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Industry / United States
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has significantly slashed its resource estimate for recoverable shale gas in the US by around 40%.
2012-01-25Industry / United States
BMI View: Tesoro has offered to sell its ailing 94,000b/d Hawaii refinery 'no sooner' than H212, but is unlikely to find a buyer due to difficult market conditions and the location...
2012-01-24Industry / United States
Apache is looking to expand its US tight oil portfolio with a US$2.85bn bid for Cordillera Energy. The acquisition will add 18,000 barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per day to the company's...
2012-01-23Industry / Vietnam
BMI View: We expect Vietnam to become a small net importer of oil by 2015 as consumption growth - driven by possitive macro fundamentals- outstrips higher production. This is a trend prevalent across many Asian markets - as maturing fields and rapid economic growth limit export volumes. The picture for gas is much brighter in Vietnam (as it is in the region), with significant reserves...
2012-01-26Industry / Sri Lanka
BMI View: Despite a recent duster and doubts over the commercial viability of previous discoveries, Cairn India has notified the Sri Lankan government of its intention to begin second-phase...
2012-01-25Industry / China
BMI View: The announcement that Total has acquired a 10% stake in the Zhanjiang joint venture (JV) refinery from Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, which will now be left with a 40% stake...
2012-01-24Industry / Azerbaijan
BMI View: The Shah Deniz consortium has reiterated its commitment to making a final decision on which pipeline route it will back to deliver Azeri gas to Europe by end-Q112. Contenders include Nabucco, AGRI, ITGI, SEEP and TAP. Although all of these projects are still officially in the running, it is BMI's view that the likely outcome will see SEEP approved as an initial project,...
2012-01-26Industry / Russia
BMI View: Rosneft's acquisition of new acreage in the Russian sector of the Barents Sea is a strategic addition to the company's portfolio. However, the area's large hydrocarbon potential...
2012-01-23Industry / Albania
BMI View: Albania is rapidly becoming a prominent part of the Mediterranean energy landscape. The reported interest from majors in the industry for a farm-in to San Leon's Albanian...
2012-01-18Industry
For foreign investors, the Middle East region offers both opportunities and risks, and the split between investor-friendly and investor-cautious countries remains largely unchanged since our last regional forecast.
2012-01-25Industry
Regional Oil and Gas production has bounced back strongly over the last quarter in line with the rapid return of Libyan volumes. We expect full pre-war Libyan output to resume by H212....
2012-01-24Industry / Saudi Arabia
Italy's Eni and Spain's Repsol YPF, frustrated by their inability to find gas in Saudi Arabia, have ended their exploration joint venture (JV) with state-run Saudi Aramco, Reuters reported...
2012-01-23Industry / Switzerland
BMI View: In a move that further reinforces our view that institutional investors will become major players in the European mid-stream gas market, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has made its first foray into the European gas sector. The largest infrastructure fund in the market has taken a stake in a hub pipeline, thus establishing itself in the heart of the northern European...
2012-01-23Industry / United Kingdom
The upstream arm of Thailand's national oil company, PTTEP, has identified itself as a possible bidder for UK-listed independent Cove Energy.
2012-01-23Industry / Norway
Given Statoil's deep pockets, offshore experience and larger stake in the licences, it makes sense that it should take on the development of Sverdrup. Lundin and the other junior partners...
2012-01-19
