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Back in the oil-price cycle
Markets
Opec cuts and the market shrugs
The global economic downturn is eroding oil demand. Opec's cut last month – 1.5m b/d – might slow the fall in oil prices, but the outlook is bleak for producers, writes Derek Brower
Mergers and acquisitions
The price is right
The credit crisis presents cash-rich companies with a buying opportunity, writes Tom Nicholls
Canada
Testing times for Alberta's oil sands
With project costs rising and credit hard to secure, forecasts for oil-sands production are being scaled back, writes WJ Simpson
Confusion reigns over energy policy
October's federal election barely changed the balance of power, but the Conservative party's energy plans face growing opposition, writes WJ Simpson
The Report Card
Gazprom: the mighty is falling
With its share price in free fall, how will Gazprom's plan for world domination be affected? Derek Brower reports
Russia
Nord Stream inches closer
Gazprom's plan to supply Europe with two new pipelines has received an unlikely boost from the EU. But opposition is still strong, writes Derek Brower
Liquefied natural gas
Sellers' market here to stay
An LNG supply crunch looks inevitable around 2011/13, but what about the years beyond, asks Alex Forbes?
Alaskan export future under pressure
Plenty more from Africa
Africa's LNG export capacity – already more than a quarter of the world total – could double over the coming five years, with more to come after that if plans under discussion firm up. The main brakes on development are rising construction costs and, in Nigeria, security concerns, Martin Quinlan writes
Australia's grand plans
There are plans for up to 68m t/y of new export capacity in Australia. If all these projects come to fruition, they would help to relieve an increasingly tight supply situation, writes Ian Lewis
CSG 4 LNG: a fine romance?
The majors are fighting over coal-seam gas, conventional natural gas' ugly sister. But how long will the infatuation last? Ian Lewis writes
Markets
World economy enters the deep freeze
Exploration and production
Iraq: IOCs offered tough upstream terms
US: Offshore drilling ban expires
Angola: More deep-water success for BP and Eni
Cuba claims oil jackpot
Norway: Record APA applications
Recruitment
Plugging the capability gap
Natural gas
Turkmenistan: Proved reserves sufficient to meet export contracts
Iran: LNG projects on hold as pipeline plans take centre stage
Russia targets South Korea
Nigeria: Pipeline to Europe back on the agenda
Alternative energy
Staying green in a crisis
Portugal: Surf's up
Power
Turkey: Attempts to diversify energy supply, hit a wall and a US blockade
News in brief
The future-fuels puzzle
No-one knows what the future of transportation will look like, but Shell's Jack Jacometti believes GTL fuel will form a big part of the puzzle. Interview by Tom Nicholls
Oil prices on the slide
Oil production continues to decline
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