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Same-Day Analysis 12 Mar 10 Pre-Salt Bills Complete Passage Through Brazil's Chamber of Deputies, Attention Turns to Senate

Same-Day Analysis 11 Mar 10 Oil Majors Pick Up Campaign to Modify Nigeria's Petroleum Industry Bill

Same-Day Analysis 10 Mar 10 Indonesia to Halt LNG Exports from Bontang, Arun Terminals by 2020

Same-Day Analysis 9 Mar 10 CNOOC, Sinochem Sign Up to Develop Iraq's Maysan Fields

Same-Day Analysis 8 Mar 10 Tense Wait in Store for Energy Companies in Post-Election Iraq

Same-Day Analysis 5 Mar 10 Oil Bill Now Planned to Precede Jubilee Production in Ghana

Same-Day Analysis 4 Mar 10 Gazprom Gas Export Pricing Under Attack at Home and Abroad

Same-Day Analysis 3 Mar 10 BP Talks Strategy for 2010 and Beyond

Same-Day Analysis 2 Mar 10 China Formulates 10-Year Plan for Green Energy Future

Same-Day Analysis 1 Mar 10 Iraqi Exports Rise, Production Rates Set as Foreign Oil Firms Mobilise

Same-Day Analysis 26 Feb 10 Future of Shell's Gas Deal Uncertain; Iraq Raises 2010 Oil Targets

Same-Day Analysis 25 Feb 10 Production Starts from RasGas Train 7 in Qatar

Same-Day Analysis 24 Feb 10 Dragon Oil Targets Double-Digit Growth in Oil and Gas Production in Turkmenistan

Same-Day Analysis 23 Feb 10 Exploratory Drilling Begins in Waters Off Falkland Islands

Same-Day Analysis 22 Feb 10 Turkish Privatisation Administration Raises US$1.53 bil. in Power Distributor Sell-Off

Same-Day Analysis 19 Feb 10 Russia Alleges Romanian Interest in South Stream Membership as Romania Inks LNG Deal

Same-Day Analysis 18 Feb 10 Rosprirodnadzor Recommends Revocation of TNK-BP's Kovykta Gas Field Licence

Same-Day Analysis 17 Feb 10 Gazprom Secures Victory in Dispute with Russian Customs Service over Export Duties

Same-Day Analysis 16 Feb 10 Colombia's Ecopetrol Sees Q4 Earnings Fall

Same-Day Analysis 16 Feb 10 Serbia's NIS, Croatia's INA to Discuss Options for Co-Operation

Same-Day Analysis 15 Feb 10 Call on OPEC Crude Eases Up for 2010 as Group Compliance Slips Further

Same-Day Analysis 12 Feb 10 CNPC Gears Up for South Pars Phase 11 as Iran's International Isolation Increases

Same-Day Analysis 11 Feb 10 Total Reports 28% Profit Fall in Q4 as Downstream, Chemical Segments Weigh on Result

Same-Day Analysis 10 Feb 10 Iran Threatened with Sanctions as West Reacts to Nuclear Plans

Same-Day Analysis 9 Feb 10 Gas Power Plant Blast Kills Five in U.S. State of Connecticut

Same-Day Analysis 8 Feb 10 Launch of Russia's Shtokman Gas Field Delayed to 2016

Same-Day Analysis 5 Feb 10 Kazakhstan, Russia Heading in Different Directions on Oil Taxation Policy

Same-Day Analysis 4 Feb 10 Cautious Outlook Prevails at Shell as 2009 Earnings Come in 69% Down

Same-Day Analysis 3 Feb 10 New Licensing Round Planned to Put Nigeria Back on Investment Radar

Same-Day Analysis 2 Feb 10 ExxonMobil Posts 23% Profit Fall in Q4

Same-Day Analysis 1 Feb 10 Copenhagen Accord Limps On with Clock Still Running

Same-Day Analysis 29 Jan 10 Anadarko Announces Major Discovery in U.S. GOM

Same-Day Analysis 28 Jan 10 ConocoPhillips Reports Q4 Earnings of US$1.2 bil.

Same-Day Analysis 27 Jan 10 Gazprom Reviews Marketing Strategy, Forecasts Higher Gas Exports to Europe in 2010

Same-Day Analysis 26 Jan 10 CNPC Launches Commercial Operations on Western Section of China's Second West-East Gas Pipeline

Same-Day Analysis 25 Jan 10 Tanker Collision Spills Half a Million Gallons of Oil in U.S. State of Texas

Same-Day Analysis 22 Jan 10 SOCAR Agrees to Double Gas Exports to Russia Again in 2011

Same-Day Analysis 21 Jan 10 Crude Oil Production in China Dips, Refining Volumes Surge in 2009

Same-Day Analysis 20 Jan 10 Chevron Restructuring to Trim Downstream Business

Same-Day Analysis 19 Jan 10 China Reaffirms Sovereignty over Disputed Offshore Gas Field Following Japanese Warning

Same-Day Analysis 18 Jan 10 Brazil's Petrobras Releases Reserves Data

Same-Day Analysis 15 Jan 10 Challenges Lie Ahead for EU Energy Policy as Spain Takes Over Presidency

Same-Day Analysis 14 Jan 10 East Timor Government Snubs Woodside, Looks to Petronas for Greater Sunrise Gas Field Development

Same-Day Analysis 13 Jan 10 Abu Dhabi's South Korean Nuclear Award is Potential Emerging Markets Trendsetter

Same-Day Analysis 12 Jan 10 Iranian Oil Minister Challenged over Gasoline Imports While Trying to Keep Oil Output Push on Track

Same-Day Analysis 11 Jan 10 Turkey's Aim to Import Turkmen Gas via Iran Faces Hurdles

Same-Day Analysis 8 Jan 10 Iran Clarifies Oil, Gas Investment Priorities amid Deepening Funding Shortage

Same-Day Analysis 7 Jan 10 Interior Secretary Announces New Onshore U.S. Oil and Gas Drilling Policy

Same-Day Analysis 6 Jan 10 Another Victory for Diversification as Turkmenistan Opens New Gas Pipeline to Iran

Same-Day Analysis 5 Jan 10 Energy Spat Worsens with Belarus's Threat to Russian Electricity Transit to Kaliningrad

Same-Day Analysis 4 Jan 10 Mexico Projects Higher Gas Consumption in 2024

Same-Day Analysis 31 Dec 09 Caution to Prevail in MENA Region as Demand Questions Remain

Same-Day Analysis 30 Dec 09 Energy Outlook for the U.S. in 2010

Same-Day Analysis 29 Dec 09 Transneft Formally Launches First Leg of ESPO Pipeline

Same-Day Analysis 24 Dec 09 Indian Government Plans to Open Coal Sector to Private Players to Meet Demand Challenge

Same-Day Analysis 23 Dec 09 Turkmenistan, Russia Agree to Resume Gas Supplies in 2010, Ending Impasse

Same-Day Analysis 22 Dec 09 Nord Stream Wraps Up Successful Year by Securing German Environmental Permit

Same-Day Analysis 21 Dec 09 Countdown from Copenhagen: Summit Renders Unimpressive Agreement as World Leaders Fail to Strike Compromise

Same-Day Analysis 18 Dec 09 Different Approaches, Different Import Price Outlooks for Key Russian Gas Transit States

Same-Day Analysis 17 Dec 09 Japanese Government Offers US$15 bil. in Climate Aid for Developing Countries

Same-Day Analysis 16 Dec 09 Countdown to Copenhagen: Lines of Global Climate Agreement Appear as Political Leaders Arrive for Final Act

Same-Day Analysis 15 Dec 09 ExxonMobil Announces US$41-bil. Deal to Buy XTO Energy

Same-Day Analysis 14 Dec 09 Chinese, Central Asian Leaders Celebrate Historic Launch of Gas Pipeline

Same-Day Analysis 11 Dec 09 First Mega-Contract Awarded in Iraq's Second Oil Licensing Round

Same-Day Analysis 10 Dec 09 Fierce Competition Expected at Second Licensing Round in Iraq

Same-Day Analysis 9 Dec 09 Failure to Launch: Long-Term Crude Production Targets Delayed Once More in Libya

Same-Day Analysis 9 Dec 09 Countdown to Copenhagen: Controversial Draft Agreement Widens National Wealth Divide

Same-Day Analysis 8 Dec 09 Countdown to Copenhagen: UN Outlines Markers for COP-15 "Success" as Negotiators Mind the Carbon Gap

Same-Day Analysis 8 Dec 09 Qatar Matures, New Grassroots North Field Projects Unlikely

Same-Day Analysis 7 Dec 09 TEPCO Signs Massive LNG Supply Deals with Chevron, ExxonMobil

Same-Day Analysis 4 Dec 09 Countdown to Copenhagen: Indian Government Unveils Carbon Intensity Target for 2020

Same-Day Analysis 3 Dec 09 November Russian Oil Production Climbs Again; Gas Production Continues Recovery

Same-Day Analysis 2 Dec 09 To Foreign Firm Fury, French Consortium Emerges Victorious in Bid for AREVA T&D

Same-Day Analysis 30 Nov 09 Russian PM’s Visit to France Marks Series of Important Energy Agreements

Same-Day Analysis 27 Nov 09 Brazilian Senate Approves Climate Change Bill as New Report Counts Cost of Inaction

Same-Day Analysis 26 Nov 09 Copenhagen Climate Conference Boosted by U.S. President's Confirmed Attendance, More Explicit Targets

Same-Day Analysis 25 Nov 09 Gazprom, Naftogaz Codify Political Agreement in Deal to Reduce Ukrainian Gas Imports

Same-Day Analysis 24 Nov 09 NOCs Criticised by State Media over Natural Gas Shortages in China

Same-Day Analysis 23 Nov 09 Eni Buys Heritage's Ugandan Blocks; Genel Merger Called Off

Same-Day Analysis 18 Nov 09 Federal Government, Kelantan State Clash over Malaysian Oil Royalties

Same-Day Analysis 17 Nov 09 BG Pricing Agreement Could Unlock Difficult Gas in Oman

Same-Day Analysis 16 Nov 09 Azerbaijan, Bulgaria Sign Gas Deal to Bypass Turkish Transit "Bridge"

Same-Day Analysis 13 Nov 09 ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco Start Up Massive Refining and Petrochemical Complex in China

Same-Day Analysis 12 Nov 09 Senators Urge President to Take Over Oil Industry as Supply Crisis Looms in Philippines

Same-Day Analysis 11 Nov 09 Shell Announces 2016 Start-Up for Australian Floating LNG Project

Same-Day Analysis 10 Nov 09 China Lifts Fuel Prices to New Highs

Same-Day Analysis 9 Nov 09 Saudi Aramco Advances with Gas Projects, Sees Greater Oil Use in Petrochemical Plants

Same-Day Analysis 6 Nov 09 Sweden, Finland Give Approval for Nord Stream

Same-Day Analysis 5 Nov 09 Petrobras Signs US$10-bil. Loan Deal with China

Same-Day Analysis 4 Nov 09 BP, CNPC Agree on US$15-bil. Rumaila Project in Iraq

Same-Day Analysis 3 Nov 09 Turkmenistan-Focused Dragon Oil Agrees to Buyout Offer by ENOC

Same-Day Analysis 2 Nov 09 Brazil, Venezuela Reach Deal over Joint Refining Venture

Same-Day Analysis 30 Oct 09 Mixed Signals as Iran Submits Nuclear Response

Same-Day Analysis 29 Oct 09 Proposed Nigerian Oil Equity Legislation to Fuel Development in Niger Delta

Same-Day Analysis 28 Oct 09 Rosneft Chief Expounds on Russian Firm's Expansion Goals

Same-Day Analysis 27 Oct 09 State Oil Company's Former Head is Reinstated in a Rebalancing of Libyan Factions

Same-Day Analysis 26 Oct 09 Shell Improves Image in Iraq with Hard Work to Move South Gas Project Forward

Same-Day Analysis 23 Oct 09 The Ebb and Flow of Turkey's Oil and Gas Transit Ambitions

Same-Day Analysis 22 Oct 09 KNOC Snaps Up Harvest Energy for US$3.9 bil.

Same-Day Analysis 21 Oct 09 Nord Stream Pipeline Receives Clearance from Denmark

Same-Day Analysis 20 Oct 09 Oil Search Terminates Stake Deal with IPIC for PNG LNG Project

Same-Day Analysis 19 Oct 09 Azerbaijani President Steps Up Rhetoric in Dispute with Turkey over Gas Prices and Transit

Same-Day Analysis 16 Oct 09 Iraq Eyes Gas Exports amid Project Talk Frenzy; Reports of KRG Oil Deal Irregularities Continue

Same-Day Analysis 14 Oct 09 Eni Secures Zubair as Iraq Re-Offers Previous Round's Fields on Bilateral Basis

Same-Day Analysis 13 Oct 09 NELP VIII Fails to Entice Oil Companies Into India's E&P Sector

Same-Day Analysis 12 Oct 09 Total Accepts CNPC's Involvement in Pars LNG Talks amid Iranian Gas Growth Desperation

Same-Day Analysis 9 Oct 09 Key Ukrainian Refinery Announces Oil Supply Agreement with Azerbaijan's SOCAR

Same-Day Analysis 9 Oct 09 Debottlenecking Could Add Up to 12 mil. T/Y of LNG Capacity to Qatar's Peak Targets

Same-Day Analysis 8 Oct 09 Total, CEPSA Set for Timimoun Development as Algeria Moves to Clear Backlog

Same-Day Analysis 7 Oct 09 ExxonMobil to Acquire Kosmos Energy's Stake in Ghana's Jubilee Oilfield

Same-Day Analysis 6 Oct 09 Supreme Court Rejects Royalty Appeal by U.S. Interior Department

Same-Day Analysis 5 Oct 09 SOCAR, Kazmunaigaz Sign New Caspian Oil Transit Accords

Same-Day Analysis 2 Oct 09 Iran Offers Concessions at Landmark International Meeting

Same-Day Analysis 1 Oct 09 Countdown to Copenhagen: European Commission Reveals Plans for Minimum Tax on Carbon Emissions

Same-Day Analysis 30 Sep 09 "Default Day" Arrives for Cash-Strapped Naftogaz Ukrainy

Same-Day Analysis 29 Sep 09 CNOOC in Talks with Nigeria over Stake in 23 Oil Blocks

Same-Day Analysis 28 Sep 09 Election Leaves German Chancellor Merkel in Driving Seat with New Pro-Nuclear Co-Pilot

Same-Day Analysis 25 Sep 09 Russia Softens Stance, Seeks Foreign Partners for Investment in Yamal Energy Projects

Same-Day Analysis 24 Sep 09 Countdown to Copenhagen: Court Annuls Commission's Ruling on Carbon Credit Allocation, Casts Doubts over ETS

Same-Day Analysis 23 Sep 09 Countdown to Copenhagen: China Offers to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions at UN Climate Change Summit

Same-Day Analysis 22 Sep 09 DNO's Iraqi Kurdistan Operations Suspended over Share Transaction Row

Same-Day Analysis 21 Sep 09 Bulgaria, Russia to Move Ahead with South Stream; Oil Pipeline, NPP Projects Remain Doubtful

Same-Day Analysis 18 Sep 09 New Oil Province Across West Africa Emerges

Same-Day Analysis 17 Sep 09 Oil and Gas Royalty-in-Kind Programme Killed in U.S.

