by Jen Alic
Welcome to East Africa—home of a potential 28 billion barrels of recoverable oil, 440 trillion cubic feet of gas and 14 billion barrels of natural gas liquids.
Recent success by Africa Oil (AOI-TSX; AQIFF-PINK)—the stock went from $2-$11 in just two months in the spring of 2012 on...
It’s hard to believe how North America’s oil and gas industry—a conservative bastion—has been turned upside down in such a short period of time. And it’s all because of the Shale Revolution.
Look at pipelines. They cost billions, take years to plan, get approvals, sign up committed customers with take-or-pay...
Flying into Erbil is deceiving. This capital city of semi-autonomous Kurdistan province in Iraq has a modern but very small airport-not what you would expect, by western standards, for a capital city of nearly 1 million people. And the flat rocky desert surrounding the airport makes you think you...
International oil plays have produced some big wins in the junior energy markets in 2012. This year alone, companies like Mart Resources (MMT-TSXv) and Africa Oil (AOI-TSX) were huge wins for risk-tolerant investors (Africa Oil—a 10-bagger).
I’m trying to stretch my political risk comfort zone by flying into Kurdistan—in northeast...
By guest contributor Jen Alic
Jen Alic is a geopolitical analyst and consultant based in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the former editor-in-chief of the Zurich-based ISN Security Watch.
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Is there any common ground in the debate over hydraulic fracturing? It’s a divisive issue, especially in the U.S., where 90%-plus of all global fracking is done now, pitting neighbor against neighbor.
Two weeks ago I wrote about a success story -- How a U.S. Oil Refinery Got Saved -- in which...
These guys got it done.
In a few short months, they saved hundreds of jobs, increased industry profits, created some energy security for the US east coast, and set the stage to improve the environment through reduced air emissions.
They are the epitomy, the poster child, of how business, labour and government...
