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Could The Comoros be a base for hydrocarbon products to Africa
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Everyone holds his breath as one of the most important hydrocarbon…
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The Energy Industrial Complex is dead
Who remembers what's this on the picture above. That's right,…
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World – meet Methanumorphosis
It's almost 9 years ago that I was asked to perform an in-company…
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The end of the oil price cycle
Since my very earliest days in the Natural Gas business, I have…
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Are diesel emissions a human rights violation?
The European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) was born on September…
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Unpredictable energy markets – or just the turn of the architect
In the second installment of the famous Matrix trilogy, Neo meets…
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Persian gas for the emerging Gulf gas market
One of the first assignments I had, when I joined the gas world,…
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LNG in Africa – LNG is not a rich man’s fuel
I have been writing about LNG in Africa for years now. Remember?…
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For our children – and ourselves
It's more than 3 years now that I have been fighting for some…
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In the crosshairs – how diesel makes us mutants
We all believe that protecting the environment around us is something…
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Use it or lose it for African flares
Africa - just like many other regions on Earth - suffers…
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Microbial Coal Conversion – putting lignite coal to good use
Good ideas are born incredibly frequently and it’s even more…
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Cold energy – how Stirling can help energy efficiency
Who knows what a Stirling engine is? Most of us won’t. Well,…
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Is shale a blessing in disguise for OPEC
How many times have I written about the implications of shale…
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LPG in Africa – may the games commence
It is difficult not to be stunned by what happens in energy nowadays.…
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Don’t try to avoid the F-word in LNG
There is a German saying. He, who does a voyage, shall have stories…
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Iranian LNG for Europe – reality or pipe dream?
Since my earliest days in LNG, I have lived with the specter…
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Is the Nigerian fuel crisis the mother of energy opportunities?
The news about the current Nigerian fuels crisis is already spreading…
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Micro generation – the next African mobile phone revolution
When I was exposed to Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time in…
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Could the Emirates be to the Middle Eastern gas market what the UK was to European one
In the mid Nineties, the UK transformed its gas market unleashing liberalization.…
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Was shale a frackin bubble?
Those who have spent the last 10 years in oil and gas were in…
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The third reign of life – clean energy from another realm
Most of us will remember from our time at school that life divides…
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AGRI and a new energy future for the Black Sea region
2011 I was briefly involved in a project called AGRI - the Azerbaijan,…
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How to beat chicken and egg in LNG bunkering
Just imagine it’s Christmas but nobody is there. That’s a…
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Ragnarok for oil sellers – and you thought the mayhem is over
All those interested in Norse mythology (I am sure there are…
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The real reason for the (so called) low oil price
So we have lived through the last OPEC meeting in Vienna holding…
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The Pharaoh dimension – LNG in Egypt
One in 3 Arabs worldwide lives on the banks of the Nile river?…
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Evolution in the LNG garden
Modern man with all his marvels is roaming the planet because…
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Alaska LNG – no lessons learned from Australia
There is something exciting up in the north. Its big, it’s…
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Where is the oil-price headed?
If one does a long-term project, one needs good forecasts. But…
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LNG, CNG and electric vehicles – what’s doing what
I cannot remember how many times I had the issue on the table.…
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80 USD oil is not cheap
I am feeling a little like in a warp bubble - don't you?
Browsing…
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The last wonderland for LPG and condensate exporters
The world of those who trade liquefied gasses and light condensate…
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The real hybrid car – not just a Prius
Since Toyota has bequeathed the Prius on us, all eyes are on…
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The demise of the dinosaurs – some parallels
65 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the planet. They had conquered…
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Peak everything is bullshit – how about peak idiots
It's incredible how some old, bad ideas linger on in human minds…
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The smart grid lie – why the real smart grid will blow your mind
Already in 2008, Smart Grids were all the rage. Everything was…
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How about lunar strawberries?
Humanity is capable of astonishing feats from making atoms visible to landing probes on saturnian moons. In business though, there are limits of what should be done - or not.
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Use LNG or lose money – the example of Iran
Let me give you some figures straight. Iran consumes a little…
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FLNG – great technology, wrong business model
This blog is almost two years old now and I have been asked multiple…
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We must get off Russian gas – and it’s not because of Putin or Ukraine
News on another potential Russian gas crisis is galore. Not a…
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No filter will save us – particulate matter kills
Anyone knowing this blog and me sure knows the rationale. Diesel…
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Dealing with Russia – what makes sense for European gas
It is hard to ignore Russia in today’s newscast and even those…
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The Danube river – from backwater to energy artery
Some days ago I met an old couple from Düsseldorf in the tram.…
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The shape of things to come – Methanopolis
Robert Kennedy said in a 1966 Cape town speech "There is a Chinese…
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LNG startup companies and the investors game
No cash - no business. That’s stone old wisdom. Any LNG venture…
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The value of bad news – only good news is toxic
Too much good news can kill an otherwise perfectly healthy project as it raises a lot of alarm bells. Those problems are not to be taken lightly and need careful planning and constant calibrating of the project. But denying that it’s there is not going to make things better as educated partners, customers, officials and investors will not miss out on it.
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Forget hydrogen – here comes biomethane
Hydrogen is often being touted the final solution to all our problems with vehicles and pollution. It does not produce CO2 (at least not directly) and for that fact alone its the darling of the tree huggers. But reality - as so very often - is much more complex. On balance hydrogen is not really the stuff you want in your tank and it comes at a very heavy price.
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Why shale is good for mankind but bad for the US
But America needs to fix its addiction to easy money and the current crisis could have been the best thing happening to the country in a long while for its curative properties. Its going to be bluntet by the shale gas boom as this puts new easy money at the fingertips of politicians.