An argument rages over whether it is thieves and saboteurs, or oil companies that are mainly to blame for oil-spill damage in the Niger Delta Read more...
Statoil CEO Helge Lund talks to Petroleum Economist about the effects of the US Gulf oil spill on the global deep-water industry and gas's leading role in a low-carbon future. Miles Lang reports from Stavanger Read more...
Cenovus open to Chinese investment Cenovus's extensive oil-sands resources mean "decades of double-digit growth". And the firm may accelerate development through a series of partnerships – possibly with Chinese investors. Exclusive interview with Brian Ferguson
Testing times for refining margins With demand for transport fuels set to weaken seasonally as the northern summer ends, refining margins are forecast to come under renewed pressure...read more
Global refinery construction survey The volume of new refining capacity under construction or reasonably firmly planned worldwide represents an increase of 10% on existing capacity...read more
Indonesia gears up for CBM production With an eye on a growing domestic gas market and the possibility of exports, investors are sizing up Indonesia's large untapped coal-bed methane reserves...read more
Cenovus open to Chinese investment Cenovus may accelerate oil-sands development through a series of partnerships – possibly with Chinese investors. Chief executive Brian Ferguson talks to PE...read more
E.On adjusts to difficult times E.On is weathering the economic storm, but uncertain German nuclear policy and high gas-procurement costs remain a threat to its bottom line...read more
Abu Dhabi makes big low-carbon claims Renewable energy can deliver 7% of Abu Dhabi's electricity by 2020, the emirate claims. If the plan works, it could bring a shift in power generation across the region...read more
Russia has trumped Nabucco for Central Asian gas Last year Russia improved the gas-pricing scheme under which it buys Central Asian gas. It's a move that now seems to have rung the death knell for the Nabucco pipeline...read more
Russia's petroleum-taxation dilemma The petroleum fiscal regime in Russia is ineffective and confusing for investors. Could an economic-rent tax cut the Gordian knot?...read more
Nick Grealy, shale-gas missionary Shale gas has transformed the US energy industry. Nick Grealy thinks it is the golden ticket for the rest of the world, too...read more
United States: Worried, big oil fights back The API has launched a campaign to mobilise Americans against anti-oil-industry legislation it says would hinder economic growth, cost jobs and erode energy security...read more
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