While on the one side of the planet, people are ardently buying new helmets along with bright yellow ribbons for their dusty bicycles, on the other side, people are busily exchanging their iconic means of transportation for new cars. As this shift is occurring, under the breeze of economic prosperity across Asia, South America and even Africa, the global energy balance is tipping, particularly as the new economic frontiers are moving at unprecedented pace. LUKoil's 2025 report focuses on...
"Quand la Chine s'éveillera, le monde tremblera"
Napoleon Bonaparte
The awakening of this old sleeping giant, or more accurately its re-awakening, has led much ink to be spilled and many keys to be worn-down. For many, this phenomenon was of great interest naturally due to China’s huge size and its equally large potential; especially, in contrast to the economically and politically stagnating West. However, for Russia, this re-emergence plays an exceptional role which...
... canals to restructure waterways for its mass population; particularly in the big cities that lack water. Surely, water heavy fracking and dense population – with possibility of contamination due to chemicals used in the method or gas released into ... ... Britain, Germany and Poland, as Chatham House sees it in The New Times article, will not make a substantial contribution to the shale gas revolution in the immediate future. Although they have begun developing shale since the end of 2000’s, technical ...
... increased from 4.2 billion rubles to 37.4 billion rubles (2000-2012), the next step many specialist argue for is to have a system where information can be shared or even energy sector civil society.
Revenkov, V. (Oil & Gas Institute of Energy & Finances): Shale Gas Revolution
In the world of energy trade which may seem slow and quite traditional, things in fact can alter swiftly with states or energy firms being like poker players; individual skill mainly rules the result, but at times one wins due ...
