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Poland is currently reliant upon natural gas imported from Russia. They shed the iron rule of the Soviet Union only to hand power back to Moscow due to their need…
The ambitious $19 billion Masdar City is already six years into production and has been set a completion date of between 2020 and 2025 (having worked with builders before I’d…
Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, is currently on a visit to China in order to boost cooperation in many key areas between the two countries. The first step towards this…
ConocoPhillips is an integrated energy company with assets of approximately $75 billion, and employs 56,000 people across 49 countries. They have recently announced plans to sell assets in Nigeria, Libya…
Russia’s natural gas monopoly during the weekend said it was having trouble keeping up with European demand during a brutal cold snap gripping much of the eurozone. Russian Prime Minister…
In a turn of events that could prove disastrous for Iran, it has found its largest exporter, China, recently reducing the amount of oil it buys and looking for other…
According to a report released by Beltone Financial the Arab State of Qatar is predicted to spend more than $20 billion on power generation and water desalination over the next…
87,000 Pakistanis currently work in the Arab kingdom of Qatar, contributing to its growing economy. On Monday, in an attempt to further strengthen the two countries relations, the Pakistani Prime…
March Natural Gas “followed-through” to the upside last week after the previous week’s closing price reversal bottom if you consider a .0060 move through the previous high a follow-through rally.…
Saudi Aramco, the largest crude oil exporter in the world is to expand its refining capacity and increase its oil and gas exploration activities. The company has a $200 billion…
There is a tendency when considering massive power projects in the Third World to view them as ventures in which the host countries lack expertise, capital, or both, necessitating outside…
Similar variations of this adjusted unemployment rate make headlines now and again. Our colleague Ed Luce, for instance, noted in December that “if the same number of people were seeking…
China holds a global monopoly of rare earth metal, vital to smart phones, wind turbines, electric vehicles and many other components of the modern world. During a territorial dispute in…
Kenya’s rapid economic growth is is causing its electricity demand to grow at about 14% per year. The country is heavily reliant on fossil fuel imports, but wants to develop…
The Arctic is a goldmine of untapped resources. According to a 2008 estimate by the US Geological Survey it boasts 90 billion barrels of oil (13% of the world’s recoverable…
Energy-rich Azerbaijan appears to be quietly backing the idea of tightened international sanctions against its southern neighbour, Iran. But it seems that Baku won’t profit from a potential European Union…
The financial costs of air pollution and global warming is not often reported by mainstream media stations, but maybe we should be made more aware of them, as a 2011…
Due to tight rules for petroleum fuels in developed countries, demand growth is expected to decrease. The margins are also small, and as a result many of the oil majors…
In 2009 the ICC had to resolve a dispute between Turkey and Iran over gas supplies, and Turkey was awarded $800 million compensation related to gas purchases from Iran. Now…
Qatar has grown to become the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter over the last decade, and has now announced plans to spend $25 billion on the expansion of…