Posts Tagged ‘Gas’
Tue Aug 10, 2010 17:03 BST |
One area of significant interest in the US energy market over the past eighteen months has been hydrocarbons extracted from shale. Strong industry interest in shale-derived gas may yet reverse the medium-term decline in US natural gas production. Shale deposits are widespread across the US, but concentrated in states such as Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania [Read more...]
Tags: environmental concerns, Gas, hydraulic fracturing, LNG, oil, shale, US
Posted in: Commodities, General, US, oil and gas
Thu Jul 1, 2010 16:27 BST |
In response to Iran’s non-compliance with the UN over its nuclear programme, and its continued support for terrorist organisations, the US Congress on June 24 passed the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010 – an amendment to the original Iran Sanctions Act of 1996.
As expected, the act tightened restrictions against Iranian commercial [Read more...]
Tags: BP, energy, EU, Gas, gasoline, Gulf of Mexico, Iran, nuclear programme, oil, oil spill, sanctions, Tony Hayward, UN, US
Posted in: FDI, General, Geopolitics, Middle East, Political Risk
Mon Jan 19, 2009 16:43 GMT |
I love January. While most of my colleagues sit around the office complaining about the weather and the extra pounds they’ve put on over the holidays, I sit at my desk staring at the computer screen with a big grin on my face. What’s not to love? In addition to the underlying feelings of rebirth [Read more...]
Tags: Dispute, Gas, Gazprom, Naftogaz, Putin, Russia, Tymoshenko, Ukraine
Posted in: Currencies, Emerging Europe, General, Geopolitics, Political Risk, US
Wed Jan 7, 2009 17:09 GMT |
The economic data from Russia continues to get worse, confirming my view that the country is headed straight for a recession in 2009. The latest comes from state-owned bank VTB, which released its Purchasing Manager’s Index-based GDP indicator on January 7. The reading implied that the Russian economy is already contracting, having collapsed to its [Read more...]
Tags: Gas, Medvedev, Politics, Putin, recession, Russia, Ukraine
Posted in: Emerging Europe, General, Geopolitics, Political Risk