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• Niger Is Key To West Africa’s Future Security

  Published 14 October 2014 | viewed 20,801 times

  Niger is consistently ranked on the UN Human Development Index as one of the poorest countries in the world. Spiraling population growth along with frequent…

• Three Things To Know About The India-Australia Uranium Deal

  Published 30 September 2014 | viewed 10,728 times

  On Friday August 5, India and Australia concluded an important energy deal that will seek to address looming issues facing both countries. The formalization of…

• Europe Seeks To Undermine Russian Energy Influence

  Published 29 September 2014 | viewed 9,879 times

  The fragile ceasefire and negotiations between Ukraine and Russia have revived hopes that the months-long violent conflict in Eastern Europe is nearing its end. However,…

• How will Libya’s ongoing crisis affect MENA region?

  Published 22 September 2014 | viewed 9,609 times

  As international attention shifts to the Islamic State, many observers have all but forgotten the link between the toppling of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi, and…

• 3 Things A Deal With Iran Would Likely Include

  Published 25 August 2014 | viewed 8,087 times

  In mid-July, negotiators from the so-called P5+1 (the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China and the European Union) reached a mutual agreement with…

• Funding War: U.S. Companies Disclose Conflict Mineral Use

  Published 17 July 2014 | viewed 9,925 times

  The 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, which mainly focused on strengthening the U.S. banking and financial system in the wake of…

• Energy Reform in Mexico Continues to Present Risks

  Published 09 June 2014 | viewed 5,103 times

  So dear to Mexican society is the legacy of Lázaro Cárdenas’s 1938 expropriation of the country’s oil sector that it is still celebrated annually as…

• California Pioneering Market-Based Climate Change Solutions

  Published 19 May 2014 | viewed 6,464 times

  California is hardly the place that comes to mind when one thinks of effective political leadership. Most would probably label Sacramento as a more deserving…

• Israeli Set To Become Major Exporter Of Natural Gas

  Published 30 April 2014 | viewed 19,440 times

  Five thousand feet beneath the surface of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea lays the Leviathan gas field, the largest discovered natural gas repository since the turn…

• India’s Nuclear Energy Future at Risk in Elections

  Published 12 April 2014 | viewed 6,428 times

  On Monday, April 7, the world’s largest democratic elections began in what will likely be the world’s most populous country within the next ten years.…

• The Future of Oil Exporters in Latin America

  Published 01 April 2014 | viewed 7,140 times

  The politics of oil in the two largest Latin American oil exporters—Venezuela and Mexico—have recently diverged. While Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) is now politically…

• 5 Energy Challenges Confronting India

  Published 25 March 2014 | viewed 16,457 times

  On March 12, 2014, India and the United States renewed talks regarding cooperation on clean energy. The talks concluded positively with memorandums of understanding for…

• Arctic Extraction Has Huge Potential but High Risks

  Published 10 March 2014 | viewed 6,201 times

  The Arctic was once of interest only to polar scientists and adventurers, but this is rapidly changing as a warmer climate is making the region…

• Pipeline to Turkey Intensifies Dispute Over Iraqi Oil

  Published 05 March 2014 | viewed 8,893 times

  Turkey has bought oil from the Kurdish region in northern Iraq before, but oil transfer was carried out by trucks, which kept the amount of…

• Russia Eyes China in Bid to Expand Asian Energy Ties

  Published 03 March 2014 | viewed 5,490 times

  In June 2013, Russia’s oil giant Rosneft formalised a deal with the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) to supply the Chinese market with 26 billion…

• Western Energy Companies to Re-enter Iran’s Oil and Gas Sector

  Published 13 February 2014 | viewed 8,896 times

  Iran is planning to increase its oil production by an additional 1 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2014, provided that negotiations result in the…

• Iran’s Return Prompts Changes to Saudi Arabia Energy Strategy

  Published 10 February 2014 | viewed 11,723 times

  As the Iranian nuclear deal begins to take effect and international pressure on the regime continues to diminish, Gulf nations have begun re-establishing diplomatic and…

• 5 Political Risks Facing Oil Markets in 2014

  Published 27 January 2014 | viewed 10,310 times

  1. Energy revolution in North America shapes global marketsThe energy boom in North America will continue to change global energy trends in 2014 and is…

• Shale Boom Prompts Calls for Expanded US Oil and Gas Exports

  Published 21 January 2014 | viewed 12,890 times

  Early in January, the head of the influential energy lobby American Petroleum Institute (API) made a strong call for the US to become a global…

• Oil Glut Threatens US Shale Revolution

  Published 17 January 2014 | viewed 24,139 times

  The year 2014 could pose a milestone for the U.S. oil industry. In its latest annual World Energy Outlook, the International Energy Agency predicted that…