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Five oil and gas discoveries in 2013

Further oil discoveries offshore Ghana, in the Deepwater Tano / Cape Three Points licence block, have been announced by Hess Corporation. The Pecan-1 exploration well (announced in December 2012) was the fifth discovery well and encountered 245 net feet of oil pay in two separate Turonian intervals. The ... more

Do upstream costs justify high oil prices?

Could upstream costs have escalated that much as to cause oil prices to rise by 4.5 times between 2001 and 2011?  After all, Brent crude averaged  $19.2/bbl  ... more

US demand for oil in a downward spiral

Demand for gasoline, which makes up about 50% of the output of US refineries, is falling due to greater vehicle efficiency and the growing numbers of alternatively ... more

CGES In The News

8 May
2013

Chilly North Sea Comes Back to Life

France's Total says it will start extracting natural gas from ...

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8 May
2013

Gazprom snubs EU-Ukraine gas talks

The roundtable included ministers from several EU member states, ...

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30 Apr
2013

Crude prices drop sharply on demand concerns in early April

The fall in West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was less steep — ...

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25 Apr
2013

EBRD Supports Montenegro's Power Grid Upgrade, Link to Italy

The EBRD’s board of directors approved the syndicated loan ...

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27 Mar
2013

Gas ship diverts to Milford Haven with six hours' UK supply

But an energy expert said the country's lights would not go ...

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25 Mar
2013

Two Iraqs, one big mess

Welcome to Kurdistan, a semi-autonomous part of the troubled country ...

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