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A Look at the US Shale Industry with David Hughes

Aug 12, 2013 at 17:01

Q: Andrews--Production from shale oil plays has been impressive and has taken the national energy dialogue by storm. When did you sense that the shale oil plays had the kind…

Researchers Discover Random Disorder is Best for Polymer Solar Cell Structure

Aug 12, 2013 at 16:56

Rigid organization works well for solar cells made of silicon crystals, but disorder is better for those made from plastic polymers, say researchers.“People used to think that if…

Miners Become Currency Traders

Aug 12, 2013 at 09:02

There's been one bright point for miners lately: depreciating global currencies.Reports this month suggest that Australian coal miners are benefiting from a recently-weaker Aussie dollar.Management at…

U.S. Energy Independence Doesn't Mean a Thing

Aug 09, 2013 at 17:57

Libyan oil production is at its lowest level since the onset of civil war in 2011.  In Iraq, oil production is down below the 3 million barrel mark for the…

Sky’s the Limit – Aviation Biofuels About to Take Off?

Aug 09, 2013 at 17:49

For the past decade, commercial production of jet biofuel has become of major interest to international airlines.Renewable Jet A-1 biofuel has two alluring aspects.First, it is…

BG Group Gets US LNG Export Approval

Aug 09, 2013 at 17:44

BG Group (LON:BG) and Southern Union are the third to get the green light from the federal government to export LNG to all countries from a planned facility in Lake…

Canada's Offshore Versus Shale Gas

Aug 09, 2013 at 17:39

Natural gas from Canada's offshore east coast is finally coming to market.Last week, regulators issued an Operations Authorization for the Deep Panuke gas project, offshore Nova Scotia. Project…

Replacing Platinum to Build Cheaper Fuel Cells

Aug 09, 2013 at 17:36

A new type of polymer membrane could replace expensive platinum in alkaline batteries and fuel cells.“We have tried to break this paradigm of tradeoffs in materials (by improving)…

Improving Shale Well Profits with Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques

Aug 09, 2013 at 17:02

What's the difference between an oil well and a very expensive hole in the ground? Advanced hydraulic fracturing techniques, in many cases. That's why Big Picture Speculator Editor Jim Letourneau…

The India Coal Story Gets More Intriguing

Aug 09, 2013 at 16:58

I've talked a lot about coal in India lately.The way things are setting up, I believe the story could be one of the biggest surprises of the coming…

Time for Investors to Look at the Wolfcamp

Aug 09, 2013 at 16:57

Opportunities in energy investing have really never been so focused.  With the grand arbitrage in Brent/WTI spreads largely gone, refiners haven’t been so great and need to moderate some before…

An Investors’ Guide to Libra

Aug 09, 2013 at 16:56

Petrobras is the largest deep-water operator in the world, with 22%+ of its activity in the deep. Petrobras is the first company in the world to find and produce gas…

Bigger Profits from Smaller Players

Aug 09, 2013 at 16:50

Forget about Big Oil this year and focus your attention on those smaller US-shale-focused players because they have begun to outperform the big boys and we expect much better returns…

Oil Market Forecast & Review 9th August 2013

Aug 09, 2013 at 16:39

September crude oil futures traded sharply lower last week as long liquidation continued following the previous week’s closing price reversal top on the daily chart. The August 8 break took…

Syria, Kurds, Jihadists and Hydrocarbons

Aug 09, 2013 at 16:32

Bottom Line: The retaking of rebel-central Homs last week by the Syrian regime marks a turning point in the conflict, while a secondary battle between the Kurds and radical Sunni…

Belarus Tries to Subtly Lash Out at Russian Oligarchs

Aug 09, 2013 at 16:27

Bottom Line: Belarus reinstates an investor-unfriendly rule in order to subdue Russian power in its business. Analysis: In 2008, the Belarusian government revoked its “golden share” rule that…

Welcome the New Trans-Adriatic Pipeline Consortium

Aug 09, 2013 at 16:24

Bottom Line: Now that Nabucco is out of the picture and the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) has been given the green light for Azeri gas supplies, the TAP consortium is being…

US Terror Warnings in MENA

Aug 09, 2013 at 16:19

Bottom Line: Jailbreaks of al-Qaida suspects in nine countries and chatter among al-Qaida affiliates of a possible attack on Western interests in the Middle East and Africa have prompted the…

This Week in Energy: Another move forward on US LNG exports

Aug 09, 2013 at 08:41

Another move forward on US LNG exports; what’s really behind global terror travel warnings; and the latest teasers from this week’s premium offerings. This week we are buoyed…

Gazprom Fiddles while America Fracks?

Aug 08, 2013 at 17:25

Gazprom still thinks that it is not sleeping through a shale gas revolution, despite President Vladimir Putin's declaration in April to the Russian parliament that shale gas is a real…

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