OK, we got it by now. In an unfathomable show of splendor, OPEC has congregated in Algiers to show the world that it still matters and that finally, after a zillion attempts and a lot of trepidation (that’s what it…
In 2005, the Natural Gas world looked at North America to become the El Dorado for all LNG exporters. Natural gas prices in the US were sky-high, reserves were dwindling, and demand ever growing. It resulted in an LNG bonanza…
After wood, coal, oil, and its derivatives, it’s methane gas that will rule the energy world. If you need reasons why this is so, you are a first-time visitor to this blog. Piece of advice: clean your schedule for the…
It’s one of the most commented topics of the last couple of years. Will Russia provide Europe with all the gas it needs – and whenever the discussion heats up, it veers off into the political realm? I won’t comment…
After the collapse of communism in 1989, Fukuyama famously predicted the end of history. His words were some of the most egregious blunders in the predicting business as from where I am standing, history is currently making large strides. It’s…
The vast majority of those reading those lines have enjoyed some form of schooling – a time when elementary education was meted out to make those unruly, pesky, adorable sweet little beings we were at birth a commodity. Future employers…
Now that even the most bull-headed traders have understood that high-price LNG and the seller’s market have gone away, the game has changed. Prodigious additional amounts of LNG will hit the energy consumption world and the question of where it…
Those who have seen the first installment of the famous “Hellboy” series will remember the scene where Professor Broom sees Kroenen coming down the stairs and asks the all-important question “I see the puppet but where is the puppet player?”.…
More than 3 years ago I wrote about North America being the El Dorado of energy because of all those exciting developments in shale gas. In a sense, it also became the green beacon of the world as cheap gas…
More than 2000 years ago, before the dawn of the Roman Empire, you would have been forgiven for thinking that the island world of the Eastern Mediterranean was the center of the world. Some of the most illustrious empires either…