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Industry / Canada
PetroChina's Canadian investment makes sense on two fronts: it increases the state-run company's access to unconventional expertise and it is likely to help pave the way for a large LNG supply deal if and when Canadian regulators approve new export facilities in British Colombia.
2012-02-03Industry / United States
We expect US natural gas production to continue growing in 2012, albeit at a much slower rate than in 2011. While we have revised down our forecasts, we do not see a contraction in...
2012-02-03Industry / United States
US-based Cheniere Energy has secured the world's largest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a customer for its proposed LNG export terminal at Sabine Pass in the state of Louisiana....
2012-02-01Industry / Australia
Anglo-Dutch major Royal Dutch Shell has made a much-anticipated confirmation regarding its shareholding in Australian independent Woodside Petroleum.
2012-02-03Industry / Japan
BMI View: ExxonMobil's decision to lessen its exposure to the Japanese downstream represents a strategic retreat. Indeed, despite spiking oil demand in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake,...
2012-01-31Industry / Malaysia
Malaysia's bid to accelerate deepwater exploration is starting to bear fruit, with the county registering its second significant discovery offshore Sabah province in a matter of months....
2012-01-27Industry / 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 / Iraq
Norway's Statoil appears to be close to selling its 18.75% stake in the second phase of southern Iraq's West Qurna oil field (known as West Qurna-II).
2012-02-03Industry / Iran
India is to send a business delegation to Iran in February 2012 to strike up new non-oil export deals, which would allow New Delhi to pay for Iranian crude imports, an unnamed government...
2012-02-02Industry / Iraq
For the fourth time in less than a year, Iraq's fourth licensing round has been delayed. Abdel Mehdi al-Ameedi, the head of the oil ministry's licensing directorate, told the AFP news...
2012-02-01Industry / Norway
Lundin's latest estimate for its PL501 licence points to 1.3bn barrels (bbl). This could mean that the combined Sverdrup prospect contains between 2.2 and 2.8bn bbl. Despite the downgrade, the discovery is still one of Norway's biggest on record and could help slow the country's long-term decline in production.
2012-01-27Industry / 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)...
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.
2012-01-23



