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Renewed violence, oil bunkering and piracy has apparently cost Nigeria over $4.3 billion over the past two years, while violence, a disastrous environmental problem, corruption…
Iran has been feeling increased pressure from US and EU sanctions against its oil industry, and as a result has on more than one occasion…
Nearly a third of the electrical costs paid by metropolitan boroughs can be attributed to street lighting. For example, Trondheim in Germany has 21,500 street…
Jet fuel from the Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque has been leaking from 40 years. The leak was first discovered in 1999, and so…
Solar manufacturing lobbyists have won the latest round of a trade war with China, but the entire solar industry could pay dearly for a victory…
SituationIran tentatively agreed on 22 May to allow the UN’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to launch inspections of nuclear facilities, while…
SituationTurkmenistan has signed an agreement to provide natural gas to Pakistan and Afghanistan, which would supply the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. DynamicsProgress on the pipeline has…
SituationLibya’s crude oil output allegedly rises to close to 1.6 billion bpd, but security remains a very fluid thing. Sporadic fighting is taking place throughout…
Situation Violent conflict engulfing Yemen moves to the capital city, Sana’a, with a 21 May suicide bombing that killed more than 90 people and wounded…
According to a new report by Pike Research the market for energy efficient homes will reach an annual value of $84 billion by 2020, and…
As Iran and the P5+1 prepare to meet in Baghdad on 23 May for the next round of nuclear talks, Europe should be seriously considering…
A report published by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in May proves that the US sanctions are finally taking effect, as oil…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has identified China as the possible origin of an ongoing cyber attack targeting US gas pipeline companies, and specifically…
A few residents in Falmouth, Massachusetts have finally won in their battle to have local wind turbines shut down due to the noise levels that…
Over recent years many nations around the world have acknowledged the need to employ a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Whether it be…
Total S.A. has announced that the gas leak at their Elgin well in the North Sea, 150 miles of the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland, has…
Azerbaijan has been expanding its international energy aspirations further afield over the past several years, gaining assets in Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and…
Google have finally cleared another regulatory hurdle in the long process of trying to win approval for its proposed $5 billion transmission line connecting wind…
Despite crude oil already trading on the world markets at a historically high level of $113 a barrel, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been…
Already the largest oil exporter in the world, state-owned Saudi Aramco plans to significantly expand refining capacity and for the first time ever to venture…