Energy Tribune

Looking Back at Offshore for 2007
By Matt Pickard May. 12, 2008
High oil demand is here to stay, and the offshore industry continues to boom.

Seward’s Folly…Not!
By John W. Reeder May. 12, 2008
He bought vast mineral riches for pennies on the dollar. If only every U.S. politician were so foolish.

The Electricity Gap
By Robert Bryce Apr. 22, 2008
When it comes to economic growth, the vital commodity is always electricity.

E.U. Facing Business Backlash
By Peter Glover Apr. 18, 2008
Europe finds that cutting carbon emissions is far easier said than done.

Pakistan’s Ongoing Electricity Shortage
By Muhammad Abd al-Hameed Apr. 18, 2008
Pakistan, the world’s sixth most populous country, has a power crisis. And it’s not political power – it’s electric power.

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Wanted: Evil Minions for Long Hours, Rough Conditions, Constant Criticism
By Mac Johnson May. 12, 2008
The energy industry is almost universally criticized and hated. And for some reason the number of people wanting to work in it are in short supply.

A Breath of Fresh Air at a Climate Change Conference
By Joseph D’Aleo May. 02, 2008
The Heartland Institute along with 20 other supporting organizations sponsored the First International Conference on Climate Change in New York City on March 2-4. Over 500 people attended, with a cross section of specialties from Australia, Canada, England, France, Hungary, New Zealand, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and of course, the U.S.

Energy Tribune Speaks with Robert Hart
By Robert Bryce Apr. 24, 2008
Robert Hart, president of Hart Energy Partners, corresponded with Robert Bryce via e-mail.

Argentina’s Natural Gas Shortage
By Gerardo Jimenez Apr. 22, 2008
With over 50 percent of Argentina’s internal energy consumption derived from natural gas, it’s clear that it depends heavily on the fuel for residential, industrial, and transportation purposes.

Reliable Gas? Not for Iran, Turkey, Europe
By David Wood Apr. 18, 2008
An unprecedented cold winter for much of the Middle East and the Caspian region highlighted the unreliability of regional gas supplies. The cold weather resulted in heated rhetoric, as Turkmenistan temporarily stopped shipping gas to Iran.

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British Energy Takeover and the Case for Europe’s Nuclear Future
By Andres Cala May. 12, 2008
The eventual takeover of British Energy, the U.K.’s biggest utility, could be a test case for the future of Europe’s nuclear industry.

Latin America on Verge of New Nuclear Age
By Randy Woods Apr. 16, 2008
Latin America’s three leading economies – Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico – have dusted off old blueprints for nuclear generators and are developing projects that could more than double the region’s capacity from the power source.

China's Nuclear Sector Beats Forecast
By Lee Geng Apr. 10, 2008
China’s nuclear power projects are developing faster than anticipated, forcing the government to revise its planned nuclear power capacity upward by 50 percent.

Spain Poised to Embrace Nuclear
By Andres Cala Feb. 12, 2008
Spain is already a trend-setter as the world’s second largest generator of green energy. And now it’s poised to embody the E.U.’s ideal policy of simultaneously embracing renewable and nuclear energies.

Iran Offered A Nuclear Compromise
By Peter Glover Jan. 21, 2008
Gulf Arab leaders have put a compromise to Iran’s nuclear standoff on the table. “We have reached a solution, which is to create a consortium for all users of enriched uranium in the Middle East,” Prince Saud al-Faisal recently told the Middle East Economic Forum.

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Indigenous Rights Take Center Stage in Latin America
By Randy Woods May. 12, 2008
Latin America’s political landscape has changed dramatically in the last decade. Democracy took a stronger hold throughout the region, especially in countries like Mexico and Peru, and more recently, governments have turned farther left in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile – and of course, Venezuela.

Brazil’s Booming Private Power Producers
By Randy Woods Apr. 22, 2008
Business is booming for private-sector generators in Brazil, despite the fact that the government is playing a major role in developing a new wave of nuclear reactors and large-scale hydroelectric plants.

Cuba’s Oil: So Close and Yet So Far
By Randy Woods Apr. 18, 2008
Last month’s conference call held by Sherritt, the Canadian natural resources company, was remarkable for what wasn’t said.

Peru Mulls New Natural Gas Markets
By Randy Woods Apr. 16, 2008
Peru faces a peculiar predicament for a South American country. As many of its neighbors face moderate to severe natural gas restrictions, Peru is wondering what to do with all its recently discovered gas.

Trinidad & Tobago Looks to Stem Reserves Decline
By Randy Woods Apr. 10, 2008
Just about everyone in the government of Trinidad & Tobago knows Ryder Scott. After all, it was the Houston-based reservoir appraisal firm’s 2007 report that gave the government a major fright by showing that the Caribbean country could run out of domestic natural gas supplies by 2019.

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Would You Buy PetroChina’s Shares?
By Lee Geng May. 12, 2008
Would you buy a company’s shares when it can’t even control the price of its product? That’s the question for potential PetroChina investors.

Subsidizing Power in Guangdong
By Lee Geng Apr. 22, 2008
Authorities in southern China’s Guangdong Province are subsidizing power plants to offset losses caused by rising fuel costs, part of the government’s efforts to keep up power production to meet the summer’s surging demand.

Beijing Clearing Air Ahead of Olympics
By Lee Geng Apr. 18, 2008
In an effort to improve Beijing’s dismal air quality before the Olympic Games, authorities are closing factories and implementing stricter sulfur standards for motor fuel.

LNG Deals Speed Terminal Projects
By Lee Geng Apr. 16, 2008
Recent deals for China to import significantly more liquefied natural gas (LNG) have sped up the government approval procedure for construction startups at as many as five receiving terminals this year.

Promising More Renewables in China
By Lee Geng Apr. 10, 2008
China will aggressively promote the development of renewable energy so it accounts for 10 percent of the country’s energy mix by 2010, up from the current 7.5 percent. Or at least, that’s the plan.

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Rosneft Passes Lukoil On Output, Not Profitability
By Pavel Romanov May. 12, 2008
In 2007, Rosneft’s oil output finally surpassed Lukoil’s. The state-controlled giant produced 711 million barrels of crude, while Lukoil pumped 676 million.

Sakhalin-1 Output Drops
By Pavel Romanov Apr. 24, 2008
Sakhalin, one of the highest-profile energy projects in the world, is following the trend of Russia’s entire oil sector: falling production.

Gazprom Investing in the Ethanol Scam
By Pavel Romanov Apr. 22, 2008
The ethanol scam may soon be speaking Russian. Gazprom has announced that it will invest some $220 million in Russia’s first ethanol plant.

U.E.S. Sells Assets to Finns for $3 Billion
By Pavel Romanov Apr. 18, 2008
Unified Energy Systems (U.E.S.) of Russia is selling its power generating companies to private investors as part of the company’s restructuring effort.

Unprofitable East-Siberian Pipeline
By Pavel Romanov Apr. 16, 2008
One of Russia’s most ambitious energy projects is undergoing serious revisions due to questions about its financial viability.

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