Oil & Energy

Britain to offer Scotland powers for binding independence vote – CTV

Prime Minister David Cameron’s government said it would sweep away legal hurdles … has long championed independence to allow the country greater control over lucrative oil and natural gas reserves in the North Sea. His separatist Scottish National …

U.K. grants Scotland binding independence vote – Seattle Times

Prime Minister David Cameron’s government said it would sweep away legal … has long championed independence to allow the country greater control over lucrative oil and natural gas reserves in the North Sea. His separatist Scottish National …

Britain to offer Scotland powers for binding independence vote – 680 News

Prime Minister David Cameron’s government said it would sweep away legal hurdles … has long championed independence to allow the country greater control over lucrative oil and natural gas reserves in the North Sea. His separatist Scottish National …

Nigerian fuel price protests grow on second day – CNBC

“If they prevail, the prospects for reform in other delicate areas – the constitution, oil and gas, revenue – all improve … and encouraging smuggling into neighboring Benin and Cameroon, where fuel is more expensive. The government estimates it will … Continue reading

Britain to offer Scotland powers for binding independence vote – Winnipeg Free Press

Prime Minister David Cameron’s government said it would sweep away legal … has long championed independence to allow the country greater control over lucrative oil and natural gas reserves in the North Sea. His separatist Scottish National …

US GAS: Futures Near Flat, Holding At $3/MMBtu – NASDAQ

“We just do not seem to be able to generate enough space-heating or industrial demand to eat into the very heavy supplies of natural gas,” said Peter Beutel, head of trading advisor Cameron Hanover, in a research report. Weather forecaster … Continue reading

Australia’s Shale-Gas Industry Trails U.S. by a Decade, UBS Says – Bloomberg

“We see a number of technical and logistical factors that imply developing unconventional shale-gas plays will prove to be a much bigger challenge in Australia,” Gordon Ramsay and Cameron Hardie, Melbourne-based analysts at UBS, wrote in a …

Clock ticks as London marks 200 days till Olympics – YAHOO!

India is opposed to the company’s involvement because of its links to the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster which killed tens of thousands … There was also criticism when Prime Minister David Cameron ordered an additional £41 million ($63 million, 50 … Continue reading

Oil and Gas at Ghana-Ivorian border: conflict or cooperation? – Modern Ghana

The diamond conflict in Sierra Leone in the 1990s and the recent Niger Delta oil and gas conflicts in Nigeria are few examples of how resources have fuelled conflicts in the sub-region. In the 1980s and 1990s Nigeria and Cameroon … Continue reading

Nigeria faces second day of strikes over fuel – Reuters

The subsidy has also encouraged smuggling into neighbouring nations such as Benin and Cameroon where fuel is more expensive … despite over $200 million a day worth of oil leaving Nigeria’s shores and many politicians growing rich.