2010

• August 3, 2010

  Ecuador, for pay, will not drill in Amazon reserve

  Ecuador signed a deal on Tuesday creating a trust fund to hold donations from Germany and other rich nations willing to pay the Andean country to refrain from drilling for oil in an Amazon wildlife reserve.

• July 30, 2010

  Shell defends deep-water oil drilling, as profits soar

  ... drilling becomes more of a conventional realm of production," said Manouchehr Takin, a senior analyst at the Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES). ...

• July 28, 2010

  BP Spill Thwarts Shell, Statoil in Arctic Oil Drilling Delay

  ... to the cost of producing a barrel of oil, according to Manouchehr Takin, a senior petroleum analyst at the Center for Global Energy Studies in London. ...

• July 23, 2010

  Lebanon: ‘Drill Baby Drill’

  ... discovery which extends into Lebanese waters,” said Dr. Manouchehr Takin, a senior petroleum upstream analyst at the Centre for Global Energy Studies. ...

• July 23, 2010

  Oil market equilibrium fragile, says think tank

  CGES Chief Economist Leo Drollas told United Press International in an interview more caution was called for while interpreting China's intake of oil as ...

• July 1, 2010

  Iraq looks to spectacular oil boom to revive its political fortunes

  Dr Leo Drollas, chief economist of the London-based Centre for Global Energy Studies, who has produced the first comprehensive study of the impact of the ...

• June 22, 2010

  Brazil plans $224 billion expansion for oil production and export

  The London Center for Global Energy Studies said in its Monthly Oil Report Tuesday hopes of a global economic recovery had nudged the crude oil price higher ...

• June 17, 2010

  NYT: BP's Oil Spill Fines Could Hit $63 Billion

  ... American people may be, they've got to be calm," said Dr. Leo Drollas, the chief economist and deputy director of the Center for Global Energy Studies. ...

• June 7, 2010

  Turkey: Emerging energy hub?

  As Manouchehr Takin, an Iranian analyst at the Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES), pointed out: “Unfortunately, politics distorts the markets.”

• May 26, 2010

  Low oil prices might favor economic recovery—analysts

  "A slowdown in the rate of Chinese economic growth would remove at a stroke the single largest support of oil demand," CGES noted in its report. ..."

• May 25, 2010

  Oil market in fear of double-dip recession, says think tank

  "A month ago the oil market was in bullish mood, focused on economic recovery and rising Asian oil demand," CGES said in its Monthly Oil Report compendium ...

• May 24, 2010

  MARKET WATCH: Oil prices continue to tumble as dollar strengthens

  Analysts at the Centre for Global Energy Studies, London, said, “A month ago the oil market was in bullish mood, focused on economic recovery and rising ...

• May 2, 2010

  Problems with big oil that won't go away

  As Manouchehr Takin of the Centre for Global Energy Studies says: "Companies are constantly pushing the technological boundaries, and this can increase the ...

• February 26, 2010

  Stocks could cover Iran oil supply loss for year: IEA

  ... was always the danger that politics in Iran would impact supply, said Leo Drollas, chief economist at the London-based Centre for Global Energy Studies. ...

• February 23, 2010

  Oil price slide to under $79

  The Centre for Global Energy Studies said in its latest monthly report that global oil demand was growing again following the economic downturn, ...

• February 22, 2010

  Energy Think Tank: Little Chance of $80-$90 Oil Price 2H 2010

  In its monthly oil report for February, the London-based Centre for Global Energy Studies said global oil demand is growing again, driven by apparent ...

• February 20, 2010

  Tug of war between producers and consumers on the cards

  ... the London-based Centre for Global Energy Studies (CGES) said in its February Monthly Oil Report, to be released officially on Monday. ...

• February 15, 2010

  Turkmens Seek Foreign Bids for Gas Deposits

  ... along with some Western independents,” Julian Lee, senior energy analyst at the London-based Center For Global Energy Studies, said in an e-mail. ...

2009

• March 4, 2009

  Iraq Opening to BP, Exxon Mobil, Shell for First Time Since 1972

  ... so new exploration agreements are unlikely to be signed soon, said Manouchehr Takin, an analyst at the Centre for Global Energy Studies in London. ...