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• GREECE: How Gazprom Will Get Control of Greece’s Pipeline Potential

  Published 07 June 2013 | viewed 7,991 times

  Bottom Line: As Greece sells off its state-owned natural gas company (DEPA/DEFSA) under insolvency pressure, a minor Russian holding steps in as a proxy for…

• TURKEY-TURKMENISTAN: 12 Energy Deals Solidify Cooperation

  Published 07 June 2013 | viewed 5,961 times

  Bottom Line: Turkey has long been the inroad into Turkmenistan’s oil and gas sector, and the recent inking of a deal between the two countries…

• Spread between WTI and Brent Increases as Cushing Overflows

  Published 03 June 2013 | viewed 8,605 times

  Oil prices have been declining. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil (quoted in terms of delivery in Cushing, Oklahoma) has fallen to $91.97 per barrel…

• Turkey: Game-Changing Oil & Gas Legislation Afoot

  Published 31 May 2013 | viewed 9,008 times

  We’ve noted recently that Turkey is a hot venue for both the majors and the juniors, but that there still hasn’t been that one big…

• KURDISTAN: Genel Announces Another Find

  Published 31 May 2013 | viewed 6,737 times

  Bottom Line: Anglo-Turkish Genel Energy—the biggest license holder in Iraqi Kurdistan—has announced another discovery, boosting the company’s already significant resources in Kurdistan. Analysis: Genel Energy…

• POLAND: Shale Tax Policy Delay, Little Appeasement for Investors

  Published 31 May 2013 | viewed 7,179 times

  Bottom Line: Shale gas explorers in Poland get a bit of a boost (but not enough) as the government prepares to postpone shale gas production…

• COLOMBIA: Oil Pipelines Remain Constant Rebel Target

  Published 31 May 2013 | viewed 6,599 times

  Bottom Line: Despite news of significant progress in peace talks between the government of Colombia and the rebel group FARC, guerrillas in the north and…

• TUNISIA: Salafi Extremism Will Affect Oil Confidence

  Published 31 May 2013 | viewed 6,333 times

  Bottom Line: Developments during the month of May indicate that Tunisia’s Islamist government is preparing in earnest to take on the threat posed by radical…

• Gasoline and Oil Prices Down from this Time last Year

  Published 27 May 2013 | viewed 4,525 times

  According to Gasbuddy.com (see graph at bottom), gasoline prices are down slightly over the last few days to a national average of $3.66 per gallon.…

• Carbon Capture: Killing Two Birds with One Stone

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 4,470 times

  In May, the biggest carbon capture project in the US went on line in Port Arthur, Texas, capturing carbon dioxide from industrial operations and using…

• SOMALIA: This New Frontier Isn’t Ready for Oil

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 8,338 times

  Bottom Line: Somalia plans to sign 30 PSCs this year with foreign oil companies and auction off over 300 new oil blocks, but oil rights…

• US-EUROPE: The Free Trade Drama

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 27,063 times

  Bottom Line: A pending free-market deal between the US and the European Union could open up a massive transatlantic market that could account for 56%…

• NAMIBIA: First Oil Discovery Overrides Earlier Disappointments

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 9,351 times

  Bottom Line: It’s been a rough ride for Namibia explorers but this week explorers announced their first oil discovery, and while it’s not commercially viable,…

• EU: Tighter Regulations for Explorers

  Published 24 May 2013 | viewed 6,150 times

  Bottom Line: The EU’s new offshore oil and gas exploration legislation is designed to prevent another Gulf of Mexico incident and will force explorers to…

• ETS Abandoned after Latest EU Vote

  Published 18 May 2013 | viewed 4,186 times

  The Wall Street Journal reports Emissions trading in Europe in Tatters. The European Union's flagship program to fight global warming—a regional carbon-emissions trading system—suffered a…

• The Energy Industry, Lacking in Public Trust

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 5,100 times

  Yesterday's panel discussion in Washington, DC on "The Trust Factor" in energy couldn't have been more timely. The stakes for lost trust seemed especially apparent…

• Geothermal Energy: More Exciting than Media Thinks

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 12,498 times

  Geothermal energy is hands down THE best renewable energy avenue out there: The Earth is always generating heat, and there won’t be any “peak heat”,…

• BRAZIL: Round 11 in Rio, Hot and Getting Hotter

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 6,243 times

  Bottom Line: Rio’s 11th round of bidding for new concessions went down in an atmosphere of heavy competition, with Brazilian offshore acreage fast becoming some…

• US: Mexico-TAP and the Dodd Frank Act

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 3,898 times

  Bottom Line: US Congress is reviewing House and Senate legislation that could see US companies working under the Mexico-TAP exempted from Dodd-Frank Section 1504 SEC…

• URUGUAY: Regasification Plant Heralds Major LNG Ambitions

  Published 17 May 2013 | viewed 5,083 times

  Bottom line: With final plans for a regasification plant in the Montevideo Bay approved, Uruguay is aggressively working to position itself as an energy hub…