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Energy

Global Markets Hot for U.S. Coal

May 09, 2013 at 17:11 | Charles Kennedy

US coal giants have been hit hard, unable to compete with natural gas at home, but overseas this market is getting hotter by the minute. Illinois is a…

No "Peak Natural Gas" Anytime Soon

May 09, 2013 at 17:09 | Robert M Cutler

One does not hear much these days about "peak oil", as new technologies are developed and implemented that, together with market conditions, make feasible the exploitation of previously uneconomical or…

Shale Bust: North America Natural Gas Production set to Seriously Decline

May 09, 2013 at 17:07 | The Energy Report

Shale oil has been North America's great experiment, says Oil & Gas Investments Bulletin Editor Keith Schaefer. But in this interview with The Energy Report, he questions the experiment's success…

Middle East Oil Markets Contracting

May 09, 2013 at 17:03 | Daniel J. Graeber

The Iraqi and Libyan governments said they would help Egypt cope with its economic crisis by offering up crude oil exports. The Egyptian government of President Mohamed Morsi is trying…

What Limits Population Growth in a Finite World?

May 09, 2013 at 16:59 | Gail Tverberg

We don’t usually think about it, but we live in a finite world. In other words, in theory we can count precisely how many atoms make up the earth. We…

A Few Words with Europe’s Shale Gas Guru

May 08, 2013 at 16:57 | Matt Smith

Nick Grealy is one of the leading advocates of shale gas in Europe. As well as being the publisher of the site No Hot Air, Nick consults on the…

Genel Energy Riding High on Kurdistan, Africa

May 07, 2013 at 16:47 | Charles Kennedy

Genel Energy (GENL) is hot right now, with new April finds in Northern Iraq, a targeted uptick in production here, as well as a new gas-to-oil pipeline conversion to come…

Don’t Count your Chickens or your Oil Wells Before they Hatch

May 07, 2013 at 16:39 | Claude Salhani

If one is to believe the hype and the optimism going around Lebanon these days, one would think that every Lebanese citizen, or at least those residing in Lebanon, is…

How Will Russia React to Ukraine’s Plans to become a Gas Transit State

May 07, 2013 at 16:38 | ISN Security Watch

After years of protracted negotiations, Ukraine is almost ready to sign an Association Agreement with the European Union. Today, Robert Cutler describes how the agreement might impact the fate of…

Overseas Gas Markets Hinge on Ukraine

May 06, 2013 at 16:43 | Daniel J. Graeber

The Ukrainian government said it wants to allay European concerns over natural gas supplies by serving as a regional energy hub. Conclusions reached during a roundtable discussion in Brussels last…

New Mexican County Fracking Ban Sets Stage for National Challenge

May 06, 2013 at 16:40 | John Daly

Hydraulic fracturing, more familiarly now referred to as “fracking,” is a mining process to release previously unobtainable volumes of natural gas that has drawn deep divisions between the oil/gas industry,…

Why Natural Gas Prices will Soar in the Future

May 06, 2013 at 16:37 | Kurt Cobb

Maybe it's the gloomy Seattle weather that has made investment manager Jim Hansen and his son and partner, Kevin, at Ravenna Capital Management immune to oil and gas industry hype…

OPEC Falling Apart at the Seams

May 03, 2013 at 17:47 | Daniel J. Graeber

Growing security risks in the Middle East are giving oil companies the jitters. French supermajor Total said recently that it was spending more on security since the January attack on…

The Desalination Energy Dilemma

May 03, 2013 at 17:40 | Charles Kennedy

Desalination plants consume a significant amount of energy, and the question now is how much energy should we expend on boosting clean drinking water supplies? There are now…

A Big Boost for U.S. Oil Reserves

May 03, 2013 at 17:23 | Brian Westenhaus

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) released the newest oil and gas resource assessment of the Williston Basin for the Bakken Formation in North Dakota and Montana.  The new…

US Energy Boom Threatened by Diminishing Returns from Shale Plays

May 03, 2013 at 17:10 | Post Carbon

Today's shale gas boom has brought a surge of drilling across the US, driving natural gas prices to historic lows over the past couple of years. But, according to…

Taking Advantage of the Crude by Rail Trend

May 03, 2013 at 16:14 | Dan Dicker

We all like straight recommendations to buy stock, but sometimes just staying away from a sector is a very good call.  This year, it’s been tough in the energy patch,…

Paraguay: Unexplored and Open for Business

May 03, 2013 at 16:12 | Editorial Dept

This week we find ourselves back in Latin America, but in Paraguay, where an estimated 4 billion barrels of oil in one basin alone could turn the country into a…

Gulf of Mexico: Preparing for August Auction

May 03, 2013 at 15:30 | Editorial Dept

Bottom Line: Tentatively scheduled for 28 August, the US government is auctioning off over 21 million acres on the Outer Continental Shelf in 3,953 blocks in shallow and deep waters.…

This Week in Energy: Big News for the Bakken

May 03, 2013 at 14:25 | James Stafford

Drought - again; big news for Bakken and Three Forks; the Russia-Poland-Ukraine gas drama; an unexpected Shell resignation; and the best to come in this week’s premium newsletter …

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