Diesel fuel production has ramped…
Shares of Portuguese integrated energy…
The rapid growth of renewable…
If oil prices continue to spiral downward, what will be the economic and strategic results? Not too bad, says Gawdat Bahgat. Consumers will benefit at the expense of producers and,…
The Texas RRC Data Base came out a few days ago. The data is reported through September but of course it is incomplete. The data from the field…
Halliburton’s takeover of Baker Hughes is setting out to be the oil and gas merger of the year. One of the largest such deals in years, it has not, however,…
The concluding act in the legal saga of a former Brazilian oil and mining tycoon kicked off this week. Eike Batista’s trial began in Rio de Janeiro on November 18,…
BOEM and BSEE have published in 2014 the GOM oil & gas reserves at end 2010 few months ago and at end 2011 lately. The big change is…
As November draws to a close, there are two major events that could profoundly change the oil markets. With the clock ticking, the 5 permanent members of the UN Security…
Russia and China have signed two large natural gas deals in the last six months as Russia turns its attention eastward in reaction to sanctions and souring relations with…
There’s nothing makes my blood boil more than to read reports about the international level of subsidies of the fossil fuel industries like this one…
The G20 is a conference of the world’s top 20 economies as measured by Gross Domestic Product. Some observers have slammed it as an unelected and arbitrary body that is…
One of West Virginia’s former coal barons was indicted on November 13 for his direct involvement in violating mine safety laws, which ultimately contributed to the death of 29…
As they say in Game of Thrones, “winter is coming.”In the popular TV series, winter carries a foreboding connotation, but in the real world, the icy fingers of…
East Africa is set to emerge as a global supplier of oil and gas within the next decade due to the recent major oil and gas discoveries in Mozambique, Tanzania,…
Rumors emerged last week of big changes coming in the coal market. From one of the world's largest players in the business.That's China. Where officials are reportedly moving…
Kurdistan and the Iraqi central government have reached an important agreement over oil. Although the deal is only an interim agreement, leaving larger issues unresolved, the two sides forged a…
How will Kazakhstan’s economy react to the double threat of the falling ruble exchange rates and falling oil prices? Kazakhstan’s growth rate…
Anticipating blackouts has become a new national sport in the UK. I can recall blackouts as a child. I’m guessing this was during the first 1974 oil shock when OPEC…
Most of the chatter about climate change ahead of the G20 Summit in Brisbane was how Prime Minister Tony Abbott was refusing to allow global warming to be on the…
I think that many people are misreading the purpose of this series on $80 oil winners and losers. Most are looking at the most superficial message; as I mention specific…
If sensational headlines are to be believed, the recent drop in oil prices signals the end of the U.S. shale boom. The reality, however, is likely to be more about…
While everyone is watching to see how low oil prices will affect U.S. shale drillers, natural gas production continues to rise. Each month, the U.S. posts new production highs (see…