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Energy in 2014: A Year of Change

27.07.2015 - (CHEManager International 7-8/2015) World consumption 2014 was a remarkable year in the world of energy. The eerie calm that had characterized energy markets in the few years prior...

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Low Oil Prices Pose Challenges for European Chemical Industry

24.03.2015 - The sharp drop in oil prices in the second half of last year is causing some dilemmas not only for individual chemical producers in Europe, particularly those making petrochemicals...

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Commissioner says EU Needs Uniform Framework for Shale Gas

18.11.2013 - EU environment commissioner Janez Potocnik has called for a uniform risk management framework for shale gas exploration across member states that would reap the long-term economic...

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France’s Holland Rules Out Fracking at Least Until 2017

16.07.2013 - French president Francois Hollande has ruled out overturning the country's ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, during his five-year term of office, which ends in 2017. The...

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Rosneft Leads Russian Oil Output to New High

02.01.2013 - More crude from state-owned top producer Rosneft kept Russian oil output the highest in the world last year, ahead of Saudi Arabia, Energy Ministry data showed on Wednesday. Crude...

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Chemistry is Key

14.12.2012 - Before the opening of COP-18 on November 26, if you'd asked anyone -- an environmentalist, an industrialist, the proverbial man or woman on the street -- what they thought what the...

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U.S. Shale Boom a Boon for Asian Crude Importers

03.10.2012 - Asian oil importers will pay lower premiums for their shipments as a shale oil boom diverts more barrels from the United States to the world's biggest net oil buying region over...

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World to Gain from Gas Glut if Regulation Right

29.05.2012 - A boom in unconventional natural gas over the next 20 years could see the United States and others benefit from cheaper energy while the importance of the Middle East declines, the...