Category Archives: Natural Gas

Lawrence Solomon: Why gasoline wins

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(September 28, 2012) Electric and CNG cars cost more but do less. Continue reading →

Lawrence Solomon: Israel and Russia join forces over gas

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(September 10, 2012) A deal unfolding between Israel and Russia represents a diplomatic and business masterstroke for both parties and shows how, when the energy business is at play, geopolitics is often the driver. Continue reading →

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Israel: On brink of energy self-sufficiency?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by energyprbe

(March 30, 2012 ) Israel could well become a net exporter of oil and gas in the near future, a forum on the Middle East was told. The claim was made by an environmentalist and a former Canadian diplomat at a conference on “Canada and the New Middle East.” Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: A world awash in oil

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(March 30, 2012) The Middle East will go back to being an obscure backwater. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Vladimir the Great

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(March 2, 2012) After centuries of serfdom, Putin has delivered prosperity. But it is also easy to foresee a Russian economic collapse, if Putin follows in the footsteps of his illustrious predecessors: Peter the Great and Catherine the Great. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Israel’s gas diplomacy

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(February 24, 2012) Israel: ‘Gas is our strategic interest for new partnerships’. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: New glory for Greece

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Lawrence Solomon

(February 17, 2012) A deregulated free-market Greece — in tourism, energy, transportation — could transform the broken country. Continue reading →

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Israeli Oil: Black Gold in the Holy Land

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 18, 2011) On Tuesday, June 14, Zion Oil & Gas, Inc. announced it had requested a petroleum exploration permit to develop large shale oil deposits in the Shfela Basin, 30 miles west of Jerusalem. Continue reading →

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Lawrence Solomon: Shale gas emerging as one of world’s biggest job creators

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Other News Sources

(June 1, 2011) Shale gas, the natural gas obtained from fracturing shale rock, is emerging as one of the biggest job producers in the world, if startling new figures from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry are any indication. Continue reading →