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• Situation in Mali Worsens with 2 More Kidnapping-Executions

  Published 08 November 2013 | viewed 5,570 times

  Bottom Line: We are back to the drawing board in Mali, and oil exploration in the north should be dismissed out of hand.Analysis: Two French…

• The Most Important Energy Map You’ll See This Year

  Published 01 November 2013 | viewed 4,530 times

  You probably haven’t heard about it—but there’s a potential bull market brewing in propane. At the risk of sounding like Hank Hill—the market for this…

• Lebanon’s Oil Future on Hold

  Published 01 November 2013 | viewed 4,620 times

  We want to take another look at what’s going on in Lebanon--in terms of the spillover of the conflict in Syria, the meddling of external…

• Mali Back in Conflict Mode

  Published 01 November 2013 | viewed 5,069 times

  Bottom Line: The French have relaunched offensives in Mali marking the end of a brief patch of peace following elections and the premature issuing of…

• Syrian Conflict Moves Closer to Iraq

  Published 01 November 2013 | viewed 5,982 times

  Bottom Line: Syrian regime leader Bashir al-Assad has a tougher grip on power than he has since the start of the conflict, but it is…

• Kurds Complete Game-Changing Pipeline to Turkey

  Published 01 November 2013 | viewed 6,190 times

  Bottom Line: Kurdistan’s leverage over the central Iraqi authorities in Baghdad gets a major boost with the much-anticipated completion of a pipeline directly to Turkey.Analysis:…

• Tourist Resort Bombing Pressures Tunisia’s National Dialogue

  Published 01 November 2013 | viewed 5,296 times

  Bottom Line: Pressure on the pace of national dialogue talks for a new caretaker government in Tunisia, for the resignation of the Ennahda-led government will…

• Why Are Oil Majors Converging on “The Secret Coast”?

  Published 25 October 2013 | viewed 5,311 times

  Some of the world’s most savvy energy investors have converged in a strange place the last few months. A place I call “the secret coast”,…

• Elections in Argentina May Quicken Investment Pace

  Published 25 October 2013 | viewed 10,374 times

  Bottom line: Opposition to the economic policies of President Cristina Fernández Kirchner will translate into votes for anti-kirchneristas, and may contribute to a quicker pace…

• Kurdistan Considers National Oil Company

  Published 25 October 2013 | viewed 8,292 times

  Bottom Line: As Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) works towards oil and gas independence from the central Iraqi authorities in Baghdad, the next idea being…

• Gas Investor Alert: Trouble in Mozambique

  Published 25 October 2013 | viewed 7,262 times

  Bottom Line: Investors should be on the alert over the increasing momentum of a militant insurgency that could threaten coal and gas investments in Mozambique.Analysis: …

• Clashes Along Oil-Rich Kenyan-Uganda Border

  Published 25 October 2013 | viewed 6,451 times

  Bottom Line: Tribal clashes along the Kenya-Uganda border, in Kenya’s oil-rich Turkana region bode ill for pipeline plans as Kenya moves to get its new…

• This Week in Energy: Iran Creeps Back

  Published 25 October 2013 | viewed 9,715 times

  For months, and since elections in Iran, Oil & Energy Insider has been telling its premium subscribers to watch out for Iran because it’s getting…

• Is Canadian Shale Gas Worth $35 Billion?

  Published 18 October 2013 | viewed 6,306 times

  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…

• Ukraine & Turkey: The European Energy Coup

  Published 18 October 2013 | viewed 16,171 times

  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…

• Push-Back from Investors Improves Libra Prospects

  Published 18 October 2013 | viewed 10,475 times

  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…

• Markets Uncertain as Egypt Violence Waxes and Wanes

  Published 18 October 2013 | viewed 4,950 times

  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…

• Mali Peace over Before It Begins

  Published 18 October 2013 | viewed 5,330 times

  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…

• French Areva in (More) Trouble in Niger

  Published 18 October 2013 | viewed 6,389 times

  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…

• A Billion-Ton Coal Miner You’ve Never Heard Of

  Published 11 October 2013 | viewed 6,346 times

  One thing I’ve noticed in the resource business: big never goes out of style.If there’s a large in-ground resource, someone will always be eying a…