Natural Gas Review: Boring Is Beautiful
Filed under: GenerationNatural gas prices will remain little-changed from their current levels over the remainder of the year and into 2012, analysts said as they review the fuel's recovery from a...
View ArticleOil Majors Seek Power Of The Sun
Filed under: TechnologyUsing solar-powered facilities in enhanced oil recovery has attracted widespread attention in the industry, and now the sector's largest firms are moving the technology out of...
View ArticleBarclays Closes US Carbon Desk In Latest Cap And Trade Setback
Filed under: DealmakingA major European bank closed its US carbon trading business this week in a sign that 2012 is a "make-or-break" year for cap-and-trade programs designed to fight climate change....
View ArticleOil Prices Set For a Bumpy Ride in 2012
Filed under: DealmakingAlthough Iranian geopolitical risk could ease in the second quarter of 2012, the global oil market remains tight, with considerable risk to both the upside and downside, says...
View ArticleCoal Versus Gas Power Generation Dynamics: Who's Buying and Who's Selling?
Filed under: DealmakingWith natural gas competing more strongly than ever with coal for power generation due to near commodity price parity, the mergers and acquisitions market for utilities has...
View ArticleOil Companies Clamoring for Ultra-deepwater Rigs
Filed under: TechnologyThe global fleet of ultra-deepwater oil rigs was increasing steadily until April 2010, when regulatory aftershocks from BP's Macondo disaster slowed its overall growth rate. But...
View ArticleBig Banks Await US Carbon-trading while Focusing on Core Energy Plays
Filed under: DealmakingThe major investment banks remain heavily engaged in the energy markets, hedging fuel prices and even producing energy for their own or their clients' benefit. But Brad Hintz, a...
View ArticleGlobal Oil Industry Spending Happening Outside North America in 2013
Filed under: DealmakingSustained growth in spending on exploration and production across the globe will focus on plays outside North America, a survey from a global bank concludes, despite the...
View ArticleTech Advantages Favor 'Big Three' Firms in Oil Services
Filed under: TechnologyThe largest energy services companies are set to benefit from a focus on oil drilling in the US as the shale oil boom in North America continues, analysts at Barclays claim, even...
View ArticleJapanese Bank Signs on to Support First US Offshore Wind Farm
Filed under: DealmakingOffshore wind energy has been challenging to develop in the US despite significant promise and comparative access on the East Coast to major load centers. Finding financing is a...
View ArticleEIA Sees Oil Price Differentials Narrowing, US Natural Gas Prices Increasing
Filed under: DealmakingChanging oil market dynamics appear set to reduce the wide price differential between Brent crude oil and WTI that developed within the past few years, the Energy Information...
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