Analysts from Standard Chartered have…
A new study reveals that…
The South Caucasus region faces…
The Wall Street Journal reported on a government study that found that the U.S. electrical grid is vulnerable to huge blackouts from even minor attacks by saboteurs. The Federal…
New data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows that U.S. crude oil production is at its highest levels since 1989. December 2013 posted an impressive monthly average of…
The President of Mexico’s National Hydrocarbons Commission stated on March 12 that Mexico will release years of seismic data that will help the country attract investment in its oil…
A county executive blocked further development in oil processing plants at the Port of Albany in New York, citing the impact on public health. The port has seen a…
Oil and gas operators are continuing to improve their drilling techniques, leading to increases in total output on a per-rig basis. New data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s
After surging over geopolitical tension between Ukraine and Russia, global oil prices fell back on March 12. Improving weather in the United States suggests that fuel demand could decline…
Officers at India’s state-owned coal company plan to go on a three-day strike over pay, which could cut into India’s coal production. Coal India, the world’s largest coal producer,…
At a summit in Brussels next week, European Union leaders are expected to call for measures that would cut Europe’s reliance on imported natural gas, according to draft documents…
Republican Senator John Barrasso (WY) plans on attaching his bill that authorizes more LNG exports to an aid package for Ukraine. Sen. Barraso originally introduced his bill back in 2012,…
The icy cold winter in the eastern half of the United States demonstrates the need for stable baseload power, according to executives from the coal industry. The snowstorms and…
Crude oil futures declined on new data from China showing that exports dropped by more than expected, providing fresh evidence of a slowdown in the Chinese economy. For April…
The Libyan government ordered its armed forces to fire upon an oil tanker that was docking at a port in rebel controlled territory. The North Korean ship arrived at…
Reuters published a profile of Equatorial Guinea on March 10 that details the efforts of Equatorial Guinea to improve how it is viewed by the outside world. The kleptocratic…
Gazprom stated on March 7 that Ukraine has failed to pay for its natural gas deliveries in February. The failure to pay, the Russian gas giant notes, may result…
Enbridge got the go-ahead to reverse the flow of a pipeline that stretches across Canada. The National Energy Board of Canada approved the company’s plan to reverse the flow…
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission just published its annual assessment of the nation’s nuclear power fleet, grading power plants on their performance and safety record. Of the 100 nuclear…
New production coming online may allow Iraq to claim the mantle as the fastest growing oil exporter in the world. For 2014, Iraq may post one of the biggest…
BP is moving to export crude oil from the United States, but doing so in a way that avoids violating the export ban. It has agreed to take 80%…
The volume of exports to the U.S. Gulf in 2013 coming from Canada’s oil sands fell far short of original estimates. The oil industry projected that about 200,000 barrels per…
A flurry of construction around the world will greatly expand liquefaction capacity for shipping natural gas. Companies are hoping to move low-cost natural gas in places like the United States…