Article Archive | Page 1474

Apr 02, 2014 at 18:00

Beginning at the end of the fifteenth century, European explorers came to Africa for slaves and raw materials such as ivory. Since European African colonies became independent in the aftermath…

Apr 02, 2014 at 17:49

Last week I wrote about the emerging investor language of “Carbon Asset Risk” and ExxonMobil’s agreement to publish its plans to deal with the risk of potentially “stranded” assets…

Apr 02, 2014 at 17:36

US overall crude oil production has reached more than 10% of the world’s total production, up from 9% in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to a new report…

Apr 02, 2014 at 17:26

As part of its portfolio rebalancing strategy, Houston-based oil and gas company Apache Corp is selling oil-and-gas-producing assets in Canada worth $374 million. Seeking to shift more…

Apr 01, 2014 at 18:29

There is only one certainty in Ukraine: The energy sector must and will be transformed, and how long this takes will depend on who ends up in the driver’s seat…

Apr 01, 2014 at 18:22

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, slowly but surely NATO added members in Eastern Europe. Likewise, the European Union opened up its doors to its eastern neighbors formerly in…

Apr 01, 2014 at 18:15

Politics and religion are two ingredients that are potentially dangerous in any context when mixed together. Now add three years of a violent civil war, deep-rooted hatred and an incrusted traditional…

Apr 01, 2014 at 18:13

The politics of oil in the two largest Latin American oil exporters—Venezuela and Mexico—have recently diverged. While Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) is now politically closer to the state than…

Apr 01, 2014 at 17:45

Of all the preposterous, irresponsible headlines that have appeared on the front page of the New York Times in recent years, few have exceeded the inanity of this one…

Apr 01, 2014 at 17:27

Russia’s Lukoil and France's Total SA have reportedly signed a memorandum to develop the Bazhenov shale oil fields in western Siberia, according to Russian news agencies.  The…

Apr 01, 2014 at 10:01

Some very interesting stats released last week by analysts at Evaluate Energy. Showing exactly why big oil has some big issues to deal with.Evaluate crunched the numbers…

Mar 31, 2014 at 18:16

The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline for Monday is the highest it's been since Sept. 11. Demand may increase along with the price at the…

Mar 31, 2014 at 18:06

Lithuania's energy minister has joined Central European calls for Washington to expedite approval for US natural gas exports to Europe to reduce dependence on Russia. In a…

Mar 31, 2014 at 17:55

One of the major drawbacks of solar power generation remains the high cost of raw materials needed to manufacture photovoltaic cells. A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute…

Mar 31, 2014 at 17:33

James Rodney Schlesinger was assistant director of the Bureau of the Budget, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, director of the CIA, secretary of defense, secretary of energy, chairman of…

Mar 31, 2014 at 09:40

Short, but potentially very important tidbit in uranium last week.Local press noted comments from the world's top uranium producer, Kazakhstan's Kazatomprom. Suggesting that the company is eying an…

Mar 28, 2014 at 17:14

On March 28, the White House released a multi-pronged strategy to reduce methane emissions from a variety of sources, a step the administration says is an outgrowth of the…

Mar 28, 2014 at 17:02

The U.S. Energy Department said imports from OPEC increased year-on-year, with Saudi Arabia accounting for the bulk of additional oil. While oil production from the United States has increased, the…

Mar 28, 2014 at 16:01

Nuclear fusion has similarities to conventionally produced nuclear power in that it produces zero carbon electric power, but its big advantage over fission nuclear power is that it generates no…

Mar 28, 2014 at 15:52

While liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals proposals are languishing under the measured pace of approval in the United States, Canada is approving licenses in advance for projects that don’t…