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• University Researchers Use Urine as a Source of Energy

  Published 26 July 2013 | viewed 16,897 times

  Move over, alkaline and lithium—the urine-powered battery is on its way, according to British researchers.A research team led by the University of Bristol in conjunction…

• Waiting on Egypt for Oil & Gas Investment

  Published 26 July 2013 | viewed 7,204 times

  Whither Egypt and its nearly 4.4 billion barrels of proven oil reserves and 77 trillion cubic feet of natural gas? Well, it’s never been a…

• UK Releases Impressive Shale Estimates, Relaxes Tax Regime

  Published 26 July 2013 | viewed 4,660 times

  Bottom Line: As the UK doubles its shale reserve estimates, plans are in the works for lowering the proposed shale production tax rate by half.…

• Armenia Faces Opposition over Gazprom Deal

  Published 26 July 2013 | viewed 6,908 times

  Bottom Line: Armenia’s plans to hand over the state’s remaining stake in its natural gas monopoly to Gazprom has opposition politicians furious over the prospect…

• Romania to Build Gas Pipeline to Moldova with Major Political Implications

  Published 26 July 2013 | viewed 8,731 times

  Bottom Line: Romania announces that construction will begin soon on a natural gas pipeline to neighboring Moldova, in a project that will underbid Gazprom prices…

• Uganda Eyes 2016 for Commercial Output

  Published 26 July 2013 | viewed 4,970 times

  Bottom Line: The earliest we can expect commercial output from Uganda is 2016 as production stalls over tax questions and local refining uncertainty. Analysis: Uganda…

• 6 Key Oil & Gas Discoveries of 2013 – Who’s Worth Owning

  Published 19 July 2013 | viewed 7,848 times

  The pace of oil and gas exploration is frightening, and discoveries are weekly, if not daily, with volumes investors would only have dreamt of a…

• A Deeply Undervalued Play in the Refining Sector

  Published 19 July 2013 | viewed 4,720 times

  Two weeks ago before my vacation, my inbox filled with questions surrounding the refining space and CVRR in particular, an MLP that I recommended at…

• Exclusive Intelligence: Be the First to Get in on Bosnia

  Published 19 July 2013 | viewed 7,235 times

  We’ve been holding on to this nugget for some time, waiting for one of the last pieces of the puzzle to near position. Now it’s…

• Ukraine: Unexpected Oil Find, Major Gas Interest

  Published 19 July 2013 | viewed 20,507 times

  Bottom Line: We see a flurry of activity in Ukraine, with a $735 million Black Sea commitment by Exxon, an unexpected 100 million barrel oil…

• Again, We Bring You Oryx

  Published 19 July 2013 | viewed 5,914 times

  Bottom Line: Swiss billionaire Jean Claude Gandur’s Oryx Petroleum Corp. could hit it big again in property adjacent to its key acreage in Kurdistan, Northern…

• Watch as Russia Descends on New EU Member Croatia

  Published 19 July 2013 | viewed 7,729 times

  Bottom Line: Now that Croatia has joined the European Union, Russia will work hard and fast to get its foothold in the Balkan country’s energy…

• Russia Prepares To Liberalize LNG Exports

  Published 19 July 2013 | viewed 5,777 times

  Bottom Line: By January 2014, Russia may liberalize LNG exports currently monopolized by state-run Gazprom, in order to make room for expansion of LNG exports…

• POLITICAL & SECURITY ALERTS - Lebanon Concerned that Israel Could Reach its Oil

  Published 13 July 2013 | viewed 6,322 times

  Ghana’s Jubilee Production Hits 110,000 b/d, Amid Political CrisisGhana’s giant offshore Jubilee field continues its steady increase in production, now reaching 110,000 barrels per day,…

• Next Shale ‘Boom’ - Our Money’s on Russia

  Published 13 July 2013 | viewed 4,643 times

  When the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its first-ever report that looked at shale oil and gas potential from a global perspective, the first…

• Six Tech Advancements Changing the Fossil Fuels Game

  Published 13 July 2013 | viewed 7,244 times

  Oil and gas is getting bigger, deeper, faster and more efficient, with new technology chipping away at “peak oil” concerns. While hydraulic fracturing has been…

• DEVELOPMENT & DISCOVERY ALERTS - Dana Gas Announces Find in Egypt

  Published 13 July 2013 | viewed 5,175 times

  Dana Gas Announces Find in EgyptUAE-based Dana Gas on 30 June announced a significant gas discovery in Egypt’s Nile Delta, just four days before Egypt’s…

• The Hidden Opportunity in Asian Coal

  Published 13 July 2013 | viewed 7,062 times

  If there was ever a contrarian play, it’s the coal sector today.Major coal producers like Peabody Energy (NYSE-BTU) are trading below the levels they saw…

• THE Game-Changing Mexico Opportunity

  Published 06 July 2013 | viewed 28,524 times

  What if Mexico were to privatize its state-owned oil company Pemex around the same time that the US and Mexico ended the moratorium on oil…

• DEVELOPMENT ALERTS - Citigroup Eyes Oil, Infrastructure in Iraq

  Published 06 July 2013 | viewed 4,913 times

  Citigroup Eyes Oil, Infrastructure in IraqCitigroup Inc. (C) received approval last week to open a representative office in Baghdad to take advantage of the estimated…