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• Furious at Latest U.S. Attack, Pakistan Shuts Down Resupply Routes to Afghanistan 'Permanently'

  Published 02 December 2011 | viewed 0 times

  NATO recently literally shot itself in the foot, imperiling the resupply of International Assistance Forces (ISAF) in Afghanistan by shooting up two Pakistani border posts…

• China to Embrace Fracking In an Effort to Ramp up Energy Production

  Published 30 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  China is leaving no shale deposit unturned in its effort to develop indigenous energy resources. On 24 November China's Ministry of Land and Resources geological…

• Crude Oil Analysis for the Week of November 28, 2011

  Published 28 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  January Crude Oil closed lower for the second consecutive week but losses could have been worse if not for a strong comeback on Friday. The…

• Kazakhstan Now World's Largest Uranium Miner

  Published 23 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Kazakhstan's international energy image is now that of one of the world's rising oil exporters, an extraordinary feat given that, two decades ago its hydrocarbon…

• Crude Oil Analysis

  Published 21 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Crude Oil Analysis for the Week of November 21, 2011 January Crude Oil futures succumbed to selling pressure last week, reaching a high at $103.37…

• Russia Ups Ante with Caspian Neighbors by Moving Offshore

  Published 21 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  On 16 November in Astrakhan Lukoil president, Vagit Alekperov told journalists that his company will spend over $16 billion over the next decade to develop…

• IEA Report Advises Governments to Embrace Renewables and Nuclear

  Published 14 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  The good news is that on 8 November the International Energy Agency released its 2011 "World Energy Outlook." While it will cheer nuclear advocates, overall…

• The Impact of Germany's Decision to Phase out Nuclear Energy

  Published 11 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  On 30 May, in the aftermath of Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that Germany would close all of its 18 nuclear…

• U.S. Government Confirms Link Between Earthquakes and Hydraulic Fracturing

  Published 09 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  On 5 November an earthquake measuring 5.6 rattled Oklahoma and was felt as far away as Illinois. Until two years ago Oklahoma typically had about…

• Sunny Egypt Interested in... Wind Power

  Published 08 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Egypt currently has a total electricity capacity of about 23,500 megawatts, which the government hopes to increase to 58,000 megawatts by 2027. A prime potential…

• New International Report Shreds Japan's Carefully Constructed Fukushima Scenario

  Published 03 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Japan's six reactor Fukushima Daichi nuclear complex has inadvertently become the world's bell-weather poster child for the inherent risks of nuclear power ever since the…

• China Completes First Biofuel Jet Test Flight

  Published 02 November 2011 | viewed 0 times

  On 28 October Air China conducted its first trial flight of a passenger jet powered by a mix of biofuel and traditional aviation fuel. The…

• Apocalypse Redux? U.S. Natural Gas Find off Vietnam Could Raise Tensions with China

  Published 31 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  First, the good news... U.S. oil company ExxonMobil is reporting a "potentially significant" gas discovery off the coast of Vietnam, stating in a press release,…

• Even Israel's High-Tech Sector Struggles to Make Solar Power Cost Effective

  Published 28 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  In any country, at the end of the proverbial day, both energy utilities and consumers are finally interested in the technologies that generate a kilowatt…

• Is U.S. Biofuel Production Going to Double in the Next Decade?

  Published 26 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  A recent study, released on 11 October, "Biofuel Markets and Technologies" released by Pike Research states that the global biofuel market will double within the…

• What Next for Libya?

  Published 24 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Libyan Colonel Gaddafi's 42 year brutal reign is over, but the future looks murky ahead for a country primarily known for exporting oil and terrorism.…

• European Union Biodiesel Production Slumps in 2011

  Published 21 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Greening the European Union has suffered a setback. The European Biodiesel Board is reporting that the European Union biodiesel industry production forecasts are noting a…

• Germany Sets Aside $130 Billion for Renewable Energy

  Published 19 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on 30 May that Germany, the world's fourth-largest economy and Europe's biggest, would shutter all of its 17 nuclear power…

• Afghanistan - Newly Discovered Mineralogical Treasure House (Again)

  Published 14 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  As the U.S.-led Afghan campaign lurches into its second decade, the country's vast untapped mineralogical resources are again emerging in the Western media, seemingly underpinning…

• Canadian Oil Sands - A Good Investment? Not in Europe, Apparently

  Published 11 October 2011 | viewed 0 times

  Any American watching cable TV over the past few months can hardly fail to have noticed the seemingly ubiquitous advertisements extolling the virtues of extracting…