Viktor Katona

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• Is This Africa’s Next Big Oil Frontier?

  Published 26 December 2019 | viewed 22,376 times

  Africa seems to be emerging as the prime drilling spot for the early 2020s – it is still relatively under-evaluated, would be cheaper than any…

• Putin Makes A Move In Libya’s Oil Crescent

  Published 25 December 2019 | viewed 26,101 times

  Whenever a major oil-producing region is engulfed in prolonged warfare, speculation starts to abound regarding all the potential changes to its oil and gas policy…

• This Large Oil Producer Is Facing A Major Refining Crisis

  Published 21 November 2019 | viewed 20,400 times

  The current state of Nigeria’s refineries might become a textbook example of why national oil companies should not combine downstream, midstream and upstream activities at…

• This European Nation Is Planning A Complete Offshore Oil Ban

  Published 18 November 2019 | viewed 11,189 times

  Just as most of the public attention of the past weeks was turned to the US-China trade war and the possibility of an OPEC+ deal…

• The European Gas Game Is About To Change

  Published 09 May 2019 | viewed 13,609 times

  In terms of oil and gas, post-Soviet nations are currently undergoing a consolidation phase that slowly brings back former partners that have fallen out in…

• The Beginning Of The End For British Shale Gas

  Published 30 April 2019 | viewed 21,444 times

  Amid the ruckus of Great Britain’s reckless Brexit saga, one might not have noticed the ongoing environmental battle that could put a sudden end to…

• The Giant Floating LNG Project You’ve Never Heard Of

  Published 17 April 2019 | viewed 20,430 times

  One of Africa’s brightest LNG prospects, Tortue FLNG is edging increasingly closer to its estimated commissioning date, 2022. It is one of the largest deepwater…

• Turkey’s Big Nuclear Energy Ambitions

  Published 02 February 2019 | viewed 22,434 times

  Turkey’s elusive quest for harnessing nuclear energy dates back to times which most of us perceive only through the black-and-white footage of 1950s and stories…

• The Mediterranean Pipeline Wars Are Heating Up

  Published 28 December 2018 | viewed 24,717 times

  Things have been quite active in the Eastern Mediterranean lately, with Israel, Cyprus and Greece pushing forward for the realization of the EastMed pipeline, a…

• The Battle To Control Russia’s Pipelines

  Published 27 December 2018 | viewed 15,515 times

  For much of 2018, the internal situation of Russia’s oil market was remarkably peaceful – no hostile takeovers and no overt antagonization. To a significant…

• Gazprom’s Next Big Bet On European Gas Markets

  Published 04 December 2018 | viewed 9,225 times

  Amid an inimical international situation, an economy that was bound to recover, but does so rather unconvincingly and a tense domestic atmosphere, Russia continues the…

• The Next Offshore Boom: Is Senegal The New Guyana?

  Published 12 November 2018 | viewed 26,322 times

  I know what you think – such a headline is quite reckless given that Guyana has not produced any oil so far and it is…

• Can Angola Overhaul Its Struggling Oil Industry?

  Published 29 October 2018 | viewed 16,491 times

  It is quite rare for African national oil companies (NOCs) to liberalize, especially in countries that are heavily dependent on oil revenues. Yet Angola, whose…

• This Giant Gas Field Is Rising From The Dead

  Published 15 October 2018 | viewed 16,613 times

  Russia has really warmed up to the idea of becoming a competitive player on the LNG market, as we have established several times, largely thanks…

• Who Will Save Ukraine’s Dying Refineries?

  Published 01 October 2018 | viewed 20,547 times

  Ever since war broke out in Eastern Ukraine, the energy industry has been guessing what will happen to Ukraine’s gas transit and its transmission system.…

• Schlumberger To Buy Russia's Leading Drilling Company

  Published 25 September 2018 | viewed 24,795 times

  The past four years have been a 21st century low point for Western foreign investment in Russia, with sanctions, unlawful trade practices and ceaseless wars…

• Here’s What’s Next For Russian LNG

  Published 22 September 2018 | viewed 16,308 times

  A mere two years ago Russia had just one LNG project and one could rarely read about it in media outlets. With Yamal LNG, however,…

• The Altay Pipeline: A Geopolitical Game Changer

  Published 17 September 2018 | viewed 41,467 times

  It is a matter of common knowledge that energy relations between Russia and China have boomed in the past decade, with all sorts of new…

• How Iran Plans To Bypass The World’s Main Oil Chokepoint

  Published 09 September 2018 | viewed 44,884 times

  Iran Tries to Bypass the Hormuz Strait Global markets have recently gone into overdrive in anticipation of the US-Iran standoff’s outcome. President Trump is building…

• The Start Of Saudi Arabia’s Power Play

  Published 09 September 2018 | viewed 17,307 times

  As oil markets come to the end of a surprisingly bearish week, we take a look at all the key stories and figures in the…