Gulf Keystone Petroleum initiates a…
The battery market is brimming…
The amount of crude oil delivered by rail in the United States set a record last year by an overwhelming margin. The U.S. Energy Department said it expects domestic crude…
BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) has nominated a replacement for retiring Chief Executive Marius Kloppers, and that says much about the direction that BHP, its Chairman Jac Nasser and the firm’s…
Bottom Line: An agreement between Shell and Turkey’s national oil company (TPAO) for western Black Sea exploration will start the ball rolling for Turkey’s energy ambitions. We’ve been waiting for…
‘Crazy’ Texans take on big oil; Australia’s richest miner takes on his own industry; the EU imposes anti-dumping tariff on US ethanol; February pump prices hurt; and two West African…
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Russian oil producer Rosneft said it was considering sending more oil to the energy-hungry Chinese economy. The world's No. 2 oil exporter, after Saudi Arabia, already sends about 300,000 barrels…
By 25 February, China will have acquired the US assets of Canada’s Nexen Inc. for $15.1 billion after the US Committee on Foreign Investment cleared China’s CNOOC for the last…
The shocking news this week (at least to the Guardian) is that secret funding helped build a vast network of climate denial think tanks. The
We are used to expecting that more investment will yield more output, but in the real world, things don’t always work out that way.
As much as the world is thirsty for water, investors should also be increasingly thirsty to add water-tech to their portfolios. Only 1% of the world’s water is…
Somaliland: Somali’s ‘Other’ CountrySomaliland enjoys a certain amount of strategic advantage. It has a long coastline and deep sea ports, and could eventually serve as a major energy…
The U.S. Energy Department said domestic crude oil production has increased so far this year. By 2014, the department said oil production should be close to the 8 million barrel…
“Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfilment,” French philosopher Jean Baudrillard once said. Substitute “forecasts” for the word “statistics,” and you’ll have a good understanding of the…
The matter we see around us such as houses and trees, people and pets, and all the stars and galaxies make up only a few percent of everything in our…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waded cautiously into the debate surrounding the planned Keystone XL oil pipeline during last week's meetings with his Canadian counterpart. Supporters describe the project…
If you think BP Plc. is faring poorly after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and its subsequent suspension from government contracts, consider this: its Pentagon contracts had already doubled…
A major change could be in the works for Russia’s citizenry for their water and sewerage bills.RussHydro, the Russian Federation’s largest hydropower company, wants to take over management…
Energy development on public lands …. full speed ahead.Whoever believed that Obama was an enemy of fossil fuels should hit up the Superdome in New Orleans on 20…
It’s time to dig below the surface for good energy investments—way below the surface. The future of energy will be shaped in large part by new technology, the heart of…
The issue of Burmese billionaire Tay Zaw’s financial contributions to Myanmar’s military regime that we alerted you to earlier is now becoming public due in part to the leak of…