Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Somalia has invited Soma Oil and Gas, ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell, BP and Chevron to explore oil and gas resources in…
Natural gas production in June 2014 for the Marcellus Shale reached 15 billion cubic feet per day which has led to abundant supplies keeping a…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Any and every oil and gas investor operating in Europe and Eurasia should be concerned about the very dangerous and very…
The practice of hydraulic fracturing has rightly received a lot of the credit for allowing the U.S. to boost its oil production in recent years…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Iraq/Kurdistan Islamic State (IS) fighters have failed to seize control of the Northern Iraqi giant oil field at Kirkuk, after a…
Mid-Sized Oil Companies Poised for Growth in West Africa Introduction In 2013, the continent of Africa produced 9.3 million barrels per day (bpd), or about…
Politics, Geopolitics and Conflict Under fire from the Islamic State (IS), Baghdad has cut a deal with the Iraqi Kurds, ending a long-running and intensifying…
While everyone is watching to see how low oil prices will affect U.S. shale drillers, natural gas production continues to rise. Each month, the U.S.…
Politics, Geopolitics and Conflict No Respite for Libyan Oil Last week, gunmen took control of Libya’s major El Sharara oilfield. The field was being guarded…
The oil industry has steadily moved deeper and deeper offshore to tap oil reserves in harder to reach places. This trend is a function of…
Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict We are closely monitoring oil developments in Somaliland, which threaten to cause instability in northern Somalia. Somaliland’s separatist administration is proposing…
Floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) technology took center stage this week with the arrival of a major new FLNG ship in Lithuania. The Independence FLNG…
Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictTurkey’s Problems on the Syrian BorderTurkey is attempting to prioritize its enemies here—an activity that has ended up placing the PKK at…
The Eastern Mediterranean is an emerging region for natural gas development, and the resources underneath the seabed hold out the promise of an economic bounty…
Politics, Geopolitics & ConflictYemen Chaos on All FrontsYemen is by far our biggest oil and gas red flag this year, and the past month has…
Fusion is thirty years away…and always will be. That is an oft-repeated cliché concerning one of the world’s most coveted – and so far unreachable…
Geopolitical HighlightsKurdish CrudeBaghdad has banned three foreign oil tankers from entering Iraqi ports. United Carrier, United Dynamic and Nautilus—all of which have transported Kurdish crude…
The bear market for oil has arrived. Brent crude has dropped by more than 20 percent since hitting a multiyear high in June. Now hovering…
Geopolitics & Domestic PoliticsBulgariaOn the election front, Bulgaria’s center-right Citizens for European Development (GERB) won snap elections last week, and will likely receive around 90…
Licenses & Tenders• Shell and Statoil have been awarded the Timissit Permit License in the Illizi-Ghadames Basin onshore Algeria. This was the first licensing round…