Industry Developments

BMI View: Gazprom's 2011 results exceeded the company's record 2010 performance, as predicted by BMI as early as Q111. The company's net profit has been lifted by volume growth and... 2012-05-21

BMI View: Cote d'Ivoire's decision to award the Gazelle Field to Rialto Energy as an 'Exclusive Exploitation Area' is indicative of the country's ambitious plans to enhance its hydrocarbons... 2012-05-15

BMI View: The strong interest in Cyprus' Second Licensing Round was prompted by firms seeking to replicate Noble Energy's successes offshore Cyprus. The popularity of Block 9 and the... 2012-05-15

CFW View: The strong interest in Cyprus' Second Licensing Round was prompted by firms seeking to replicate Noble Energy's successes offshore Cyprus. The popularity of Block 9 and the... 2012-05-15

BMI View: Afghanistan's decision to hold another oil auction shows its eagerness to develop a hydrocarbons industry as quickly and as widely as it can. We maintain our view that while... 2012-05-10

BMI View: Our view thatRosneft would continue to sign deals resembling those already inked withExxonMobil and Eni is shaping up nicely, with the state-owned Russian company havingsealed... 2012-05-08

BMI View: Declarations made by President-elect Vladimir Putin stating that Russia was looking to introduce a package of measures to boost tight oil production are to be put into the... 2012-05-04

BMI View: Approval by the Turkish cabinet of TPAO's plans to drill offshore Cyprus has prompted outright condemnation by the island-state. Although the growing potential of the Eastern-Mediterranean... 2012-05-02

BMI View: Rumours that EDF could acquire a stake in Yamal LNG suggest that the project is gaining momentum, as does interest from other international companies such as Statoil, and... 2012-04-19

BMI View: Gazprom's plan to invest US$487.7mn in the Omsk refinery in 2012, as part of a wider US$3.9bn investment programme that will run to 2020, should raise capacity and enhance... 2012-04-13