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Fukushima and Fracking: US Natural Gas Exports Can Underpin Japan’s Energy Security

The Diplomat Gabe Collins , “Can The US Solve Japan’s Energy Crisis?”,” The Diplomat, (3 October 2013). The U.S. offers Japan a stable LNG source with a much more secure physical, economic and political environment than any other Asia-focused global LNG exporter.  Japan is first in line to reap a host of strategic benefits from […]

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Singapore Creates A New Asian LNG Trading Model

The Diplomat Gabe Collins , “Singapore Emerges as LNG Trading Hub”,” The Diplomat, (17 September 2013). Singapore LNG’s adoption of an innovative new trading model and investment in the necessary supporting infrastructure may put the Lion City in the position to significantly re-shape Asia’s burgeoning LNG market  […]  Full Article

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Russia: Can The Gas Empire Strike Back?

The Diplomat Gabe Collins , “Russia: Can The Gas Empire Strike Back?”,” The Diplomat, (27 May 2013). Russian gas exports face serious challenges…how many more market share points and rubles Gazprom must lose before it finally adapts to a changing global gas market? […]  Full Article

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Tajikistan: Pamir pipedream or new Central Asian exporter to China?

Oil & Gas Journal Gabe Collins and Bo White, “Tajikistan: Pamir pipedream or new Central Asian exporter?”,” Oil & Gas Journal, Vol. 111, Issue 5, (06 May 2013). …this small impoverished country’s energy woes could become history. A recent deal that saw China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) and Total SA farm into Tethys Petroleum’s exploration […]

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Oil & Gas Bidding in Brazil and Opportunities for Foreign Investors

Special Guest Contribution Arthur Rodrigues, “Oil & Gas Bidding in Brazil and Opportunities for Foreign Investors,” China Oil Trader™, No. 11 (19 December 2012). CHINA’S OIL & GAS SECTOR FROM WELLHEAD TO CONSUMER Much is discussed about how China is investing in agriculture and mining in Brazil and South America, but little attention is paid […]

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Xinjiang Coal Development Set to Move Global Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas Markets

Quick Note #1 Xinjiang’s massive–and largely untapped–coal reserves offer China a way to continue using large volumes of coal and do so at a much lower cost than before. Xinjiang’s large and high-quality thermal coal seams often lie close to the surface and can be mined for US$25/tonne or less. This is much lower than […]

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Feeding China’s Energy Appetite, Naturally

Special Guest Contribution from Kevin Jianjun Tu and David Livingston Once bitten, twice shy. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. Ever since CNOOC, one of China’s “big three” national oil companies, made an ill-fated bid to take over Unocal Corporation in 2005, Sino-U.S. energy relations have been marred with mistrust. Foreign acquisitions by […]

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