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• GHANA-COTE D’IVOIRE: New Find, Old Maritime Dispute

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 7,162 times

  Bottom Line: A new discovery by France’s Total SA (TOT) just inside territorial waters of Cote d’Ivoire will either exacerbate or speed up a resolution…

• KENYA: Oil Production 6-7 Years Away

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 5,958 times

  Bottom Line: Close to proving commercial viability of its major finds since last year, a new report by the IMF suggests that Kenya will start…

• BRAZIL: Another Discovery for Karoon

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 5,913 times

  Bottom Line: Karoon Gas Australia Ltd. (KAR) was already ripe for takeover last month, and a secondary discovery in Brazil last week adds some significantly…

• The Collapse of Australia’s Manufacturing Sector

  Published 04 May 2013 | viewed 4,829 times

  Australia fundamentals deteriorate rapidly as evidenced by a collapse in the PMI Manufacturing Index in April. Key Findings•    Manufacturing activity contracted significantly in April as…

• Paraguay: Unexplored and Open for Business

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 5,651 times

  This week we find ourselves back in Latin America, but in Paraguay, where an estimated 4 billion barrels of oil in one basin alone could…

• Paraguay: Positioned for the Long Game, 2 Picks

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 6,959 times

  Looking six months to a year down the road, there are two companies we’re watching closely because we think they’re about to hit pay oil…

• ARGENTINA: Massive Potential, Bad Politics

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 8,797 times

  Bottom Line: Argentina has one of the largest gas and oil deposits in the world, but politics makes this a conundrum for foreign investors. Political…

• POLAND: Gazprom Foments Political Crisis

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 7,037 times

  Bottom Line: The Polish government claims that EuroPolGaz negotiated a controversial MOU with Russian Gazprom in early April without its knowledge, and now it’s all…

• SOUTH SUDAN: More Good News for Oil Production

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 7,238 times

  Bottom Line: Following a long-awaited agreement with Sudan that has South Sudan ready to continue oil production, other developments bode well for South Sudan output,…

• Gulf of Mexico: Preparing for August Auction

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 4,124 times

  Bottom Line: Tentatively scheduled for 28 August, the US government is auctioning off over 21 million acres on the Outer Continental Shelf in 3,953 blocks…

• Gulf of Mexico is Back, and Subsalt is all the Rage

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 7,336 times

  In late March, the US Department of Interior released the results of its Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale 227. It was a great auction,…

• Syria: The Next New Frontier, Unexplored and Geopolitically Meteoric

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 7,522 times

  In 2011, shortly before conflict broke out in Syria, the government was preparing to begin bidding for its first offshore exploration blocks in the Levant…

• SYRIA: EU Lifts Oil Embargo to Help ‘Opposition’

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 6,231 times

  Bottom Line: The European Union has lifted its oil embargo on Syria ostensibly to provide “economic support” to the rebels fighting the Assad regime, but…

• PARAGUAY: Cartes Election Victory Good for Business

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 7,670 times

  Bottom Line: The victory of Colorado Party candidate Horacio Cartes in Paraguay’s presidential elections on 21 April sets the stage for a strengthening of the…

• MOZAMBIQUE: Another Major Offshore Gas Find

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 6,020 times

  Bottom Line: Another major gas find offshore Mozambique bodes well for Anadarko and sees share prices rally Analysis:  Anadarko Petroleum Corporation operates the Rovumal block…

• SOUTH AFRICA: Shale Gas Permits Remain Elusive

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 5,397 times

  Bottom Line: Despite high hopes, South Africa shale gas permits are not likely to be forthcoming this year for E&P companies, bound up as they…

• Big Numbers, Big Profits: The Fleetingly Lucrative RIN Trade

  Published 19 April 2013 | viewed 9,988 times

  Renewable energy credits, or RINs, are one of the hottest things on the energy market right now because they are making up for a shortfall…

• GE Oil & Gas: Ambitious Diversity that Pays Off

  Published 19 April 2013 | viewed 7,372 times

  Ambitious acquisitions and a diversity that should have any investor hot and bothered: This is General Electric, and what we’re really eyeing here is the…

• A Global Carbon Market? We’re Not Confident

  Published 19 April 2013 | viewed 4,981 times

  If you had asked me yesterday, I would have said we are on the verge of a global carbon market that was shaping up to…

• ISRAEL: Tax Issues Cause for Concern After Tamar Gas Starts Pumping

  Published 19 April 2013 | viewed 5,127 times

  Bottom Line: Riding high on its massive Levant Basin discoveries and with the first gas coming online from one of these supergiant fields, Israel is…