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• All Eyes on Kenya: The Next Big Oil Exporter

  Published 24 September 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Not even the specter of a spillover of Islamic extremism from Somalia can dampen the atmosphere in Kenya, where commercial oil production is expected to…

• Canada's Shale Boom: More To Come In Montney

  Published 18 September 2014 | viewed 0 times

  In the world of a constantly changing oil and gas environment, the Montney shale basin is the sleeping giant that holds the key to accelerating…

• Why China's Insatiable Appetite For Coal Has Likely Peaked

  Published 16 September 2014 | viewed 0 times

  A recent report from Greenpeace found that China's coal consumption declined in the first half of this year and new Chinese government data suggests that…

• Islamic State's Ultimate Goal: Saudi Arabia's Oil Wells

  Published 11 September 2014 | viewed 0 times

  For the terrorist group known as the Islamic State, Syria and Iraq were a good place to start their campaign, but in order to survive…

• Soros Signals Argentina’s Shale is Biggest Place to Be

  Published 03 September 2014 | viewed 0 times

  One of the world's legendary investors is upping his bet on Argentina's shale oil and gas industry in a show of confidence for shale production…

• Why The Debate Over Energy Storage Utterly Misses The Point

  Published 02 September 2014 | viewed 0 times

  The debate over which energy storage technology will prove to be the best in the long-term is woefully misguided. Many technologies have been tested in…

• New Technology Could End The Debate Over Pipeline Safety

  Published 28 August 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Who could have ever imagined that North America would surpass Saudi Arabia as the world's largest producer of oil and natural gas liquids? A decade…

• The Kardashians and Climate Change: Interview with Judith Curry

  Published 25 August 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Climate change continues to drive energy policy, despite the fact that there is no way to reconcile eradicating energy poverty in much of the world…

• Unlikely Bedfellows: Mines That Run on Solar or Wind Power

  Published 21 August 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Mining companies are often seen as dinosaurs when it comes to making changes that will benefit the environment, but that perception may be shifting as…

• Ukraine's Next Crisis? Economic Disaster

  Published 19 August 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Ukraine's next crisis will be a devastatingly economic one, as violent conflict destroys critical infrastructure in the east and brings key industry to a halt,…

• Who Needs Russia? Ukraine Will Destroy Itself With New Gas Tax

  Published 11 August 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Ukraine doesn't need Russia to take it down-Kiev is doing fine destroying itself, most recently with a new tax code that doubles taxes for private…

• The Bigger Oil Story Behind the Headlines: Interview with Michael Levi

  Published 05 August 2014 | viewed 0 times

  While we fixate on sexy headlines about Chinese military threats in the South China Sea, for instance, or Washington 'lifting the ban' on crude oil…

• 5 Industries Worried About Peak Oil

  Published 30 July 2014 | viewed 0 times

  The debate over the impact of peak oil has been raging for decades. Although few deny that the end of mass oil consumption is drawing…

• As Russia's Isolation Grows, Oil Companies Caught in Middle

  Published 22 July 2014 | viewed 0 times

  The confrontation between Russia and the West took a turn for the worse with the downing of a Malaysian airliner on July 17, and that…

• Looking for the Next Oil Boom? Follow the Tech

  Published 15 July 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Much larger than Eagle Ford and once thought to have reached peak production, new technology has brought us full circle back to the Permian Basin…

• These Are The 5 Countries Most Plagued by Oil Theft

  Published 09 July 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Nigeria As much as 400,000 barrels of oil a day are stolen in Nigeria. This equates to losses of $1.7 billion a month for Africa's…

• Could Gang Violence End Mexico's Shale Dream?

  Published 01 July 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Violence in Mexico could thwart hopes of a budding shale boom, as oil and gas companies operating in Texas may think twice about moving south…

• LNG: The Long, Strategic Play for Europe: Interview with Robert Bensh

  Published 22 June 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe isn't a get-rich-quick scenario for the impatient investor: It's a long, strategic play for the sophisticated investor who can…

• China Might Be Winning The Race To Reduce Solar Costs

  Published 19 June 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Many people, even fanatical advocates of solar power, are unaware quite how close we are to reaching a critical milestone in the industry. Within a…

• How Much Energy Will the 2014 World Cup Consume?

  Published 13 June 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Along with 3 billion other viewers around the world, I plan to tune in for the month-long World Cup to see whether the 22-year old…