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Could The New Silk Road End Old Geopolitical Tensions?

May 26, 2015 at 17:14 | Robert Berke

 Part 2: Cold War or Competition on the New Silk Road. Note:In Part 1 of “The New Silk Road,” we examined the China’s plan for rebuilding…

Four Opportunities Presented By Stabilizing Oil Prices

May 26, 2015 at 16:50 | Global Risk Insights

The past year has been seen oil prices drop to below $50 per barrel. But now that prices seem to be stabilizing, a number of new trends and investment opportunities…

Midweek Sector Update: Self-Defeating Realities Of The Oil Sector

May 26, 2015 at 13:09 | Evan Kelly

The US rig count may finally be bottoming out. Baker Hughes reported that the number of rigs pulled from the oil patch fell to just…

E.U. Could Provide Push U.S. Needs To Lift Energy Export Limits

May 25, 2015 at 16:40 | Alexis Arthur

 On May 21, the United States Senate approved fast-track legislation that has the potential to expedite several international trade negotiations, not least the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP),…

Shell Approval May Trigger Resource Race In The Arctic

May 22, 2015 at 17:49 | Colin Chilcoat

In a few short months Shell will (re)enter the Chukchi Sea. The oil and gas major still awaits approval from a number of state and federal agencies, but in early…

Major Offshore Potential In This Tiny Nation

May 22, 2015 at 16:15 | Editorial Dept

Introduction The North Sea has long been in decline. An era in which the British Islands fueled Europe’s oil and gas needs, which has…

This Week In Energy: Petrobras Scandal Could Undermine Brazil’s Economy

May 22, 2015 at 12:31 | Evan Kelly

Petrobras has tried hard to put its massive scandal behind it. After a corruption scheme involving kickbacks was uncovered last year, the Brazilian oil giant has…

New Silk Road Could Change Global Economics Forever

May 21, 2015 at 15:58 | Robert Berke

 Part 1: The New Silk Road Beginning with the marvelous tales of Marco Polo’s travels across Eurasia to China, the Silk Road has never…

M&A To Take Front Seat In Oil Industry

May 20, 2015 at 16:46 | Gaurav Agnihotri

Over the last decade, the oil majors have spent many billions on upstream exploration activity, hoping to find new gushers to replace their mature assets. But gone are the days…

China Builds Influence In Latin America As Commodity Prices Tank

May 20, 2015 at 16:25 | Nick Cunningham

Latin America is increasingly turning to China for an influx of capital.China’s Premier Li Keqiang took a tour of South America and on a…

Midweek Sector Update: OPEC Regaining Market Share, But At What Price?

May 19, 2015 at 12:44 | Evan Kelly

The global oil industry will spend an estimated $129 billion less this year as a result of low oil prices, a new analysis from the…

Harold Hamm Wants Scientists’ Heads To Roll After Quake Study

May 18, 2015 at 11:48 | ZeroHedge

The billionaire CEO of Continental Resources told a dean at the University of Oklahoma that he wanted earthquake researchers fired. In one of the most transparently oligarchic tactics we have…

Big Oil May Be Caught Off-Guard By Wave Of Retirement

May 18, 2015 at 10:05 | Charles Kennedy

While we constantly analyze short-term data, the industry has a longer-term problem. And it is not related to what lies below the ground.There is a retirement tidal wave…

America’s Shadowy Energy Partnership With Azerbaijan

May 15, 2015 at 17:08 | Nick Cunningham

Ten Members of the U.S. Congress – along with 32 of their staff members – received secret payments from Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil company to travel to Baku in 2013.

Does Fossil Fuel Divestment Make Sense?

May 15, 2015 at 16:42 | Andy Tully

Divestment of stocks in fossil fuel companies may seem like a good idea if the goal is to put financial pressure on conventional energy companies and thereby leave an…

The Great Fossil Fuel Subsidy Myth

May 15, 2015 at 16:32 | Breakthrough Institute

Subsidies to Fossil Energy Aren't the Low-Hanging Fruit We Might Wish They WereEvery few months — or…

This Week In Energy: Iran Nuclear Deal Has White House Walking A Tightrope

May 15, 2015 at 12:02 | Evan Kelly

Iran is not done sending a message to indebted tankers in the Persian Gulf. For a second time in three weeks, the Iranian Navy fired across the bow of a…

Are US Drillers Actually Making A Comeback?

May 14, 2015 at 14:42 | Nick Cunningham

Is US shale about to make a comeback?Oil prices have rebounded strongly since March. The benchmark WTI prices soared by more than 36 percent in two months, and…

Toyota’s Unique Investment Plan To Dominate The Green Car Sector

May 14, 2015 at 12:46 | Gaurav Agnihotri

Despite a decline in sales, the world’s biggest car manufacturer hopes to retain its top spot by issuing a new investment instrument in order to fund long-term R&D.Toyota…

U.S. Could Go All Out On Offshore Exploration

May 14, 2015 at 09:33 | Dave Forest

For project developers seeking the next big petro-play, some key news this week. With lawmakers in America moving to open one of the biggest swaths of new acreage in the…

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