Energy firms are generating revenue by shifting workers and capital spending to land-based U.S. projects as the Obama administration continues to restrict deep-water drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Although industry activity naturally grows on land in the summer, the pace has accelerated in the past three months, says John Licata, chief commodity strategist for Blue Phoenix, an energy and metals consulting firm. Read more.

John Licata, Chief Commodity Strategist of Blue Phoenix and Editor of The Commodity Chronicles, sits down with Reuters Insider to discuss uranium.

As oil slips for the fourth straight day, John Licata, chief commodity strategist at Blue Phoenix, says it’s a good buying opportunity. He shares his top stock picks in the resources space with CNBC’s Martin Soong and Sri Jegarajah.

John Licata, chief commodity strategist at Blue Phoenix Inc. and editor of The Commodity Chronicles, talks with Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox about a “bull” market for uranium trading and the risk of U.S. trading tensions with Russia if the country supplies Iran. Click the following link to listen to the podcast Licata Bloomberg 8-18

Gold recently has declined from the record highs achieved in June 2010 as investors have returned to risk and sapped profits. In this in-depth report, Platts looks at how gold managed to rocket so high in the first instance only to be pulled lower. Still, the outlook is price supportive for the yellow metal going forward in to Q4 2010. Click here to read full article which has commentary on gold from Blue Phoenix Commodity Strategist John Licata.

The price of uranium is about to get ‘energized’, believes John Licata, chief  commodity strategist at Blue Phoenix. He tells CNBC’s Karen Tso, Sri Jegarajah & Martin Soong how investors can cash in on this.