All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Natural Resources

Syria is a declining oil producer under US Embargo. Sinopec is expanding their spheres in oil and gas production besides their core refining business. The Tanganyika acquisition is a difficult operation due to intense reservoir technology. If Tanganyika success continuous with this takeover, it will...

The International Energy Agency says a minimum of 5.5 mbd new production is required each year, just to maintain current production levels. They have issued a new draft report, which says depletion rates are much higher than previosuly believed. But the credit crunch, and ongoing oil price volatility,...

American OEM heavy industry is once more highlighting its worst shortcoming: A total lack of long term strategic planning to manage the risk of supply interruption of critical materials due to production limitations on natural resources. It's difficult to imagine just how urgent a company such...

Julia Werdiger in London reported in the October 30 issue of the International Herald Tribune that energy companies must continue to invest during the downturn. That was the message of Total’s CEO Christophe de Margerie at the Oil & Money 2008 conference in London. He said that supply would remain...

Jad Mouawad in New York and Julia Werdigier in London reported in the October 31 issue of the International Herald Tribune that Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDS) earned higher-than-expected profits for the third quarter of 2008.Xom posted profits of $14.8 billion while RDS turned in $8.45...

Africa  : Untapped in oil and gas deposits Africa  : A paradise of world emigration Africa  : Untouchable  by  natural disasters

Temple has been eviscerated by Icahn to the extent that their long term viability is questionable anyway.  Yes they are well managed but they have lost their key component for healthy returns in the future and that would be control over their own raw materials (forestlands) So-called...

The food, energy and Biofuels industries all heavily depend on feedstock. I agree with colleagues Mr. Moser and Mr. Timpano regarding food versus fuel, future feedstock’s, food security and sugar cane use for ethanol. After recently attending a Purdue (my alma mater) meeting wearing my Zenergy Bio Fuel...

This press release from Univ. New South Wales claims a new record for solar cell efficiency of 25% capture of solar energy into electrical energy.  However, this was achieved by moving the goal posts - the standard measuring how much light energy was shining on the cell was redefined - rather...

The loss of logging capacity to an industry already battling wood supply issues (higher costs than almost any other area of the world) has serious implications for the future.  When sawmills shut down the flow of chips to nearby pulp mills ceases.  Now those pulp mills must resort to logging...