Alexis Arthur

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• Can The Panama Canal Fulfill Its Global LNG Promise?

  Published 08 October 2015 | viewed 13,346 times

  After delays, strikes, and cost overruns, the Panama Canal expansion is finally set to open in April 2016. But the global energy landscape has changed…

• Where Do The Oil Majors Really Stand On Climate Change?

  Published 06 October 2015 | viewed 7,154 times

  Oil majors have been present in the renewable energy space for years. But with momentum building around the Paris COP21 climate talks at the end…

• Can Brazil’s Oil Sector Make The Transformation Needed To Survive?

  Published 19 September 2015 | viewed 13,224 times

  In July 2015, Brazil’s pre-salt production topped 1 million barrels of oil equivalent per day. This is quite the milestone for a nation that is…

• For Canadian Oil Sands It’s Adapt Or Die

  Published 15 September 2015 | viewed 24,661 times

  That low oil prices are squeezing out oil sands producers is not breaking news. But in spite of a grim oil price outlook, production out…

• How Brazil Can Rebound From The Massive Corruption Scandal

  Published 02 September 2015 | viewed 7,290 times

  As Brazil officially enters recession it appears that the nation’s annus horribilis is far from over. Corruption investigations have reached deep into Brazil’s energy sector…

• Does Arctic Drilling Have A Future With Sub $50 Oil?

  Published 24 August 2015 | viewed 16,323 times

  Italian oil group ENI is expected to begin production from the Goliat Field off Norway in a few short weeks. The project, which has cost…

• U.S.-Mexico Energy Partnership Could Expand Into Renewables

  Published 18 August 2015 | viewed 8,433 times

  Depending on one’s point of view, the statement that President Obama’s Clean Power Plan could make the U.S. power matrix look more like California’s could…

• Benefits Of Geothermal Power Outweigh The Risks

  Published 03 August 2015 | viewed 27,747 times

  The debate over geothermal energy has generally been a quiet one. With just 13 gigawatts (GW) of global installed capacity, it is considered by some…

• Top Factors Undermining Any Oil Price Recovery

  Published 27 July 2015 | viewed 18,655 times

  Global oil prices have returned to a state of flux. This is hardly news to any who follow the oil markets closely and yet prices…

• Natural Gas Needs To Clean Up Its Act

  Published 20 July 2015 | viewed 8,511 times

  To call natural gas ‘clean’ would be a misnomer. Natural gas is a fossil fuel that emits carbon dioxide when burned and is an important…

• Why Energy Efficiency is the Cheapest Form of Energy

  Published 14 July 2015 | viewed 11,971 times

  For a subject that more often than not draws blank stares at dinner parties, energy efficiency has an uncanny ability to provoke controversy among analysts…

• Military Renewable Investment Could See Huge Growth In Coming Years

  Published 06 July 2015 | viewed 8,618 times

  Last month, an estimated 1,700 NATO troops undertook a military exercise to test a range of renewable and energy efficiency technologies that will hopefully reduce…

• Mexico Moving Forward With Major Natural Gas Pipeline

  Published 30 June 2015 | viewed 19,441 times

  On June 22, Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) announced it would tender a new round of 24 energy infrastructure projects totaling $10 billion, including a…

• Petrobras May Be Selling But Is Anyone Buying?

  Published 22 June 2015 | viewed 13,144 times

  This is not the first time rumors have surfaced around possible energy asset sales in Brazil. But the latest divestment could be the most significant,…

• Petrobras To Help Pemex Explore For Oil

  Published 02 June 2015 | viewed 8,754 times

  Mexico and Brazil, two of Latin America’s energy giants, are considering the possibility of joining forces. On May 27, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced that…

• E.U. Could Provide Push U.S. Needs To Lift Energy Export Limits

  Published 25 May 2015 | viewed 13,167 times

   On May 21, the United States Senate approved fast-track legislation that has the potential to expedite several international trade negotiations, not least the Transatlantic Trade…

• Coal Is Doomed Even If It Wins Against EPA In Courts

  Published 19 May 2015 | viewed 7,748 times

  The controversy over the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan has become the latest chapter in the chronicle of President Obama’s so-called ‘war on coal’.…

• Canadian LNG Export Future Delayed, But Not Dead Yet

  Published 18 May 2015 | viewed 8,332 times

  As the Lax Kw’alaams community rejected a $1 billion offer from Pacific NorthWest LNG as compensation for a proposed natural gas project this week, the…

• 3 Ways Oil Companies Can Survive Low Prices

  Published 13 May 2015 | viewed 78,681 times

  Major oil and gas discoveries are at a 20-year low and depressed oil prices have already translated into smaller exploration budgets. That will diminish the…

• This Deal Could Completely Change North American Energy Dynamics

  Published 04 May 2015 | viewed 23,820 times

  The United States is edging towards an historic agreement to swap crude oil with Mexico. The deal is important as it brings some relief to…