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• KURDISTAN: Understanding the Power Brokers

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 6,225 times

  Bottom Line: Kurdistan is a good place to be right now for E&P companies, but navigating the playing field of power brokers and gatekeepers is…

• EU Imposes 47% Tariffs on Imported Chinese Solar Panels

  Published 14 May 2013 | viewed 4,722 times

  Before discussing Paul Krugman and how right he was, let's first take a look at the Spiegel Online report EU To Impose Tariffs on Chinese…

• EIA Predicts US Gasoline Prices to Average $3.53 for the Summer

  Published 13 May 2013 | viewed 7,976 times

  From the EIA: Short-Term Energy Outlook Falling crude oil prices contributed to a decline in the U.S. regular gasoline retail price from a year-to-date high…

• Supercomputing: Game-Changer for Oil & Gas Exploration

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 13,522 times

  Oil majors are second only to the US Defense Department in terms of the use of supercomputing systems. That’s because supercomputing is the key to…

• Chesapeake: Getting Rid of Bad Baggage

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 4,207 times

  This company’s had some management problems, but we still like it: Its profits are higher than expected, despite all, and its net income is up…

• US: Towards Net Gas Exporting

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 5,190 times

  Bottom Line: The debate over whether the US should become a net gas exporter moved towards the proponents last weekend, following remarks made by US…

• GHANA-COTE D’IVOIRE: New Find, Old Maritime Dispute

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 7,169 times

  Bottom Line: A new discovery by France’s Total SA (TOT) just inside territorial waters of Cote d’Ivoire will either exacerbate or speed up a resolution…

• KENYA: Oil Production 6-7 Years Away

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 5,966 times

  Bottom Line: Close to proving commercial viability of its major finds since last year, a new report by the IMF suggests that Kenya will start…

• BRAZIL: Another Discovery for Karoon

  Published 10 May 2013 | viewed 5,920 times

  Bottom Line: Karoon Gas Australia Ltd. (KAR) was already ripe for takeover last month, and a secondary discovery in Brazil last week adds some significantly…

• The Collapse of Australia’s Manufacturing Sector

  Published 04 May 2013 | viewed 4,831 times

  Australia fundamentals deteriorate rapidly as evidenced by a collapse in the PMI Manufacturing Index in April. Key Findings•    Manufacturing activity contracted significantly in April as…

• Paraguay: Unexplored and Open for Business

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 5,664 times

  This week we find ourselves back in Latin America, but in Paraguay, where an estimated 4 billion barrels of oil in one basin alone could…

• Paraguay: Positioned for the Long Game, 2 Picks

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 6,964 times

  Looking six months to a year down the road, there are two companies we’re watching closely because we think they’re about to hit pay oil…

• ARGENTINA: Massive Potential, Bad Politics

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 8,802 times

  Bottom Line: Argentina has one of the largest gas and oil deposits in the world, but politics makes this a conundrum for foreign investors. Political…

• POLAND: Gazprom Foments Political Crisis

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 7,041 times

  Bottom Line: The Polish government claims that EuroPolGaz negotiated a controversial MOU with Russian Gazprom in early April without its knowledge, and now it’s all…

• SOUTH SUDAN: More Good News for Oil Production

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 7,243 times

  Bottom Line: Following a long-awaited agreement with Sudan that has South Sudan ready to continue oil production, other developments bode well for South Sudan output,…

• Gulf of Mexico: Preparing for August Auction

  Published 03 May 2013 | viewed 4,126 times

  Bottom Line: Tentatively scheduled for 28 August, the US government is auctioning off over 21 million acres on the Outer Continental Shelf in 3,953 blocks…

• Syria: The Next New Frontier, Unexplored and Geopolitically Meteoric

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 7,530 times

  In 2011, shortly before conflict broke out in Syria, the government was preparing to begin bidding for its first offshore exploration blocks in the Levant…

• Gulf of Mexico is Back, and Subsalt is all the Rage

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 7,342 times

  In late March, the US Department of Interior released the results of its Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale 227. It was a great auction,…

• SYRIA: EU Lifts Oil Embargo to Help ‘Opposition’

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 6,236 times

  Bottom Line: The European Union has lifted its oil embargo on Syria ostensibly to provide “economic support” to the rebels fighting the Assad regime, but…

• PARAGUAY: Cartes Election Victory Good for Business

  Published 26 April 2013 | viewed 7,675 times

  Bottom Line: The victory of Colorado Party candidate Horacio Cartes in Paraguay’s presidential elections on 21 April sets the stage for a strengthening of the…