Thursday, October 1, 2015
by Christos Makris*
The development of enhanced-oil-recovery (EOR) processes has been ongoing since the end of World War II. Intense interest in EOR processes was stimulated in response to the oil embargo of 1973 and the following energy "crisis." The period of high activity lasted until the collapse of worldwide oil prices in 1986
Friday, September 25, 2015
by Leonid Bershidsky*
As it accepted the resignation of Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn on Wednesday, the executive committee of Volkswagen's supervisory board praised his "towering contributions" to the company that stands to lose much of its $37 billion cash stash making amends for major fraud committed on Winterkorn's watch. Such graciousness is a German tradition, and it raises the question whether there's something fundamentally wrong with the country's corporate establishment
Thursday, September 10, 2015
by Martin Rees*
Our earth is 45m centuries old, but this century is special. It is the first century when the collective actions of one species — ours — can determine the fate of the entire biosphere
Monday, August 24, 2015
Interview to Marina Zvonareva*
Natural Gas Europe had the pleasure of interviewing Alan Riley, Professor of Law at City University of London and a Senior Nonresident Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global EnergyCenter. We discussed his recent publication for the Atlantic Council –“Prioritization in EU energy policy: energy security first, then Energy Union”
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
by Thomas Hillig *
Thomas Hillig from THEnergy, discusses the growing trend for the deployment of renewables, specifically solar PV, next to mines. In response to issues, like lifetime differences between a solar plant and a mine, bespoke solutions are being created
Monday, August 10, 2015
by Vice Admiral (Ret) Fumio Ota, Ph.D. - Japan
On July 22, the Japanese Government disclosed pictures of 16 Chinese maritime platforms constructed after the agreement of Joint Development of Oil Fields in the East China Sea between Japan and China in 2008. Even though all maritime platforms are on the Chinese side of the Middle Line, which Tokyo insists is the borderline between the Japanese and Chinese Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ), there is a concern in terms of military implications
Friday, July 31, 2015
by Angela Stanzel*
Over the past few decades, China and India have managed to push their disputes into the background in order to cooperate with each other. The two countries have established trade and economic relations
Friday, July 17, 2015
by Charles Ellinas*
It is happening at last. The much-heralded declaration of commerciality of the Aphrodite gas field is out. It was announced in a Cyprus government press release on Sunday, following a statement made by the Delek Group to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
by Judy Dempsey*
There has been no end of criticism by leading American economic commentators, notably Paul Krugman, about Europe’s handling of the Greek crisis.
And no doubt there’ll be much more criticism after eurozone leaders clinched a complex deal with Athens on July 13, following seventeen hours of talks, over how to introduce reforms in return for a new bailout package
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
During the American Civil War in 1864, a prisoner of war camp was set up in southwest Georgia near the town of Andersonville. Guard stations topped the log walls and a shallow ditch was dug several feet from the camp walls. Anyone who dared to cross or stumble near that ditch was shot dead. Thus, during a brutal summer in the Confederacy, the concept of a "dead line" was born
Friday, June 26, 2015
by Spyros Paleoyannis*
There is no doubt that during the last years, South Eastern Europe has been at the center of European and international interest, mainly because of the ongoing developments in the energy sector
Monday, June 22, 2015
by Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann*
Exploring trade-offs between recently launched pipeline projects
This is an eventful period for EU-Russia gas relations. Six months ago Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised the energy world by dismissing the long-prepared South Stream project in favour of Turkish Stream
Monday, June 15, 2015
by Nikos Tsafos*
Last week, the natural gas industry met in Paris for the 26th World Gas Conference. It was an exciting event that drew people from every corner of the world and every part of the gas value chain. Yet it was also an event full of anxiety—it did not feel like the "golden age of gas.” It felt more like a midlife crisis
Monday, June 8, 2015
by Julian Popov*
At the end of 2014, Silicon Valley’s Progress Software Corporation acquired the Bulgarian software start-up Telerik for $262.5m, a huge amount for the EU’s poorest country
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
by Costis Stambolis*
Once again Greece is back in the news. This time not for its never ending strenuous negotiations with the European Commission, the ECB and the IMF over the country’s desperate moves to clinch a deal and stay financially afloat and within the Eurozone, but for its bold opening to Russia over her government’s ambitious plans to turn Greece into a regional energy hub
Monday, May 25, 2015
by Nick Butler*
The conflict at the heart of Germany’s energy policy is finally coming to a head. Can Germany claim to be an environmental leader while continuing to burn more coal than any other developed country apart from the US?
Monday, May 18, 2015
by Georgi Gotev & Sarantis Michalopoulos
Bulgaria and Greece are hard nuts to crack when it comes to implementing EU energy legislation and integrating with the wider European energy market. These two countries illustrate the difficulties of building an Energy Union
Monday, May 11, 2015
by Geoff Dyer and Roula Khalaf
Syria's misery shows no sign of ending; Libya is torn in half; the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is making gains in Iraq; and Yemen is sliding into a humanitarian crisis. When Barack Obama hosts leaders from the Gulf at Camp David on Thursday, he will be confronted by a Middle East that is coming apart at the seams
Monday, May 4, 2015
by Kostis Geropoulos*
Countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia need to open their doors more to the European market, a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris showed. The IEA noted that a more liberalised energy sector in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is necessary for regional energy security
Thursday, April 30, 2015
by Pierre Noel*
It is hard to think of an antitrust case as geopolitically charged as the one announced in Brussels last week against Gazprom
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