Jan 2013

Forecasts for growth in US oil production and reserves have risen dramatically, thanks to light tight oil. Operators, investors, regulators and politicians are pondering light tight oil's potential and the likely implications for global oil supply and demand

As commitment to shale begins to ramp up across the world, producers need to learn from the US

Shale gas holds enormous promise for Europe but producers must adequately address social and environmental concerns

The hunt for hydrocarbons has driven technological innovation in the energy sector. Now, as explorers are forced to go deeper, and into hostile environments, the role of technology has never been more important

While deep-water plays off Brazil, West Africa and the Gulf of Mexico have traditionally been at the top of explorers' wish lists, Asia is proving itself to have real potential

State-owned Petrobras has long committed to research and development, a strategy that will harvest benefits from subsea development

Following a difficult time since the Macondo disaster in 2010, US offshore drilling is set for a comeback

Not long ago Equatorial Guinea’s authorities had plans to import gas to feed the country’s envisaged second LNG train – but this summer’s drilling off Bioko has proved-up substantial new reserves in territorial waters

Norway has a rich history of technological innovation, especially in the upstream sector. And now the country’s flagship producer Statoil is leading the offshore industry’s shift to the sea floor

Energy companies are now tackling the UK's last known North Sea oil and gas province, to the west of the Shetland Islands. Jeremy Cutler of Total E&P UK explains how his company and its partners are meeting the challenges

As technology develops, floating liquefaction and regasification spending is set soar, say Steve Robertson and Lucy Miller of Douglas-Westwood

Monitoring and diagnostics is a fast-evolving part of the oil and gas industry, and one which is becoming crucial for asset optimisation, writes Hasan Dandashly from GE Oil & Gas

As Abu Al Bukhoosh (ABK), one of Abu Dhabi’s producing fields, moves into its mature phase, selecting the right technology and employing the right people locally is proving key to its success, says Amer Al Shaikh Ali, general manager of Total Abu Al Bukhoosh

Hire-rates for large tankers have been desperately low for four years and in the past two have barely covered direct operating costs

President Hugo Chávez's health crisis is providing uncertainty for Venezuela

Chevron has shaken up the race to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada’s west coast by teaming up with Apache to develop the Kitimat LNG project

Statoil has applied for a development in its Aasta Hansteen field

US supermajor ExxonMobil is poised to go ahead with the $14 billion Hebron oilfield development, offshore Newfoundland

The rise of North American tight oil is providing Daniel Yergin with plenty of material for the next chapter in his long-running narrative of the global oil industry

The UK's lack of a clear strategy for developing low-carbon energy is deterring investment in the sector and threatens to derail its carbon emissions reduction policy

The Norwegian producer has made an acquisition of 70,000 acres in southeastern Ohio and West Virginia

WEF has warned that climate change is placing increasing amounts of stress on global economies

The US independent has set itself major production goals – and has piqued investors’ interest.

Matt Damon attempts to take on the controversies surrounding hydraulic fracturing and the US’s booming gas industry – but his latest film misses its target

The latest round of climate change talks did not result in a binding global climate agreement, but it has paved the way for higher emissions costs

Russia still hopes to strike a gas supply deal with China – vital if the country’s strategic shift from Europe to Asia is to succeed. But, as Justin Jacobs argues, Russia needs to act quickly or miss out on the opportunity

The developers of a planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Lithuania have won over an sceptical new government, but the problems of this project - designed to reduce the Baltic states' reliance on Russian gas - are far from over

As water shortages, greater competition for resources and climate change tighten commodity markets, the old pricing certainties no longer apply

The Middle East and North Africa has become a battlefield in an increasingly hostile cyber-war. And the region’s vital energy sector is the frontline, says Justin Dargin

UK energy sector confidence is on the rise as increase in both drilling and deal-making bodes well for the new year

The Caribbean producer could have suffered more than most with the rise of US shale output. While it has adapted in the short term, to secure its place in the new-look global gas market, Trinidad and Tobago must develop a new, long-term strategy

Chevron is hoping to enter Lithuania's unconventionals sector, submitting a bid for a shale-gas exploration and extraction rights at the Silute-Taurage field, in the west of the country

The country's first shale-gas licensing round will happen later this year

BP fears the worst as the outcomes of the terror attack on Tigantourine wet-gas complex remain unknown

The murder of oil workers in Algeria was a shocking, barbarous act. The dead men at the Tigantourine wet-gas complex, near In Amenas, were not politicians or soldiers. They were innocent oilmen doing their job. That they are now targets of terrorists in the Sahel opens a disturbing new chapter for the oil industry in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena), with serious ramifications for the region's governments and investors alike.

Global oil production fell to 91.2 million barrels a day (b/d) in December, a drop of 170,000 b/d, as output from Opec declined

Geopolitical concerns and seasonal demand bolstered crude oil prices in January

The US president used his inaugural address to reaffirm his commitment to tackling climate change

North American producers have, since the collapse in Henry Hub prices, relied on higher-value liquids to offset low natural gas prices, but the hedge is ending

China is far from realising its ambitious shale-gas production targets following a lacklustre licensing round

Japan is hoping to meet its energy demand – and cut its growing import bills – by sourcing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from US shale-gas developments and possibly increasing its domestic nuclear power-generation capacity

Fears that country is teetering on the brink of civil war and the increasingly poisonous relations between Baghdad and Erbil may stymie Iraq's ambitions to boost crude production

The UK has vast shale-gas reserves that could cause domestic and European natural gas prices to tumble, according to a new report, due for release in the next few months