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Pipeline Politics: Russia, Turkey Clash Over Energy As Syria Rift Shifts Focus To German Line
Pipeline Politics: Russia, Turkey Clash Over Energy As Syria Rift Shifts Focus To German Line In June, we noted that Russia had signed an MOU with Shell, E.On and OMV to double the capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline, the shortest route from Russian gas fields to Europe. Here is a helpful visual: What you’ll note from […]
Six Reasons Natural Gas Prices Are Staying Down
Six Reasons Natural Gas Prices Are Staying Down The critical natural gas transit country, Ukraine, reached a supply agreement in the last week of September with the EU’s largest fuel supply partner: Russia. One could argue that this agreement could actually have come too late. Natural gas supply to Europe heading into winter 2015 seems more secure […]
‘Sanction Spiral’: Russian Natural Gas Exports to Europe Soar
‘Sanction Spiral’: Russian Natural Gas Exports to Europe Soar The infamous “sanction spiral” imposed on Russia by the US and Europe with such fanfare last year in the wake of the Ukrainian fiasco has receded from Western headlines. In Russia, it coagulated with the oil price plunge, and during the first two quarters this year, the economy […]
Preparedness Tip: Cooking Without Power, Part 1
Preparedness Tip: Cooking Without Power, Part 1 Thanks to a reliable power grid Americans aren’t used to the “lights going out” often, but when they do many are surprised to also lose their cooking means—stovetop elements, ovens, microwaves, toasters, and coffeemakers. Everything Americans use on a daily basis for food preparation needs a plug. Even […]
Jeffrey Brown: To Understand The Oil Story, You Need To Understand Exports
Jeffrey Brown: To Understand The Oil Story, You Need To Understand Exports Peak Oil is very much alive Despite the attention-grabbing economic volatility that is grabbing headlines, it’s important to keep our eye on the energy story firmly in focus. This is especially true as the headlines we regularly read about Peak Oil being dead […]
War Drums Beating: Bulgaria Blocks Russian Access To Its Airspace For Syria Flights
War Drums Beating: Bulgaria Blocks Russian Access To Its Airspace For Syria Flights On Monday we flagged a notable escalation in the build up to the geopolitical “main event” in Syria where, thanks largely to the West’s ambition to break Gazprom’s leverage over Europe, the US and Russia are one “accidental” run-in away from taking the “proxy” […]
Global Demand Picture For Natural Gas Looks Increasingly Sour
Global Demand Picture For Natural Gas Looks Increasingly Sour Bearish moods seemed to have permanently settled in energy markets. The first and most obvious victim of the nosediving oil prices has been natural gas. Once seen invincible, liquefied natural gas (LNG) growth could now be racing to the edge of a cliff. Falling natural gas […]
Malaysia Meltdown: Asian Currency Crisis 2.0 Sends Ringgit, Stocks, Bonds Crashing
Malaysia Meltdown: Asian Currency Crisis 2.0 Sends Ringgit, Stocks, Bonds Crashing When China went the “nuclear” (to quote SocGen) devaluation route earlier this week in a last ditch effort to rescue its export-driven economy from the perils of an increasingly painful dollar peg, everyone knew things were about to get a whole lot worse for […]
Big Natural Gas Driller Bites Dust, ‘Smart Money’ Gets Crushed
Big Natural Gas Driller Bites Dust, ‘Smart Money’ Gets Crushed Natural gas driller Samson Resources is planning to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by August 15, when a $110 million interest payment comes due on $2.25 billion of senior unsecured junk bonds, Bloomberg reported, citing “two people with knowledge of the matter.” Samson doesn’t have the money, […]
Is Natural Gas As Clean As We Think?
Is Natural Gas As Clean As We Think? This week U.S. President Barack Obama took aim at the American coal industry as part of a comprehensive climate change plan to limit air emissions from what many consider the country’s worst polluter. Under the plan, states will have until 2030 to cut CO2 levels by a third from […]
Once Burned, Twice Shy? Utica Shale Touted to Investors As Shale Drillers Continue Posting Losses
Once Burned, Twice Shy? Utica Shale Touted to Investors As Shale Drillers Continue Posting Losses For the past several weeks, the drilling industry — hammered by bad financial results — has begun promoting its next big thing: the Utica shale, generating the sort of headlines you might have seen five years ago, when the shale […]
A Reality Check For U.S. Natural Gas Ambitions
A Reality Check For U.S. Natural Gas Ambitions Something unusual happened while we were focused on the global oil-price collapse–the increase in U.S. shale gas production stalled (Figure 1). Figure 1. U.S. shale gas production. Source: EIA and Labyrinth Consulting Services, Inc. (click image to enlarge) Total shale gas production for June was basically flat […]
It’s Happening: Debt Is Tearing up the Fracking Revolution
It’s Happening: Debt Is Tearing up the Fracking Revolution The shares of Chesapeake Energy, second largest natural-gas driller in the US, crashed nearly 10% today, to $9.29, the lowest price since August 2003, down nearly 70% since oil began to plunge a year ago. The company’s $1.1 billion of 5.75% notes fell to an all-time low […]
Natural Gas Needs To Clean Up Its Act
Natural Gas Needs To Clean Up Its Act To call natural gas ‘clean’ would be a misnomer. Natural gas is a fossil fuel that emits carbon dioxide when burned and is an important contributor to climate change. The general consensus, however, is that when compared to oil (and petroleum products) or coal, natural gas it is by […]
