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- Has the U.S. Reached Peak Car?
- Canada Tries to Outmaneuver Pipeline Opponents
- Ignoring the Civil War, Tribes Battle it Out over Syrian Oil Fields
- BP Warns Claimants they may have to Return Compensation
- Sri Lanka Returns 40,000 Tonnes of Low Quality Diesel, and Blacklists ENOC
- Citigroup Opens Office in Baghdad to Take Advantage of $1 Trillion Redevelopment
- Study Finds 21% of Homes Produce 50% of Carbon Emissions
- 15 Acre Sinkhole in Louisiana Chews up Homes and Spits out Natural Gas
- Mozambique Guerrillas Threaten Country’s Energy Infrastructure
- Chevron’s Permian Deal with Cimarex Lines up Infrastructure
- New Engineless Planes could Fly on Ionic Winds
- Why Now is a Great Time to be Getting Into Oil Stocks
- Evolving in the Deep: The Ultra Drill Ship
- Coal Gasification: Turning the Commercial Corner
- Oil Market Forecast & Review 28th June 2013
- OIL & GAS DEVELOPMENT ALERTS – Amazon Oil Auction
- REGULATORY ALERTS – Noble in Cyprus & Gazprom Withdraws from Greece
- POLITICAL, SECURITY ALERTS – Statoil to form Anti-Terror Ops
- This Week in Energy: Why Now is a Great Time to be Getting into Oil Stocks
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 27th, 2013
- Tesla: ‘False Profits’ and a Bullish Market
- Energy Return on Investment is too Low to Maintain Current Economic System
- How to Profit from the Developing Shift in the Natural Gas Market - Interview
- The Evolving Efficiency of Photovoltaic Solar Panels
- Qatar’s Transition Acts as Pivot for “Change of Direction” for Middle East
- Repsol Rejects $5 Billion Compensation Offer from Argentina
- Nabucco is Rejected in Favour of the TAP by Azeri Gas Developers
- Twitchers Watch in Horror as Rare Bird is Killed by Wind Turbine
- New Report Doubles England’s Shale Gas Reserves
- Obama Unveils his Climate Change Policies
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 26th, 2013
- European Resistance to Gazprom is Futile
- Duke University Study Links Fracking to Ground Water Contamination
- Israel Approves 40% Gas Exports, But to Where?
- Natural Gas Discoveries in the Eastern Med Reignite Old Rivalries
- Supply Policies Prevent Hydropower from Fulfilling its Potential
- Renewable Energy will Overtake Natural Gas by 2016 - IEA
- Obama’s Climate Change Efforts in Vain without China’s Cooperation
- Funding Disappears for Nuclear Fusion Following Poor Progress
- As Domestic Production Falls UK Fossil Fuels Imports Reach Record Level
- Total is Interested in British Shale Gas
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 25th, 2013
- How Worried is Saudi, Qatar by the Syrian Conflict?
- Exxon Seeks Approval for Massive Canadian LNG Plan
- Why Israel may Rue the Decision to Export Limited Natural Gas Reserves
- Nuclear Energy Innovation is Vital for Slowing Climate Change
- How to Protect Yourself from Falling Oil Prices
- Norway Overtakes Russia as the EU’s Top Natural Gas Supplier
- Is Tesla on Google's Shopping List?
- Halliburton Adapts US Submarine Spy Technology to Improve Fracking Efficiency
- Exciting New Method for Turning CO2 Directly into Methanol Fuel
- EU Trade Tariffs Force China PV Manufacturers to Turn to Africa
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 24th, 2013
- Iran's Next President Faces Uncertain Economic Future
- Not Darkest Africa, but Darkest Nigeria - 120 Million Without Electricity
- Chernobyl’s Trees Pose a Huge Environmental Threat
- Japan and China Race to Invest in Africa’s Natural Resources
- Calgary, Oil Capital of Canada, Could be without Power for Months
- Men Arrested for Nigerian Pipeline Attack, Hired by Shell to Fix Pipe
- Abu Dhabi to Invest $1.5 Billion in UK’s Alternative Energy Sector
- Sinopec to Buy Share in Angolan Oil and Gas Field for $1.52 Billion
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 21st, 2013
- Obama’s Climate Plans Have Keystone Opponents Worried
- Follow up to Crude oil...What’s his Next Energy Idea?
