E.On expects gas-demand growth in Europe this year, but shale-gas development could fundamentally alter the continent's market, leaving Gazprom out in the cold Read more...
The shale-gas revolution that started with the drillers is entering the boardrooms. Expect the North American gas scene to look very different in coming years Read more...
Exports of Algerian LNG are falling and new projects are delayed; there is trouble at the top of Sonatrach; and IOCs have snubbed recent licensing rounds Read more...
Developments in the US and Australian unconventional gas sectors have grabbed the headline in recent years, but new regions are about to step into the limelight Read more...
Anadarko's award-winning year With valuable exploration acreage in the US and overseas, and oil and gas production on the rise, Anadarko is one of 2010's prime acquisition targets...read more
Oil and gas M&A set for revival With oil and gas companies' balance sheets in better shape and some prime assets back on the market, corporate activity is set to accelerate...read more
The global glut of LNG The LNG business has changed drastically in the past two years, from fears of a production shortfall, to a supply glut...read more
The rise of climate-change scepticism Forget the failure of the Copenhagen summit. The real threat to the war on climate change could be the gathering swell of scepticism of the whole endeavour...read more
The oil world and its villains In a new book, journalist Peter Maass takes a voyage into the troubled regions of the world and finds oil corrupting almost everything it touches...read more
Correction
The January 2010 edition of Petroleum Economist wrongly identified Exillon Energy as listed on London's Alternative Investment Market. Exillon is listed on the main market
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...read more
