Petrobras Offshore Oil - 2009-03-11 Editor Sam Hopkins takes a look at Brazil's new, cheaper plans to get billions of barrels of light crude from deep offshore fields.
CNPC Acquires Verenex - 2009-02-27 It may seem like a circuitous route, but China has cut its path to fresh African oil through Calgary, Canada.
Oil Price Drop - 2009-02-20 This week started with a reaffirmation of Peak Oil by the head of an international oil major.
Nabucco Gas Pipeline - 2009-02-11 Prague may seem to be the center of the universe at several points in 2009.
Norway Sovereign Wealth Fund - 2009-02-03 Editor Sam Hopkins looks at Norway's fossil-fuel-linked financial development... and drop.
OPEC in 2009 - 2009-01-26 Editor Sam Hopkins weighs the pluses and minuses of taking OPEC cartel statistics at face value.
Russian Media Gas Poll - 2009-01-13 Public opinion in energy politics may be entirely moot. Here in the U.S., high gas prices prompted plenty of outcry, but it was demand destruction and the tailspin of speculative money out of oil markets that brought pump prices down.
Russia Holds the Line - 2009-01-05 2009 did not bring Europe a resolution to the Russia-Ukraine gas price dispute. Russia refused Ukraine's offer of advance payment, calling recent pricing a "humanitarian gesture."
Russian Gas Exports - 2008-12-30 OAO Gazprom, Russia's natural gas export monopoly, has scored a major victory in its perennial natgas price standoff with neighboring Ukraine.
OPEC, Madoff and the Big 3 - 2008-12-19 You may have heard about financier Bernard Madoff and his house of cards that just came tumbling down.
Energy Shortages in the Baltic Sea Region - 2008-12-13 For this first Global Blackout blog issue, we're going to look at a part of the world that doesn't get much attention.