Minority Report Implies Global Warming Out, Global Cooling In Natural Gas Week (Monday, July 7, 2008) Four scientists, four scenarios, four more or less similar conclusions without actually saying it outright -- the global warming trend is done, and a cooling trend is about to kick in. The implication: Future energy price response is likely to be significant.

Mackenzie Gas Pipeline on Track; Detractors Still Questioning Need Natural Gas Week (Monday, July 7, 2008) Doubts continue to surface on the reasonable chances for the Mackenzie natural gas pipeline, proposed to run from the Northwest Territories in Canada toward markets in southern Canada and the US.

Still Work To Do On IOC-NOC Relations Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (Monday, July 7, 2008) There are frequently tensions between international oil companies (IOC) and their national oil company (NOC) and host government partners -- just ask oil investors in Russia and Venezuela -- and at last week's World Petroleum Congress in Madrid, Exxon Mobil Chief Executive Rex Tillerson gave a rare insight into the very real and very costly frustrations sometimes felt by IOC management.

SEC Review Gives Big Oil What It Wants Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (Monday, July 7, 2008) The new guidelines for reporting oil and gas reserves formally proposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have been met with general approval by the industry. Big Oil wanted certain key changes and, by and large, Big Oil got them. The devil, however, is in the detail of the SEC's 172-page formal proposal.

San Juan Makes Conoco's Cash Register Ring Oil Daily (Monday, July 7, 2008) The San Juan Basin Business Unit may lack the glamour of ConocoPhillips' upstream operations in Alaska or the North Sea, but if the true measurement of value is causing the corporate cash register to ring on a consistent, predictable basis, then the San Juan does more than its fair share.

Medvedev Sets Out to Woo Caspian Suppliers International Oil Daily (Monday, July 7, 2008) As the scramble for Caspian and Central Asian energy resources intensifies, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev embarked Thursday on a week-long tour of three oil- and gas-rich former Soviet states -- Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan -- as well as Japan, host of this week's G8 summit.

Saudi Arabia: The Road Ahead Energy Compass (Friday, July 4, 2008) Saudi Arabia has broadcast its willingness to increase production capacity to 15 million barrels per day, if required by the market. With few other Opec countries raising capacity and many non-Opec producers facing declines, heavy responsibility falls on this latest batch of Saudi projects. What are the challenges?

Asia: Tipping Point? Not Yet Energy Compass (Friday, July 4, 2008) Across Asia, governments have been reining in fuel subsidies as oil prices march ever higher. But so far, economies are easing off rather than crashing -- and most countries should see still-healthy growth in oil demand.