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Dec 13, 2012 at 08:40

Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke, delivered a real blockbuster yesterday in the aftermath of the final Open Market Committee meeting of 2012 - looks like he really wants to end…

Dec 12, 2012 at 17:12

2012 has been a stellar year for oil and gas. From East Africa to North America, new technology, major new discoveries, an unparalleled appetite for exploration and a metamorphosing perception…

Dec 12, 2012 at 17:10

How are leaks detected on today's oil and gas pipelines?Often times they're found – not by the owners and operators of the pipelines – but by complaining landowners…

Dec 12, 2012 at 17:07

A new politicized Islamic force is emerging from Egypt.  If it can survive these early days, the Middle East and beyond will have to deal with a new ideology.

Dec 12, 2012 at 17:03

When people read about a long-term forecast of world oil supply--say, out to 2030--they often believe that the forecasters are merely incorporating our knowledge of existing fields and figuring out…

Dec 12, 2012 at 16:57

A team of Princeton researchers led by Christodoulos Floudas, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at Princeton, evaluated scenarios in which the United States could power its vehicles…

Dec 12, 2012 at 16:53

In Texas, a judge ordered the halting of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline after a landowner filed a lawsuit claiming that the company lied to Texans about type of oil it…

Dec 11, 2012 at 17:04

With 20 governments expressing their commitment to reduce the amount of crude oil purchased from Iran, the U.S. government said oil production from the Islamic republic was down by 1…

Dec 11, 2012 at 17:01

ExxonMobil (NYSE:XOM) and Austria’s OMV Petrom are preparing to unleash Romania’s massive Black Sea potential with the launch of a 3-D seismic study of the country’s 6,000 square kilometer deep-water…

Dec 11, 2012 at 16:59

Forget about fighting fire with fire, it gets messy. Instead, find something as efficient, if not all the more so and that will convince your friends and foes alike that…

Dec 11, 2012 at 16:53

Almost exactly a year ago, during the height of the Solyndra hysteria, Mitt Romney made a rather odd statement about solar. (Yes, we’re still talking about Romney).“When…

Dec 11, 2012 at 16:48

The UK Government’s drive to green the nation’s energy profile as outlined in the recent Energy Bill will not be achieved through supply side changes only.The shift from…

Dec 11, 2012 at 16:45

When discussing this analysis we shall focus on WTI, the markets trade together for all intents and purposes, just that Brent trades $20 higher, give or take $3, depending upon…

Dec 11, 2012 at 09:27

Avoiding emerging markets generally, and China specifically, has been one of my more prescient market calls this year. I never believed in the hard landing scenario proffered by uber bear,…

Dec 10, 2012 at 17:14

There is only one thing you need to know about the proxy energy war and climate change: You will never know anything because all the reports that exist on energy…

Dec 10, 2012 at 17:12

One of the more problematic Soviet legacies of the USSR’s nearly five-decade domination of Eastern Europe is a series of nuclear power plants. The Soviet nuclear legacy includes two reactors…

Dec 10, 2012 at 17:09

Are solar, wind, and other alternatives the magic bullets that will solve the world’s environmental and energy problems? Take a closer look, says Ozzie Zehner in Green Illusions. Zehner…

Dec 10, 2012 at 17:07

The title is a condensate of the latest rendition from Nigel Lawson, who served Margaret Thatcher’s government, both as Secretary of State for Energy and Chancellor of the Exchequer. In…

Dec 10, 2012 at 17:05

The US shale boom has already hit Russia's Gazprom hard. Now, the rising boom in US oil production, along with other sources of new global crude production, are casting…

Dec 10, 2012 at 17:02

In an editorial called Be persuasive. Be brave. Be arrested (if necessary) (if necessary) which recently appeared in the science journal Nature, Jeremy Grantham argues that the world's…