company with a very unique position with the opportunity to use a simple model to optimize price. It is an organization with a very desirable position in the world; very few companies can experience the opportunity to determine their own prices without loosing significantly market share. OPEC is considered a Monopolistic-Cartel type of organization. Firm’s demand curve This type of structure has the advantage that while increasing oil prices may shift the demand curve. The model allows
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