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A New Direction for China's Massive Shale Gas Reserves

Jan 24, 2012 at 17:29

It's estimated that China holds more natural gas – locked in its huge shale reserve – than the U.S. And while the country hasn't yet begun commercial production, a new…

Is Nigeria to become Africa's next failed nation-state?

Jan 24, 2012 at 17:20

By any yardstick, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, should be black Africa’s glittering success story. A member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, producing 2.5 million barrels per…

How the Smart Grid will Evolve in 2012

Jan 24, 2012 at 17:17

Aging grid infrastructure, rising energy costs and demand, and new and pending government legislation are some of the factors motivating consumers and utilities alike to seek more energy efficient, sustainable…

Is the Carbon Bubble About to Pop?

Jan 24, 2012 at 16:33

Internet, housing, banking, we have come across quite a few bubbles in the past decade, but now we are faced with the unfolding of possibly the biggest bubble of them…

Something's Fishy in Tripoli

Jan 23, 2012 at 18:14

Way back in early 2011, members of the U.N. Security Council had no problem getting a resolution through that authorized military force in Libya ostensibly to protect civilians from attacks…

Outrage over Dams Being Built as Part of India's Hydro Energy Scheme

Jan 23, 2012 at 18:11

In demonstrations barely reported in the media, peasants and students in the North-eastern Indian state of Assam are fighting together against a proposed gargantuan network of dams across the upper…

Yemen - What Next? Replay of 1979 Iranian Revolution?

Jan 23, 2012 at 17:59

On 22 January 70 year-old Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, having ruled since 1978, left the Yemeni capital Sanaa onboard a private jet bound for who knows where, but apparently…

How to Become Rich: Buy Low and Sell High

Jan 23, 2012 at 17:49

It's a strategy that works for individuals, and can work for the entire nation as well. If you can figure out a way to find resources whose value in their…

Investors, Look East?

Jan 23, 2012 at 10:23

After the peaceful 1991 collapse of the USSR foreigner investors flooded into the former Soviet Union, seeking deals. The majority of foreign capital was directed at the post-Soviet space's hydrocarbon…

Wild Swings Characterize Obama Energy Policy

Jan 23, 2012 at 09:33

When it comes to energy policy, President Obama has an unfailing capacity to undermine his own declared intentions. If he were driving a car  the way he's driving energy policy,…

Why Does Gas Production Remain so High Whilst the Price is so Low?

Jan 23, 2012 at 09:28

Natural gas prices have declined to below $3.00/mcf, levels not seen for years, yet the EIA posted the highest gas production ever in October, 2011. U.S. gas production is growing…

China's Energy Firms Invade the Great White North

Jan 22, 2012 at 19:56

Canada is the largest source of U.S. oil imports. According to the U.S. Energy Administration, in 2011 U.S. total crude oil imports averaged 9,033 thousand barrels per day (tbpd),…

The Cold (War) Reality of European Gas

Jan 22, 2012 at 19:54

After sparring with Secretary Clinton over a missile defense shield, Russian officials last year claimed their 2008 war with Georgia blocked NATO ambitions to move east. The saber rattling by…

Croatia’s INA Oil Company, Caught Between al Assad and a Hard Place

Jan 22, 2012 at 19:40

As international pressure tightens against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad, the Croatian national oil joint stock company Industrija Nafte (Oil Industry, or INA) is coming under increasing…

Using Ocean Temperature Differences to Create Renewable Energy

Jan 22, 2012 at 19:38

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) is an idea for creating renewable energy by exploiting the difference in ocean temperatures between the surface and the seabed. The OTEC permit office first…

Crude Oil Analysis for the Week of January 23, 2012

Jan 22, 2012 at 19:36

Despite the shift in the fundamentals the week before, March Crude Oil failed to follow-through to the downside and the market finished the week with an inside range. This pattern…

Natural Gas Analysis for the Week of January 23, 2012

Jan 22, 2012 at 19:33

March Natural Gas gapped lower on the weekly chart. This is a rare occurrence that often indicates exhaustion in markets that have experienced prolonged moves down in terms of price…

Iran: The Renewable Energy Carrot .vs. The Stick of War

Jan 21, 2012 at 10:51

As Iran proceeds ahead with its nuclear program, its tensions with the United States continue to heighten over concerns that it is secretly pursuing a nuclear weapons capability. Israelis view…

Environmental Politics: Keystone XL Rejected Until After the Election

Jan 21, 2012 at 10:44

The decision by President Obama to reject the Keystone XL pipeline designed to bring Canadian oil to US Gulf Coast refineries was a surprise to no one.   Officially, the State…

Waste Management to Convert Entire Fleet to Run on Compressed Natural Gas

Jan 21, 2012 at 10:22

Natural gas is inexpensive, seemingly plentiful and much cleaner-burning when used as an alternative to diesel fuel in transportation fleets, so it makes sense that Waste Management is converting its…

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