 | 2009-04-09 21:30:49 Oil prices have dropped 60% since the peak in June. While the fall was welcomed at the beginning, it became a source of concern with the financial crisis. While the consensus thought the worst was over in the long ascent for oil prices, we believe this was only a momentary pullback. In fact, we believe the credit crisis and deleveraging process has affected hedge fund strategies forcing many positions to be closed at any price. This has pushed commodity and energy prices beyond the theoretical price normally associated with a recession scenario. Major exporting countries have production, consumption and export trade off problems with the net export factor being one of the most significant. |
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 | 2008-10-03 14:20:34 In the former soviet republics bordering
the Caspian Sea an active struggle is
taking place in the oil and gas sectors.
This region, which holds 4.3% of the
world’s proven gas reserves, was bound
sooner or later to become the epicentre
of high geopolitical tensions. |
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 | 2008-10-03 14:21:17 As demand for oil continues to grow,
the coming shortfall can only mean
disappointment for those around the
world who aspire to live more like
Americans and Europeans. |
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 | 2008-09-23 09:19:53 After record results in 2007, the Swiss
cement manufacturer plans on increasing
its capacities in Russia. However, the
specter of rising energy prices threatens
to trim its profit margins. |
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 | 2008-05-08 15:48:47 Bypassing the Bosporus and Dardanelles,
the South Stream gas pipeline and the
Burgas-Alexandroupolis oil pipeline
open new prospects for Europe’s energy
supplies. |
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 | 2008-05-08 15:37:55 The Rosatom state corporation will bring
together all nuclear assets in the civilian
sector and inmilitary federal state unitary
enterprises. Its organisation is progressing
at a brisk pace as a direct result of President
Vladimir Putin’s initiatives. |
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 | 2008-05-08 15:31:42 At Cadarache, France, countries fromall
over the world are working hand in hand
to develop an experimental ITER reactor.
But the closer they come to achieving
practical results, the more they are
reverting to solitary national research. |
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 | 2008-05-19 11:45:32 Only 20% of Turkmenistan’s oil and gas
producing offshore areas is developed
industrially. This generates a long-term
strategic interest among the world’s
leading oil and gas producers. |
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 | 2008-05-07 15:46:45 Despite the uncertainty caused by the
deterioration of Moscow-Brussels relations
in the energy sector, Gazprom continues
increasing its presence in Europe. |
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 | 2008-05-19 11:35:01 Russia is taking its energy resources to
Europe along several routes. The South
Stream gas pipeline will stretch for 900 km
through the Black Sea from Russia to
Bulgaria. |
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