Same-Day Analysis 16 Sep 09 Gorgon LNG Project Awarded Final Investment Decision in Australia

Same-Day Analysis 15 Sep 09 Ukrainian President Aims for Direct Gas Deal in Visit to Turkmenistan

Same-Day Analysis 14 Sep 09 Indonesian Oil and Gas Bidding Round Fails to Attract Investors

Same-Day Analysis 10 Sep 09 Qatargas II's Train 5 Comes Onstream in Weak Global LNG Market

Same-Day Analysis 9 Sep 09 Indian Government Launches Roadshow for NELP VIII/CBM IV in London

Same-Day Analysis 8 Sep 09 Countdown to Copenhagen: 2020 Targets to Be Upgraded in Japan

Same-Day Analysis 7 Sep 09 Lithuanian Government Votes to Liquidate LEO LT

Same-Day Analysis 7 Sep 09 President of Brazil Dismisses Talk of Joining OPEC

Same-Day Analysis 3 Sep 09 Oil Minister Lays Out Priorities as He Receives Parliament Approval in Iran

Same-Day Analysis 2 Sep 09 Tension Eases as Russia Agrees to Allow Ukraine to Reduce Gas Purchases

Same-Day Analysis 1 Sep 09 President Unveils Sweeping New Hydrocarbon Regulatory Framework in Brazil

Same-Day Analysis 31 Aug 09 LUKoil's Q2 Net Profits Down 44% But Still Above Dire Forecasts

Same-Day Analysis 28 Aug 09 Bulgarian Government Holds Talks with Turkmenistan, Russia; Reveals Plans to Break Up Energy Holding

Same-Day Analysis 27 Aug 09 All Eyes on Sweden as Nord Stream Ends Public Referral Period

Same-Day Analysis 26 Aug 09 Tullow Oil Reports Drop in Production But Predicts Strong African Potential

Same-Day Analysis 25 Aug 09 Centrica Takes Controlling Stake in Venture Production in U.K.

Same-Day Analysis 24 Aug 09 Russia Launches Arctic Oilfield, Targets Chinese Market

Same-Day Analysis 21 Aug 09 Questions Mount over KRG Oil Export Payments and Speed of Iraq's Southern Development

Same-Day Analysis 20 Aug 09 Weakest Offshore Lease Auction in a Decade Seen in U.S. GOM

Same-Day Analysis 19 Aug 09 ExxonMobil and PetroChina Sign US$41-bil. Gorgon LNG Supply Contract

Same-Day Analysis 18 Aug 09 China Kicks Off Construction of 10-GW Wind Farm in Gansu Province

Same-Day Analysis 17 Aug 09 Nigeria's Oando Seeks US$1.3 bil. in Funding to Become Africa's First Oil Major

Same-Day Analysis 14 Aug 09 PetroChina Upgrades Domestic Refineries to Process Imported Oil from Russia, Kazakhstan

Same-Day Analysis 13 Aug 09 Countdown to Copenhagen: Climate Talks Face Uphill Struggle as Key Players Remain at Odds

Same-Day Analysis 12 Aug 09 Al-Qaida Attack on U.S. Base and Oil Refinery in Kuwait Foiled

Same-Day Analysis 11 Aug 09 CNPC, CNOOC Reportedly Propose US$17 bil. for Repsol-YPF Argentine Unit

Same-Day Analysis 10 Aug 09 Human Rights Watch Accuses Equatorial Guinea of Squandering Oil Wealth

Same-Day Analysis 7 Aug 09 Essar Completes Refinery Acquisition, Plans to Retail Fuel in Kenya

Same-Day Analysis 6 Aug 09 Chinese Power Companies on Road to Recovery

Same-Day Analysis 5 Aug 09 Chevron Eyes Q3 Start-Up for Angola's Tombua Landana

Same-Day Analysis 4 Aug 09 Between Elections, Oil Politics in Iraq Become Increasingly Heated

Same-Day Analysis 3 Aug 09 EU, Lenders Reach Deal with Ukraine on Loans for Gas Reforms

Same-Day Analysis 31 Jul 09 ExxonMobil Posts 66% Y/Y Profit Dive on Falling Energy Prices, Valdez Charges

Same-Day Analysis 30 Jul 09 Shell's Reports 70% Fall in Q2, Expects Long Drawn-Out Return to Form

Same-Day Analysis 29 Jul 09 Oil Majors Given Opportunity to Discuss Nigeria's New Petroleum Legislation

Same-Day Analysis 28 Jul 09 Risks and Rewards Abound in Turkmen Plans for Caspian Legal Action

Same-Day Analysis 27 Jul 09 SBY Re-Elected: Implications for Indonesia's Energy Sector

Same-Day Analysis 24 Jul 09 Is a New Russia-Ukraine Gas War Inevitable?

Same-Day Analysis 23 Jul 09 Oxy in Major Onshore Oil and Gas Find in U.S. State of California

Same-Day Analysis 22 Jul 09 Exelon Walks Away from NRG Acquisition Bid

Same-Day Analysis 21 Jul 09 Russian Government Suspends Oil Export Tariffs on Key Eastern Siberian Oilfields

Same-Day Analysis 20 Jul 09 Northern Fields Dropped from Iraq's Bidding Round Amid Political and Security Fears

Same-Day Analysis 17 Jul 09 Jubilee Field Phase-1 Development Plan Formally Approved in Ghana

Same-Day Analysis 16 Jul 09 Government Sets Out Low Carbon Transition Plan in U.K.

Same-Day Analysis 15 Jul 09 Bulgaria Taps Into ITGI Pipeline

Same-Day Analysis 14 Jul 09 Large Consortium Launches US$560-bil. Plan to Generate 15% of Europe's Power in Sahara by 2050

Same-Day Analysis 13 Jul 09 Nabucco Gas Pipeline Project Crosses Key Threshold with Signing of Intergovernmental Agreement

Same-Day Analysis 10 Jul 09 MOL Reiterates Opposition to Surgutneftegaz Acquisition

Same-Day Analysis 9 Jul 09 EC Slaps Massive Antitrust Fine on E.ON, GDF Suez

Same-Day Analysis 8 Jul 09 Indian Government Unveils Proposals to Stimulate Gas Sector

Same-Day Analysis 7 Jul 09 Governments of Nigeria, Algeria, Niger Sign Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline Accord

Same-Day Analysis 6 Jul 09 Nigerian Senate Passes Gas Flaring Bill

Same-Day Analysis 3 Jul 09 Face-Saving Exercise Begins as Iraq Mulls Aftermath of Failed Bidding Round

Same-Day Analysis 2 Jul 09 Petrobras Probe Delayed; Pre-Salt Rules to Be Announced in August

Same-Day Analysis 1 Jul 09 First Upstream Bidding in Iraq Disappoints

Same-Day Analysis 30 Jun 09 SOCAR and Gazprom Sign Small But Strategic Gas Supply Deal

Same-Day Analysis 29 Jun 09 U.S. House of Representatives Passes Historic Climate Change Bill

Same-Day Analysis 26 Jun 09 Gazprom, NNPC Form Joint Venture as Part of Russian President's Landmark Nigeria Visit

Same-Day Analysis 25 Jun 09 Sinopec Agrees to Acquire Addax Petroleum for US$7.2 bil.

Same-Day Analysis 24 Jun 09 Total to Meet U.K. Lindsey Oil Refinery Strikers

Same-Day Analysis 23 Jun 09 Controversial Tipaimukh Hydroelectric Dam Strains India-Bangladesh Relations

Same-Day Analysis 22 Jun 09 Total Sidelines Valero in Deal with LUKoil for Dutch Refinery Stake

Same-Day Analysis 19 Jun 09 Donggi LNG Terminal in Trouble as Indonesian Government Announces Gas Supply Diversion

Same-Day Analysis 18 Jun 09 Study Raises U.S. Natural Gas R/P Ratios to 100 Years

Same-Day Analysis 17 Jun 09 New Law Paves Way for State Control over Venezuela's Petrochemicals Sector

Same-Day Analysis 16 Jun 09 Election Result Likely to Prolong Difficulties in Iran's Oil and Gas Sector

Same-Day Analysis 15 Jun 09 Limited Fanfare for World's Largest Oilfield Increment as Saudi Heavyweight Treads Lightly on Oil Prices

Same-Day Analysis 12 Jun 09 ExxonMobil Participation Boosts TransCanada's U.S.-Alaska Gas Line Plans

Same-Day Analysis 11 Jun 09 Oil Ministry Refuses to Pay Iraqi Kurdistan IOCs, Says Licensing Round "On Track"

Same-Day Analysis 10 Jun 09 Heritage-Genel Deal, Possible Addax Acquisition, Raise Potential for New Frontier Valuation

Same-Day Analysis 9 Jun 09 Australian Energy Minister Expects Consolidation of CBM-to-LNG Projects

Same-Day Analysis 8 Jun 09 Confusion in Oil-Producing Gabon over President’s Reported Death

Same-Day Analysis 5 Jun 09 BP Charged with Clean Air Act Violations in U.S. State of Texas

Same-Day Analysis 4 Jun 09 Chinese State Council Approves Second Crude Reserve Plan, Opens Up Bases to Foreign Media

Same-Day Analysis 3 Jun 09 OPEC Secretary-General Returns to Bullish Refrain: Caution to the Winds?

Same-Day Analysis 2 Jun 09 New Parliament, Recycled Cabinet Unlikely to End Kuwait's Oil and Gas Industry Stalemate

Same-Day Analysis 1 Jun 09 Production at ExxonMobil's Cepu Block Near Standstill on Indonesian Land Acquisition Problems

Same-Day Analysis 29 May 09 OPEC Changes Marked in Language Rather than Actions

Same-Day Analysis 28 May 09 Shell Unveils Corporate Shake-Up

Same-Day Analysis 27 May 09 Allied Parties Attempt to Secure Control over Probe into Brazilian State Oil Company

Same-Day Analysis 26 May 09 General Election Result to Have Widespread Ramifications for Indian Energy Sector

Same-Day Analysis 25 May 09 Onshore Location Likely as Scarborough LNG Project Makes Progress

Same-Day Analysis 22 May 09 Shell, Repsol, and Eni Under Renewed Iranian Pressure to Relaunch Persian LNG, Darkhovin Development

Same-Day Analysis 21 May 09 U.S. Refiner Valero Takes US$725-mil. Stake in Netherlands Refinery

Same-Day Analysis 20 May 09 Brazil and China Ink Oil Loan Deal During Inter-State Visit

Same-Day Analysis 19 May 09 Oil Minister Summoned by Parliament as Differences Intensify in Iraq

Same-Day Analysis 18 May 09 OMV, MOL, Crescent Attempt to Bring Iraqi Kurdistan Gas Through Nabucco to Europe

Same-Day Analysis 15 May 09 Fuel Imports Resume in Nigeria After Government Agrees to Pay Subsidy Arrears

Same-Day Analysis 14 May 09 OPEC Appetite for Cuts Diminishes Although Secretariat Remains Cautious on Fundamentals

Same-Day Analysis 13 May 09 Russian and Japanese Leaders Sign Series of Energy Co-Operation Deals to Strengthen Growing Ties

Same-Day Analysis 12 May 09 Venezuela Takes Over Assets of Service Companies

Same-Day Analysis 11 May 09 Government and KRG Reach Breakthrough Agreement on Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Exports

Same-Day Analysis 8 May 09 U.S. President Suggests US$26-bil. Cut to Oil Industry Tax Breaks

Same-Day Analysis 7 May 09 TEPCO Gains Approval for Kashiwazaki Kariwa NPP Restart in Japan

Same-Day Analysis 6 May 09 Total Delivers Smallest Q1 Profit Fall Among Majors

Same-Day Analysis 5 May 09 Brazil Begins Production Tests at Tupi

Same-Day Analysis 4 May 09 Chevron Reports 64% Y/Y Fall in Q1 Earnings

Same-Day Analysis 1 May 09 ExxonMobil Posts 58% Y/Y Profit Plunge for Q1

Same-Day Analysis 30 Apr 09 Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Awards 11 New Oil and Gas Blocks in Indonesia

Same-Day Analysis 29 Apr 09 Shell Registers Q1 Profit Slump on Weak Business Environment

Same-Day Analysis 28 Apr 09 Higher Signature Bonuses Sought as Final Terms Document is Published by Iraq

Same-Day Analysis 27 Apr 09 Nabucco, South Stream Backers Strive for Upper Hand at Bulgaria Energy Summit

Same-Day Analysis 24 Apr 09 MOL Shareholders Approve Safeguards Against Stealth Takeover; Surgutneftegaz Excluded from AGM

Same-Day Analysis 22 Apr 09 Iraqi Model Contract Delayed, Pipeline Retendered; Service Companies Start to Return

Same-Day Analysis 21 Apr 09 Russian President Proposes Alternative Energy Rules to Replace European Energy Charter

Same-Day Analysis 20 Apr 09 Drilling Planned in Part-Kuwaiti Field as Iraqi Oil Minister Ploughs Ahead with Agenda

Same-Day Analysis 17 Apr 09 Big Oil Find for Eni in Disputed Area Near Indonesia-Malaysia Border

Same-Day Analysis 16 Apr 09 CNOOC Offers 17 South China Sea Blocks to Foreign Investors

Same-Day Analysis 15 Apr 09 PEMEX Announces Location of First New Refinery in Thirty Years

Same-Day Analysis 14 Apr 09 As Expected, Total Increases Bid for Canada-Based UTS

Same-Day Analysis 13 Apr 09 Turkmenistan Accuses Gazprom of Irresponsible Actions in Triggering Gas Pipeline Explosion

Same-Day Analysis 10 Apr 09 Total Plans to Launch Development of China's South Sulige Block this Year

Same-Day Analysis 9 Apr 09 Origin Energy and ConocoPhillips to Spend US$25 bil. on Australian CBM-to-LNG Project

Same-Day Analysis 8 Apr 09 Mega-Field Development Tenders Aim to Kick-Start Iraqi Projects without IOC Help

Same-Day Analysis 7 Apr 09 The Effect of Demand Destruction on Gazprom's Planned Exports

Same-Day Analysis 6 Apr 09 Ngassa-2 Well Crucial to Tullow’s Uganda Oil Future

Same-Day Analysis 3 Apr 09 Yemen Draws Up Incentives to Revive IOC Upstream Interest

Same-Day Analysis 2 Apr 09 Reliance Industries Launches Gas Production from KG-D6 Block, Transforming India's Energy Landscape

Same-Day Analysis 1 Apr 09 Gazprom Enacts Sharp Downward Revision of 2009 European Gas Export Forecast

Same-Day Analysis 31 Mar 09 Plans Launched to Split State-Owned Saudi Electricity Company

Same-Day Analysis 30 Mar 09 Surgutneftegaz Buys Minority Stake in Hungary's MOL in Surprise Expansion Move

Same-Day Analysis 27 Mar 09 State Oil Companies Prepare Mega Energy Investments to Stimulate India's Economy

Same-Day Analysis 26 Mar 09 Greater Interest in Oil Exploration in Kenya But Progress Remains Slow