- Uganda Hopes to Start Producing Oil by 2016
- Indonesia and Chile to Build Thorium Nuclear Reactors
- As Extreme Weather Increases, US Communities Look to be More Independent
- Wolves Help to Fight Climate Change
- CNPC to Build China’s First Ever Shale Gas Pipeline
- Energy Companies Entering War on Terror
- EIA report - U.S. #1 in Shale Gas Reserves, Russia #1 in Shale Oil Reserves
- Alfa Billionaires Launch L1 Energy Fund
- Instability in the Middle East Makes Accurate Oil Market Predictions Impossible
- Is the Central-South Asian Energy Transmission Project just a Dream?
- Small-Scale Hydroelectric Projects Far more Damaging than Large-Scale Dams
- Weekly Energy Update: Keystone XL – The Safest Pipeline Ever Built
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 20th, 2013
- Oil is the New Gold
- Arctic Oil & Gas: Not for the Faint of Heart
- Utica Shale: Wading Through the Hype
- Oil Market Forecast & Review 21st June 2013
- POLITICAL ALERTS
- DISCOVERY & DEVELOPMENT ALERTS
- REGULATORY ALERTS
- SECURITY ALERTS
- Kurdistan: Pipeline to ‘Independence’
- Behind the Numbers in the Surging Global LNG Market
- Natural Gas Demand Set to Grow more Slowly until 2018
- Discussing US LNG Exports with the President of the CLNG
- Steelmakers Take Advantage of Cheap Natural Gas Prices in the US
- How to Position Yourself as the Natural Gas Market Moves through its Cycle
- Russia Agrees $60 Billion Oil Deal with China
- Scientists Create Long-Lasting Batteries from Wood
- BP to Reduce Iraqi Production Target by more than One Million Barrels a Day
- Commodity Prices Fall as Fed Announces it may End Quantitative Easing
- Obama Says that the World Must Act to Prevent Climate Change
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 19th, 2013
- US Shale Revolution, Staggering Global Potential
- Can Obama Lame-Duck His Way to a Greener Future?
- Angola and Brazil Work Together on LNG Production
- Bad News for the Anti-Fracking Crowd
- Did Global Oil Consumption Slow in 2012?
- Ethiopia-Egypt Maneuvering Takes on “Black and White” Operational Guises
- The Shifting Dynamics of the WTI-Brent Spread
- Tesla Makes a Recall for Certain Model S Vehicles
- Number of Oil Spills Fall in Houston Region, but Still at Nearly Two a Day
- Republicans Support Bill to Cut Renewable Energy Spending by 50%
- KRG Pipeline will be Ready to Supply Crude Oil to Turkey by End of September
- 3% Cut in Emissions will Save the US Corporate Sector $780 Billion
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 18th, 2013
- Has the Shale Gas Boom Already Ended?
- Buffett Goes After 2nd Solar Farm Bond
- Tourism or Terrorism?
- Developing Countries Lead the Way in Renewable Energy Investment
- US Refineries are set to become the Gem of the Oil Industry
- Pemex’s Monopoly to End as Pena Nieto Invites Foreign Oil Companies to Mexico
- Methane Leaks Threaten the Future of Shale Gas
- Squirrels Prove a Major Threat to Home PV Systems
- Iraq Loses 70% of its Natural Gas due to Flaring
- World’s Three Largest Shipping Companies to Form Alliance
- Crude oil – Approaches $100/Barrel…Not this Time
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 17th, 2013
- Rumors of OPEC's Demise Exaggerated
- US Hawks Prepare for Syria Showdown
- Water Shortages May End Jordan’s Nuclear Power Hopes
- Why Further Sanctions Against Iran will be Counterproductive
- Chinese Scientists Discover New Method to Increase Recoverable Oil from Wells
- Why the US government Spies on its own Citizens
- Iran’s New President Elect will Make Nuclear Program more Transparent
- Europe Must Forget Fantasies about Repeating the US Shale Boom
- US Government Say BP can Stop Clean-Up Efforts in the Gulf
- First Shipment Sails from Chevron’s $10 Billion LNG Plant in Angola
- Energy Efficiency Upgrades Boost House Prices by £16,000 in the UK
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 14th, 2013
- Are Tidal and Wave Technologies Finally Entering the 21st Century?
- Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons Persuades Obama to Supply Arms to Rebels
- New Oil Exploration Video Game could Land you a Job at Maersk Group
- Do Manmade Tornadoes Hold the Key to Future Energy Production?
