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On December 14, 2009, an inauguration took place that deserves more attention than it received because it marks an economic power shift to the benefit of three Central Asian countries and China and to the detriment of Russia.
Posted: 2010-02-11
Category: Investing
The recent revelations of a International Energy Administration whistleblower that the IEA may have distorted key oil projections under intense U.S. pressure is, if true (and whistleblowers rarely come forward to advance their careers), a slow-burning thermonuclear explosion on future global oil production. The Bush administration’s actions in pressuring the IEA to underplay the rate of decline from existing oil fields while...
Posted: 2010-02-09
Category: Investing
After years of over promising and under delivering, the solar Industry is finally starting to show some interesting developments which have the potential to make solar power as cheap as fossil fuel on a cost-per-watt basis within five years.
Posted: 2010-02-08
Category: Investing
It is often assumed that what preoccupies military planners is their attempts to define the shape of future warfare so that they can adequately prepare equipment and doctrine ideal to meet the threat. Evidence, however, shows that what most occupies their attention is how to adapt existing force structures and systems to react to emerging conditions.
Posted: 2010-02-08
Category: Politics
BAGHDAD - What was once considered a pipe-dream could become reality: after decades of dictatorship, war and international sanctions, Iraq’s massive oil reserves are set to be tapped proper and the country once known for two overflowing rivers could be crowned oil king.
Posted: 2010-02-08
Category: Investing
China’s completion of an historic natural gas pipeline with Kazakhstan bypassing Russia this week tightens the Asian behemoth’s grip on energy resources needed to fuel a burgeoning economy, a desire also forcing it on a quest for oil and gas wealth in other corners of the globe.
Posted: 2010-02-08
Category: Investing
As multinational military forces have left Iraq, international petroleum companies have eagerly descended -- seduced by the long-term potential of vast oil reserves off-limits to foreigners for decades. Yet lingering violence, legal questions and political uncertainty make doing business in this country a gamble.
Posted: 2010-02-07
Category: Investing
Inside Beltwayistan, a number of Bushevik oil patch zombies still roam the recession-blasted landscape mindlessly chanting their Caspian mantra, “Happiness is multiple pipelines” - with the caveat that they flow westwards and bypass both Russia and Iran. They’ve now added a new word to their vocabulary, “Nabucco,” and worse, have bitten a number of Obama administration officials and visiting European politicians, who have joined their shuffling ranks.
Posted: 2010-02-07
Category: Investing
One bonus of the global recession is that it wiped a lot of incompetent hedge fund managers and energy speculators from the canyons of Wall Street. As the Gordon Gecko sycophants regroup and look for the next Big Thing, maximizing profit while minimizing risk, the landscape looks very different than it did a year ago. In such a climate, it is uranium, not oil and natural gas that would seem to have the brightest future for one simple, overriding capitalist principle – supply and demand.
Posted: 2010-02-06
Category: Investments
As we all live in the present, it is very hard to fully assess the future implications of decisions supported or made by political and business leaders. An extraordinary game of geo-strategy is under way to lock in long-term agreements, notably in the energy sector.
Posted: 2009-11-22
Category: Investing
While many Western investors remain fixated on somehow acquiring a slice of Turkmenistan’s natural gas riches, despite a recent scandal over the country’s actual reserves, there is another country further east whose energy and mineralogical reserves have been overlooked – Uzbekistan.
Posted: 2009-11-22
Category: Investing
In the UK, the HSE driven "Working at Height Regulations 2005", clearly state that any person assembling, dismantling or altering the structure of a mobile access tower should be competent to do so or be in the process of being trained to be so..
Posted: 2009-11-07
Category: Reference & Education
Crude oil is known as a fossil fuel since it comes from naturally occurring hydrocarbons below the earth’s surface. Crude oil is composed of a variety of hydrocarbons, and also has traces of various metals within its composition. It is formed from the byproducts of ancient biological mass, including a variety of prehistoric creatures which are now underneath the earth's surface.
Posted: 2009-10-03
Category: Investing
As a freely traded commodity, crude oil has seen vast shifts in the post-war era based upon speculation as well as the fundamentals of supply and demand. Oil was the basis for the emergence of the United States as a major industrial power in the modern era, powering the development of modern transportation and trade, as well as opening up the gates for expansion of international trade. Oil prices play an important economic and political indicator for major developed nations.
Posted: 2009-10-03
Category: Investing
Refineries are a core and essential part of the oil supply chain, ensuring that raw crude oil can be converted into process ready oils for transportation, manufacture and energy. The raw material from crude comes in a variety of consistencies, ranging from light, sweet crude which requires minimal processing to sand-based crude which requires extensive processing to get it into suitable compositions for industrial applications.
Posted: 2009-10-03
Category: Investing