Same-Day Analysis 25 Mar 09 Fall in Asian LNG Demand Threatens Long-Term Contracts

Same-Day Analysis 24 Mar 09 Russian PM Slams EU-Ukraine "Master Plan" for Modernisation of Gas Transit System

Same-Day Analysis 23 Mar 09 NELP VIII Prepares for Launch in India as Concern Grows over Unresolved Taxation Issues

Same-Day Analysis 20 Mar 09 Associated Gas Demand No Longer Obstacle to Lower Crude Production—Saudi Oil Minister

Same-Day Analysis 19 Mar 09 PTTEP Walks Away from Bangladesh and Indonesia After Reviewing Global Exploration Portfolio

Same-Day Analysis 18 Mar 09 Saudi Aramco Cuts Five-Year Spending Plan, Announcing US$60-bil. Package

Same-Day Analysis 17 Mar 09 Control of Russneft Reportedly Hangs in Balance with US$2.8-bil. Sberbank Loan

Same-Day Analysis 16 Mar 09 OPEC Keeps Output Steady as Organisation Hunkers Down for Greater Q2 Compliance

Same-Day Analysis 13 Mar 09 U.S. Energy Secretary Outlines Administration's Support for Nuclear Power

Same-Day Analysis 12 Mar 09 Iran Threatens to Relieve Total of Stake in Integrated Pars LNG Project

Same-Day Analysis 11 Mar 09 South Stream Gas Pipeline Project Secures Boost with Russia-Hungary Co-Operation Agreement

Same-Day Analysis 10 Mar 09 China to Accelerate Major Pipeline Projects as Part of Economic Stimulus Plan

Same-Day Analysis 9 Mar 09 New Fields Fast-Tracked and Contracts Awarded by Gas-Starved Saudi Aramco

Same-Day Analysis 6 Mar 09 ExxonMobil Holds to Record Investments as U.S. Tax Pressure Rises

Same-Day Analysis 5 Mar 09 Raid on Naftogaz Offices Raises Fears over Stability of Russian Gas Deal

Same-Day Analysis 4 Mar 09 Japanese Refiners Plan Massive Capacity Reductions on Falling Fuel Demand

Same-Day Analysis 3 Mar 09 FID for Nigeria's Brass LNG Project Delayed Again

Same-Day Analysis 2 Mar 09 Offshore Licensing Round Disappoints amid Economic Downturn in Egypt

Same-Day Analysis 27 Feb 09 U.S. President's Federal Budget Proposal Takes Axe to Oil Industry

Same-Day Analysis 26 Feb 09 Total, Gazprom Announce Interest in Trans-Saharan Pipeline Stake

Same-Day Analysis 25 Feb 09 RWE Splits Off Power Grid; Germany Sees Slow Progress Towards ISOs

Same-Day Analysis 24 Feb 09 Sweden's Vattenfall Offers 10.3 bil. Euro for Dutch Utility Nuon

Same-Day Analysis 23 Feb 09 Petrovietnam Launches Vietnam's First Oil Refinery at Dung Quat

Same-Day Analysis 20 Feb 09 IAEA Bemoans Continued "Lack of Co-Operation" But Sees Slowdown in Iran's Nuclear Programme

Same-Day Analysis 19 Feb 09 Upcoming Iranian Elections Put Hopes of Nuclear Thaw On Hold

Same-Day Analysis 18 Feb 09 Sakhalin Energy Launches Russia's First LNG Plant in Far East; Exports to Asia Set to Begin

Same-Day Analysis 17 Feb 09 ExxonMobil Books Higher Hydrocarbon Reserves in 2008

Same-Day Analysis 16 Feb 09 Oil Companies Consider Withdrawing Expatriates from Niger Delta After MEND Warning

Same-Day Analysis 13 Feb 09 Oil Future Set to Move Up Iraq's Political Agenda as Oil Ministry's Vision Attacked

Same-Day Analysis 12 Feb 09 Halliburton Subsidiary Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charges to Secure Billion-Dollar Contracts in Nigeria

Same-Day Analysis 10 Feb 09 Former OPEC President Swims Against the Tide, Calls US$40/b Oil a "Good Price" for Now

Same-Day Analysis 9 Feb 09 Iraqi Hydrocarbon Prospects Brighten as Political Process Shows Signs of Debottlenecking

Same-Day Analysis 6 Feb 09 Sweden Drops Opposition to Nuclear Power

Same-Day Analysis 5 Feb 09 Cairn India Doubles Investment Plan for Rajasthan Oil Fields

Same-Day Analysis 4 Feb 09 Will Iraq's Provincial Elections Alter its Oil Prospects?

Same-Day Analysis 3 Feb 09 Annual Increase in Profits for BP Despite Q4 Loss

Same-Day Analysis 2 Feb 09 ExxonMobil's Annual Profit Record Clouded by 33% Decline in Q4 Earnings

Same-Day Analysis 30 Jan 09 China’s CNPC and Sinopec Vow to Ramp Up Xinjiang Crude Output

Same-Day Analysis 29 Jan 09 Total's Akpo Oilfield in Nigeria to Start Production in April 2009

Same-Day Analysis 28 Jan 09 India's December Crude Oil Imports Slump to Lowest Level in Four Years

Same-Day Analysis 27 Jan 09 Petrobras Unveils Revised Business Plan for 2009–13

Same-Day Analysis 27 Jan 09 Repsol, Sonatrach Make Four Gas Discoveries Amid Soul-Searching over Algerian Terms

Same-Day Analysis 26 Jan 09 Bolivia Nationalises Oil Company After Failing to Reach Accord

Same-Day Analysis 23 Jan 09 Oil Production Falls, Outlook Poor, as Budget for Ecuador's State Oil Company is Cut

Same-Day Analysis 22 Jan 09 Libyan Leader Threatens Oil Nationalisation, Builds Pressure for IOCs to Negotiate

Same-Day Analysis 21 Jan 09 KOC Hopes to Start Gas Development to Break Energy Stalemate in Kuwait

Same-Day Analysis 20 Jan 09 Gazprom, Naftogaz Sign 10-Year Gas Supply and Transit Contracts, Formally Ending Dispute

Same-Day Analysis 19 Jan 09 ConocoPhillips Approves 2009 Capital Programme, Trims Workforce as Market Conditions Deteriorate

Same-Day Analysis 16 Jan 09 Qatargas I Calls Force Majeure; North Field Moratorium Seems Extended to 2013

Same-Day Analysis 15 Jan 09 PDVSA to Invest US$125 bil. in Oil Projects

Same-Day Analysis 14 Jan 09 ONGC Outlines Development Plans for Gas Finds in India’s KG Basin

Same-Day Analysis 13 Jan 09 Russia Begins "Test" Shipment of Gas via Ukraine to Europe; Fight over Technical Gas Erupts

Same-Day Analysis 12 Jan 09 Failed K-Dow JV Heralds Lengthy Halt to Foreign Investment in Kuwait's Downstream Sector

Same-Day Analysis 9 Jan 09 Resumption of Gas Flows via Ukraine Expected Following Russian Agreement on Deal for Transit Monitors

Same-Day Analysis 8 Jan 09 Ukraine Consents to EU Monitors on Gas Metering Stations; International Pressure Builds for Russian Gas Restart

Same-Day Analysis 7 Jan 09 Strikes by State Oil Companies Hit Natural Gas Supplies in India

Same-Day Analysis 6 Jan 09 As Second Licensing Round Gets Under Way, Iraq Puts Itself to the Test

Same-Day Analysis 2 Jan 09 Gazprom Cuts Gas to Ukraine in Absence of New 2009 Price Deal; European Supplies Unaffected

Same-Day Analysis 31 Dec 08 Naftogaz Claims Arrears to Gazprom Paid Off; Russia, Ukraine Look to Clinch 2009 Gas Price Deal

Same-Day Analysis 30 Dec 08 RasGas Sees Possible Delays at Commissioning of Qatar's New Mega-Trains

Same-Day Analysis 29 Dec 08 A Look Back on 2008 as U.S. Turns to Next Chapter in its Energy Story

Same-Day Analysis 24 Dec 08 GECF Signs Charter; Formalises Association

Same-Day Analysis 23 Dec 08 Economic Downturn Slays Santos's Reindeer Project Off Western Australia

Same-Day Analysis 23 Dec 08 Petrobras to Increase Spending in 2009

Same-Day Analysis 22 Dec 08 Ex-Soviet States Struggle to Complete Gas Supply Deals for 2009

Same-Day Analysis 22 Dec 08 Brazil's 10th E&P Licensing Round a Success; Ends Early

Same-Day Analysis 19 Dec 08 Nexen Buys 15% Stake in Long Lake Oil Sands Project from Partner OPTI Canada

Same-Day Analysis 18 Dec 08 OPEC Makes Largest Ever Single Cut, But Non-Member Support Disappoints

Same-Day Analysis 17 Dec 08 India's LNG Spot Purchases Hit by Cheaper Naphtha

Same-Day Analysis 16 Dec 08 Debt-for-Equity Deal Could Resolve Ukraine's Gas Woes, Avoid New Gas War with Russia

Same-Day Analysis 15 Dec 08 Eni, BG, Gazprom, and E.ON Awarded Acreage in Disappointing Algerian Licensing Round

Same-Day Analysis 12 Dec 08 The Cost of Climate Change—UN and EU Talks Reveal Hard Reality of Green Measures

Same-Day Analysis 11 Dec 08 President-Elect Obama Picks Steven Chu for U.S. Energy Secretary Position

Same-Day Analysis 10 Dec 08 Military Build-Up in Flashpoint Sudanese Oil Region Heightens Risk of Confrontation

Same-Day Analysis 9 Dec 08 China Offers US$10-bil. Loan to Brazil for Pre-Salt Development, According to Report

Same-Day Analysis 8 Dec 08 Chesapeake Makes Deeper Cuts to Capex Plans

Same-Day Analysis 5 Dec 08 IOCs Cast Doubt on Success of Algeria's Licensing Round, as Skikda Rebuilding Accelerates

Same-Day Analysis 3 Dec 08 U.K. Energy, Climate Change, and Planning Bills Become Law on Same Day

Same-Day Analysis 2 Dec 08 Brazil Makes Power-Saving Gains, Sets Targets Under Climate Change Plan

Same-Day Analysis 1 Dec 08 Saudi Aramco Halts Dammam Redevelopment on Costs

Same-Day Analysis 28 Nov 08 Western European Players Stand Firm on Capex, Eastern Europeans Cut Back

Same-Day Analysis 27 Nov 08 Venezuela Strengthens Energy Ties with Russia

Same-Day Analysis 26 Nov 08 Oil Major Chevron in the Spotlight as Nigerian Negligence Trial Reaches Climax

Same-Day Analysis 25 Nov 08 First Iraqi Kurdistan Oil Cleared for Exports by Oil Minister in Major Breakthrough

Same-Day Analysis 24 Nov 08 CNOOC Unveils Long-Term Development Plans for South China Sea

Same-Day Analysis 21 Nov 08 Gas War Revisited? Russia Demands Payment of Ukraine's Gas Debt, Gazprom Threatens Significantly Higher Prices

Same-Day Analysis 20 Nov 08 IAEA Reports Raise Nuclear Suspicions Against Syria, Confirm Iranian Deadlock

Same-Day Analysis 19 Nov 08 China Announces Plans to Build Two Pipelines to Myanmar Next Year

Same-Day Analysis 18 Nov 08 Hijacking of Saudi Supertanker Likely to Affect Gulf Crude Transport Economics

Same-Day Analysis 17 Nov 08 Europe's Energy Strategy Close-Up: Baltic Interconnection and Gas Market Transparency

Same-Day Analysis 14 Nov 08 New EU Energy Strategy Leaves Russia Out in the Cold

Same-Day Analysis 13 Nov 08 Russian PM Threatens to Scrap Nord Stream Pipeline Project Without More EU Support

Same-Day Analysis 12 Nov 08 Gazprom, Naftogaz Ukrainy Reach Gas Supply Deal for 2009, Inch Closer to Final Price Agreement

Same-Day Analysis 11 Nov 08 Statoil Buys Into Troubled Chesapeake Energy U.S. Gas Play

Same-Day Analysis 10 Nov 08 Pakistan Government Opts for Privatisation of Qadirpur Gas Field as Strikes Loom

Same-Day Analysis 7 Nov 08 EU Aims for Turkish Transit Agreement 2009, Acknowledges Turkey's Role in Nabucco

Same-Day Analysis 6 Nov 08 Shell Faces Increasing Political Pressure in Iraq over Southern Gas Deal

Same-Day Analysis 5 Nov 08 Total Reports 35% Q3 Net Income Rise, Despite Production Glitches

Same-Day Analysis 4 Nov 08 BG Group's Coalbed Methane Waiting Game Pays Off with Queensland Gas Company Takeover

Same-Day Analysis 3 Nov 08 Bangladesh Protests "Trespassing" of Myanmar Oil and Gas Ships in Bay of Bengal

Same-Day Analysis 31 Oct 08 ExxonMobil Announces Record Net Profits for Q3

Same-Day Analysis 30 Oct 08 Battle Brewing Between Oil Firms and Russian Government over Tax Policy as Exports, Production Set to Decline

Same-Day Analysis 29 Oct 08 Limited Energy Reform Approved by Mexican Congress

Same-Day Analysis 28 Oct 08 Russia, China Reportedly Near Major Loan Deal to Back Pipeline Construction, New Oil Supply Agreement

Same-Day Analysis 27 Oct 08 Cabinet Reportedly Sends Iraqi Oil Law Draft to Parliament; Kurds Organise Immediate Opposition

Same-Day Analysis 24 Oct 08 Credit Market Turmoil Prompts Reassessment of Canadian Oil Sands Projects

Same-Day Analysis 23 Oct 08 Supreme Audit Agency Reports Massive Corruption in Indonesia's Energy Sector

Same-Day Analysis 22 Oct 08 Gas Reserve Heavyweights Form Troika in Bid to Shape Gas Markets

Same-Day Analysis 21 Oct 08 Financial Crisis Threatens to Undermine Russian Power-Sector Privatisations

Same-Day Analysis 20 Oct 08 Bolivia Reaches Accord with Ashmore over Nationalisation of Gas Transportation Company

Same-Day Analysis 16 Oct 08 Mexican Deputies Approve Tax Incentives Bill for State Oil Firm PEMEX

Same-Day Analysis 15 Oct 08 Reserves Auditor Confirms Turkmenistan's Giant Gas Production, Export Potential

Same-Day Analysis 14 Oct 08 BG Denies Reported Talks with Kazmunaigaz to Sell Karachaganak Gas Field Stake

Same-Day Analysis 13 Oct 08 European Energy Ministers Agree on Liberalisation Restrictions

Same-Day Analysis 10 Oct 08 China's Power Industry Sees Profits Plunge 81% in Jan-Aug 2008

Same-Day Analysis 9 Oct 08 OPEC Disquiet Prompts Early Meeting in November

Same-Day Analysis 8 Oct 08 Top Russian Oil Companies Appeal to Government for Loans Amidst Credit Crisis

Same-Day Analysis 7 Oct 08 Corruption Scandal Triggers Resignation of Peru's Energy Minister

Same-Day Analysis 3 Oct 08 Russian, Ukrainian PMs Agree on Draft Gas Deal to Spare Ukraine from Shock Price Increase in 2009