- India’s Energy Ties with Iran Unsettle Washington
- Syrian War Causes Oil Market Jitters
- Frackers Under Scrutiny for Buying Silence
- Brazil’s Giant Libra Field could Produce One Million Barrels a Day
- Liquid Fuel Consumption is Unlikely to Fall While it is Still Subsidised
- Why is Oil So Strong in the Face of Almost Universally Weakening Markets?
- Haynesville: True Staying Power
- A Counterintuitive Stock Pick in the Mississippi Lime
- Oil Market Forecast & Review 14th June 2013
- EGYPT: Political, Economic Uncertainty Fueled by Fuel
- BRAZIL: Petrobras Discoveries Mean More Debt
- ARGENTINA: Govt Lashes Out at ‘Hidden Money’
- GHANA: Forward Movement on TEN Project
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 13th, 2013
- Natural Gas – Bargain Hunting
- Weekly Energy Review: North Dakota Revels in Record Growth Thanks to Oil
- Japan-India Nuclear Deal, Last Piece in Corporate Nuclear Game
- New US Energy Secretary will Make a Decision on LNG Exports by December
- Shale, Gales, and Tipping the Scales
- Solar Power Offers Saudi Arabia a Win-Win Energy Solution
- Is the Junior Mining Market Starting to Bottom Out?
- Emerging Green Technologies to Invest in
- Mozambique Starts to Fulfil its Energy Potential
- Report Finds Coal Industry Causes 22,300 Premature Deaths a Year in Europe
- GM Hope to Boost Sales of the Chevy Volt by Offering a $5,000 Discount
- Centrica Pay £40 Million for 25% in Giant Shale Formation in the UK
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 12th, 2013
- Technical Review of the Energy Markets – 13th June 2013
- Libyan Oil Production Suffers as World Attention Shifts
- Two Themes Exciting Energy Investors: Oilfield Services & Heavy Oil Producers
- Pakistani Villagers – Polio Inoculations for Electricity
- Oil Industry Works Hard to End the E15 Fuel Blend
- New Enzyme Technology Allows more Ethanol to be Produced from Less Corn
- Norway Tries to Encourage Arctic Oil & Gas Exploration by Awarding New Licenses
- Shareholders to Benefit if Oil Companies Split off Shale Assets
- Ideas that may Make Solar Power more Competitive
- Korean Crude Oil Imports from the North Sea to Fall by Half due to Tax Change
- Ship’s Cook Found Alive in Sunken Tug Boat off the Nigerian Coast
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 11th, 2013
- Forget Oil – There is a Far More Precious Commodity at Stake
- NRG Lures Shareholders with Renewable IPO
- Trouble Brewing as Russia Increases Natural Gas Prices to Armenia
- Fracking Companies Take Advantage of Amish Religious Beliefs
- Why Gas Prices are Unlikely to Fall Anytime Soon
- Petronas to Invest $20 Billion in Canadian LNG Project to Supply Asia
- Qatar to Give Egypt Five Shipments of LNG
- Mercedes SLS Electric Drive Laps Nürburgring in Under 8 Minutes
- Powering the World with its Own Waste
- UK Reviews North Sea Oil Rigs to Determine How to Increase Production
- Best Profits are in North American Oil and Gas Plays
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 10th, 2013
- Damn the Sanctions and Bring on the Gas, says Pakistan
- China to Build Panama Canal Bypass Through Nicaragua
- Turkey’s Erdogan: Is the Damage Fatal?
- Recent Events in the Battle to Export US LNG – Part 2
- Driving Factors Behind Improvements in Water and Energy Production
- Sudan Shuts Oil Pipelines and Accuses South Sudan of Helping Rebels
- New Technology Charges Electric Buses in 15 Seconds
- Brazil to Triple Funding for Renewable Energy and Biofuel Research
- US to Have First Ever Commercial Small Modular Reactor by 2022
- Gasoline Prices Fall Around the US, Except the Midwest
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 7th, 2013
- Oil Demand in China and India Falling – Proof Prices are Too High!
