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70 $/MMBtu for shale gas in the US – you must surely be joking?
Yet that was the situation on some key locations on 5 February 2014, and typical prices were well above the magical crude oil parity of 15 $/MMBtu. LNG vessels sharply changed course…
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The shale well factory coming of age
While international E&P costs have increased strongly in recent years, new data from US oil and gas companies show 30-50% gains in efficiency and yield of shale oil and gas operations just…
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Pennsylvania’s Act 13 – Towards public acceptance of Marcellus and shale gas
The images of burning water and the resulting environmental discussions in the past two years have faded and natural gas production from the Marcellus shale is growing strongly. It is already the largest…
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Whitepaper released: US LNG Exports – Cumulative Market Impact Assessment
Energy Perspectives is pleased to release a whitepaper on coming US LNG exports. The US gas price fall in 2011 and international demand growth has created global interest in accessing both US and…
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Macondo blowout and the cost of exploration
Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production activities have now generally been restored to the level before the 2010 Macondo blowout. Drilling bans have been formally lifted, but secondary effects are coming in…
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Making sense of Kaliningrad LNG
In the last week of November 2013, global energy media have reported that Gazprom plans to build a large LNG export terminal in its Baltic enclave Kaliningrad – still East Preussia to…
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The important new CNPC-Novatek LNG agreement
The announcement of a Heads of Agreement between CNPC and Novatek for a minimum annual delivery of 3mt of LNG to China is highly significant, far beyond the fact that this is…
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The (r)evolutionary new Oil and Gas Factory – study excerpt
Oil and gas exploration and production in the US has always been different from the rest of the world, not least because of the sheer number of wells and the required underlying supply infrastructure. …
