(4 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Iraq Oil Output to Rival Saudi Arabia, if" After decades of dictatorship, war and international sanctions, Iraq's massive oil reserves are set to be tapped proper. If the seven oil projects awarded to foreign oil companies this weekend, and the three from an auction earlier this year, develop as planned, within eight years, Iraq will see its oil production capacity leap to more than 12 million barrels per day (bpd).

SHARE        Thursday, December 24, 2009
China Secures Gas Supply From Turkmenistan: Who's the True Winner? A look at the Central Asia--"China gas pipeline that links Turkmenistan's natural gas fields on the Caspian Sea to the Western Chinese border in the Xinjiang province. It also analyzes the impact this has on Russia, China, Turkmenistan and what this means for Gazprom.

SHARE        Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Africa's Increasing Importance in Worldwide Energy Security Affairs As the major powers gather energy resources worldwide, political tensions are on the rise. China Russia and America are now seeing the strategic importance Africa can play in their nations' energy security and all three are courting resource rich countries in the region.

SHARE        Wednesday, December 9, 2009
What's Happening With Iraq's Oil As multinational military forces have left Iraq, international petroleum companies have eagerly descended -- seduced by the long-term potential of vast oil reserves off-limits to foreigners for decades. Yet lingering violence, legal questions and political uncertainty make doing business in this country a gamble.

SHARE        Friday, December 4, 2009
Iran's Nuclear Ambitions Highlight the potential of Uranium and Nuclear Power Following Iran's announcement today that they plan to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, nuclear power once again finds itself in the headlines. But although Iran's plans are being vilified by the media, governments and environmentalists have both admitted that Nuclear power is the only viable alternative to Oil and gas and also essential to averting further damage from Global warming.

(6 comments) SHARE        Friday, November 27, 2009
Solar Energy Showing Promising Signs After Years of Disappointment After years of over promising and under delivering, the solar Industry is finally starting to show some interesting developments which have the potential to make solar power as cheap as fossil fuel on a cost-per-watt basis within five years. We take a look at some of the latest technical and product developments in the Solar Industry and the companies behind them.

SHARE        Monday, November 23, 2009
Distorted IEA Oil Reserve Figures Create Biofuel Opportunities In "White Gold" Region of Central Asia Did the EIA deliberately put out distorted key Oil projections under intense pressure from the Bush Administration. What does this mean for the Oil Industry and what opportunities does it create, especially in the Biofuels arena.

(1 comments) SHARE        Friday, November 20, 2009
The Great Geopolitical Battle Over Energy Transit Routes An extraordinary game of Geo-strategy is underway to lock in long term agreements in the energy sector. At a global level, the transit routes of future oil & gas pipelines become the object of a power struggle involving not only the suppliers and end-users but also the transit countries.

(1 comments) SHARE        Saturday, November 14, 2009
The Untapped Energy Riches of Uzbekistan An in depth look by one of Washington's top energy advisers at the central Asian region and the resources currently up for grabs. Uzbekistan is one of the world's largest producers of Natural Gas, but it's landlocked location makes it difficult for Oil Companies and countries to access the resources. Could the pacification of Afghanistan be the best chance they have of fully utilizing the Natural gas?

(3 comments) SHARE        Friday, October 30, 2009
Oil is not a Villain! Here's what it's done for us Oil is the most versatile and energy dense resource we have yet to discover. Often foolishly bedeviled by green energy supporters as a polluting fossil fuel, we would all of us in fact be in a very sorry state and many of the so called “green energy options” that now are hovering somewhere in the future would be nothing but mere “pipe dreams!”