Book review: Winds, waves and tides swirl in Orkney Islands Saga
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“Cities are precarious creatures. They are unable to live or breathe without a myriad of lifelines from the surrounding world
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By adding solar, Portugal pushes all-in on renewables
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In the early fifteenth century, Portuguese explorers began spanning the globe in search of riches in new colonies and trading
Rules before joules: the Mediterranean is merging on electricity regulations
Opinion
Trust underscores every successful partnership. Without it, we cannot plan for the future, let alone imagine a better one. The
Energy coercion is compelling Chinese-Russian rapprochement
Opinion
In July 1941, the Japanese empire, dependent on the United States for the oil imports that powered its military, faced
Book review: Coal and (America’s grappling with) Empire
Opinion
“The supposed security need for distant American coaling stations in the late nineteenth century did not play a significant role
Drone attacks against Saudi oil will test long held assumptions
Opinion
On Saturday, ten drones attacked Saudi Arabia’s largest oil processing facility at Abqaiq and the Khurais oilfield. The coordinated attacks
Can Europe shed its Dutch gas crutch?
Opinion
As foreign companies formerly based in Britain flee to the continental confines of the Netherlands, the Dutch themselves are fleeing
Saudi oil patience in the age of plenty
Opinion
We are living in an age of plenty, at least when it comes to oil. There is more production globally
Book review: Leviathan and the state of Israel’s Mediterranean Gas
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Anyone visiting the Mediterranean in the summer goes for the sea, food, and the unique palette of colors. Purples, pinks,
Bottlenecks, batteries, and the battle for Scottish wind
Opinion
Over the past 150 years, one cost has vexed the oil and gas industry more than any other: transport. The
European refineries enjoying summer of friendship and brotherly love
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In late April, organic chlorides contaminated Russian crude oil flowing to Europe through the Druzhba pipeline. The subsequent shutdown of
Russian oil money inks Italy
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The topic today is an adversary that roams the recesses of Western polities, searching out avaricious and insincere populists to
Book review: the gravity of the climate crisis must bring us back Down to Earth
Environment
“Trump’s originality is to link, in a single gesture, first the headlong rush toward maximum profit while abandoning the rest
Competing visions for hydrocarbons in the melting Arctic
Environment
The acceleration of climate change and geopolitical tension surrounding hydrocarbons are churning the global energy landscape. Nowhere is the speed
In Persian Gulf, it’s back to the future
Opinion
Is Robert Zemeckis a seer? The celebrated American director of the Back to the Future trilogy seems to have uncanny