Nick Cunningham

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• Oil Majors Balk At Mexican Offshore Proposals

  Published 03 March 2015 | viewed 8,020 times

  The Mexican government has unveiled much-anticipated offers for offshore acreage in the Gulf of Mexico for oil exploration. In this second phase of “Round One”…

• Could Oil Prices Plummet A Second Time?

  Published 02 March 2015 | viewed 29,175 times

  Are oil prices heading for a double dip? The surge in shale production has produced a temporary glut in supplies causing oil prices to experience…

• Can We Fix Climate Change With Technology?

  Published 28 February 2015 | viewed 25,486 times

  A report from the National Academy of Sciences concluded that experiments in blotting out the sun in order to reduce the amount of the sun’s…

• Paranoia And Purges For Venezuela As Oil Misery Continues

  Published 26 February 2015 | viewed 21,413 times

  As the finances of Venezuela continue to deteriorate under the collapse of crude oil prices, the government of President Nicolas Maduro is becoming more paranoid…

• Europe Overtakes Asia As LNG’s Hottest Market

  Published 25 February 2015 | viewed 14,409 times

  The gravity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand shifted westwards over the past year. For several years now, LNG demand – and as a result,…

• Alaska To Build A State-Owned Gas Pipeline?

  Published 24 February 2015 | viewed 12,269 times

  The state of Alaska is considering a more aggressive approach to oil and gas development in order to make up for its collapsing revenue. Alaska…

• Recent “Bomb Trains” Expose Regulatory Failures

  Published 23 February 2015 | viewed 15,696 times

  The latest oil train derailments could force the federal government to tighten the regulatory screws further than they had planned. The train disasters in Ontario…

• Is The EU Finally Breaking Free Of Russia’s Energy Grip?

  Published 21 February 2015 | viewed 20,728 times

  Gazprom’s dominance over European energy supplies may be beginning to slip. The collapse of oil prices has punished Gazprom’s revenues, but in a new development…

• Is There Any Hope Left For Nuclear Energy?

  Published 19 February 2015 | viewed 25,067 times

  Can nuclear help avoid the worst effects of climate change? The International Energy Agency recently provided a roadmap for nuclear power, detailing how the technology…

• Could Germany Become The Next Shale Hotspot?

  Published 18 February 2015 | viewed 13,197 times

  Nuclear power is out in Germany, but could shale gas soon be included in the historic German energiewende? The German government has taken bold steps…

• Why Oil Prices Must Go Up

  Published 17 February 2015 | viewed 45,773 times

  It may be difficult to look beyond the current pricing environment for oil, but the depletion of low-cost reserves and the increasing inability to find…

• Libya Oil Output Plunges Amid Heightened Violence

  Published 16 February 2015 | viewed 19,825 times

  Libya’s oil fields and infrastructure have come under attack multiple times over much of the last two years, but events have recently taken a turn…

• Anti-Fossil Fuel Movement Grows

  Published 14 February 2015 | viewed 16,300 times

  Don’t look now but the anti-fossil fuel movement is quickly building momentum. Climate activists have campaigned against oil, gas, and coal for years. And while…

• Russia’s Complicated Relationship With OPEC

  Published 12 February 2015 | viewed 34,457 times

  Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the United States are the world’s most important oil producers. While there has been a lot of discussion about Saudi Arabia’s…

• Oil Prices May Recover, But Not LNG

  Published 11 February 2015 | viewed 49,910 times

  One major knock on effect from the oil bust is the collapse in prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG). Unlike oil, which largely trades on…

• Shale Rivals OPEC As Swing Producer

  Published 10 February 2015 | viewed 16,419 times

  Could U.S. shale rival Saudi Arabia when it comes to playing the role of swing producer? Saudi Arabia has long been the only real oil…

• Alaska May Provide Solution To Tar Sands Issue

  Published 09 February 2015 | viewed 12,751 times

  The U.S. Congress is nearing final approval of a bill that would green light the Keystone XL pipeline. But with the President set to veto…

• EU Pushes For Greater Integration Into An Energy Union

  Published 07 February 2015 | viewed 8,422 times

  European nations met in Latvia last Friday to devise a strategy to unify their energy sectors. The February 6 meeting in Riga by European Union…

• Oil Prices Most Volatile Since 2009

  Published 05 February 2015 | viewed 20,271 times

  The nearly 20 percent rally in oil prices over the past week raised hopes in the oil industry that the financial bloodshed might be over.…

• Clock Runs Out On Clean Coal

  Published 04 February 2015 | viewed 12,282 times

  Clean coal is dead. While the notion of coal being a source of “clean” was a bit oxymoronic to begin with, the Obama administration perhaps…