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European Gas Country Profile - Germany, September 2006
This CERA European Gas Country Profile provides unique insight and analysis on the key issues concerning the natural gas industry in Germany.
Publication Date: SEP 2006
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European Gas Country Profile - Italy, September 2006
This CERA European Gas Country Profile provides unique insight and analysis on the key issues concerning the natural gas industry in Italy.
Publication Date: SEP 2006
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European Gas Country Profile - Spain, September 2006
This CERA European Gas Country Profile provides unique insight and analysis on the key issues concerning the natural gas industry in Spain.
Publication Date: SEP 2006
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European Gas Country Profile - United Kingdom, September 2006
This CERA European Gas Country Profile provides unique insight and analysis on the key issues concerning the natural gas industry in the United Kingdom.
Publication Date: SEP 2006
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Mexico's Gas Pricing System Challenged by LNG Development
Comisión Federal de Electricidad's (CFE) decision to bid out the Manzanillo liquefied natural gas (LNG) project with the Southern California (SoCal) index as its relevant benchmark could establi ...
Publication Date: AUG 2006
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Natural Gas: Lower Barriers for Market-Based Storage
A new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rule allows new underground natural gas storage facilities to charge market-based rates under expanded circumstances. In CERA's view the rule, which has the ...
Publication Date: AUG 2006
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Trans-Caspian Pipeline Still Faces Hurdles
The gas dispute between Russia and Ukraine has renewed interest in a trans-Caspian pipeline that would bring Turkmen or Kazakh gas into Azerbaijan and onto Turkey. With the spotlight on European ener ...
Publication Date: JUL 2006
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Midwest Gas Price Basis: Rocked by Hurricanes and Now Heading to New Relationships
For participants in Midwest gas markets, the question is whether the unusually large negative Midwest basis that occurred in the fourth quarter of 2005 and continued well into 2006 was a one time eve ...
Publication Date: JUL 2006
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Natural Gas Executives Respond to the Pressing Issues Facing the Industry
To complement CERA's view of the natural gas market of the future and to better understand the views of senior gas executives, CERA conducted a formal gas industry survey in 2005 and 2006. The result ...
Publication Date: JUL 2006
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Bolivia's Constituent Assembly: Victories and Drawbacks
Could President Evo Morales's recent victory in the constituent assembly election be a sign of change toward a more unified vision for Bolivia's future? The electoral results may give him a historic ...
Publication Date: JUL 2006
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China's Energy Markets in Realignment
In the second quarter of 2006 China's energy markets are finding some long-sought stability. Shortages and bottlenecks no longer plague the oil, power, and coal sectors, and China's policymakers are ...
Publication Date: JUL 2006
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FERC Decision Not to Impose US Gas Quality Standards Leaves Burden on Suppliers
The recent decision of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission not to impose national gas quality standards has important implications for liquefied natural gas developers, producers, pipelines, ...
Publication Date: JUL 2006
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Mexico's Presidential Election Outcome: A Growing Uncertainty
As Mexico's presidential and legislative elections date draws nearer, anxiety is growing regarding the final outcome and its impact in the country. Andres Manuel López Obrador from the Democrati ...
Publication Date: JUN 2006
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UK Winter 2006/07: Is Some Relief in Sight?
As the UK supply and demand balance is set to remain tight again this coming winter, the market's fear of unexpected events sustains the current high forward prices. The course of actual prices this ...
Publication Date: JUN 2006
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President-elect Alan Garcia's Difficult Road Ahead in Peru
Considered the lesser of two evils by most Peruvians, President-elect Alan García faces weak popular support and a congress led by his opponent's party, making the already difficult balancing ac ...
Publication Date: JUN 2006
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Eastern Russian Gas Market Dynamics are a Growing Factor in Regional Field Development
Geopolitical and economic factors are combining to drive a growing emphasis by the Russian government on development of the country's vast but sparsely populated eastern regions. The private sector h ...
Publication Date: JUN 2006
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Florida Remains Vulnerable to Fuel Supply Disruptions for Generation this Hurricane Season
Florida relies on gas-fired generation to meet over 38 percent of the state's electricity requirements. Going into this summer's hurricane season, there is lingering concern about fuel supply disrupt ...
Publication Date: JUN 2006
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The Gas Ring: An Alternative to Bolivian Gas?
In the midst of gas supply security threats throughout South America, the so-called Gas Ring, an ambitious gas transportation project that would integrate Peru with the Southern Cone markets, was pro ...
Publication Date: JUN 2006
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Mexico's Energy Security Debate: Shaping the Sector's Future
A new concept of energy security is gradually emerging in Mexico as energy affairs have regained prominence in the country's political agenda in light of the upcoming congressional and presidential e ...
Publication Date: JUN 2006
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Bolivia's Nationalization: The End of an Era?
Bolivia's nationalization of the oil and gas industry early May shakes both the energy sector and the geopolitical balance in the region. Will this dramatic move be the start of a regional nationaliz ...
