Shale Gas Will Rock the World

Explore Business News & Financial News (May 11 2010)

...rable in North America alone—enough to supply the nation's natural-gas needs for the next 45 years. Europe may have nearly 200 trillion cubic feet of its own. We've always known the potential of shale; w...... supplies run low, decades from now. To be sure, plenty of people (including Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and many Wall Street energy analysts) aren't convinced that shale gas has the ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Vladimir Putin

Britain's energy crisis - How long till the lights go out?

Explore Economist.com (Aug 10 2009) Fossil Fuel , Nuclear

...f nothing radical is done, will have to be met from imported gas. A large chunk of it may come from Vladimir Putin’s deeply unreliable and corrupt Russia. Many of Britain’s neighbours may find this rather amusing. ......kept consumer prices down, but practical problems have long been clear. Most obviously, the rest of Europe (wrongly) failed to liberalise wholeheartedly too. The market is thus a highly imperfect one ... (Read Full Article)

Comment Mentions:   Europe   Norway   United Kingdom