Same-Day Analysis 2 Oct 08 Albanian Government Moves to Shore Up Power Sector with Privatisation, Hydropower Deals

Same-Day Analysis 1 Oct 08 Eastern EU States Renew Objections to Carbon Trading

Same-Day Analysis 30 Sep 08 Promising Offshore Acreage Offered in Upcoming Egyptian Licensing Round

Same-Day Analysis 29 Sep 08 East Timor Optimistic about Sunrise as Government Draws up Deep Sea Pipeline and Petrochemical Plant Plans

Same-Day Analysis 26 Sep 08 Russia Seeks Greater Influence on Oil Prices, Sparking Further OPEC Speculation

Same-Day Analysis 25 Sep 08 Chevron Plans to Expand Wheatstone LNG Project in Western Australia

Same-Day Analysis 24 Sep 08 Europe and Russia Compete over Trans-Sahara Pipeline as Nigeria Considers its Gas Options

Same-Day Analysis 23 Sep 08 Shell Signs Agreement with Iraq for Multi-Billion-Dollar Gas Deal

Same-Day Analysis 22 Sep 08 First Carbon Auction in U.S. History to Take Place This Week

Same-Day Analysis 19 Sep 08 Government Moves to Ease Burden on Russian Oil Firms with Huge Reduction in Export Tariffs

Same-Day Analysis 18 Sep 08 Offline U.S. GOM Production Prompts Crude Oil and Gasoline Stock Draw

Same-Day Analysis 17 Sep 08 Colombia Announces Important Oil Find Ahead of Ecopetrol's Planned NYSE Stock Listing

Same-Day Analysis 16 Sep 08 Oil Price Plunge Continues

Same-Day Analysis 15 Sep 08 Hurricane Ike Batters Texas Coast Damaging Energy Infrastructure, U.S. Gasoline Prices Up Sharply

Same-Day Analysis 12 Sep 08 Brazil Boosts Reserves with Confirmation of Large Pre-Salt Field Adjoining Tupi

Same-Day Analysis 11 Sep 08 Chevron Secures Saudi Extension to Long-Term Neutral Zone Oil Concession

Same-Day Analysis 10 Sep 08 Oil Market Digests OPEC Decision to Re-Instate September 2007 Quotas

Same-Day Analysis 9 Sep 08 Gazprom Cools on Rabaska Regasification Project over Canadian PM's Strong Georgia Rhetoric

Same-Day Analysis 5 Sep 08 "Red Lines" Sketched Ahead of OPEC Meeting; Saudi Arabia Under Pressure to Make Cuts

Same-Day Analysis 4 Sep 08 BP Confirms Deal with Russian Shareholders to End TNK-BP Dispute

Same-Day Analysis 3 Sep 08 Russia Cements Gas Position in Central Asia with Uzbekistan Pipeline Deal

Same-Day Analysis 2 Sep 08 MOL Launches Official Bid for INA

Same-Day Analysis 1 Sep 08 Colombian Oil Minister Presents Progress Report to Congress

Same-Day Analysis 29 Aug 08 Oil Firms Take Precautionary Measures as Storm Strengthens, Heads to U.S. GOM

Same-Day Analysis 28 Aug 08 Caucasus Conflict Raises the Stakes for Nabucco Project, Central Asian Gas Producers

Same-Day Analysis 27 Aug 08 ONGC Videsh Agrees to US$2.6-bil. Takeover of Russian-Focused Imperial Energy

Same-Day Analysis 26 Aug 08 War Leaves Russia with Veto Power over Georgian Energy Infrastructure, Regional Pipelines

Same-Day Analysis 25 Aug 08 Libyan Production Down Further as Fire Damage Assessed at Ras Lanuf

Same-Day Analysis 22 Aug 08 Delays Imposed on Kuwaiti Refining Upgrade Programme as Costs Spiral

Same-Day Analysis 21 Aug 08 Brazil Inaugurates First LNG Import Project

Same-Day Analysis 20 Aug 08 India's Nuclear Isolation Looks Set to End as Foreign Investors Prepare to Enter Sector

Same-Day Analysis 18 Aug 08 OPEC Puts Out Cautionary Feelers Ahead of September Meeting

Same-Day Analysis 14 Aug 08 Oil Jumps as U.S. Crude and Products Stocks Drop

Same-Day Analysis 13 Aug 08 MPs Back on the Offensive in Kuwait, Call for Al-Zour Refinery Freeze

Same-Day Analysis 12 Aug 08 Moody's Cuts Eskom's Credit Rating as South African Utility Seeks Funds for New Power Stations

Same-Day Analysis 11 Aug 08 Russian, Georgian Clashes, Kurdish Bombing, Expose BTC Pipeline Weaknesses

Same-Day Analysis 8 Aug 08 Petrobras Reaches Contract Agreement in Ecuador

Same-Day Analysis 7 Aug 08 Companies Showing Increased Interest in Renewable Energy in Chile

Same-Day Analysis 6 Aug 08 OMV Abandons Bid to Take Over MOL

Same-Day Analysis 5 Aug 08 Renewed Sanctions Call Risks Derailing Iran's Oil and Gas Investment Drive

Same-Day Analysis 4 Aug 08 Chevron Announces US$6 bil. in Q2 Profits

Same-Day Analysis 1 Aug 08 Improved Russia-Turkey Energy Relations Could Reorder Energy Supply Map

Same-Day Analysis 31 Jul 08 Gas Natural to Buy Union Fenosa for 16 bil. Euro

Same-Day Analysis 30 Jul 08 Teck Cominco to Purchase Fording Canadian Coal in C$14.1-bil. Deal

Same-Day Analysis 28 Jul 08 EDF, Centrica Firm Up Takeover Bid for British Energy

Same-Day Analysis 25 Jul 08 Energy Debate Continues, Mexico Poised for Symbolic Plebiscites

Same-Day Analysis 24 Jul 08 Nuclear Project in Brazil Receives Environmental Licence

Same-Day Analysis 23 Jul 08 BP Gambles in Removing Foreign Specialist Staff from Russia's TNK-BP in Ongoing Dispute

Same-Day Analysis 22 Jul 08 Russian PM Instructs Government to Resolve Oil Supply Disruption to Czech Republic

Same-Day Analysis 21 Jul 08 Colombia Awards Blocks in Heavy Oil Round; Reconsiders New Oil Tax

Same-Day Analysis 18 Jul 08 Turkey, Israel Agree to Move Ahead with Med Pipeline; Gazprom Nears Supply Deal with Israel

Same-Day Analysis 17 Jul 08 New European Energy Giant Emerges as Suez, GdF Shareholders Back Tie-Up

Same-Day Analysis 15 Jul 08 MOL to Launch Full Takeover of Croatia's INA as Battle with OMV Intensifies

Same-Day Analysis 14 Jul 08 Seventh E&P Licensing Round Launched in Algeria

Same-Day Analysis 11 Jul 08 Gazprom Eyes European Gas Market with Libya Offer

Same-Day Analysis 10 Jul 08 Total Abandons Pursuit of Pars LNG Project in Iran But Leaves Door Ajar

Same-Day Analysis 9 Jul 08 Shell Abandons Sarnia Heavy Oil Refinery Plans in Canada

Same-Day Analysis 8 Jul 08 U.K. Puts the Brake on Biofuels as G8 Hears Food Price Concerns

Same-Day Analysis 7 Jul 08 Deputy PM Instructs Gazprom to Ease Pipeline Access for Russian Gas Producers

Same-Day Analysis 4 Jul 08 French President Announces Construction of Second New Nuclear Reactor

Same-Day Analysis 3 Jul 08 PDVSA Announces Record Profits in Q1

Same-Day Analysis 3 Jul 08 Oil Prices Track New Record on Shock U.S. Stock Drop

Same-Day Analysis 2 Jul 08 KRG Lambastes Iraqi Service Contract Framework, Casting Crucial Oil Law Unity in Doubt

Same-Day Analysis 1 Jul 08 Iraq Outlines 2009 Oil Licensing Round; Short-Term Contracts Called into Question

Same-Day Analysis 1 Jul 08 Region Considers Options as Iran Threatens to Close Key Oil Route

Same-Day Analysis 30 Jun 08 StatoilHydro Announces Revamp of Norway's Largest Gas Field

Same-Day Analysis 27 Jun 08 U.K. Government Unveils Renewable Energy Expansion Strategy; Massive Wind Investment Planned

Same-Day Analysis 26 Jun 08 Brazil Sets Up Congressional Commission to Consider Regulations for Renewable Energy

Same-Day Analysis 25 Jun 08 Credit Crunch and High Feedstock Costs Threaten U.S. Ethanol Industry

Same-Day Analysis 24 Jun 08 BG Makes Hostile Bid for Origin After Friendly Overtures Declined

Same-Day Analysis 23 Jun 08 Oil Prices Rise as Saudi Comments over Output Fail to Reassure

Same-Day Analysis 20 Jun 08 Expectations Grow on Saudi Oil Meeting; Greater Consumer-Producer Reciprocity Indicated

Same-Day Analysis 19 Jun 08 East China Sea Accord Reached on Two Gas-Rich Areas; Maritime Borders an Issue for Another Day

Same-Day Analysis 18 Jun 08 U.S. President to Push for New Domestic Oil and Gas Exploration

Same-Day Analysis 17 Jun 08 Director of Nigeria's Department of Petroleum Resources Suspended in Oil Licensing Probe

Same-Day Analysis 16 Jun 08 Oil Prices Retreat Slightly on News of Imminent Saudi Arabian Oil Output Boost

Same-Day Analysis 13 Jun 08 Oil Export Deal for Iraqi Kurdistan Early Birds Nears; DNO, Addax Gear Up

Same-Day Analysis 12 Jun 08 Gazprom, WIEH Extend Russian Gas Supply Contract by 35 Years

Same-Day Analysis 11 Jun 08 Gazprom CEO Bewildered by Push for Caspian Gas, Says Prices to Go Higher

Same-Day Analysis 10 Jun 08 Argentina Receives First LNG Cargo

Same-Day Analysis 9 Jun 08 No New Gas Export Contracts Before 2010, Says Pressured Egyptian Government

Same-Day Analysis 6 Jun 08 Ministers Meet on Unbundling Package; Gazprom Requests "Consortia" Approach to Grids

Same-Day Analysis 5 Jun 08 CNPC to Invest US$5 bil. in Niger's Oil Sector; Pipeline and Refinery Promised

Same-Day Analysis 5 Jun 08 Fuel Prices Increased in Malaysia to Counter Surging Subsidies

Same-Day Analysis 4 Jun 08 Indian Government Bites Bullet and Raises Fuel Prices

Same-Day Analysis 3 Jun 08 Government Takes Control of Gas-Transportation Company in Bolivia

Same-Day Analysis 3 Jun 08 Energy Referendum Debate Ignites in Mexico

Same-Day Analysis 2 Jun 08 Oil Exports Reach Post-War High as Iraqi Positioning and Power Play Continue

Same-Day Analysis 30 May 08 Eni Agrees to Buy Distrigas Stake for 2.7 bil. Euro, Seeks Full Takeover

Same-Day Analysis 29 May 08 U.K. Government Offers Upstream Tax Breaks Amid Soaring Oil Prices

Same-Day Analysis 28 May 08 Out of OPEC: Indonesia Confirms Intention to Withdraw Membership

Same-Day Analysis 27 May 08 Fuel Price Rises Pushed Through in Indonesia as Government Digs In

Same-Day Analysis 26 May 08 Security of Coal Supply Poses Further Problem for South Africa's Power Sector

Same-Day Analysis 23 May 08 Italy to Reintroduce Nuclear Power as European Leaders Back Nuclear Revival

Same-Day Analysis 22 May 08 Oil Hits New Record as U.S. Crude Stocks Plummet

Same-Day Analysis 21 May 08 EU Parliament Committee Backs Gas Unbundling Compromise

Same-Day Analysis 20 May 08 Iraq Upgrades Reserves to 350 bil. Barrels, Invites New IOCs for Pre-Qualification

Same-Day Analysis 19 May 08 Oil Prices Slide as Saudi King Gives U.S. President Token Output Increase

Same-Day Analysis 16 May 08 Gazprom to Supply Proposed Rabaska LNG Terminal in Canadian Province of Quebec

Same-Day Analysis 15 May 08 Mexican President Submits Tax Regime for Deepwater Exploration; Energy Reform Debate Begins

Same-Day Analysis 14 May 08 Demand for Electricity Decreases by 7% in South Africa

Same-Day Analysis 13 May 08 Iran Reshuffles South Pars Development, Delays Shell/Repsol LNG Project to Salvage Momentum

Same-Day Analysis 12 May 08 EnCana Splits in Two

Same-Day Analysis 9 May 08 Large Backlog Builds as NIOC Experiences Difficulties in Selling Iranian Heavy Crude

Same-Day Analysis 8 May 08 Russia, Kazakhstan Agree to Double CPC Oil Pipeline Capacity by 2012

Same-Day Analysis 7 May 08 Gazprom Expected to Benefit Further Under New Russian President

Same-Day Analysis 6 May 08 Russia Out, Middle East In, as EU Pursues New Gas Supply Deals

Same-Day Analysis 5 May 08 Chevron Registers 10% Growth in Q1 Net Income

Same-Day Analysis 2 May 08 President of Bolivia Steps Up Oil Nationalisation Before Opposition’s "Unconstitutional" Referendum

Same-Day Analysis 1 May 08 Brazilian State Oil Company Raises Fuel Prices for First Time Since 2005

Same-Day Analysis 30 Apr 08 Oil Retreats from Recent Highs

Same-Day Analysis 29 Apr 08 Ukraine Says Gas Debt to Russia Paid in Full; Ukrainian, Russian PMs Eye Long-Term Gas Deal

Same-Day Analysis 28 Apr 08 Refinery Strike Closes Forties Pipeline; 700,000 b/d Shut-In

Same-Day Analysis 25 Apr 08 Biofuels Come Under Attack over Rising Food Prices

Same-Day Analysis 23 Apr 08 Oil Minister Gives June Ultimatum to Majors, as Iraqi Oil Law Progress is Held Up

Same-Day Analysis 22 Apr 08 Russia Reportedly Planning to Present Draft Charter to GECF Next Week

Same-Day Analysis 21 Apr 08 Dubai Signs Shell, QP LNG Import Deal, as Yet Another Gulf Market Tries to Escape Gas Crunch

Same-Day Analysis 18 Apr 08 Breaking With the Past, Turkmenistan Woos Foreign Investment in Its Oil Sector

Same-Day Analysis 17 Apr 08 Unexpected Crude Inventories Drop Pushes Oil to New Record High

Same-Day Analysis 16 Apr 08 Venezuela Approves Windfall Profit Tax

Same-Day Analysis 15 Apr 08 Expectations Rise over New Oil Find in Brazil, Petrobras Cautious

Same-Day Analysis 14 Apr 08 Does Turkmenistan's Willingness to Supply Gas to Europe Surpass Its Ability?

