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BMI View: Ireland is the latest country to re-affirm a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in Europe, which will put on hold Tamboran Resources' shale gas exploration plans. However,... 2012-10-12

A report commissioned by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has recommended that hydraulic fracturing, or fraccing, operations should resume in the UK subject to careful... 2012-04-18

Despite growing calls from Paris and Washington BMI does not anticipate a strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) release. Such a measure does not have full multilateral support and would... 2012-03-29

The hierarchy of our Developed states O&G Risk/Rewards Ratings is not surprising. The top is dominated by the largest producers, all exhibiting big reserves potential, albeit... 2012-01-11

BMI View: Petroplus, Europe's largest independent refiner, has decided to shut down three mid-scale plants in a clear sign that the downstream sector is in disarray. With worsening... 2012-01-04

BNK's acquisition of conventional acreage in the proven oil and gas producing region of Thuringia is a counterbalance to the high-impact, high-risk unconventional strategy that it has... 2011-12-05

The subsea Nord Stream pipeline system was officially inaugurated on November 8 2011 by the Russian Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in a ceremony... 2011-11-08