Publication Date: MAY 2006
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Russian Refineries Making Gains in Gasoil Production, but Unlikely to Meet All of Europe's Rising Import Needs
Spurred by tightening product standards in Europe, the principal market for their exports of diesel fuel (gasoil), Russian refineries are now producing (and exporting) significant amounts of low-sulf ...
Publication Date: MAY 2006
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Norway's Gas: Selling the Next Generation
Norway is likely to face substantial challenges finding markets in Europe for its incremental gas production in the coming years as competition between new and existing suppliers gets tougher while u ...
Publication Date: MAY 2006
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European Union: Sharing a Common Energy Vision?
The European Commission's March 2006 Green Paper A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy indicates that, despite their diversity, especially on the nuclear question, Europe ...
Publication Date: MAY 2006
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Record North American Gas Storage Inventories Increase Downside Gas Price Risk
North American gas storage inventories may test operational limits this year, leaving little room to accommodate mild weather or a spurt in gas supplies, perhaps from increased liquefied natural gas ...
Publication Date: MAY 2006
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Gas Pipeline from Venezuela to Argentina Links More Than Markets
The Venezuelan, Brazilian, and Argentine governments are studying an 8,000 kilometer gas pipeline from Venezuela to Argentina, with some political will in support of the huge project. Drawbacks inclu ...
Publication Date: APR 2006
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Russian Real Domestic Gas Prices Likely to Decline over the Next Two Years
After six years of steady growth, Russian regulated domestic gas prices look set to decline in real terms for the next two years, until after the upcoming elections.
Publication Date: APR 2006
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Norway's Gas Production: Vision of the Future
Norway is moving into a new era of gas production. By 2010 production will double from 2000 levels and reach 120 billion cubic meters, making Norway the second largest gas supplier to Europe, behind ...
Publication Date: APR 2006
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Players in the Rewards in Predefined Areas (Figure)
**Note: This piece of content represents a chart extracted from the full report, Norway's Gas Production: Vision of the Future. Click here to purchase the full document.**
Publication Date: APR 2006
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European Energy Companies Achieving Growth in a Slow-growing Market
The proposed mergers between E.ON and Endesa, and between Suez and Gaz de France will change Europe's corporate energy landscape. Powerful driving forces relating to globalization and to the growth o ...
Publication Date: APR 2006
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Renewed Pressure on Argentine Utilities
Argentine utility companies are feeling renewed pressure from the Argentine government on their business operations as a result of the country's rampant inflation, the Argentine peso devaluation, and ...
Publication Date: APR 2006
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Manzanillo: The Litmus Test for LNG Development in Mexico
The decision on the Manzanillo liquefied natural gas (LNG) project is more than a contract assignment. At stake is Mexican energy policy, particularly the strategy to supplement the energy needs in t ...
Publication Date: MAR 2006
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Precio Mexico: Is a Disconnect from US Gas Prices Feasible?
Mexico's natural gas price linkage to the United States has come under increasing pressure as high US natural gas prices are directly translated to Mexican customers. The government has intervened an ...
Publication Date: MAR 2006
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Special Report: 2005 North American Gas and Power Scenarios
CERA's North American Gas and Power Scenarios Advisory Service has released its Final Report for the 2005 Scenarios. The Final Report documents CERA's four long-term scenario outlooks for the North A ...
Publication Date: MAR 2006
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Ensuring Energy Security
Current events are putting energy security at the fore. But the meaning of the term "energy security" has expanded. Once, energy security really meant "security of oil supplies against disruption." T ...
Publication Date: MAR 2006
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Focus on Energy: Perspectives from CERAWeek 2006
With the global energy supply system under pressure-spiking prices, more integrated world economy, natural disasters, geopolitics, environmental imperatives, technological challenges-the energy indus ...
Publication Date: MAR 2006
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Mergers in Spain: Further Market Concentration or 'Shake-Up' Opportunity?
Gas Natural's attempted takeover of Endesa, triggering a flurry of utility merger activity, highlights the conflict between Europe's liberalization agenda and the priorities of member states and the ...
Publication Date: MAR 2006
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Mexico Energy Price Report: Mixed Messages
Mexico's fuel prices are expected to move in opposite directions in the near term. Refined products prices are not expected to decrease given tight availability of refining capacity, but natural gas ...
Publication Date: FEB 2006
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Special Report: Design Issues for Market-based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies
Last fall CERA facilitated four public workshops supported by the National Commission on Energy Policy and the Edison Electric Institute in Washington, DC, that explored the most critical market desi ...
Publication Date: FEB 2006
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Special Report: Design Issues for Market-based Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies - Appendices
Last fall CERA facilitated four public workshops supported by the National Commission on Energy Policy and the Edison Electric Institute in Washington, DC, that explored the most critical market desi ...
Publication Date: FEB 2006
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China Market Commentary: Policy Reform on the Horizon
China's energy markets remain tight overall, but continue to move toward balance. Over the past several years, rapid demand growth and high commodity prices have exposed shortcomings in current prici ...
Publication Date: FEB 2006
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