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It’s a mystery worthy of a detective novel: as US consumption patterns have changed, an estimated 4 million barrels a day of the country’s oil demand has simply vanished. Shaun Polczer investigates
Two years on from the Macondo, safety technology is taking centre stage for deep-water operators. Justin Jacobs reports.
Total came close to disaster at its Elgin gasfield in the UK North Sea in late March when it lost control of a troublesome well, drilled at extreme HP/HT conditions. Martin Quinlan reports
Lukoil has ambitious plans for the next 10 years – it wants to boost dividend payouts, quadruple its market value and ramp up production. More than anything else, chief executive Vagit Alekperov tells Anthea Pitt, the firm wants to stake a claim in Russia’s deep-water play
Russia’s second-largest oil producer has high hopes for its future growth, but there are difficulties ahead, writes NJ Watson
Chesapeake Energy was a pioneer of the US unconventionals rush, but as gas prices continue to plunge, the firm’s position looks increasingly difficult, writes NJ Watson
Petroplus collapsed into administration in January, dashing hopes for the low-cost business model favoured by the independents and underlining the troubles in Europe's refining sector, Martin Quinlan writes
A year of survival and consolidation lies ahead, with over-capacity hanging over the oil-shipping industry, writes Ian Lewis
The financial woes of the US’ largest unconventional gas players could not only destabilise the energy sector, they pose a threat to the wider economy, argues Dr Ruud Weijermars*
The oil curse is spreading to new petroleum producers. Derek Brower reviews a new book which explains why oil's grip remains so powerful and what can be done about it
Despite increased shale-gas production and slumping prices, the business and environmental opposition against liquefaction plants grows stronger and louder, writes Kwok W Wan
Japanese trading houses are reinventing their role in the gas game fuelled by a stronger yen, healthy balance sheets and a new political vigor. Damon Evans reports
The Japanese government has declared two reactors safe to restart. Now it must convince a traumatised Japanese public that nuclear remains the best route to recovery.
On May Day, it will be six years since President Evo Morales nationalised Bolivia’s gas sector. The anniversary offers Morales the opportunity to hail the success of his strategy in boosting production, but has it also sown the seeds of the sector’s long-term decline? Justin Jacobs reports.
A year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan’s atomic future remains in the balance. Kwok W Wan reports