Same-Day Analysis 11 Apr 08 Further Project Stagnation in Iran as Parties Clarify Nuclear Crisis Roadmap

Same-Day Analysis 10 Apr 08 RWE Already Tabled Offer for British Energy; EDF Also Conducting Due Diligence

Same-Day Analysis 9 Apr 08 ConocoPhillips, BP Unveil Plans for Denali Gas Pipeline from Alaska to Canada

Same-Day Analysis 8 Apr 08 Government Imposes Crude Oil Export Duty in Kazakhstan From May

Same-Day Analysis 7 Apr 08 Renewed Discussions on Iraqi Oil Law Again Hit Obstacles

Same-Day Analysis 4 Apr 08 Gulf States’ Gas, Power Shortage Might Curb Crude Exports During Peak-Demand Season

Same-Day Analysis 3 Apr 08 Speculation Swirls Around TNK-BP with Gazprom, Rosneft Eyeing Stake in Russian-British JV

Same-Day Analysis 1 Apr 08 Finance Ministry Reveals Details on Russian Oil Tax Cut Proposals

Same-Day Analysis 31 Mar 08 President Says Kazakhstan Has No Plans to Nationalise Energy Sector

Same-Day Analysis 28 Mar 08 Southern Iraqi Oil Exports Flowing After Pipeline Bombing Scare

Same-Day Analysis 27 Mar 08 Violence in Southern Iraq Spills Over into Oil Sector; Threatening Export Levels

Same-Day Analysis 26 Mar 08 RWE Reaches Long-Term Gas Sales Deal with Egypt, Launches North Idku Field Development

Same-Day Analysis 25 Mar 08 EDF, ACS Planning Grand Takeover of Spanish Power Sector, Reports Claim

Same-Day Analysis 24 Mar 08 Iraqi Government to Invest US$2.5 bil. in Five Core Output-Raising Technical Service Contracts

Same-Day Analysis 21 Mar 08 Contracts for "Ghost Companies" Cost Nigerian Power Sector US$750 mil.

Same-Day Analysis 20 Mar 08 Energy Reform in Spotlight as Future Leftist Party Leader Emerges in Mexico

Same-Day Analysis 19 Mar 08 Could Gazprom Lose Its Monopoly on Russian Gas Exports?

Same-Day Analysis 18 Mar 08 Bolivian State Oil Company Signs Gas Contract with Gazprom

Same-Day Analysis 17 Mar 08 Germany's RWE Submits Winning Offer for Russian Genco TGK-2; IES Snaps Up TGK-6

Same-Day Analysis 14 Mar 08 EU Summit Sees Debate over Climate Change, Energy-Liberalisation Measures

Same-Day Analysis 13 Mar 08 Gazprom, Naftogaz Reach Deal on 2008 Gas Deliveries, Prices

Same-Day Analysis 12 Mar 08 Gazprom Agrees to Pay European Prices for Central Asian Gas from 2009

Same-Day Analysis 11 Mar 08 Canadian Government Plans to Force Carbon Capture on New Oil Sands and Coal Projects

Same-Day Analysis 10 Mar 08 MOL Strikes Deal with Oman Oil Co. to Increase Protection Against OMV Bid

Same-Day Analysis 7 Mar 08 Argentina Looks to Venezuela as Bolivian Report Points to Possible Supply Problems Ahead

Same-Day Analysis 6 Mar 08 Oil Thunders to New High on OPEC Decision, U.S. Crude Stocks Draw

Same-Day Analysis 5 Mar 08 Gazprom Cuts Gas Supplies to Ukraine Further as Internal Ukrainian Split Remains

Same-Day Analysis 4 Mar 08 UN Security Council Tightens Iran Sanctions, Complicating Oil and Gas Developments and Trade

Same-Day Analysis 29 Feb 08 Repsol-YPF Announces Results and New Strategic Plan

Same-Day Analysis 28 Feb 08 U.S. House of Representatives Passes Oil Tax Legislation

Same-Day Analysis 27 Feb 08 Gazprom Issues New Threat to Cut Gas Supplies to Ukraine over Unpaid Debts

Same-Day Analysis 26 Feb 08 French Companies, IAEA Co-Operation Threatened as Iran Strikes Back over New Nuclear Allegations

Same-Day Analysis 25 Feb 08 IAEA Report Provides Only Partial Iran Acquittal, Continuing Push for Tightened Sanctions

Same-Day Analysis 22 Feb 08 Tightened Iran Sanctions Introduced to UN Security Council in Anticipation of IAEA Report

Same-Day Analysis 21 Feb 08 ANP Releases Brazilian Reserves Data as Police Continue to Investigate Data Theft

Same-Day Analysis 20 Feb 08 Oil Closes Above US$100/b for the First Time

Same-Day Analysis 19 Feb 08 TANESCO in Severe Difficulties after Government's Emergency Power Agreement

Same-Day Analysis 18 Feb 08 Venezuelan President Considers Windfall Oil Profits Tax, But Reassures U.S.

Same-Day Analysis 15 Feb 08 ExxonMobil and Venezuela Diverge on Compensation as War of Words Continues

Same-Day Analysis 14 Feb 08 Reform of Nigeria's Oil and Gas Sector Begins to Take Shape

Same-Day Analysis 13 Feb 08 Total Reports Net Profits of US$4.5 bil. in Q4 and Predicts Strong 2008

Same-Day Analysis 12 Feb 08 Higher Gas Prices Agreed, But Domestic Demand May Yet Halt New Egyptian LNG Train

Same-Day Analysis 11 Feb 08 Venezuelan President Weighs In On ExxonMobil Court Orders; Threatens Supplies to U.S.

Same-Day Analysis 8 Feb 08 Gazprom Credibility At Stake with New Threat to Cut Russian Gas Supplies to Ukraine Over Debts

Same-Day Analysis 7 Feb 08 Shell Calls Force Majeure in Nigeria; Over 1 mil. b/d Now Shut In

Same-Day Analysis 6 Feb 08 Baltic, Polish Leaders Rejuvenate Amber Gas Pipeline Proposal as Alternative to Controversial Nord Stream

Same-Day Analysis 5 Feb 08 BP Reports 24% Fall in Q4 Profits; Full-Year Profits for 2007 Down 22%

Same-Day Analysis 4 Feb 08 ExxonMobil, Chevron Post Record 2007 Earnings

Same-Day Analysis 1 Feb 08 BP, Eni Make Large Gas Discovery Offshore Egypt, New LNG Train Eyed

Same-Day Analysis 31 Jan 08 Shell Q4 Earnings Up 11% Despite Falling Production

Same-Day Analysis 30 Jan 08 EU Throws Weight Behind Nord Stream

Same-Day Analysis 29 Jan 08 Ukrainian PM Calls for Gas Trade Transparency After Arrest of Suspected Russian Crime Boss

Same-Day Analysis 28 Jan 08 Russia Tightens Grip on European Gas Supplies with Serbian Energy Pact, Stake in Baumgarten Hub

Same-Day Analysis 24 Jan 08 EC Sets Out Details of Renewables, Climate Change Package

Same-Day Analysis 23 Jan 08 How "Reliable" is Europe's Plan to Import Non-Russian Gas Supplies?

Same-Day Analysis 23 Jan 08 World Powers Hammer Out Draft Deal on New Iran Sanctions

Same-Day Analysis 22 Jan 08 Revelation of Turkmen Gas Export Price to China Will Reverberate in Russia, Iran, Central Asia

Same-Day Analysis 21 Jan 08 Delays, Large Cost Overruns, Threaten Saudi Arabia's Refinery Construction Programme

Same-Day Analysis 18 Jan 08 Gazprom's Bid for Serbia's NIS Brings Pros and Cons for Europe

Same-Day Analysis 17 Jan 08 Is Another Gas War Brewing Between Russia and Ukraine?

Same-Day Analysis 16 Jan 08 Federal Gasoline Tax Increase Proposed by U.S. Transit Commission

Same-Day Analysis 15 Jan 08 EU Biofuels Target under Fire as New Study Reveals Sustainability Concerns

Same-Day Analysis 14 Jan 08 Kazmunaigaz Says Kashagan Is a Done Deal, At Last

Same-Day Analysis 11 Jan 08 U.K. Government Gives Green Light for New Nuclear Power Plants

Same-Day Analysis 10 Jan 08 Spain Set to Reduce Dependence on Nuclear as Italy Mulls Constructing New Reactors

Same-Day Analysis 9 Jan 08 Shell and Total in Face-Off over Iraq's Akkas Field as Positioning for Contracts Continues

Same-Day Analysis 7 Jan 08 Russia's Gazprom in Bold Move to Secure Access to Nigerian Gas Reserves

Same-Day Analysis 7 Jan 08 U.K. Government Seeks Talks with Regulator Amid Rising Energy Prices

Same-Day Analysis 4 Jan 08 Bolivia Expects US$1.5 bil. in Investment in Gas Sector in 2008

Same-Day Analysis 3 Jan 08 Oil Prices Hit US$100/b for First Time

Same-Day Analysis 2 Jan 08 Chain Reaction Seen in Gas Supply Reduction from Turkmenistan to Iran, and from Iran to Turkey

Same-Day Analysis 31 Dec 07 Oil Price Volatility the Hallmark of 2007…and 2008?

Same-Day Analysis 28 Dec 07 2008 Outlook for the Norwegian Continental Shelf

Same-Day Analysis 27 Dec 07 Taking the Pulse of the Russian Energy Sector in 2008

Same-Day Analysis 24 Dec 07 Debate over U.S. Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Scheme Likely to Progress During 2008

Same-Day Analysis 21 Dec 07 Cuba and Venezuela to Inaugurate Joint Refinery Project

Same-Day Analysis 20 Dec 07 Energy Bill Signed Into Law by U.S. President

Same-Day Analysis 19 Dec 07 Petrobras's Plans for New Investments Affirm Brazil's Continued Reliance on Bolivian Gas

Same-Day Analysis 18 Dec 07 E.ON Reports "Major Progress" in Planned Gas Asset Swap with Gazprom

Same-Day Analysis 17 Dec 07 Nigerian President Vows to Cleanse NNPC of Corruption, Meets U.S. Counterpart

Same-Day Analysis 14 Dec 07 Hopes for Deal Increase as Climate Change Conference Draws to a Close

Same-Day Analysis 13 Dec 07 Spanish Power Companies to Lose Windfall Profits Following Emission Permit Ruling

Same-Day Analysis 12 Dec 07 China State Grid Wins TransCo Privatisation Auction in the Philippines

Same-Day Analysis 11 Dec 07 Petro-Canada Signs 30-Year Pact with Libya, Committing to US$7 bil. in Shared Investments

Same-Day Analysis 10 Dec 07 First Libyan Gas Licensing Round Awards Shell and Three National Gas Companies

Same-Day Analysis 7 Dec 07 Gazprom Reportedly Seeking 60% Price Hike for Gas Exports to Belarus in 2008

Same-Day Analysis 6 Dec 07 BP Re-Enters Oil Sands Race in Canada

Same-Day Analysis 5 Dec 07 Russia, Ukraine Agree on Gas Price Deal for 2008, Averting Potential Supply Disruption

Same-Day Analysis 4 Dec 07 Government Places More Than 30 Oil and Gas Fields on Russia's "Strategic" List

Same-Day Analysis 4 Dec 07 Report Finds Iran Halted Nuclear Programme in 2003, Throws U.S. Strategy into Disarray

Same-Day Analysis 3 Dec 07 Talks Deadline Extended as Deal Nears for Kazakhstan to Increase Kashagan Stake

Same-Day Analysis 30 Nov 07 Hungarian, Austrian Leaders Discuss MOL-OMV Saga, But Deadlock Continues

Same-Day Analysis 29 Nov 07 Main Oil Pipeline Between U.S. and Canada Damaged Following Blast

Same-Day Analysis 28 Nov 07 Gazprom Consents to Increased Turkmen Gas Prices; Ukraine to Face Higher Prices in Turn

Same-Day Analysis 27 Nov 07 Oxy, OMV Sign New Libyan Framework Agreement, Lowering Production Share, But Enhancing Growth Prospects

Same-Day Analysis 26 Nov 07 Iran Reports Nuclear Technology Breakthrough, But Hints At Possible Accord while Seeking Maximum Oil Revenues

Same-Day Analysis 23 Nov 07 KRG to Push Oil Agenda Further, Exploiting Rifts within Iraq's Central Government

Same-Day Analysis 22 Nov 07 Refinery or Pipeline? Uganda Bets its Future on Oil Production

Same-Day Analysis 21 Nov 07 ExxonMobil Secures Four Sirte Basin Blocks in Unilateral Libyan Deal

Same-Day Analysis 20 Nov 07 CNPC Looking at a Third West-East National Gas Trunkline in China—Report

Same-Day Analysis 19 Nov 07 Broadcast Mistake Highlights OPEC Differences over Dollar

Same-Day Analysis 16 Nov 07 Mixed Picture as UN Nuclear Watchdog Releases Latest Iran Report

Same-Day Analysis 15 Nov 07 BP Announces Major Gas Find Offshore Azerbaijan at Shah Deniz Field

Same-Day Analysis 14 Nov 07 Talk of Gazprom Deal with BP over TNK-BP Stake Heats Up Despite Denials

Same-Day Analysis 13 Nov 07 Five New IOCs Secure Iraqi Kurdistan Production-Sharing Contracts

Same-Day Analysis 12 Nov 07 Suez Signs LNG Supply Agreement with Brazil

Same-Day Analysis 9 Nov 07 Petrobras Announces Large Discovery in Brazil

Same-Day Analysis 8 Nov 07 Shell Leads Dutch Firms in Bold Proposal to Partner with Russia in Development of Yamal Gas Fields

Same-Day Analysis 8 Nov 07 China and India Grab Headlines in Latest Forecast from International Energy Agency

Same-Day Analysis 7 Nov 07 Northern Oil Rush Continues; Iraqi Kurdistan Signs Seven New PSCs

Same-Day Analysis 6 Nov 07 Economy Ministry Proposes Revamp of Kazakhstan's Oil Sector Taxation Policy

Same-Day Analysis 5 Nov 07 Chevron Reports on Q3 Earnings; Down 25%

Same-Day Analysis 2 Nov 07 Iran Braces for Tougher Sanctions; Faces LNG and Reinjection Dilemmas

Same-Day Analysis 1 Nov 07 Crude Surges to New Record High on Bullish Inventory Data

Same-Day Analysis 31 Oct 07 Energy Minister Says Ukraine Has Completed Gas Debt Payments to Russia

Same-Day Analysis 30 Oct 07 EC Cuts 10% from European Emission Allocations

Same-Day Analysis 29 Oct 07 Shell Looks to Broaden Downstream Position in China

Same-Day Analysis 26 Oct 07 U.S. Imposes Unilateral Sanctions on Iran

Same-Day Analysis 25 Oct 07 Struggle for Control of Key Refinery Could Trigger Oil Product Shortage in Ukraine

Same-Day Analysis 24 Oct 07 Petrobras Gets Go Ahead to Explore in Amazonian Block in Ecuador; OPEC Re-Entry a Step Closer

Same-Day Analysis 23 Oct 07 Eni-Led Consortium, Kazakhstan Sign Framework Agreement to Continue Kashagan Talks

Same-Day Analysis 22 Oct 07 Business As Usual for the Energy Sector as China's 17th Party Congress Wraps Up

