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Italy’s Oil Giant: Evaluating Eni Through WACC Analysis
Breaking Down Eni’s Weighted Average Cost of Capital in a Complex Geopolitical Landscape
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Alexander Fernandez
Can U.S. Shale Hold Its Ground? Navigating Rig Declines, Geopolitics, and a Shifting Oil Market
Why investors ignoring geopolitics and evolving shale dynamics risk being caught off guard in 2025.
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Alexander Fernandez
OPEC+ Ups Output as Trump Plays Short-Term Politics
With oil prices dipping to weekly lows, OPEC+ is steadily reclaiming market share while Trump juggles tariffs, Russian sanctions, and voter-friendly gas…
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Alexander Fernandez
Q2 2025 Battle of the Oil Majors: Financial Performance Showdown
From earnings declines to aggressive buybacks—how the world’s biggest oil companies stacked up in Q2 2025.
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Alexander Fernandez

July 2025

Risky Oil: How Brazil’s Sovereign Spread Impacts Petrobras' WACC
Unpacking the Effects of Country Risk, Beta, and Debt Costs on Petrobras’ Cost of Capital
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Alexander Fernandez
Venezuela’s Oil Dilemma: How U.S. Politics and Corporate Interests Clash Over Sanctions
An in-depth look at the stalled license renewals that pit energy giants against geopolitical sanctions — and the uncertain path ahead for Venezuela’s…
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Alexander Fernandez
Cash Kings or Capital Traps? 2025 FCF Yield Comparison
Uncovering Value and Risk in Major Oil & Gas Producers Through Free Cash Flow Analysis
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Alexander Fernandez
Caught in the Middle: U.S. Shale’s Struggle Between Profitability and Power
As OPEC+ and Canada rise with discipline and scale, U.S. producers face a narrowing path in a reshaped energy order.
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Alexander Fernandez
How Russia’s Oil Giants Endure Sanctions, Isolation, and War
A Deep Dive into Gazprom, Rosneft, Novatek, and Lukoil’s 2024 Filings Amid Sanctions and Shifting Trade Flows
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Alexander Fernandez
Shell’s True Worth: A Net Asset Value Breakdown
Unpacking the intrinsic value of Shell’s upstream, LNG, and downstream assets to reveal what the market may be missing.
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Alexander Fernandez
OPEC Is Winning the Oil War — Because the U.S. Isn’t Fighting
A retreat in U.S. shale opens the door for OPEC’s resurgence — and Aramco is ready to lead.
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Alexander Fernandez
How Rising Interest Rates Are Quietly Reshaping Oil & Gas Investment in 2025
Why the cost of capital is now the most important force behind project delays, CapEx discipline, and portfolio strategy in the energy sector.
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Alexander Fernandez
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