- A U.S.-China War over Solar Power
- Regulations Scupper Buffett’s Iowa Nuclear Plans
- Taiwan’s Energy Industry in Flux
- Creating Artificial Geothermal Spots to Power the US
- Strict New EU Laws could be the End of Oil Price Reporting
- Exxon’s Bakken Expansion is Rewarded as USGS Doubles Reserves Estimate
- How F1 can Improve Energy Efficiency in the Technology Industry
- World’s Largest Coal Company Invests in Solar Power to Reduce Energy Costs
- Norwegian Tax Increase Forces Statoil to Delay $15.5 Billion Arctic Project
- Egypt’s Instability Triggers a New Proxy War Against Ethiopia and its Allies
- Demand Could Soar Exponentially For Clean Energy Metals
- Time to Rebalance your MLP Portfolio
- Kurdistan: Our Pick for the Next Big Buy Out
- Next on the US Shale Scene? Try Tuscaloosa
- Oil Market Forecast & Review 7th June 2013
- TURKEY: Erdogan Fails to Regain Control
- VENEZUELA: Lurching Towards Political Chaos and Recession
- GREECE: How Gazprom Will Get Control of Greece’s Pipeline Potential
- TURKEY-TURKMENISTAN: 12 Energy Deals Solidify Cooperation
- This Week in Energy: The Ethanol Debacle Heats Up
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 6th, 2013
- Bidders Line up for First US Offshore Wind Auction
- Canadian Company Strikes Deal for LNG Exports to Europe
- Is a Freefall in Oil Prices Really Underway?
- Has Piracy Around the Horn of Africa Gone?
- Perfect Storm of Refinery Outages Causes Gas Prices to Soar in Indiana
- US “Deeply Troubled” by Iran’s Refusal to Give UN New Nuclear Reactor Plans
- Gabon to Seize Oil Field from Sinopec as Contract Dispute Deteriorates
- Abe Announces $302 Billion Plan to Restructure Japan’s Electricity Industry
- 124 Illegal Chinese Gold Miners Arrested in Ghana
- Junior Explorers Set to Benefit Most if Obama Approves Exports of LNG
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 5th, 2013
- Free Market LNG: the Next “Endless Bid?”
- U.S. Sinks Nails in Iranian Economic Coffin
- No End to BP Settlement Deal
- Thailand’s Energy Shortages Raise Political Temperature
- As Climate Change Worsens, US Corn Ethanol becomes Uneconomical
- The Grid Gets a Very Big Lithium Ion Battery
- Keystone XL Focus Allows Enbridge to Develop Larger Pipeline Network in Peace
- China Retaliates to EU’s Solar Panel Tariffs with Probe into European Winemakers
- Shale Boom Causing Labour War Amongst Chemical Companies
- Japan’s Largest Refining Company to Build $9 Billion Refinery in Vietnam
- China Begins Testing of Mega Water Project
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 4th, 2013
- Oil More Likely to Divide Lebanon than Unite it
- Wake-Up Call for Turkey’s AKP
- China Continues to Reduce Rare Earth Production as Prices Fall
- Crude Oil Glut Forecast for 2014
- Humanity Imperiled - The Path to Disaster
- British MoD Predicts Oil Prices to Reach $500 a Barrel by 2040
- Gazprom Set to Cut Natural Gas Prices to Europe Again
- Banks Waiting for Rosneft to Hold $15 Billion Asset Sale it Promised them
- Ikeuchi Towel, First Japanese Firm to Obtain 100% Energy from Wind
- Severn Trent Water Company Rejects £5 Billion Takeover Bid
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for June 3rd, 2013
- Technical Review of the Energy Markets – 4th June 2013
- Will Rail Run Out of Steam Post-Keystone?
- Lots of Energy, Little Access: Africa and Asia in the Dark
- Niger’s Uranium Facilities Under Assault
- Marketing has Created an Overinflated Demand for Energy in the West
- Boom in Production of ‘Technological Barrels’ of Oil Drives Prices Down
- iGas Vastly Increases UK Shale Gas Estimates to 170 Trillion Cubic Feet
- New Machine can Print PV Solar Cells at a Rate of 10 Metres a Minute
- Total Partner with Exxon Mobil and Kufpec in South Sudan
- New Tax System Spurs BP to Invest $1 Billion in Alaska’s North Slope
- Spread between WTI and Brent Increases as Cushing Overflows
- Why Did Solar Stocks Soar?
- Commodity Update: Open Interest Analysis for May 31st, 2013
- EU has Already Surpassed Kyoto Protocol Emissions Reduction Target
- If Oil Prices Rise the EU May not Survive
- Four EVs that Offer an Affordable Alternative to Tesla
- Total to Pay $398.2 Million in Damages for Bribing Iranian Officials
- Rising Costs are Putting Limits on Energy Production
- Is Iraq Capable of Becoming the Largest Oil Producer in the World
- Myanmar Attracting Major Energy Investors
- Relentless Buffett Woos Nevada
- Moscow Eager to Retain Azeri Oil Transit
- The Next Step for the Shale Boom: Using Chinook Engines as Fracking Pumps
