Russia: Experts Say ’05 Oil Growth to Slow
Russia’s oil output and export growth is likely to slow by almost 40 percent in 2005 as the ruin of top major Yukos, higher taxes and a pipeline bottleneck put the brakes on a five-year boom.
Dmitry Zhdannikov
A Christmas Wishlist from Bagdad…
A Christmas wishlist from from one of the most energy rich nations on Earth but where the electricity rarely functions…
China invests heavily in Sudan’s oil industry
LEAL, Sudan — On this flat and dusty African plain, China’s largest energy company is pumping crude oil, sending it 1,000 miles upcountry through a Chinese-made pipeline to the Red Sea, where tankers wait to ferry it to China’s industrial cities.
Enbridge May Offer China Oil-Sands Pipeline Stake
Enbridge Inc. may offer an equity stake in a Canadian oil sands pipeline to a Chinese investor, but is concentrating efforts on attracting shippers for the C$2.5 billion ($2 billion) proposal, a spokesman said on Thursday.
Renewable Energy Markets (US)
Analysis of how US customers buy into biomass energy technologies, examples of renewable power suppliers, how Renewable Energy Certificates work, and where providers are now operating.
Peak Oil – Peak Technology
As the energy crisis intensifies, a myriad of technical solutions are being proposed. Governments, corporations and scientists are not offering new creative solutions, not because they are failing to make strong efforts, but because energy itself is a very mature industry.
Peak Oil Economics & Money – What Underwrites our Dollar?
How will the impact of Peak Oil affect the market for precious metals and fiat monetary systems?
Global Relocalization — A Call to Action
The imminent peaking of global oil production and the fact that natural gas production has already peaked in North America could be the catalyst for positive transformation of industrial society. It could also be a recipe for disaster.
Horrific on the harbor
A new study states that a terrorist attack on an LNG tanker would cause horrific fires, causing major injuries and significant damage to buildings a third of a mile away and second-degree burns on people more than a mile away.
Venezuela’s Chavez arrives in China with eye on oil deals
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Beijing for an official visit that aims to bolster his country’s oil deals with the Asian giant, state media and officials said.
Gabon: Calls for Fair Division of a Diminishing Pie
An oil rich nation, where a minority is accused of benefiting disproportionately from mineral wealth…Clashes between police and the inhabitants of oil-producing areas that result in deaths…A scene from Nigeria? No – Ndolou, in south-western Gabon.
Putin hints at China alliance for Yukos oil
Gazprom, Russia’s state-controlled gas monopoly, could team up with the China National Petroleum Corporation to develop the Yukos oil company’s main production asset, sold to a mystery bidder on Sunday.
