20 октября 2016 The art of expecting the unexpected “The media and the public often mistakenly see Silicon Valley as the sole developer and purveyor of game-changing technologies. But as recent years have proven, the energy sector is a hi-tech pioneer, constantly inventing, testing and improving technologies and techniqu
20 октября 2016 A ‘ripe’ time to visit Moscow? Venezuela´s presidential jet is fuelling up for President Nicolas Maduro´s next tour of Opec and non-Opec countries. The itinerary is still under wraps, but if the past is any guide, the jet will touch down in Moscow. That could happen right around the time national oil
19 октября 2016 Shale vs Opec: Learning curves “We are climbing that learning curve. It is still early in the tight oil reservoirs. Our expertise today is about where we were several decades ago with conventional reservoirs,” says ConocoPhillips chief executive Ryan Lance, referring to unconventional, US tight oil e
12 октября 2016 Quids in for BOPP manufacturers? The introduction of polymer bank notes in the UK a month ago has brought BOPP film into the minds and wallets of big spenders up and down the country, but this is one small facet of an industry that anonymously features heavily in most people’s day-to-day lives.
12 октября 2016 Friendly ambush in Istanbul Russian energy minister Alexander Novak and Total chief executive Patrick Pouyanne were chatting and smiling before and after a high-profile session at the World Energy Congress in Istanbul last night.
07 октября 2016 Gas gives nuclear a helping hand When nuclear power plants fail, what is left to pick up the slack?
06 октября 2016 Opec and non-Opec in Istanbul: More a turkey than a delight You would not want to be the organiser of a prestigious oil industry conference right now. Your speaker list is finalised, your delegates booked in, press applications scrutinised, and then the energy minister of one Opec member or another drops the bombshell that an in
05 октября 2016 It’s the economy, stupid For those still thunderstruck by Opec reaching an accord last week, allow the IMF to show you the workings. Its latest World Economic Outlook makes clear why economics trumped politics in Algiers.
29 сентября 2016 Can Ilva’s new owner forge a brighter future for Taranto? The clock is ticking down on the sale of Europe’s largest steel production site — Italian steelmaker Ilva’s Taranto steelworks — with the facility’s administrators confirming last week that the new owner will be announced in the first half of 2017.
22 сентября 2016 Is renewable energy threatening traditional energy sources? Rising renewables generation across Europe has made it increasingly difficult for conventional natural gas and coal-fired power plants to make a profit. Countries have responded to the problem in different ways, with some introducing capacity mechanisms to support conve
15 сентября 2016 Don’t bet your shirt in the output sweepstake The Opec and IEA reports this week pretty much buried any remaining hopes of substantial market rebalancing this year.
13 сентября 2016 Libya walks towards the light Of the many points of contention that will confront Opec ministers in Algiers, where they will gather informally at the end of this month in the latest push to, er, fix the oil market, is how to accommodate the group’s outliers.
12 сентября 2016 Aiming low in Algiers Algerian oil minister Noureddine Boutarfa seized the baton from his Venezuelan counterpart last week, engaging in a sprint around oil producing countries to drum up support for an unspecified proposal to put to Opec members – and maybe to others too – in Algiers at the
09 сентября 2016 Another pipeline ensnared What’s the biggest news in US energy infrastructure these days? Ask a 2nd grader.
