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Egyptian-Israeli Natural Gas Agreement Now Officially Over

May 04, 2012 at 20:27 | John Daly

On 22 April Mohamed Shoeb, Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company head said that his company unilaterally abrogated its contract to ship natural gas to Israel because of contractual obligations violations.

Methane Hydrate Production could Replace Fracking as Next Major Concern

May 04, 2012 at 20:20 | Daniel J. Graeber

The U.S. Department this week said it worked with ConocoPhillips and the Japan, Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. on the extraction of natural gas from methane hydrate ice structures…

The Impossibility of Forecasting the Natural Gas Market

May 04, 2012 at 20:10 | Judith Curry

Let me start by admitting that the future of natural gas is especially difficult to predict. Commodity forecasting is always a pseudo-science at best. At times it seems that its…

Canadian Oil Sands Remain Isolated as Pipeline Plans still Face Opposition

May 03, 2012 at 18:12 | Daniel J. Graeber

A provincial party in Canada announced its formal objection to plans by pipeline company Enbridge to build its Northern Gateway oil pipeline to the coast of British Colombia. The New…

Partisan Politics Damaging American Energy

May 03, 2012 at 18:07 | Shea Laverty

Partisan politics rule the day in America. As much as anyone can try to deny that, the rhetoric coming from either side of the aisle tells a very different story.…

India's Traditional Power Sources on Razor Edge of Supply

May 02, 2012 at 18:01 | John Daly

The biggest economic story of the 21st century has been the dramatic emergence in the last decade of the “BRICs” – Brazil, Russia, India and China.Their dramatic emergence…

Big Brother is Bipartisan, Good to Know

May 02, 2012 at 17:55 | Charles Kennedy

Now that the House of Representatives has approved a controversial bill on cyber security, which the White House has promised to veto, the ball is in the Senate’s court, which…

Attack on Iran's Oil Industry Ups Cyber Warfare Stakes

May 01, 2012 at 22:57 | Charles Kennedy

Stuxnet failed to cause enough damage to Iran’s nuclear program, and more recent attacks on the country’s science ministry and oil industry have also apparently fallen flat, but practice makes…

Hair Triggers in the Ukrainian Energy Sector

Apr 27, 2012 at 17:21 | Daniel J. Graeber

Four explosions went off Friday during the lunch hour in Dnipropetrovsk, an eastern industrial city in Ukraine and home to former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The explosions occurred one…

Taking YPF from Repsol has only made Argentina's Energy Problems Worse

Apr 27, 2012 at 17:10 | Economywatch

Argentina’s decision to nationalise YPF – a subsidiary of Spanish energy company Repsol – has been met by international disapproval; though the Argentine government insists that the move had been…

East Africa Grapples with Gaddafi Investment Legacy

Apr 26, 2012 at 17:57 | John Daly

Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya for 41 years before an armed “Arab Spring” uprising last year drove him from power, leading to his death in October 2011. In 1998 Gaddafi…

Libyan Oil Protests Highlights Broader Problems

Apr 26, 2012 at 17:40 | Daniel J. Graeber

Protestors in the former Libyan capital of Benghazi this week demonstrated in front of the Arabian Gulf Oil Co. to demand more transparency. The demonstrators said they were frustrated…

Oil Prices Could Follow Gas Prices Down as Demand Decreases

Apr 25, 2012 at 16:26 | Stuart Burns

It’s not entirely a serious proposition — yet.But the point is the global market for hydrocarbons is undergoing a fundamental change, and whether you are a major energy…

U.S. Files Criminal Charges Against BP Engineer over Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Apr 25, 2012 at 16:12 | Juan Cole

Two years after oil from a BP well began gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. Department of Justice has filed criminal charges alleging that a former BP employee…

Spies, Hackers and Energy - Preventing a Digital Pearl Harbor

Apr 24, 2012 at 16:49 | Charles Kennedy

As the Obama Administration attempts to push some heavy-handed cyber security bills through the House that would further chip away at privacy, officials are painting a very bleak picture of…

Troubled Chesapeake Energy's financial savior - India?

Apr 24, 2012 at 16:37 | John Daly

It is one of Wall Street’s worst-kept secrets that Chesapeake Energy, America’s second largest producer of natural gas, is short of cash, facing an estimated $9.2 billion gap between its…

New MIT Study Suggests EU Emissions Targets are Failing

Apr 24, 2012 at 16:32 | Daniel J. Graeber

London and its partners in the European Union count their so-called 20-20-20 scheme as among the global models for a low-carbon future. Much of the region aims to cut emissions,…

Formula E: The Carbon Neutral Grand Prix

Apr 24, 2012 at 16:21 | Green Futures

With great acceleration and no need to change gears, electric cars are proving serious contenders in the high-octane world of motorsports.

Never Say Die - Keystone XL Pipeline to Enter U.S. Presidential Election

Apr 23, 2012 at 17:25 | John Daly

Like Lazarus arising from the grave, or a vampire pulling a stake out of his chest, the controversial Keystone LX pipeline, designed to transport Alberta’s crude oil sands output to…

Public-Interest State Reinvented in Argentina YPF Expropriation

Apr 23, 2012 at 17:22 | Charles Kennedy

The Argentine government’s sudden, hit-and-run expropriation of the majority foreign-owned stake in energy giant Repsol YPF SA is a response to everything from the global economic crisis and particularly how…

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