Same-Day Analysis 18 Oct 07 Record Crude Prices Caused by Turkish Sabre-Rattling

Same-Day Analysis 17 Oct 07 Littoral States Again Fail to Reach Deal on Caspian Sea Legal Status and Ownership of Natural Resources

Same-Day Analysis 16 Oct 07 Uncertainty Continues as Russian Government Puts Planned New Subsoil Law on Hold

Same-Day Analysis 15 Oct 07 OMV Sets Out Vision to Become South-Eastern European Leader

Same-Day Analysis 12 Oct 07 Chief Executive Announces Major Restructuring for BP

Same-Day Analysis 10 Oct 07 Gorgon LNG Project Secures Final Approval from Federal Authorities in Australia

Same-Day Analysis 9 Oct 07 AEP Environmental Clean-Up Settlement in U.S. Among Largest on Record

Same-Day Analysis 8 Oct 07 OMV's South Pars and Iran LNG Investment Negotiations Stall, Joining Majority of Iran's Gas Projects

Same-Day Analysis 5 Oct 07 StatoilHydro Chair Steps Down Amid Libyan Corruption Allegations

Same-Day Analysis 4 Oct 07 Tengizchevroil Hit with US$609-mil. Fine for Environmental Violations in Kazakhstan

Same-Day Analysis 3 Oct 07 Gazprom Threatens to Cut Gas Supplies to Ukraine Unless US$1.3-bil. Debt Paid

Same-Day Analysis 2 Oct 07 EU Leaders Back European Nuclear Revival

Same-Day Analysis 1 Oct 07 Ukrainian Election Results Point to New Gas Price Clash with Russia

Same-Day Analysis 28 Sep 07 Foreign Oil Worker Killed in Nigeria as Militants Attack Oil Services Company Saipem

Same-Day Analysis 27 Sep 07 Turkmen President Reiterates Commitment to Pursue Alternative Gas Export Options

Same-Day Analysis 26 Sep 07 Parliament Passes Law Allowing Kazakh Government to Break Oil Contracts

Same-Day Analysis 25 Sep 07 OMV Presents Offer for MOL But Significant Hurdles Remain

Same-Day Analysis 24 Sep 07 MEND Promises Fresh Attacks on Nigerian Oil Industry as Leading Militant Arrested in Angola

Same-Day Analysis 21 Sep 07 Storm Fears Prompt Widespread Closure of Oil and Gas Production in U.S. Gulf of Mexico

Same-Day Analysis 20 Sep 07 Unbundling at Forefront of Latest EU Energy Market Proposals—but with Foreign Ownership Restrictions

Same-Day Analysis 19 Sep 07 Panel Recommends Large Increase in Royalty Take on Oil Sands Output in Canadian Province of Alberta

Same-Day Analysis 18 Sep 07 Iran Threatens to Rethink French Oil Major's LNG Contract as France Pushes for EU Sanctions

Same-Day Analysis 17 Sep 07 CNPC/PetroChina Linked with Move for Oil Search

Same-Day Analysis 14 Sep 07 Ormen Lange Field Comes Onstream, Begins Pumping Norwegian Gas to U.K.

Same-Day Analysis 13 Sep 07 Crude Price Breaches US$80/b Mark after EIA Reports Another Large U.S. Inventory Draw

Same-Day Analysis 12 Sep 07 Crude Hits New Record High as OPEC Agrees to Increase Output by 500,000 b/d

Same-Day Analysis 11 Sep 07 Is OPEC Preparing to Spring a Surprise?

Same-Day Analysis 10 Sep 07 APEC Summit Launches New Global Climate Change Initiative

Same-Day Analysis 7 Sep 07 Shell Declares Force Majeure in Argentina

6 Sep 07 Subprime Crisis Will Likely See Oil Prices Hit for a Second Time

Same-Day Analysis 6 Sep 07 Kazakh PM Demands Co-Operator Role for Kazmunaigaz in Stalled Kashagan Project

Same-Day Analysis 5 Sep 07 Over 50 Companies Pre-Qualify in Libya's First Gas Exploration Licensing Round

Same-Day Analysis 4 Sep 07 NDRC Policy Directive Offers Dramatic New Vision for China's Gas Market

Same-Day Analysis 3 Sep 07 GdF, Suez Agree Merger after French President Brokers Deal

Same-Day Analysis 31 Aug 07 ExxonMobil Considering Selling Up in Argentina, According to Report

Same-Day Analysis 30 Aug 07 Nigerian President Scraps National Oil Corp.; Unbundling and Restructuring Ahead

Same-Day Analysis 29 Aug 07 Petrobras Expresses Concern over Rio Tax Threat

Same-Day Analysis 28 Aug 07 Eni Feels the Heat as Kazakh Authorities Maintain Pressure in Kashagan Dispute

Same-Day Analysis 27 Aug 07 Nigerian President Stamps Authority on NNPC

Same-Day Analysis 24 Aug 07 New Nuclear Safety Measures Agreed in Germany; Firms Reject Early Closure Proposals for Older Reactors

Same-Day Analysis 23 Aug 07 Cepu Oil Production Start-Up Schedule Slips

Same-Day Analysis 22 Aug 07 Pressure Builds on Eni as Kazakh Government Threatens Kashagan Halt Due to Environmental Violations

Same-Day Analysis 20 Aug 07 Parliament Researchers in Iran Urge Scrapping of Gas Export Policy; Ex-Minister Warns of Oil "Catastrophe"

Same-Day Analysis 17 Aug 07 Cyprus Attracts Just Three Bids in First Phase of Licensing Round

Same-Day Analysis 16 Aug 07 Confusion, Controversy Surround Sale of Yukos's International Assets

Same-Day Analysis 16 Aug 07 U.S. "Terrorist" Classification for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard to Affect Economy, Gas Investments

Same-Day Analysis 15 Aug 07 Petrobras to Spend More Under Revised Business Plan

Same-Day Analysis 14 Aug 07 Proposed New Oil Law to Allow Foreign Companies to Resume Operations in Somalia, NOC to Be Launched

Same-Day Analysis 13 Aug 07 New Oil Minister Announced in Iran as President Moves to Strengthen Control

Same-Day Analysis 10 Aug 07 Venezuela's President Promises Energy Security for Allies

Same-Day Analysis 9 Aug 07 Tighter Conditions Bring New Price Highs to Asia's Coal Market

Same-Day Analysis 8 Aug 07 No Synfuels Windfall Tax in South Africa; Sasol Moves Ahead on CTL Plant

Same-Day Analysis 7 Aug 07 Oil Sector Thrives, But Vital Decisions Await in Sudan

Same-Day Analysis 6 Aug 07 U.S. House of Representatives Passes Sweeping Energy Bill Before Summer Recess

Same-Day Analysis 3 Aug 07 Shell Continues European Divestments with Sale of Further French Refinery and Skarv-Idun Stake

Same-Day Analysis 2 Aug 07 EU Urges Quick Resolution as Russia Cuts Belarusian Gas Supplies on Unpaid Debts

Same-Day Analysis 1 Aug 07 Marathon Opens Bid on Western Oil Sands at C$6.5 bil.

Same-Day Analysis 31 Jul 07 Germany, France Continue Clash with EU over Energy Market Liberalisation

Same-Day Analysis 30 Jul 07 Chevron Reports Q2 Earnings Up Nearly 24%

Same-Day Analysis 27 Jul 07 ExxonMobil Posts Stagnant Q2 Figures: Downstream Margins Barely Support Slipping Upstream Results

Same-Day Analysis 26 Jul 07 Russneft, Bashneft In Danger of Becoming the Next Yukos

Same-Day Analysis 25 Jul 07 Noose Tightens: U.S. Pension Funds Press IOCs to Leave Iran

Same-Day Analysis 24 Jul 07 President Dismisses Heads of Belarusian Energy Firms Amid Financial Woes

Same-Day Analysis 23 Jul 07 Hydropower Projects to Generate Megawatts and Foreign Currency in Ethiopia

Same-Day Analysis 20 Jul 07 Bluestar Oil Pulls Out of Refineries Deal in Nigeria

Same-Day Analysis 19 Jul 07 Opposition Parties Submit New Reform of Pemex's Tax Regime

Same-Day Analysis 18 Jul 07 Planned Gas Pipeline Advances with Turkmenistan-China Gas Deals

Same-Day Analysis 17 Jul 07 Iranian Gas Deal Marks Turkish Response to Russian Bypass Challenge

Same-Day Analysis 16 Jul 07 Iran in Energy Deal with Turkey, Turkmenistan, in U.S.-Defying Grand Plan

Same-Day Analysis 13 Jul 07 Total Chosen to Partner Gazprom in Developing Shtokman Gas Field

Same-Day Analysis 12 Jul 07 Power Sector to Receive US$8-bil. Investment in Nigeria

Same-Day Analysis 11 Jul 07 Home-Grown Guerrillas Claim Gas Infrastructure Attacks in Mexico

Same-Day Analysis 10 Jul 07 New Customs Data Underline China's Oil Import Call; Exports Slump

Same-Day Analysis 9 Jul 07 Gas Licensing Round Launched in Libya

Same-Day Analysis 6 Jul 07 Shell Eyes New Exploration Offshore U.S. State of Alaska

Same-Day Analysis 5 Jul 07 Mexico Steps Up Efforts to Lift Production, but Shies Away from Reform

Same-Day Analysis 4 Jul 07 Draft Oil Law Goes to Iraqi Parliament Today; Kurdish, Sunni Factions Already Expressing Reservations

Same-Day Analysis 3 Jul 07 Rosneft Buys and Sells Ex-Yukos Assets in Curious Portfolio Shuffle

Same-Day Analysis 2 Jul 07 Full Market Opening Realised in Europe, But True Competition Will Remain Elusive

Same-Day Analysis 29 Jun 07 Refinery Runs above Target in India

Same-Day Analysis 28 Jun 07 Rosneft Reportedly Eyes Potential Partnerships with Total, Petronas

Same-Day Analysis 27 Jun 07 U.S. Companies Pull Out of Venezuela as New Oil Contracts Signed

Same-Day Analysis 26 Jun 07 ONGC Results Raise Spectre of Subsidy Burden in India

Same-Day Analysis 25 Jun 07 BP Strikes Deal to Sell TNK-BP Stake in Kovykta Gas Field to Gazprom

Same-Day Analysis 22 Jun 07 U.S. Senate Approves Comprehensive Energy Bill

Same-Day Analysis 21 Jun 07 Iran Remains Obstacle in Quest for Multilateral Agreement on Caspian Sea

Same-Day Analysis 20 Jun 07 Trade Unions in Nigeria Press Ahead with Strike, But Oil Still Pours Forth

Same-Day Analysis 19 Jun 07 Despite Upbeat Government and U.S. Comments, Iraqi Oil Law Resistance Increasingly Organised

Same-Day Analysis 18 Jun 07 Italy Completes Market Liberalisation with Special Decree

Same-Day Analysis 15 Jun 07 Gazprom Touts Gas Supply Potential, Raises Long-Term Output Forecast

Same-Day Analysis 14 Jun 07 First New U.S. Refinery in Thirty Years Announced by Hyperion Resources

Same-Day Analysis 13 Jun 07 Energy Supply Problems Continue in Argentina

Same-Day Analysis 12 Jun 07 Norway, Russia Near Agreement on Barents Sea Claim

Same-Day Analysis 11 Jun 07 Oil Production Costs Triple in Kuwait; Parliament Demands Answers

Same-Day Analysis 8 Jun 07 Brazil's President Brings Ethanol Enthusiasm to G8 Summit

Same-Day Analysis 7 Jun 07 Could Mounting Cost Pressure Derail Australia's NWS LNG Expansion?

Same-Day Analysis 6 Jun 07 Azerbaijan Poised to Increase Gas Production, Supply European Market

Same-Day Analysis 5 Jun 07 IEA Policy Review Calls for Rethink on German Nuclear Phase-Out

Same-Day Analysis 1 Jun 07 Shifting His Stance on Global Warming, U.S. President Backs Kyoto Successor

Same-Day Analysis 31 May 07 Dubai Mercantile Exchange Begins Oil Futures Trading Today as New Benchmark Contract is Sought

Same-Day Analysis 30 May 07 BP Announces US$900-mil. Gas Exploration Comeback to Libya

Same-Day Analysis 29 May 07 Nigerian President to Be Inaugurated Today; Energy Crises Top List of Challenges

Same-Day Analysis 28 May 07 Spanish Government Agrees New Policy Framework for Renewables

24 May 07 U.S. Gasoline Prices and the Consumer

Same-Day Analysis 24 May 07 Climate Change, Security Continue to Top Agenda as U.K. Government Publishes Energy White Paper, Nuclear Consultation

Same-Day Analysis 23 May 07 Brazilian Energy Minister Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal

Same-Day Analysis 22 May 07 Domestic and International Parties Unite for New CTL Venture in Indonesia

Same-Day Analysis 21 May 07 LNG Development Problems Continue for the U.S.

Same-Day Analysis 17 May 07 PetroChina Looks to Above-Average Returns from Nanpu-Jidong Oilfield

Same-Day Analysis 16 May 07 Norwegian Government Cuts 2007 Oil and Gas Output Forecast by 9.4%

Same-Day Analysis 15 May 07 Will China and India Take the Bait in Alternative Climate Change Strategy?

Same-Day Analysis 14 May 07 EC Launches Antitrust Probe into RWE, Eni over Gas-Grid Access

Same-Day Analysis 11 May 07 Rosneft Cements Status with Samaraneftegaz Addition; Mystery Company Wins Yukos Retail Fuel Assets

Same-Day Analysis 10 May 07 Statoil Cuts 2007 Production Target by 12%

Same-Day Analysis 9 May 07 Russian President Embarks on Central Asian Energy Diplomacy Tour

Same-Day Analysis 8 May 07 MEND Destroys Three Pipelines in Niger Delta; Pledges to Cripple Crude Exports

Same-Day Analysis 7 May 07 Chevron Invitation Could Signal New Approach to Foreign Investors by Turkmenistan

Same-Day Analysis 4 May 07 Fierce Debate Leads to International Consensus on Plan to Fight Global Climate Change

Same-Day Analysis 3 May 07 Saudi Arabia Assures Asia of Stable Supply but Halts Plans for Further Capacity Hikes

Same-Day Analysis 2 May 07 Venezuela Takes Over Control of Extra-Heavy Oil Projects

Same-Day Analysis 1 May 07 U.S. Interior Department Provides Specifics on OCS Opening

Same-Day Analysis 30 Apr 07 Mexican Lower House Approves Biofuels Bill

Same-Day Analysis 27 Apr 07 Rosneft Claims Top Spot Among Listed Companies by Oil Reserves

27 Apr 07 Oil Inventories

27 Apr 07 U.S. Oil Inventories

Same-Day Analysis 26 Apr 07 Controversy Surrounds China's First National Climate Change Assessment

Same-Day Analysis 25 Apr 07 Chinese Oil Workers Targeted in Latest Terror Raid in Ethiopia

Same-Day Analysis 24 Apr 07 Samsun-Ceyhan Pipeline Represents Turkish Gamble on Bosphorus Bypass Business

Same-Day Analysis 23 Apr 07 All Roads Lead to China as Pipeline Plans Take Shape Across Asia

Same-Day Analysis 20 Apr 07 KRG Oil Minister Plays Down Differences over Iraqi Draft Oil Law, but Key Questions Remain

Same-Day Analysis 19 Apr 07 China Wins Again in Nigerian Bidding Round

Same-Day Analysis 18 Apr 07 Climate Change Debate Reaches New Stage at UN Security Council

Same-Day Analysis 17 Apr 07 Import-Export Flux Defines Latest Oil Data from China

Same-Day Analysis 16 Apr 07 Russia Likely to Cut Payments to Sakhalin PSA Operators Following Audits

Same-Day Analysis 13 Apr 07 Transneft Mulls Options as Lithuania Eyes Potential Restart to Russian Oil Supplies

Same-Day Analysis 12 Apr 07 After New Agreements, Joint Development is the Next Step for China and Japan

Same-Day Analysis 11 Apr 07 PetroChina and PDVSA Reportedly Working On Orimulsion Supply Compromise

Same-Day Analysis 10 Apr 07 Gas Exporters Stop Short of Declaring a Cartel

Same-Day Analysis 9 Apr 07 Yukos Death Knell Set for May as Creditors Decide Timetable for Remaining Asset Auctions

Same-Day Analysis 6 Apr 07 Petrovietnam to Offer Seven New Offshore Exploration Blocks

Same-Day Analysis 5 Apr 07 Conditional Yukos Auction Win is Victory for Eni, Enel, in Russia Nonetheless

Same-Day Analysis 4 Apr 07 Agreement Reached on New Oil Pipeline to Europe

Same-Day Analysis 3 Apr 07 E.ON Drops Endesa Bid; Agreement Reached With Enel, Acciona to Divide Up Assets

Same-Day Analysis 2 Apr 07 Will ExxonMobil Get the "Shell Treatment" at Sakhalin-1 in Russia's Far East?

