McNeill Interview with Noam Chomsky
Chomsky discusses Iraq, parallels/differences with Vietnam and 9-11.
Seeking Iraq’s oil prize
The Iraqi government that emerges from Sunday’s election may open its oil business to foreign investment, and international petroleum companies are jockeying to curry favor with the war-torn country.
Shell oil chief defects to the green lobby
The outgoing chairman of Shell has announced he wants to take up a post with a climate-change charity when he quits the oil giant later this year, writes Jonathan Leake.
It’s Not All Blue Skies for Drilling Project
Expansion of gas wells in Rocky Mountain states will degrade the air at several national parks.
Energy-hungry nation looks to LNG
…as growing demand for natural gas outstrips North America’s conventional supplies, many experts view imports of LNG as the only way to head off decades of soaring prices for businesses and the tens of millions of households that rely on the fuel for heat and electricity.
Deepwater exploration binge off South Africa
Includes report of planned & recent deepwater oil exploration off the coast of South Africa, and some pleasantly frank comments from the head of the SA Petroleum Agency.
Transatlantic alliance to secure fuel supplies
Oil consumers on both sides of the Atlantic on Thursday outlined plans to secure energy supplies and reduce consumption amid growing concern over rising oil prices, potential terrorist threats and surging demand from avoracious China.
Chinese VP in Caracas to sign deals
Venezuela has hailed the visit of Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong as a productive trip that will yield several multi-billion trade deals, mainly in the oil and gas sectors.
Japan vows to protect gas field from China
Japan says it will protect its offshore energy resources after its navy spotted two Chinese destroyers near a disputed gas field in the East China Sea.
The scramble for oil is globalizing the G-7
The Group of 7 leading industrialized nations is not what it used to be. That was amply demonstrated during the energy scare last year, when the most powerful economies stood impotent in the face of surging energy costs that threatened global growth.
Cherished oil myths: OPEC overcapacity
The myth or belief in OPEC overcapacity is a key cheap oil myth. The opposite myth, or rather belief is increasingle easy to prove: both OPEC and non-OPEC suppliers are not able to keep pace with world demand, their own domestic oil consumption, and ward off depletion losses.
Venezuela sidelines US oil companies
Access to some of the most coveted oil reserves in the Western Hemisphere is at stake, with Venezuela exporting about 1.2 million barrels of oil a day to the United States, or nearly 15 percent of American imports. But the overtures to the Chinese, Russians and Iranians have added to worries among private oil companies that Venezuelan policies toward them are becoming increasingly unpredictable.
