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Is it possible to perpetually extend the fossil fuel frontier?
In their book “Ecological Economics” Daly and Farley wrote: “We almost certainly will never exhaust fossil fuel stocks in physical terms, because there will always remain some stocks that are too energy-intensive or too expensive to recover.” Technological advances...
Corruption is Delaying Socioeconomic Benefits of Liberian E&P Investments, but Local Supply Chain Development Can Stimulate Foreign Investment and Economic Growth Indirectly
At first glance Liberia doesn’t seem as corrupt as its West African neighbors – it received 41 out of 100 on Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index (higher is better; 90 was the best score and 8 was the worst). Many African countries with newfound...
How West African National Oil Companies Can Raise Their Equity Stake in Upcoming Projects from 15% to 50%
Ghana National Petroleum has 15% ownership of the Deepwater Tano Contract Area. The other 85% of the ownership went to Tullow (47%), Kosmos Energy (17%), Anadarko Petroleum (17%), Sabre Oil & Gas Holdings Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Petro SA (4%)...
Bahrain’s LNG Terminal Project: How an Independent Master Supply Chain Plan May Have Saved 29 Months and $138 million
Bahrain’s National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA)’s LNG import terminal project seems to be on path for a 7-yearcycle: NOGA initiated partnering steps in 2010, and is forecasting completion for 2017. During a ‘prequalification’ round, NOGA came up with an initial short...
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