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Energy / Energy-General

Russia Is Not Bluffing With Turkish Stream Project

Feb 25, 2015 at 16:47 | The Jamestown Foundation

During his visit to Ankara in December 2014, Vladimir Putin announced that South Stream—a large pipeline that would have carried Europe-bound Russian gas under the Black…

Nigeria’s Future Depends On Electricity

Feb 25, 2015 at 16:41 | Robert Rapier

Africa’s most populous country will head to the polls on March 28th in the closest elections in Nigeria’s short democratic history. While security has dominated the…

Will US Shale Boom Continue Or Have A Hiatus?

Feb 24, 2015 at 17:12 | Andy Tully

The conventional wisdom recently has been that North America will keep producing shale oil for some time despite the higher costs associated with hydraulic fracturing and…

Can Tesla’s Latest Venture Live Up To The Hype?

Feb 20, 2015 at 16:27 | Colin Chilcoat

Elon Musk and his company Tesla Motors will revolutionize the way you drive, and while they’re at it, the way electricity is priced and consumed. At…

An Explosive Week For Energy

Feb 20, 2015 at 14:56 | James Stafford

Oil prices fluctuated up and down over the course of this week, with a wider gulf opening up between WTI and Brent crude. The U.S. Energy…

Oil Limits Could Undermine Our Entire Economic System

Feb 16, 2015 at 17:40 | Gail Tverberg

Many readers have asked me to explain debt. They also wonder, “Why can’t we just cancel debt and start over?” if we are reaching oil limits,…

Why My View On TSLA Has Changed

Feb 16, 2015 at 12:34 | Martin Tillier

In an internet comments section I was once berated by a reader for not following what they described as the number one rule of trading, that…

Anti-Fossil Fuel Movement Grows

Feb 13, 2015 at 16:54 | Nick Cunningham

Don’t look now but the anti-fossil fuel movement is quickly building momentum. Climate activists have campaigned against oil, gas, and coal for years. And while legislation in the U.S. Congress…

Low Revenues Force France’s Total To Cut Jobs

Feb 13, 2015 at 16:22 | Andy Tully

It was as recently as Jan. 21 that Patrick Pouaynné, the CEO of Total, conceded that low oil prices had forced the French oil giant to cut capital spending, but…

This Week In Energy: ExxonMobil On The Hunt

Feb 13, 2015 at 11:32 | James Stafford

Oil prices continued to pick up steam for the week ending on February 13. Brent crude traded above $60 per barrel for the first time in 2015, a psychological threshold…

Andrea Rossi Vindicated? Cold Fusion Takes Another Step Towards Credibility

Feb 12, 2015 at 15:31 | Brian Westenhaus

Professor Alexander Parkhomov of Lomonosov Moscow State University has published a paper describing his successful replication of Andrea Rossi’s E-Cat LENR or cold fusion device. It seems Parkhomov managed…

North American Energy Integration Could Bring The Planet To Its Knees

Feb 12, 2015 at 15:06 | Michael Klare

It’s a ritual long familiar to observers of American politics: presidential hopefuls with limited international experience travel to foreign lands and deliver speeches designed to showcase their grasp of foreign…

EU Energy Union May Be Biting Off More Than It Can Chew

Feb 10, 2015 at 17:55 | Colin Chilcoat

With oil and gas still flooding the scene it’s a buyer’s market. For some however, picking isn’t easy. For the European Union specifically, an abundance of choice comes with its…

Midweek Sector Update: Expert Predictions For Oil All Over The Map

Feb 10, 2015 at 12:42 | Editorial Dept

OPEC’s strategy of choking off North American shale appears to be going according to plan. Baker Hughes reported another significant decline in the rig count for the week ending on…

EU Pushes For Greater Integration Into An Energy Union

Feb 06, 2015 at 19:41 | Nick Cunningham

European nations met in Latvia last Friday to devise a strategy to unify their energy sectors. The February 6 meeting in Riga by European Union energy ministers sought to…

This Week In Energy: Is Oil Back?

Feb 06, 2015 at 17:35 | James Stafford

Oil Prices are flirting with a rebound, poised to jump the most in four years for the week ending on February 6. The markets do not know what to…

How The Economy Is Tied To Energy – Part 2

Feb 05, 2015 at 17:47 | Gail Tverberg

In Part 1 of this series, I talked about why cheap fuels act to create economic growth. In this post, we will look at some…

Obama’s New Budget Does Stricken Oil And Gas Industries No Favors

Feb 03, 2015 at 17:27 | Colin Chilcoat

President Barack Obama’s 2016 budget proposal is out; enjoy it while it lasts. The budget proposal features a significant boost in federal spending for green-energy…

Bad News For World Economy That No One Wants To Hear

Feb 02, 2015 at 18:02 | Kurt Cobb

Reading the general run of financial headlines might lead one to believe that price declines in those commodities which are highly sensitive to economic conditions such…

This Week In Energy: The War For Market Share Is Only Just Beginning

Jan 30, 2015 at 16:58 | Evan Kelly

This week saw yet more bad news for the oil sector, as the EIA’s latest figures released on Wednesday showed U.S. Inventories at levels not seen…

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