Joao Peixe

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• Keystone XL Passes Another Huge Hurdle

  Published 01 February 2014 | viewed 4,886 times

  TransCanada Corp applied more than five years ago for a federal permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline across the US in order to link…

• S.Korea Approves Construction of 1st New Nuclear Plants after Safety Scandal

  Published 30 January 2014 | viewed 5,855 times

  South Korea, the fourth largest economy in Asia, is heavily dependent on nuclear power, yet in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Japan…

• Low Foreign Interest in Pakistan’s New Oil Blocks

  Published 29 January 2014 | viewed 9,519 times

  The government of Pakistan has provisionally awarded exploration licenses for 50 oil blocks covering over 100,000 square kilometers and eyeing over $370 million in first-phase…

• London Plans to Use Heat from the Underground to Keep Homes Warm

  Published 29 January 2014 | viewed 8,928 times

  The London underground is generally a hot and uncomfortable place, warmed by the thousands of commuters, lights, trains, and other such sources of heat. A…

• Post-Energy Reform, Mexico Signs First Oil Deal with Russia

  Published 28 January 2014 | viewed 10,417 times

  Russia's Lukoil has announced an agreement with Mexico's state-run oil company Pemex for exploration, extraction and cooperation on environmental best practices.The cooperation memorandum was agreed…

• New Report Blames Oil Price Volatility for Lack of Stable Economic Growth

  Published 28 January 2014 | viewed 5,612 times

  A new report for Oxford University has stated that crude oil price volatility is undermining stable economic growth around the world, and that governments must…

• Falling Gasoline Prices Hurt Calls to Lift US Oil Export Ban

  Published 28 January 2014 | viewed 8,742 times

  The battle by some oil companies in the US to persuade congress to lift the oil export ban that has been in place since the…

• Cambridge University Study Calls for Increased Taxation of Fracking Companies

  Published 27 January 2014 | viewed 4,483 times

  A new study from the University of Cambridge has suggested that any companies attempting to frack for shale gas in the UK should be forced…

• Russia to become a Major LNG Producer within a Decade

  Published 27 January 2014 | viewed 8,312 times

  Leonid Mikhelson, the chief executive and co-owner of Novatek, has predicted that Russia will become one of the top LNG producers in the world within…

• US Refiner Valero Outperforms

  Published 25 January 2014 | viewed 5,302 times

  US refiner Valero Energy Corporation has announced an increase in quarterly dividends as the company outperforms analysts’ expectations. Valero announced an 11.1% increase in its…

• Beijing Cracks Down on Pollution, Banning New Refining, Steel, and Coal Plants

  Published 25 January 2014 | viewed 13,633 times

  The city of Beijing has just announced that it will ban the construction of any new oil refining, steel, cement, and thermal power plants as…

• All Eyes on Implementation of Mexican Oil Reform

  Published 23 January 2014 | viewed 5,959 times

  Mexico’s Congress is debating and drafting secondary laws to implement a sweeping energy reform bill passed last month that will open up the market to…

• Latin America Expected to Boost Oil Imports from the US

  Published 23 January 2014 | viewed 5,472 times

  Latin American economies have benefitted from relatively strong economic growth over the past several years growing their middle class and leading to an increase in…

• Halliburton Manager Sentenced in Deepwater Horizon Case

  Published 22 January 2014 | viewed 10,749 times

  Anthony Badalamenti, a former Halliburton manager, has been sentenced to one year of probation for his part in destroying evidence after the 2010 BP oil…

• EU Sets World’s Toughest Emission Reduction Target of 40% by 2030

  Published 22 January 2014 | viewed 19,862 times

  Negotiations ground out right up until the 11am deadline on Wednesday, but the European Commission finally managed to agree a landmark deal that will see…

• Honduran Congress Approves Legislation to Privatize Energy Sector

  Published 21 January 2014 | viewed 5,567 times

  On Monday, the Congress of Honduras finalised legislation that approves the breakup of the country’s state-owned energy producer, Empresa Nacional de Energia Electrica (ENEE). Under…

• Shell Sells Australian Gas Stakes in Portfolio Purge

  Published 21 January 2014 | viewed 3,830 times

  Royal Dutch Shell has sold its stakes in two Australian natural gas projects to Kuwait's state-run energy giant as the Dutch company saw capital expenditure…

• Eni, Third to Give Up on Poland’s Shale

  Published 20 January 2014 | viewed 14,593 times

  Italian oil giant Eni is said to be planning to withdraw from its shale gas project in Poland, allowing two of its three exploration licenses…

• Free Energy Ride Over in Turkmenistan

  Published 20 January 2014 | viewed 9,570 times

  After 20 years, the government of Turkmenistan is moving to limit the volume of natural gas it doles out for free to its citizens as…

• China Announces its Final Anti-Dumping Duties Against US Solar Imports

  Published 20 January 2014 | viewed 6,397 times

  On Monday, China announced its final anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties to be levied against all imports of solar-grade polysilicon from the US. It is just…