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Apr 02, 2015 at 17:40

In 2009 political scientists Ian Bremmer and Preston Keat defined geopolitics as “the study of how geography, politics, strategy, and history combine to generate the rise…

Apr 02, 2015 at 12:16

New Jersey’s plans for offshore wind energy have been stymied so far by a Catch-22 and backers blame Gov. Chris Christie’s presidential ambitions for blocking the…

Apr 02, 2015 at 12:00

For a long time one of the primary criticisms of nuclear power has revolved around the issue of what to do with nuclear waste. Effectively disposing…

Apr 02, 2015 at 11:40

Oil field services companies are in for a rough year. The firms that provide the critical services for oil drilling are often not the ones that…

Apr 02, 2015 at 10:27

The national government this week released a key policy review. Looking at how “black economic empowerment” (BEE) rules have been implemented by the mining sector. One of the biggest outcomes…

Apr 01, 2015 at 18:05

If numbers released last week are to be believed, the U.S. stock market is about to experience a sharp correction at the very least. On Friday,…

Apr 01, 2015 at 17:57

It’s quiet on the eastern front – as quiet as a conflict between world superpowers can be. Since February’s cease-fire agreement, relative calm has prevailed in…

Apr 01, 2015 at 13:58

Recently, Warren Buffett has made headlines by selling all of his shares in Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), the rest of his position in ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP),…

Apr 01, 2015 at 11:11

There's been a lot of speculation recently that lower oil prices should impact production. Potentially setting up the market for a rebound. And statistics released this…

Apr 01, 2015 at 11:04

East Africa holds out a lot of promise for oil and gas exploration, but its ultimate emergence as an energy player remains in doubt. Statoil, the mostly government-owned Norwegian oil…

Apr 01, 2015 at 10:46

Oil prices will remain subdued for the next 20 years. That comes from a new policy brief from Stanford economist Frank Wolak, who says that…

Mar 31, 2015 at 16:54

Russia says it is considering a request by the European Commission (EC), relayed by Ukraine’s state-owned gas company Naftogaz, to extend its current discount for the…

Mar 31, 2015 at 16:37

Cracks are widening in Russia’s flagship natural gas producer Gazprom. The state-owned gas company has suffered mightily under the weight of western sanctions and the fall…

Mar 31, 2015 at 16:17

Last week we learned that maybe, just maybe, global carbon emissions were flat in 2014 even though the global economy supposedly grew by 3 percent.…

Mar 31, 2015 at 12:56

When it comes to geopolitical events affecting oil prices, there is no shortage of possibilities. Whether it is the outbreak of a war, a terrorist attack,…

Mar 31, 2015 at 11:38

The rise in earthquakes as a result of fracking poses a massive problem for the oil and gas industry. It is not hydraulic fracturing per se…

Mar 31, 2015 at 10:48

The Future of Shale in Asia All of us know how Shale gas changed the fortune of the United States energy sector over the last few…

Mar 31, 2015 at 10:24

Oil mounted a strong surge last Thursday as Saudi Arabia-led forces carried out a series of airstrikes against Houthi…

Mar 31, 2015 at 10:09

The senate in the U.S. state of Michigan last week declared September 6 as “Michigan Mining Day”. And on Friday we got some news about an…

Mar 30, 2015 at 18:52

The fate of global oil prices will be determined in Lausanne, Switzerland this week. An unlikely location for oil markets, to be sure, but that is…