Alex Kimani is a veteran finance writer, investor, engineer and researcher for Safehaven.com. With the New Year already knocking at the door, long-suffering energy investors are looking to put another disappointing year behind them–and the International Maritime Organization’s sulfur regulations targeting the shipping industry have oil bulls dreaming of a much better 2020. They’re banking on Goldman Sachs estimates that complete compliance with IMO 2020 will increase refining costs by $200 billion in the first year, which is likely to indirectly impact the price of other fuel products such as gasoline. But the bears are calling this one for themselves, too, saying the new rules aren’t going to have any significant impact at all. There is little else in the bulls’ favor outside of the IMO change, so a lot is riding on this for oil price hedging as we enter the new year. The new global environmental standard […]