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Iran’s influence on the oil market and the fate of the US oil industry
Stefanie HeerwigThe first question, of course, is whether Iran would throw a 1 million barrels a day on the market in the short-term future. This depends mostly on whether sanctions by the U.S. and EU will be lifted.
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RIP Nabucco: What the Southern Corridor gas route decision means for the…
Lucy WallworkNabucco is dead. Long live TAP. The Nabucco pipeline, a highly political piece of gas transportation infrastructure, was designed to carry natural gas from Azerbaijani gas fields and neighboring suppliers to gas-hungry European customers. That was the logistical agenda, at least.
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Energy sector reforms in Mexico: A catch-22
Stefanie Heerwig Natural ResourcesWhatever changes Mexico's energy sector will take, they will be radical compared to the status quo. At least this is what you might think, if you've followed Mexico's energy reform debate since 2008 and President Enrique Pena Nieto's announcements following his ascent to power in December 2012. But the energy industry may be caught in a catch-22 situation allowing for little or no reform, which might not be enough to attract investment on a grand scale from interested parties like Exxon and Chevron.
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Shale revolution in doubt — so what?
Stefanie HeerwigNo single day seems to go by without praises of the shale revolution. And no assessment of the oil market seems to work anymore without including the U.S. as a global supplier.
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What Chinese investment in Latin America means for the US energy sector
Lucy WallworkThe rise of China in Latin America's resource-rich nations is already having an impact on U.S. crude imports.
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America’s natural gas dilemma: To export or not to export?
Lucy WallworkThe United States is facing a problem it couldn't have envisioned in its wildest dreams a few years ago as liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals were being hurriedly thrown up along the coast to plug the nation's energy deficit.
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