Archive for August, 2009

Libya’s Oil Boom Is Running Dry

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 29 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Interesting article on how things have developed in Libya since the launch of the EPSA IV Bidding Round after the lifting of the US sanctions. The release of the Lockerbie bomber triggered speculation that British energy companies trying to access Libya’s oil wealth could soon hit a bonanza. But in reality, Big Oil is already [...]

Biomass is No Longer the ‘Unknown Renewable’

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 26 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

Formerly considered the unknown renewable, biomass became the central focus of the clean energy debate when policymakers recognized that it was essential to meeting a strong renewable electricity standard. Congress now has the opportunity to take meaningful action on climate change and reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Biomass is the keystone to a national [...]

Rusia Asesorará a Ecuador en Energía Nuclear

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 23 August 2009 | 1 Comment
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia

Ecuador dijo el jueves que recibirá la asesoría técnica y legal de Rusia en el uso de energía nuclear y en actividades de investigación de tecnologías, tras la suscripción de un acuerdo entre los dos países. La asesoría estará a cargo de la Corporación Estatal de Energía Atómica de Rusia (Rosatom), entidad que ayudará Ecuador [...]

Demand forecasts IEA forgets decline fields

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 15 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

In its monthly Oil Market Report (August), the International Energy Agency (IE|A) in Paris, has stated that it has revised its overall global demand for oil for 2009 and 2010. Instead of its July estimates, in which global oil demand will contract in 2009 by 2.5 million bpd in 2009, current facts shown only a [...]

La Inminente Revolución Energética Global

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 11 August 2009 | No Comments
Categories: Energia

Comparto este interesante análisis del Economista Jefe de la Agencia Internacional de Energía Fatih Birol aparecido en El País referido a la situación energética actual y el papel de las energías renovables en el escenario mundial.