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U.S. Oil, Gas Drilling Activity Sees Rebound

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Big Auto Eyes $2B in Govt Grants to Boost EV Production

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Middle East Oil Benefits As China Buys Less African Crude

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How Prepared is the Oil Industry for a Cyber War?

Nov 14, 2013 at 17:27 | Claude Salhani

The next major conflict, if there is ever going to be one, will likely be very different from all past conventional wars we have seen so far, in that it…

Canada’s Montney Natural Gas Basin – Game Changer?

Nov 14, 2013 at 17:13 | John Daly

Canada’s energy riches seem to be destined to just expand. According to the authoritative U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration, “Canada is one of the world's five largest energy…

Carbon Capture Gets a Big Boost in Washington

Nov 13, 2013 at 16:28 | Llewellyn King

Forty years ago, America and its allies were paralyzed by the Arab oil embargo, which followed the Yom Kippur War. It concentrated the international mind and decades of turbulence followed.

Repsol Expands Footprint in Venezuela

Nov 13, 2013 at 16:26 | Charles Kennedy

Spanish oil giant Repsol is preparing to invest another $4 billion in oil and gas projects in Venezuela between 2013 and 2022, hoping to increase net oil output in the…

What Happened to Eastern Europe’s Dreams of a Shale Revolution?

Nov 13, 2013 at 16:23 | Igor Alexeev

Shale projects in Eastern Europe are being challenged by delaying tactics of industry majors. Media coverage of shale gas development is positive; but in Lithuania and Poland, global oil &…

5 Trends that are Set to Transform the Energy Sector

Nov 13, 2013 at 13:06 | Charles Kennedy

What it must have been like, being one of those pioneers getting into the traditional oil industry back before all the biggest fields went into production. Well, we are back…

World Depends on Two Countries for Increase in Oil Production

Nov 12, 2013 at 17:23 | Nick Cunningham

Oil prices will only rise moderately over the next 20 years according to estimates from the International Energy Agency. The IEA released the 2013 edition of its much-anticipated World…

Clash Over Oligarch Kerimov Devolves Into Gas Dispute with Belarus

Nov 12, 2013 at 17:19 | Scott Belinksi

Just as Russia is trying to convince Ukraine to join its Eurasian Custom's Union in the run-up to the Vilnius Eastern Partnership summit this month, leaders in Kiev are getting…

The Battle between Oil Sands and the Environment

Nov 12, 2013 at 17:13 | Robert Rapier

I spent the past week in the heart of the Athabasca oil sands in Fort McMurray, Alberta. I was there as a guest of the Canadian government, which hosts annual…

Libya's Oil May be its Downfall

Nov 11, 2013 at 17:35 | Daniel J. Graeber

The self-declared government of Cyrenaica, a district in eastern Libya, said it established its own oil company that's ready to put crude oil on the international market. Libya since Moammar…

Dutch Town Gives Up on Fossil Fuels

Nov 11, 2013 at 17:23 | Joao Peixe

A town in the Netherlands is making history by becoming the first to in Europe to definitively cut ties with fossil fuels companies in a move the industry hopes isn’t…

Why Risk Management Plays Such a Large Role in our Energy Future

Nov 11, 2013 at 17:21 | Kurt Cobb

Optimistic, but unwarranted, energy supply forecasts permeate the media (courtesy of the oil and gas industry) even as the occasional dire scenario gets coverage. But, it is well to remember…

Serious Oil Problems Uncovered in Nigeria

Nov 08, 2013 at 17:39 | Daniel J. Graeber

A report last week from Amnesty International said energy companies operating in the oil-rich Niger Delta region weren't entirely up front about what's causing the "hundreds" of spills reported every…

4 Keys to Watch on the US-Mexico Natural Gas Boom

Nov 08, 2013 at 17:06 | Editorial Dept

Sometimes geography just works. That’s certainly the case in North American natural gas markets today. To the north you have America—a new natural gas superpower. So…

Friggin’ in the Riggin’: Traders Claim Oil Price Manipulation

Nov 08, 2013 at 13:54 | James Stafford

Before we start with this weeks news please do take a moment to look at our latest presentation which analyzes various developments taking place within oil & gas…

Shell Takes Initial Step Towards Arctic Drilling in 2014

Nov 07, 2013 at 17:10 | Nick Cunningham

On November 6 Shell announced it submitted revisions to its Plan of Exploration to the U.S. government, a regulatory hurdle it needed to clear in order to keep Arctic drilling…

Natgas In These 4 Places Just Became Worthless

Nov 07, 2013 at 17:01 | Dave Forest

Boulder, Fort Collins, and Lafayette municipalities in Colorado. As well as Oberlin, Ohio.All of those cities passed moratoriums or outright bans on hydraulic fracking this week, by popular…

Iran-Pakistan Natural Gas Pipeline Stumbles on Financing

Nov 06, 2013 at 17:28 | John Daly

It is hard not to feel some sympathy for Pakistan’s current energy deficit problems, which are both severe and increasing.  The U.S. government’s Energy Information Administration notes in…

Clock Ticking to Cut CO2 Emissions

Nov 06, 2013 at 17:11 | Daniel J. Graeber

The race is on in North America to shield the regional economy from the instability in the Middle East and North Africa casting a shadow over international oil supplies. Russian…

Company Created to Turn Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Idea into Reality

Nov 06, 2013 at 17:05 | James Burgess

Back in July, Elon Musk released to the public a set of conceptual designs that he and his teams at Tesla Motors and SpaceX drew up for a radical new…

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