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China Gets Access to Siberian Oilfields

Oct 21, 2013 at 17:26

On 18 October state-owned Russian oil firm Rosneft signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned China National Petroleum Corp., a significant arrangement that gives China its first direct access to…

Bakken Companies Sued for Wasting Gas Royalties

Oct 21, 2013 at 17:19

Mineral owners in North Dakota have filed law-suits against 10 oil and gas companies for royalties lost in the surge of natural gas flaring in the Bakken shale.

The Declining State of the UK Energy Sector

Oct 21, 2013 at 17:12

Today the British Government are announcing the construction of the first new nuclear-powered electricity generating station in 20-years. The new plant, which will replace plants that will close will…

Metrics: Replace GDP with Disposable Energy

Oct 21, 2013 at 12:42

The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas report, Assessing the Costs and Consequences of the 2007–09 Financial Crisis and Its Aftermath: "Our bottom-line estimate of the cost of the crisis,…

Is Deepwater the Next Oil Bonanza?

Oct 18, 2013 at 17:37

Strong growth in international drilling activity helped increase quarterly profits for some of the largest oil companies in the industry. Oil services company Baker Hughes Inc. said last week the…

Coal’s Dirty Little Takeover Secret

Oct 18, 2013 at 17:33

Much to the dismay of the environment and despite global renewable energy efforts, coal is set to overtake oil as the world's main source of energy by 2020, according to…

Despite Fukushima, Global Nuclear Power on the Rise

Oct 18, 2013 at 17:31

One outgrowth of the U.S. super-secret WW2 Manhattan Project, which produced the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, six years later, in 1951, a small experimental reactor in the…

Pipeline Companies Struggle Against Rising Competition from Rail

Oct 18, 2013 at 17:28

Despite the fact that new, stricter regulations on the transport of hazardous materials by rail, introduced following the derailment and explosion of a train carrying crude oil through Quebec in…

Two Energy Ideas: Refiners and the Back of the Crude Curve

Oct 18, 2013 at 16:55

Two energy ideas to touch upon today, now that the debt ceiling debacle is (at least for now) over:  Refiners and the back of the crude curve.Refiners have…

Is Canadian Shale Gas Worth $35 Billion?

Oct 18, 2013 at 16:54

Shale gas in western Canada is at the epicenter of the energy world this week. Excitement from energy investors over northern shale comes after Malaysian petro-major Petronas last week…

Ukraine & Turkey: The European Energy Coup

Oct 18, 2013 at 16:51

Though Norway in June overtook Russia in total exports of natural gas to Europe, the balance of Russian gas to Europe comes through Ukraine, which itself is dependent upon Russia…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 18th October 2013

Oct 18, 2013 at 16:47

After the U.S. government shutdown and threat of a Treasury default held crude oil market participants hostage for half of October, oil speculators finally felt confident enough to test the…

Push-Back from Investors Improves Libra Prospects

Oct 18, 2013 at 16:41

Bottom line: In its final rules for the Libra auction scheduled for 21 October, the government of Brazil loosened the mandate to permit the winning bidder to retain 50% of…

Markets Uncertain as Egypt Violence Waxes and Wanes

Oct 18, 2013 at 14:17

Bottom Line: Investors are pulling out but the Egypt stock exchange is at its highest since the ouster of Mubarak in 2011, as protests and violent clashes continue sporadically and…

Mali Peace over Before It Begins

Oct 18, 2013 at 14:14

Bottom Line: Oil exploration deals signed by interim and the new government of Mali for operations in the restive north won’t make it far with a relaunch of radical Islamist…

French Areva in (More) Trouble in Niger

Oct 18, 2013 at 14:07

Bottom Line: Following on the recent announcement by the authorities in Niger that Areva will have to undergo a state audit, thousands of local residents take to the streets to…

This Week in Energy: It’s All About Liquefied Natural Gas

Oct 18, 2013 at 13:35

This week, it’s all about liquefied natural gas (LNG), as Asian markets eye a potential reduction in prices once US exports pick up momentum, Central Europe sends a desperate plea…

Here's This Year's Most Important Coal News

Oct 18, 2013 at 08:56

The India coal boom appears to be right on schedule, according to recent data.India has just completed the first half of its fiscal year, running April to September.…

The Big Winners in Kenya’s Oil Debut

Oct 17, 2013 at 17:09

Kenya will start pumping its first commercial oil next year and begin exporting in 2016, but this is just the opening salvo: new discoveries in recent months and fast-track new…

Libyan Oil Production Struggles to Restart

Oct 17, 2013 at 17:05

Nearly a month after oilfield strikes cut Libya’s production to just 10% of capacity, the Zintan tribal militia has re-opened a critical pipeline, carrying oil from two major western…

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