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  Saudi Aramco to Spend $200 Billion on Oil & Gas Investments Over the Next Decade

  February 03, 2012 at 18:27

• Nepal and Bangladesh to Establish Joint Venture 3,000 Megawatt Power Plant

• What is the Real Unemployment Rate?

• World's Largest Rare Earth Metal Refinery to Open in Malaysia

• GE to Build 150 MW Wind Farm in Kenya

• An Abundant Supply of Cheap Oil is the Most Important Resource for Our Future

  by Gail Tverberg | 03 February 2012 02:40

  Our economy runs on oil. Most of the tractors used for growing food run on oil. Nearly all of today’s cars and trucks run on oil. It is popular…

• International Pipelines - Peacemakers or Hostages to Fortune?

  by John Daly | 01 February 2012 23:26

  Supporters of pipelines that cross international frontiers have fervent supporters in the energy industry, who maintain that they are “win win”…

• Why is Gulfsands Petroleum Still Drilling in Syria?

  by Daniel J. Graeber | 01 February 2012 23:20

  Authors note: After publication this week, Gulfsands Petroleum announced Thursday it was ending its exploration campaign in Syria while sanctions are…

• Methane Gas Hydrates - Vast Energy Resource or Ecological Disaster Awaiting?

  by Professor Chris Rhodes | 01 February 2012 23:17

  A vast and untapped resource of fuel? A contributor to global climate change? A submarine hazard and potential trigger of tsunami's? A cause of catastrophic…

• Nuclear Fusion: The Power Source of the Future...the Far Off Future

  by Tom Murphy | 01 February 2012 23:04

  Ah, fusion. Long promised, both on Do the Math and in real life, fusion is regarded as the ultimate power source—the holy grail—the…

• Forget Wind Turbines - a Completely New Type of Wind Farm is in Development

  by Energy Digital | 01 February 2012 22:52

  A design firm from New York, Atelier DNA, has developed a concept that uses cattail like stalks instead of traditional turbine blades for harnessing the…

• New Technique Discovered to Help Harvest Algae

  by Brian Westenhaus | 01 February 2012 22:39

  At the UKs Sheffield University (SU) a team led by Professor Will Zimmerman in the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering believes they have developed…

• Energy-Poor Albania Wants Nuclear Power Plant, Neighboring Montenegro Opposes

  by John Daly | 01 February 2012 21:12

  The good news? According to Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha, Albania has postponed its intention to build a nuclear power plant (NPP) in the Shkoder…

• U.S. - China Energy Trade War Imminent?

  by John Daly | 31 January 2012 23:40

  Washington loves free trade – if it produces a surplus for the U.S. In an election year, with a modest economic recovery underway,…

• Oil Rich Venezuela's Electricity Shortfalls Lose Economy $80 Billion

  by John Daly | 31 January 2012 23:37

  One of the odder inconsistencies in the global energy market is the fact that many energy rich nations are plagued by indigenous shortages. Among…

• Tethys Petroleum Opens New Oil Storage Facility in Kazakhstan

• Westfire Energy Exceeds Production Targets - Fourth Quarter Update

• Exciting Year Beckons for Manitok Energy - Drilling Results

• Petrobakken Reshuffle Debts with Closing of Senior Unsecured Notes Offering

• The Global Hunt For Oil: Canadian Firm Drills First Exploration Well in Somalia

  

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• Out of Africa - Portugal solicits Angolan investment

  

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• China Casts Increasingly Large Investment Shadow Over Southeast Asian Neighbors

  

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• Has Algae.Tec Cracked Algae's Biofuel Pricing Ability to Compete with a Barrel of Oil?

  

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• International Junior Oil Stocks: How Investors Can Position Themselves for High-Reward International Plays

  

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