Ukrainian and Crimean crisis – European energy policy and market effects
The complex Ukrainian and Crimean situation has an abundance of Cold War, WW2, and maybe even Ottoman Empire parallels, leading back to the early days…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…