Brazil’s Oil Boom: Cure or Curse?
In 2006 it seemed as if Brazil had struck it rich. Tens of...
Fresh Hell for Oil Prices – How Low Can They Go?
1991 by Sebastiao Salgado If today’s Black Monday is any indication, oil and other commodities...
Shell gets license to drill in US Arctic
Image from climatedesk.org Royal Dutch Shell has finally been granted the go-ahead by the US...
Gazprom vs. Gazprom
Everything is just swell in Gazpromland, as long as you don’t dig too deep into...
The Caspian Sea: Where Russian, Iranian, EU, and US Gas Interests Collide
The Trans-Caspian pipeline project is still showing some signs of life. Earlier this year, European...
Flamboyant Russian Exile may Head Ukraine’s Biggest Oil and Gas Company
One of Russia’s most outlandish opposition figures and fallen businessmen, Evgeny Chichvarkin, may become the...
Global Oil Reserves
The world demand for oil is extremely high, and so far no substitution for the...
Russia’s Arctic Ambition Moribund Without Foreign Partners
The Arctic Circle is estimated to be home to 30% of the world’s undiscovered gas...
Russia’s Biggest Oil Companies, in One Chart
What does the Russian oil sector look like in figures? Generally speaking, Russian oil companies...
Fire at oil refinery in central Russia quickly extinguished
One of Russia’s oldest refineries, located on in Saratov, a city on the Volga river,...