Same-Day Analysis 30 Mar 07 President Launches Master Plan for Niger Delta

Same-Day Analysis 29 Mar 07 PDVSA's Net Profits Fall as Social Spending Rises

Same-Day Analysis 28 Mar 07 In the End, No Surprises in First Yukos Auction

Same-Day Analysis 27 Mar 07 PetroChina Makes Big Splash with Nanpu Oil Discovery in Bohai Bay

Same-Day Analysis 26 Mar 07 Government Proposes Consolidation of Lithuanian Electricity Firms as Part of NPP Plan

Same-Day Analysis 23 Mar 07 India Takes Pakistan to Task over Fees for Pipeline Project

Same-Day Analysis 22 Mar 07 Trinidadian and Venezuelan Presidents Sign Agreement Unifying Gas Reserves

Same-Day Analysis 21 Mar 07 Rosneft Board Approves Borrowing Plans to Finance Yukos Asset Acquisitions

Same-Day Analysis 20 Mar 07 PetroChina Posts 'Disappointing' 2006 Results

Same-Day Analysis 19 Mar 07 Concerns Raised over New Marine Bill; BG Calls for North Sea Tax Breaks

Same-Day Analysis 16 Mar 07 Deal Signed on Burgas-Alexandroupolis Pipeline; Construction to Begin in 2008

Same-Day Analysis 15 Mar 07 Private Indian Players Step into the Ring for Gas Negotiations with Iran

Same-Day Analysis 14 Mar 07 Shell Will Not Leave Niger Delta, President Assures International Community of Region's Security

Same-Day Analysis 13 Mar 07 Chinese Oil Imports Continue to Grow; Domestic Production Takes a Surprising Upturn

Same-Day Analysis 12 Mar 07 EU Renewable Target Gets Green Light, but Unbundling to Occur on Country-by-Country Basis

Same-Day Analysis 9 Mar 07 EU Ministers Agree 20% Cut in CO2 Emissions by 2020, Renewable Target and Unbundling Talks Continue

Same-Day Analysis 8 Mar 07 President Bush’s Visit to Brazil to Focus on Ethanol

Same-Day Analysis 7 Mar 07 Finnish Reactor Woes Indicate Challenges for Nuclear Renaissance

Same-Day Analysis 6 Mar 07 Oil Spill Cuts Shell Production by 187,000 b/d in Nigeria; Court Case of Militant Leader Adjourned

Same-Day Analysis 5 Mar 07 Carbon Capture to Feature at EU Summit; Norway to Form State CCS Company

Same-Day Analysis 2 Mar 07 IEA Outlines Significant Investment Required in U.K. Energy Sector

Same-Day Analysis 1 Mar 07 Arbitration Resumed by Nicaragua Against Spanish Energy Firm

Same-Day Analysis 28 Feb 07 Energy-Sector Implications of India's 2007/08 Budget

Same-Day Analysis 27 Feb 07 President Signs Decree Nationalising Extra-Heavy Oil Production in Venezuela

Same-Day Analysis 26 Feb 07 Expatriate Killed, More Kidnapped as Italy Asks Nationals to Quit Niger Delta

Same-Day Analysis 23 Feb 07 Western Australia Bullish over Future LNG Production Prospects

Same-Day Analysis 22 Feb 07 Yukos Asset Auctions Set to Begin in March; Gazprom, Rosneft Tipped to Be Big Winners

Same-Day Analysis 21 Feb 07 ExxonMobil and QP Abandon Palm GTL Project Due to Escalating Costs

Same-Day Analysis 20 Feb 07 Italy Looks to Renewables, Energy Efficiency to Address Import Dependence

Same-Day Analysis 19 Feb 07 Croatians Kidnapped, American Released—Hostage-Taking Continues in Niger Delta

Same-Day Analysis 16 Feb 07 High Court Ruling on Consultation Process Pushes Back U.K. Nuclear Revival

Same-Day Analysis 15 Feb 07 Eastern Mediterranean Oil Exploration Pits Turkey Against Cyprus

Same-Day Analysis 14 Feb 07 Total Posts Record Year-End Results Despite Q4 Downturn; Bright Outlook for 2007

Same-Day Analysis 13 Feb 07 Gas Cartel "Idea" Gains Traction During Russian Leader's Middle East Tour

Same-Day Analysis 12 Feb 07 Chevron Reportedly Interested in Bidding for Yukos Assets

Same-Day Analysis 9 Feb 07 Venezuela Announces Agreement with AES to Take Over EDC as Part of Nationalisation Drive

Same-Day Analysis 8 Feb 07 Early Results of India's Latest Upstream Exploration Licensing Round

Same-Day Analysis 7 Feb 07 Could 2007 See a Downturn in Europe's Biofuels Market?

Same-Day Analysis 6 Feb 07 BP Posts 12% Profit Decline in Q4 2006

Same-Day Analysis 5 Feb 07 Chevron Posts 9% Net Profit Decline in Q4, But 22% Increase for 2006 Overall

Same-Day Analysis 2 Feb 07 ExxonMobil Reports Highest-Ever Profits of US$39.5 bil

Same-Day Analysis 1 Feb 07 Shell Q4 Profits Climb on Strong Production

Same-Day Analysis 31 Jan 07 Tamoil to Dominate Kenya's Oil Industry with New Refinery and Pipeline Deal

Same-Day Analysis 30 Jan 07 Norway Announces Results of 2006 APA Licensing Round; 20th Round to Be Delayed

Same-Day Analysis 29 Jan 07 Belarussian President Threatens New Duties on Russian Oil Transit

Same-Day Analysis 25 Jan 07 ConocoPhillips Reports Decline in Q4 2006 Net Income and Revenues

Same-Day Analysis 24 Jan 07 U.S. President Focuses on Energy Security

Same-Day Analysis 23 Jan 07 Areva Signals Move into Renewables with Offer for Germany's REpower

Same-Day Analysis 22 Jan 07 Ecuador's New Energy Minister Calls for Renegotiation of Contracts, But Not Nationalisation

Same-Day Analysis 19 Jan 07 New Kazakh PM Promises Greater Scrutiny of Foreign Oil Companies

Same-Day Analysis 18 Jan 07 Damning Verdict on BP’s Safety Record Must Lead to Significant Reforms

Same-Day Analysis 17 Jan 07 Niger Delta Deaths Lead Shell to Shut In Crude and Pull Workers

Same-Day Analysis 16 Jan 07 "Compromise" Tariff Deal Will Alter Russia-Belarus Energy Trade

Same-Day Analysis 15 Jan 07 BP Chief Executive Lord Browne to Step Down in July

Same-Day Analysis 12 Jan 07 Does Russia Care Whether or Not it is a "Reliable" Energy Supplier?

Same-Day Analysis 11 Jan 07 Belarus Cancels Oil Transit Tax; Druzhba Oil Deliveries Resumed

Same-Day Analysis 10 Jan 07 European Leaders Fire Up Over Russian Oil Cut

Same-Day Analysis 9 Jan 07 "Friendship" in Name Only: Belarus Dispute Hits Russian Oil Exports to Europe

Same-Day Analysis 8 Jan 07 NOCs of China Plan to Turn Record Profits into Upstream E&P Gains at Home and Abroad

Same-Day Analysis 4 Jan 07 Belarus Retaliates in Oil Export Tariff Dispute, Slaps New Duty on Russian Oil Transit

Same-Day Analysis 3 Jan 07 Upstream Shut-Ins Mount as Cyclone Hits Western Australia

Same-Day Analysis 29 Dec 06 Inga Hydropower Project is the Panacea for DRCongo's Energy Future

Same-Day Analysis 28 Dec 06 MEND Set to Deliver Explosive Response to Nigeria's Elections in 2007

Same-Day Analysis 27 Dec 06 Georgia Relents, Will Pay the Price for Russian Gas in 2007

Same-Day Analysis 22 Dec 06 Gazprom Secures Controlling Stake in Sakhalin-2 Project in US$7.45-bil. Deal

Same-Day Analysis 21 Dec 06 EC Moves to Include Air Travel in Europe's Emissions Trading Scheme

Same-Day Analysis 20 Dec 06 Azerbaijan, Georgia Stand Firm in Battle of Wills with Russia over Gas Prices and Supplies

Same-Day Analysis 19 Dec 06 MEND Detonates Car Bombs Targeting Agip and Shell in Nigeria

Same-Day Analysis 18 Dec 06 Westinghouse Wins Race for Record Nuclear-Power Contracts in China

Same-Day Analysis 15 Dec 06 OPEC Agrees to Cut Output by 500,000 b/d from 1 February

Same-Day Analysis 14 Dec 06 OPEC Cut Threat Recedes but Oil Markets Nervous After U.S. Stock Falls

Same-Day Analysis 13 Dec 06 EC Warns Member States on EU Gas & Power Deregulation, Raids German Power Firms

Same-Day Analysis 12 Dec 06 Shell Reportedly Offers to Cede Control of Sakhalin-2 to Gazprom

Same-Day Analysis 11 Dec 06 Franco-German Opposition Set to Block Full Ownership Unbundling of Energy Utilities?

Same-Day Analysis 8 Dec 06 Natural Resources Ministry Suspends Licences for Russia's Sakhalin-2 Subcontractor

Same-Day Analysis 7 Dec 06 Another U.S. Report Outlines Failings in Iraqi Oil Sector

Same-Day Analysis 6 Dec 06 Draft Oil Law: Iraqi Prime Minister Says Oil Law "Ready" to Go to Parliament

Same-Day Analysis 5 Dec 06 Woodside Spuds Offshore Well; Kenya's Oil Future to Be Determined in 2007

Same-Day Analysis 1 Dec 06 China Moving New Legislative Foundation for Energy Industries Forward

Same-Day Analysis 30 Nov 06 EC Takes Hard Line on Emissions in European Allocation Plan Ruling

Same-Day Analysis 29 Nov 06 Rosneft, Gazprom Set Aside Differences with Wide-Ranging Cooperation Agreement

Same-Day Analysis 28 Nov 06 Iberdrola Agrees £12-bil. Takeover with Scottish Power

Same-Day Analysis 27 Nov 06 EDF Looks to Lead European Nuclear Revival with New U.K. Plant

Same-Day Analysis 24 Nov 06 EU Grapples with Unified Approach to Energy Policy Ahead of Russian Summit

Same-Day Analysis 23 Nov 06 Wave of Upstream Shut-Ins Follow Gas Pipeline Blast in Indonesia

Same-Day Analysis 22 Nov 06 BNDES Predicts Accelerated Investment Rate in Brazilian Electricity Sector

Same-Day Analysis 21 Nov 06 Gas Squeeze Persists in Saudi Arabia; Industry Projects Shift to Oil

Same-Day Analysis 20 Nov 06 International Climate Change Meeting Wraps Up Without Breakthrough

Same-Day Analysis 17 Nov 06 Director of Petroleum Resources in Nigeria Reportedly Dismissed over Oil Licence Allocation

Same-Day Analysis 16 Nov 06 Gloomy Prognosis for Iraqi Oil as Politics of the Green Zone Fails to Convince

Same-Day Analysis 15 Nov 06 EC Signs Off on Merger of Gaz de France and Suez, Subject to Conditions

Same-Day Analysis 14 Nov 06 China to Push for Greater Heavy Oil Content in Upstream Mix

Same-Day Analysis 13 Nov 06 Another Pumping Station Invaded in Niger Delta; Oil Unions Threaten More Strikes

Same-Day Analysis 10 Nov 06 U.K. Government Seeks Views on Proposals to Streamline Planning Process for Energy Infrastructure

Same-Day Analysis 9 Nov 06 Iberdrola Rumoured to be Behind Surprise Move for Scottish Power

Same-Day Analysis 8 Nov 06 Qeshm LNG Surges Forward with Deal Through Australia LNG

Same-Day Analysis 7 Nov 06 Focus on Infrastructure Investment and European Coordination in Wake of Power Blackouts

Same-Day Analysis 6 Nov 06 No Attacks Yet in Niger Delta Despite U.S. Government Warning

Same-Day Analysis 3 Nov 06 Former Oil Contract Holders Line Up in Iraq; NOCs Push to the Front

Same-Day Analysis 2 Nov 06 This Time, Gas War Looms Between Russia and Belarus

Same-Day Analysis 1 Nov 06 Twin Speeches from EC Officials Set Out Key Challenges for the European Energy Sector

Same-Day Analysis 31 Oct 06 Global Climate-Change Debate Heats Up in Wake of Stern Review

Same-Day Analysis 30 Oct 06 Troops Mass in Persian Gulf after Warning of Al-Qaeda Oil Attack

Same-Day Analysis 27 Oct 06 Kurds Further Separatist Oil Agenda with Draft PSA and Legal Proposals

Same-Day Analysis 26 Oct 06 Sakhalin-2 Environmental Violations Confirmed, Probe Extended; Criminal Prosecution Possible

Same-Day Analysis 24 Oct 06 Troubled Quarter Ends on Mixed Note for BP

Same-Day Analysis 23 Oct 06 Shell Faces New Russian Obstacle with Tax Claim Against West Siberian JV

Same-Day Analysis 20 Oct 06 Kenya-Uganda Pipeline Deal Delayed Again

Same-Day Analysis 20 Oct 06 OPEC Announces 1.2-mil.-b/d Output Cut; Now Must Convince Markets

Same-Day Analysis 19 Oct 06 Petrobras President Rules Out Privatisation, Company Hopes to Declare More Commercial Discoveries

Same-Day Analysis 18 Oct 06 Iranian Oil Industry Purge Continues with Resignation of Leading Gas Negotiator

Same-Day Analysis 17 Oct 06 Is LUKoil Licence Crackdown Merely a Ploy in Russia's Grand Strategy?

