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• COLOMBIA: Oil Pipelines Remain Constant Rebel Target

  Published 31 May 2013 | viewed 6,585 times

  Bottom Line: Despite news of significant progress in peace talks between the government of Colombia and the rebel group FARC, guerrillas in the north and…

• TUNISIA: Salafi Extremism Will Affect Oil Confidence

  Published 31 May 2013 | viewed 6,328 times

  Bottom Line: Developments during the month of May indicate that Tunisia’s Islamist government is preparing in earnest to take on the threat posed by radical…

• Gasoline and Oil Prices Down from this Time last Year

  Published 27 May 2013 | viewed 4,523 times

  According to Gasbuddy.com (see graph at bottom), gasoline prices are down slightly over the last few days to a national average of $3.66 per gallon.…

• Carbon Capture: Killing Two Birds with One Stone

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 4,466 times

  In May, the biggest carbon capture project in the US went on line in Port Arthur, Texas, capturing carbon dioxide from industrial operations and using…

• SOMALIA: This New Frontier Isn’t Ready for Oil

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 8,333 times

  Bottom Line: Somalia plans to sign 30 PSCs this year with foreign oil companies and auction off over 300 new oil blocks, but oil rights…

• US-EUROPE: The Free Trade Drama

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 27,020 times

  Bottom Line: A pending free-market deal between the US and the European Union could open up a massive transatlantic market that could account for 56%…

• NAMIBIA: First Oil Discovery Overrides Earlier Disappointments

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 9,343 times

  Bottom Line: It’s been a rough ride for Namibia explorers but this week explorers announced their first oil discovery, and while it’s not commercially viable,…

• EU: Tighter Regulations for Explorers

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 6,143 times

  Bottom Line: The EU’s new offshore oil and gas exploration legislation is designed to prevent another Gulf of Mexico incident and will force explorers to…

• ETS Abandoned after Latest EU Vote

  Published 18 May 2013 | viewed 4,183 times

  The Wall Street Journal reports Emissions trading in Europe in Tatters. The European Union's flagship program to fight global warming—a regional carbon-emissions trading system—suffered a…

• The Energy Industry, Lacking in Public Trust

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 5,098 times

  Yesterday's panel discussion in Washington, DC on "The Trust Factor" in energy couldn't have been more timely. The stakes for lost trust seemed especially apparent…

• Geothermal Energy: More Exciting than Media Thinks

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 12,490 times

  Geothermal energy is hands down THE best renewable energy avenue out there: The Earth is always generating heat, and there won’t be any “peak heat”,…

• BRAZIL: Round 11 in Rio, Hot and Getting Hotter

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 6,237 times

  Bottom Line: Rio’s 11th round of bidding for new concessions went down in an atmosphere of heavy competition, with Brazilian offshore acreage fast becoming some…

• US: Mexico-TAP and the Dodd Frank Act

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 3,896 times

  Bottom Line: US Congress is reviewing House and Senate legislation that could see US companies working under the Mexico-TAP exempted from Dodd-Frank Section 1504 SEC…

• URUGUAY: Regasification Plant Heralds Major LNG Ambitions

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 5,081 times

  Bottom line: With final plans for a regasification plant in the Montevideo Bay approved, Uruguay is aggressively working to position itself as an energy hub…

• KURDISTAN: Understanding the Power Brokers

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 6,218 times

  Bottom Line: Kurdistan is a good place to be right now for E&P companies, but navigating the playing field of power brokers and gatekeepers is…

• EU Imposes 47% Tariffs on Imported Chinese Solar Panels

  Published 14 May 2013 | viewed 4,717 times

  Before discussing Paul Krugman and how right he was, let's first take a look at the Spiegel Online report EU To Impose Tariffs on Chinese…

• EIA Predicts US Gasoline Prices to Average $3.53 for the Summer

  Published 13 May 2013 | viewed 7,961 times

  From the EIA: Short-Term Energy Outlook Falling crude oil prices contributed to a decline in the U.S. regular gasoline retail price from a year-to-date high…

• Supercomputing: Game-Changer for Oil & Gas Exploration

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 13,514 times

  Oil majors are second only to the US Defense Department in terms of the use of supercomputing systems. That’s because supercomputing is the key to…

• Chesapeake: Getting Rid of Bad Baggage

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 4,205 times

  This company’s had some management problems, but we still like it: Its profits are higher than expected, despite all, and its net income is up…

• US: Towards Net Gas Exporting

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 5,185 times

  Bottom Line: The debate over whether the US should become a net gas exporter moved towards the proponents last weekend, following remarks made by US…