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Colombia predicts a bright upstream future, as oil production rises
The recession has not damaged Colombia's petroleum industry, says the country's upstream regulator. Tom Nicholls reports
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Back to square one for Pemex's challenging Chicontepec oil project
Mexico's ambitious Chicontepec oil project risks turning into a multi-billion dollar boondoggle, but executives and regulators still think the project can be salvaged, reports Robert Olson
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Canada's climate-change wait
Forget Copenhagen. The climate-change decisions that will affect Canada's oil and gas industries will come from another capital – and it isn't Ottawa, writes Derek Brower
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Rough times for US oil refiners
If the US oil refining industry is a roller-coaster ride, it is on a dizzying downward plunge as demand drops and prices rise, writes Anne Feltus
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Offshore Alaska: the upstream oil industry's next frontier
Alaska could hold impressive offshore oil reserves, writes Anne Feltus
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China making moves into the US' renewable energy industry
The US and China have embarked on unprecedented co-operation in clean-energy technologies, writes Anne Feltus
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ExxonMobil plays the long-term game
Despite falling profits, ExxonMobil's long-term, global approach to the oil and gas industry ensures the company remains highly valued by large institutional investors, writes NJ Watson
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A new reality for the EU gas market
Recession, new import infrastructure and a global gas-supply glut have changed the fundamentals of the European natural gas sector, writes Derek Brower
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Nigeria's gas conundrum
The Nigerian gas sector remains short on investment and direction, but IOCs remain committed to the country and now Russia's Gazprom is securing its position, writes Ian Lewis
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Russian companies head east to cement oil and gas ties with China
China and Russia have entered a new phase of strategic energy co-operation, re-orientating Russia's Euro-centric oil and gas trade towards the east, writes Isabel Gorst
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Offshore operations and maintenance – a growing market
Sustaining oil and gas output depends on investment in offshore operation and maintenance, writes Thom Payne of Douglas-Westwood
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Independent oil storage: fundamentals help to overcome the fears
The worldwide independent oil-storage business emerges from a testing year in better shape than many had forecast, Martin Quinlan writes
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Surprising resilience in Singapore's oil-storage market
Singapore's independent oil-storage market has not exactly shrugged off the effects of a sharp increase in capacity, at a time of troubled economies worldwide – but its resilience has surprised many, Martin Quinlan writes
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ARA: sighs of relief from European oil-storage operators
Some sectors of the independent oil-storage business at the big ARA ports have felt the effects of the world's economic troubles, but structural changes have helped to maintain utilisation rates, Martin Quinlan writes
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Oil market contango keeps US tank terminals at capacity
With the oil market in contango, traders have a strong incentive to put crude and refined products into storage, which is good news for tank-farm operators, writes Anne Feltus
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Solar-power subsidies spur growth
The growth of the German and Spanish solar industries is tailing off, but other countries are taking up the slack, writes Ian Lewis
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Swell builds for wave power
Wave power has still to be proved as a viable renewable energy source on a large scale. But its promise is growing, writes Ian Lewis
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Oil, money and greed
A new book tells the story of the oil industry's boom-bust cycle through the personalities of its main protagonists. It isn't always a flattering portrait, writes Derek Brower