The good news for the Chinese leadership is that their fiscal policies have paid off, producing both the world’s second largest economy and the globe’s leading creditor nation in less than a generation. The less good news is that the country’s hell-bent drive towards industrialization has brought in its train a host of collateral problems,…
Interview with Adrian Banica, founder and CEO of Synodon - the forerunner in leak detection systems. James Stafford: Now that pipelines are the hottest topic on the oil and gas scene and have found themselves on the frontline of conflict between environmentalists and the industry, high-tech leak detection systems such as Synodon’s remote sensing technology seem to be…
Aubrey McClendon is gone – or at least he’s on his way out from Chesapeake energy (CHK). But the destruction of the natural gas market, where he was the ringleader in the shale gas land grab and cratering well price, is his real legacy, and not likely to be recovered from anytime soon. While Aubrey…
Betting on Mediterranean Shale: 3 Plays, 1 Winner The Mediterranean has joined the shale game, but as most of Europe’s Mediterranean countries drag their feet, all eyes are on Israel, Turkey, and Algeria. For Israel, it will be a slow road without the majors. For Algeria, it’s full speed ahead, in theory—but the foreign interest…
The hacker group Anonymous on Saturday organized a cyberattack on the website of the US Sentencing Commission in retaliation for the prosecution and subsequent suicide of 26-year old free speech activist Aaron Swartz. Anonymous replaced the home page of the US Sentencing Commission website with a letter denouncing federal prosecutors and threatening the release of…
As we begin a new year we wanted to take a look at the current energy landscape and see what the future holds for the global economy, America’s oil and gas boom, whether renewables will continue to be a favourite amongst investors and whether we should be focusing more attention on conservation and energy efficiency…
University of Cape Town philosophy professor David Benatar has written a thoughtful, eminently fair-minded overview of what he calls “the second sexism.” While this will not necessarily be news for many readers of this review, still the fact that men suffer various forms of discrimination may come as a surprise to many members of the…
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