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• The World's Five Most Important Oil Fields

  Published 12 June 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Much has been made about the role that hydraulic fracturing - or fracking -- has played in revolutionizing the energy landscape, unlocking vast new reserves…

• Peak Pollution: China Aims For The Top So It Can Go Down

  Published 11 June 2014 | viewed 0 times

  City-dwelling Chinese may still be choking on smog, but amid all the haze, China may turning a corner in its fight on pollution. Top Chinese…

• Obama's Climate Plan Is Leaking Methane

  Published 05 June 2014 | viewed 0 times

  The Environmental Protection Agency's new regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions by 30 percent will no doubt lead to a cleaner economy. But the road…

• Canadian Law Makes It Cheaper To Prevent Oil Sands Leaks Than Clean Them Up

  Published 03 June 2014 | viewed 0 times

  As the Canadian government pushes a new law rendering pipeline companies liable for all damages from leaks and spills, the only friend to both sides…

• Ukraine: The Real Energy Crisis Starts in June

  Published 29 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Kiev is feeling emboldened by the successful election of a new Ukrainian president and a bloody surge against separatists in the east, but in just…

• Exxon, BP Defy White House; Extend Partnership with Russia

  Published 28 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Several of the largest oil companies in the world are doubling down in Russia despite moves by the West to isolate Russia and its economy.…

• China's Oil Giant At Center Of Corruption Probe

  Published 27 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Grins were on the faces of China National Petroleum executives this week as they celebrated a blockbuster 30-year deal for Russian gas. It was a…

• The California Shale Bubble Just Burst

  Published 22 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  The great hype surrounding the advent of a shale gas bonanza in California may turn out to be just that: hype. The U.S. Energy Information…

• Why Hasn't The U.S. Gone After Gazprom?

  Published 06 May 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Amidst the deepening war of words over Moscow's annexation of Crimea, U.S. President Barack Obama on April 28 added more Russian individuals and companies to…

• Putin is Losing Eastern European Energy Gamble

  Published 25 April 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said he doesn't think the European community can do without the natural gas it gets from energy monopoly Gazprom. With a…

• Ukraine Falling to Economic Warfare and Its Own Missteps

  Published 15 April 2014 | viewed 0 times

  As protests in Ukraine's eastern region turned violent on Sunday leading to the death of a Ukrainian security officer in a shootout with pro-Russian militia,…

• The Most Profitable Gas in the World

  Published 02 April 2014 | viewed 0 times

  There is only one certainty in Ukraine: The energy sector must and will be transformed, and how long this takes will depend on who ends…

• White House Targets Methane Emissions

  Published 01 April 2014 | viewed 0 times

  On March 28, the White House released a multi-pronged strategy to reduce methane emissions from a variety of sources, a step the administration says is…

• Why Ukraine's Next President Doesn't Matter

  Published 27 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Having ridden roughshod over Ukraine, Russia's annexation of the Crimea is now over and a new chapter in Ukrainian politics is about to begin--but it…

• Small Oil Companies Eye Huge Prize in Ghana

  Published 26 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Since the first discovery of the massive Jubilee oilfield in Ghana by a start-up company, the West African playing field has begun to change, and…

• Russia Looks East as Relations with Europe Deteriorate

  Published 24 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  The standoff between the U.S. and the EU on one hand, and Russia on the other, intensified pretty quickly late last week. The U.S. quickly…

• What the Loss of Crimea Means for Ukrainian Energy: Interview with Robert Bensh

  Published 20 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  Birth of a New Ukrainian Nation? Interview with Robert Bensh Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula is now Russia's. It was done with an impressively organized non-violent military…

• Russia Eyes Crimea's Oil and Gas Reserves

  Published 17 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  According to Reuters Crimea may nationalize oil and gas assets within its borders belonging to Ukraine, and sell them off to Russia. Crimea's Deputy Prime…

• Shale, the Last Oil and Gas Train: Interview with Arthur Berman

  Published 10 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  How much faith can we put in our ability to decipher all the numbers out there telling us the US is closing in on its…

• New Spy Technology to Spawn Oil Revolution

  Published 03 March 2014 | viewed 0 times

  The future of oil exploration lies in new technology--from massive data-processing supercomputers to 4D seismic to early-phase airborne spy technology that can pinpoint prospective reservoirs.…