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Clean and Green Investment Forum

On December 3 and 4 I attended Opal Financial’s Clean and Green Investment Forum. I was invited to moderate a panel on “Market Outlook for Renewables vs Fossil Fuels”. Forum participants included many investors and strategists with an interest in energy issues as …  read more …

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Renewed Trouble in the Falklands

A recent headline in The Guardian brings the Falkand islands back to our attention: Falkland Islands: Premier Oil plan leads UK and Argentina to new dispute Britain put itself on a collision course with Argentina over the disputed sovereignty of the …  read more …

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Don’t Blame the Speculators

This is a guest post by Derik Andreoli, Senior Analyst at Mercator International LLC (dandreoli@mercatorintl.com) Never trust a politician to explain oil prices I believe in markets. I believe that when supply falls short of demand, prices increase, and in …  read more …

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The Bakken Boom – A Modern Day Gold Rush

This is a guest post by Derik Andreoli, Senior Analyst at Mercator International LLC (dandreoli@mercatorintl.com) “That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach”. …  read more …

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2011 ASPO-USA Conference: Day 1

I recently attended the ASPO-USA annual conference in Washington, DC. Overall, I found the presentations and discussion to be very engaging. The vibe this year had much less of a doomsday feel than last year and the topic of how …  read more …

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