Same-Day Analysis 16 Oct 06 Shell, Statoil Shut In 280,000 b/d Following Safety Violation in Norwegian Fields

Same-Day Analysis 13 Oct 06 Senate Approves Exploration-Incentive Bill in Argentina

Same-Day Analysis 12 Oct 06 Power Auction Raises over US$12 bil. in Brazil

Same-Day Analysis 11 Oct 06 Authorities in Indonesia Cancel ExxonMobil's Natuna PSC

Same-Day Analysis 10 Oct 06 Gazprom to Shun Partners, Develop Shtokman as Pipeline Gas for Europe

Same-Day Analysis 9 Oct 06 Azadegan Development in Disarray in Iran as Inpex Retreats to 10% Share

Same-Day Analysis 6 Oct 06 Confusion over OPEC Production Cut

Same-Day Analysis 5 Oct 06 President Claims “Half Victory” with Occidental's Dropping of Arbitration Case Against State Oil Company in Ecuador

Same-Day Analysis 4 Oct 06 French Parliament Approves GdF Sale, Opposition Vows to Continue Fight

Same-Day Analysis 3 Oct 06 Niger Delta Militants Attack Shell Convoy, Kill Nigerian Soldiers

Same-Day Analysis 2 Oct 06 Inpex Scrapes through Iran Azadegan Deadline: Political Intervention Poses Key Threat

Same-Day Analysis 29 Sep 06 Authorities in China Reportedly Sign Off on New West-East Gas Pipeline Plans

Same-Day Analysis 28 Sep 06 Wesfarmers Unveils Groundbreaking Gas and Power Initiative in Western Australia

Same-Day Analysis 27 Sep 06 Temporary Reprieve for Shell at Sakhalin-2; TNK-BP, Total Face Environmental Probes

Same-Day Analysis 26 Sep 06 TNK-BP Faces Revocation of Licence to Key Russian Gas Field

Same-Day Analysis 25 Sep 06 Will Nigeria Revoke Shell's Licence in Ogoni?

Same-Day Analysis 22 Sep 06 Is There a Path Out of Russia's Sakhalin Mess?

Same-Day Analysis 21 Sep 06 CNOOC Finally Wraps Up Groundbreaking LNG Supply Deal with Indonesia

Same-Day Analysis 20 Sep 06 Gazprom-Shell Asset Swap Talks Suspended Amid Sakhalin-2 Controversy

Same-Day Analysis 19 Sep 06 Shell-Led Russian Project In Jeopardy Following Cancellation of Environmental Permit

Same-Day Analysis 18 Sep 06 South Africa's Leading Light, but What Next for Sasol?

Same-Day Analysis 15 Sep 06 Oil Unions Call Off Strike in Nigeria

Same-Day Analysis 14 Sep 06 BP, Gazprom Sign LNG Supply Deal for Atlantic Market, Boosting Russia’s International Presence

Same-Day Analysis 13 Sep 06 Double Blow in Nigeria as Oil Unions Strike Amid Production Shut-in Chaos

Same-Day Analysis 12 Sep 06 OPEC Inaction Prompts Further Crude Weakness

Same-Day Analysis 11 Sep 06 Superintendent of Hydrocarbons Steps Down Two Weeks After Appointment in Bolivia

Same-Day Analysis 8 Sep 06 Indian Companies Show Interest in Investing in Brazil's Ethanol Sector

Same-Day Analysis 7 Sep 06 Official Confirmation of Former Energy Secretary as Mexican President-Elect is Welcome News for Potential Investors

Same-Day Analysis 6 Sep 06 New Level of Oversight in Libyan Oil and Gas; NOC Topped

Same-Day Analysis 5 Sep 06 EU Determined to Take On Energy Nationalism and Anti-Competitive Practices

Same-Day Analysis 4 Sep 06 BG Announces Biggest U.K. North Sea Gas Find for Five Years

Same-Day Analysis 1 Sep 06 U.S., U.K., and Nigeria Convene to Discuss Security in Gulf of Guinea

Same-Day Analysis 31 Aug 06 Commission Formed By Chad's President to Renegotiate Agreements with Oil Companies

Same-Day Analysis 30 Aug 06 China and Japan Resume War of Words over East China Sea Gas Production

Same-Day Analysis 29 Aug 06 Woodside Petroleum Seeks Greater U.S. Upstream Presence with Bid for Energy Partners

Same-Day Analysis 28 Aug 06 What About the Producers? The Other Side of the Russia-Algeria Gas Agreement

Same-Day Analysis 25 Aug 06 Venezuela Signs Energy Agreements with China and Gets Backing for UN Seat

Same-Day Analysis 24 Aug 06 PetroChina's H1 Earnings Contribute to Grand Ambitions

Same-Day Analysis 23 Aug 06 Song Remains the Same as Russia Confirms No Oil for Lithuania in September

Same-Day Analysis 22 Aug 06 Iran Gives Negative Signals on Nuclear Programme; U.S. Gunning for Sanctions

Same-Day Analysis 21 Aug 06 Hundreds Arrested in Niger Delta; Oil Companies Worried by Crackdown

Same-Day Analysis 18 Aug 06 First LNG Delivery Received by Mexico

Same-Day Analysis 17 Aug 06 Investor Struggle to Confirm Impact of Hydrocarbon Law Amendments in Algeria

Same-Day Analysis 16 Aug 06 Clock Continues to Tick Towards Next CIS Gas War on Turkmen Price Hike Demand

Same-Day Analysis 15 Aug 06 Energy Policy Back on Course as Libya Returns to the Market with Third Exploration Round

Same-Day Analysis 14 Aug 06 Tip of the Iceberg? Companies Start to Exit Nigeria Because of Delta Kidnapping Chaos

Same-Day Analysis 11 Aug 06 New Ukrainian PM Calls for Transparency, But Will Respect Existing Gas Deal with Russia

Same-Day Analysis 10 Aug 06 Chinese State Electricity Regulator Moots Massive Power Sector Divestment

9 Aug 06 When Will Prudhoe Bay Production Resume?

Same-Day Analysis 9 Aug 06 Will History Repeat Itself with New Russian Oil Blockade in Baltics?

Same-Day Analysis 8 Aug 06 Oil Prices Hit New Record Following News of Prudhoe Bay Shutdown

Same-Day Analysis 7 Aug 06 BP Shuts Production at Prudhoe Bay

Same-Day Analysis 4 Aug 06 Iraq Gives Green Light for Oil Investment Talks; Total the First to Express Caution

Same-Day Analysis 3 Aug 06 GOM Storm Worries Push Crude Close to Record High

Same-Day Analysis 2 Aug 06 What Next for Bankrupt Yukos?

Same-Day Analysis 1 Aug 06 Druzhba Oil Spill Highlights Tension Between Russia's Transneft, Environmentalists

Same-Day Analysis 28 Jul 06 Shell Calls Force Majeure as Nigeria Shut-In Exceeds 700,000 b/d

Same-Day Analysis 27 Jul 06 Positive Signs for Award of Enhanced Iraqi Oil Contracts Before Controversial Hydrocarbon Law In Place

Same-Day Analysis 26 Jul 06 Unsurprisingly, Creditors Vote in Favour of Bankruptcy for Yukos

Same-Day Analysis 25 Jul 06 KNOC Signs Deal to Acquire Canadian Oil Sands Mine

Same-Day Analysis 24 Jul 06 U.S. Government Urged to Make Plans for Possible Venezuelan Oil-Supply Disruption

Same-Day Analysis 21 Jul 06 Yukos CEO Resigns, Citing Planned "Sham" Creditor Meeting Geared to Liquidate Firm

Same-Day Analysis 20 Jul 06 Foreign Investment Law Rushed Through in Iraq; Ex-Oil Minister Says Energy Deals Some Way Off

Same-Day Analysis 19 Jul 06 Australian Authorities Look to Encourage Massive Energy-Sector Expansion

Same-Day Analysis 18 Jul 06 Eskom Plans "Mega Power Projects" for South Africa's Growing Economy

Same-Day Analysis 17 Jul 06 Fresh from "Success" of IPO, Russia’s Rosneft Promises Expansion

Same-Day Analysis 14 Jul 06 Middle East Violence Pushes Crude to New Record Highs

Same-Day Analysis 13 Jul 06 Dolphin Dynamics: Saudi Arabia Threatens Emirate Gas Feed in Land Dispute

Same-Day Analysis 12 Jul 06 Government Focuses on Emissions, Energy Security in U.K. Review

Same-Day Analysis 11 Jul 06 Project Kuwait on a Knife-Edge After Removal of Lead Architect

Same-Day Analysis 10 Jul 06 Aramco and Chevron Run Successful Steam Injection Tests; Claim Repercussions for Saudi Reserves

Same-Day Analysis 7 Jul 06 International Supermajors Lining Up for Stake in GSPC's Krishna Godavari Gas Play

Same-Day Analysis 6 Jul 06 Gazprom Export Monopoly, Rosneft IPO Highlight BP's Russian Conundrum

Same-Day Analysis 5 Jul 06 Crude Markets Set for Stormy Season

Same-Day Analysis 4 Jul 06 Iran Says it is Struggling with Gas Export Availability, Nabucco and IPI Volumes Questioned

Same-Day Analysis 3 Jul 06 Petrobras of Brazil Plans US$87 bil. Investment Under New Business Plan

Same-Day Analysis 29 Jun 06 As Usual, LUKoil Results Fail to Match Company's Ambitions

Same-Day Analysis 28 Jun 06 Checkmate - Novatek Deal Strengthens Gazprom's Gas Position in Russia and Beyond

Same-Day Analysis 27 Jun 06 President of Nigeria Warns Militants to End Violence in the Delta

Same-Day Analysis 26 Jun 06 Anadarko Raises the Bar with Dual Acquisition of Kerr-McGee and Western Gas Resources

Same-Day Analysis 23 Jun 06 Fuel Crisis Worsens in Iraq; Black Market Price Surges

Same-Day Analysis 22 Jun 06 Petroecuador President Resigns

Same-Day Analysis 21 Jun 06 TNK-BP Agrees to Sell Russian Production Unit to Sinopec

Same-Day Analysis 20 Jun 06 Mexican Presidential Candidates Vary on Approach to Energy Sector

Same-Day Analysis 19 Jun 06 Signs of Upstream Resurgence in Iran; Sinopec, Norsk Hydro Deals Imminent

Same-Day Analysis 16 Jun 06 Statoil Outlines Post-2008 Strategy; Base Price Assumptions Rise

Same-Day Analysis 15 Jun 06 BP Plans US$500-mil. Investment in Biofuels

Same-Day Analysis 14 Jun 06 Preliminary Details of China's Long-Awaited Energy Law Surface

Same-Day Analysis 13 Jun 06 EC's Piebalgs Repeats Mantra of Liberalisation, as EU Utilities Outline Their Requirements for Market Opening

Same-Day Analysis 12 Jun 06 Nigeria Shutting In 800,000 b/d, Says Department of Petroleum Resources

Same-Day Analysis 9 Jun 06 Kashagan Partners Eye US$4-bil. Trans-Caspian Oil Transport System to Connect to BTC Pipeline

Same-Day Analysis 5 Jun 06 Eight Foreign Oil Workers Released in Nigeria after Weekend Kidnapping

Same-Day Analysis 1 Jun 06 Much-Touted North Caspian Field Reportedly Yields Dry Hole in First Well

Same-Day Analysis 31 May 06 Rationing and Protests Provide Backdrop to Electricity Reforms in Venezuela

Same-Day Analysis 30 May 06 Major Powers Finalise New Incentives Package to Pull Iran Back from Nuclear Brink

Same-Day Analysis 26 May 06 Resource Nationalism On the Rise as Russia Mulls Changes to Sakhalin Deals, Subsoil Legislation

Same-Day Analysis 25 May 06 New Hope for Chinese Energy Security Follows First Crude Imports through Kazakhstan Oil Pipeline

Same-Day Analysis 24 May 06 Brazil Aims for Gas Self-Sufficiency

Same-Day Analysis 22 May 06 Indian and Chinese Oil Companies Dominate Mini Licensing Round in Nigeria

Same-Day Analysis 19 May 06 Concerns About Possible 'Contagion' from Bolivia's Gas Nationalisation Seen in Ecuador

Same-Day Analysis 17 May 06 Marathon Exits Russia in US$787-mil. Asset Deal with LUKoil

Same-Day Analysis 16 May 06 Ecuador's Government Annuls Occidental Contract

Same-Day Analysis 15 May 06 Pipeline Security to Be Increased After Blast Kills 200 in Nigeria

Same-Day Analysis 12 May 06 Sinopec Offers US$1-bil. Signature Bonus in New Licensing Round in Angola

Same-Day Analysis 11 May 06 Kuwait Promises Clarification on Oil Reserves to Quash Alternative PIW Estimate

Same-Day Analysis 10 May 06 Austria Joins Nationalistic Fray as OMV and Verbund Outline Plan to Combine Energy Operations

Same-Day Analysis 10 May 06 Austria Joins Nationalistic Fray as OMV and Verbund Outline Plans to Create Central Europe's Largest Energy Group

Same-Day Analysis 9 May 06 Shell Canada Reaches Deal to Acquire BlackRock Ventures

Same-Day Analysis 8 May 06 Australia Opens Tender for Extensive Offshore Exploration Acreage

Same-Day Analysis 5 May 06 U.S. Vice-President Provokes Cold Front in U.S.-Russian Relations, Denouncing Moscow's 'Energy Blackmail'

Same-Day Analysis 5 May 06 Saudi Aramco Puts More Meat on Upstream Plans

Same-Day Analysis 4 May 06 Petrobras Suspends Investments in Bolivia, Will Not Discuss Gas Price

Same-Day Analysis 3 May 06 Brazilian President Calls Emergency Cabinet Meeting, Plans to Talk with Regional Leaders over Gas Supplies

Same-Day Analysis 2 May 06 Bolivian President Nationalises Hydrocarbons Sector

Same-Day Analysis 1 May 06 China Increases Security of Supply with Energy Deals in Nigeria and Kenya

Same-Day Analysis 28 Apr 06 Energy Agenda Moves Forward in Iran in Midst of Expiry for Nuclear Compliance Deadline

Same-Day Analysis 27 Apr 06 Environmentalists Claim Victory as Russian President Orders New Route for Siberia-Pacific Oil Pipeline

Same-Day Analysis 26 Apr 06 Confidence in Niger Delta Security Plummets as ExxonMobil Asks Staff to Stay Away

Same-Day Analysis 25 Apr 06 Egypt and Algeria to Set Up Joint Exploration Company

Same-Day Analysis 24 Apr 06 Amid Suggestions of Market Liberalisation, Plans for China's Downstream Sector Continue to Boom

Same-Day Analysis 19 Apr 06 Niger Delta Committee Convenes; Employment in the Region Promised

Same-Day Analysis 18 Apr 06 Regulatory Amendments Raise Expectations Across China's Energy Industries

Same-Day Analysis 17 Apr 06 Chad's Embattled President Threatens Interruption to Oil Production