Increased domestic offtake capacity and…
The rapid growth of artificial…
Azerbaijan is proposing a new…
A new report by the London School of Economics (LSE), titled ‘Energy and the Economy: The 2030 Outlook for UK Businesses’ has estimated that £330 billion is needed to…
Barrack Obama has barely had time to celebrate his recent victory in the presidential elections before half the world began clamouring for his attention and support for the future. The…
In July 2009 the British oil & gas company, Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd., was awarded a Production Sharing Contract for the Sheikh Adi block, part of the Shaikan structure in…
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has said admitted that the cost of cleaning up after the Fukushima disaster and paying off the compensation claims made may double from the five…
In the wake of the presidential elections The Economic Times spoke to Jim Rogers about how he thinks the markets will respond to the news that Barack Obama will…
Mexico has set itself a target of installing 12,000MW of new renewable energy capacity by 2020.Pablo Gottfried Blackmore, a member of the Asociación Mexicana de Energía Eólica, said…
The US stock index futures opened lower today after last night’s results of the US presidential election.Now that the elections are over, political uncertainty no longer plays a…
The economic data has already shown some impact from Hurricane Sandy, and we will see more over the next couple of months. As an example, auto sales were down in…
As hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the US, refineries and harbours were shut down, effectively disrupting nearly all fuel deliveries to the area. As a result gasoline stations…
The abundant supply of natural gas from just a few shale fields has changed the natural gas landscape in the US, meaning that a lot of the traditional natural gas…
In the hunt for cheap, abundant sources of energy to sate its ever growing demands, China is looking to shale gas as its saviour.China is estimated to have…
As part of a huge expansion plan the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC), the downstream refining division of the Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC), has announced that it will invest $32…
Once again we are seeing articles and research papers stating the Chinese renminbi (yuan) is about to replace the dollar as the global reserve currency.Here is a working…
Hurricane Sandy may prove to be the event that the environmentalists were waiting for, the event that makes the world, or at least a large portion of the US, sit…
Tehran has released a statement, announcing that it intends to increase its naval presence in the Gulf of Persia, just near to the Straits of Hormuz. Not because of the…
Construction is set to begin on a new environmentally friendly city in China which will house around 30,000 families on 1.3 square kilometres of land just outside Chengdu. Adrian Smith…
As part of its first national energy plan in more than 20 years, the Italian government plans to revitalise the oil and gas industry. Back in 2005 crude oil production…
From the SacBee: Gas prices decline sharply in October, trend may continue through end of the year "Gas prices at the end of October were dropping at the…
Cuba’s hopes of becoming energy independent and net oil exporter are slipping further beyond site after yet another well has been announced as dry.The Cuban government has claimed that…
Wall Street is finding itself in a bitter fight against a relatively new organisation that is intent to see some of the largest banks charged for market manipulation.The…