Tohoku University researchers have developed…
Thermal batteries are a promising…
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…
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…
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…
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),…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Subsidies to Fossil Energy Aren't the Low-Hanging Fruit We Might Wish They WereEvery few months — or…
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…
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…
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…
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…