There have been rumors circulating that the theocracy in Iran was planning to arrest members of the opposition. Just last week Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi were under what was called “house arrest.” Now, according to the BBC the two leaders, who ran in the coutnry’s fradulent 2009 presidential “election” have been incarcerated with [...]
Forces loyal to Libyan dictator Muommar Qaddafi have launched a counterattack against anti-government rebels. The rebels, which now have an interim government, had taken the city of Zawiya, around 30 miles from Tripoli. Now it appears that the pro-regime militia has surrounded the city and intend to push back. The number of pro-Qaddafi forces are [...]
As Colonel Gaddafi’s power slowly ebbs away in Libya, many people will be worried that he is planning a brutal, bloody, finale. Predicting the unpredictable dictator is a dangerous game. But in mapping how the end game is going to play out, you could also play the blame game in how we got here. And...Continue reading 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'.
IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Feb 25 2011 Energy Vision Update 2011 Stock.xchng The World Economic Forum has just published the report , Energy Vision Update 2011 : A New Era for Gas The study focuses on the revolutionary transformation experienced in the natural gas markets around the world and takes into account the changes on both the demand and the supply . side The report is a stimulating contribution to one of the most important debates on the energy sector and is divided into five : parts 1 : A New Age for Gas 2 : Revolution in Natural Gas Supply 3 : Evolution in Natural Gas Demand 4 : Natural Gas Markets in an Era of Change 5 : New Promise , New Challenges Access the full report online Share and : Enjoy Share Written by IESE Library Staff in :
IESE Blog Community About Home BizKnowledge Watch IESE Library Blog Feb 25 2011 0 Energy Vision Update 2011 Stock.xchng The World Economic Forum has just published the report , Energy Vision Update 2011 : A New Era for Gas The study focuses on the revolutionary transformation experienced in the natural gas markets around the world and takes into account the changes on both the demand and the supply . side The report is a stimulating contribution to one of the most important debates on the energy sector and is divided into five : parts 1 : A New Age for Gas 2 : Revolution in Natural Gas Supply 3 : Evolution in Natural Gas Demand 4 : Natural Gas Markets in an Era of Change 5 : New Promise , New Challenges Access the full report online Share Written by IESE Library Staff in : Economics
As oil prices surge in response to the appalling violence in Libya, the House Natural Resources Committee offered their usual worn out suggestions for addressing America’s vulnerability to oil price shocks; more domestic drilling. Clearly energy only means one thing to this GOP dominated committee, fossil fuels. Domestic drilling may help Americans feel like something’s...Continue reading 'Here we go again! Blah baby Blah'.
This is a diplomatic row that has been rumbling for some time and it could get nasty. Back in 2009, the EU proposed legislation that would cut imports of dirty tar sands from Canada, as part of its Fuel Quality Directive, which was introduced to encourage cleaner, greener fuels. Canada was worried that the tar...Continue reading 'Tar Sands Threatens Canada-EU Deal'.
At one point yesterday, Brent crude, the European benchmark grade of oil was topping $108 a barrel—its highest level in 2½ years. Such is the surge in oil prices caused by the Libyan crisis that it could derail the global economic recovery according to Fatih Birol, the International Energy Agency’s chief economist. Analysts argue that...Continue reading '“The last man will switch off the button”'.
Do you remember when last August that the US government announced that seventy-five per cent of the oil from BP’s Deepwater disaster had miraculously “disappeared”? This led to a plethora of press reports and blog posts that the ecological effects of the disaster had been over-exaggerated. At the time Samantha Joye, a marine scientist at...Continue reading 'Welcome to the “Invertebrate Graveyard”'.
This post by Brendan DeMelle originally appeared on DeSmog Blog. DeSmogBlog has uncovered an industry memo revealing that ‘Energy In Depth’ is hardly comprised of the mom-and-pop “small, independent oil and natural gas producers” it claims to represent. In fact, the industry memo we found, entitled “Hydraulic Fracturing Under Attack,” shows that Energy In Depth...Continue reading 'Oil Industry front group attacks fracking critics'.
When the history of the hydrocarbon age is written, the one company that will personify Big Oil more than any other will be Exxon. Yes, there are other oil majors like Shell and BP, but they are like young pretenders to the Oil King. Exxon is the company that has bet its future on oil,...Continue reading 'Exxon is Running Out of Oil'.
In an historic victory, a small court in Lago Agrio, in Ecuador’s Amazon has ordered that Chevron pay some $8.6 billion in damages. The court ruled in favour of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon who have spent the last 18 years seeking damages for systematic and chronic oil pollution. Chevron inherited the suit when...Continue reading 'Chevron Guilty'.