OGPSS - future natural gas supplies and Cyprus

This post began as a view on the developments in Cyprus, and I am grateful to Gail for the suggestion, and it is my fault that it morphed a ...

Political will amidst climate uncertainty

I don’t expect that there will be many tsunamis in Germany over the next century, nor, apart from the occasional man-made earthquakes that c...

OGPSS - The trade in LNG

Just before the Christmas break the United Kingdom was going through some concerns over natural gas supply. Stored gas levels were falling ...

The TWIP and changes in regulations

There has been some talk recently of the current Administration raising taxes on oil and natural gas companies. Specifically the suggestion...

The UK - new Government, new Energy policy?

The new British Government has moved in, and Chris Huhne is the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Charles Hendry is th...

British future energy supply - some problems with the numbers

As I travel around the UK there are the odd sign of the coming General Election. Relative to the activities that one would see in the USA t...

The OFGEM Report - bad news which may be optimistic

As the year starts its move towards a close, there are an increasing reams of reports coming out that review aspects of the global energy su...

An Oil Museum, some old and new Gas Fields

View of Stavanger from the Oil Museum It has been a beautiful day in Stavanger and so naturally I wandered over to the Oil Museum on the q...

The Wicks Report - a gentle cough

Last week a report went to the British Government suggesting that nuclear power is an answer to their coming energy shortfall problems. ...