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The Future of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry to 2020
GBI Research's report, "The Future of the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry to 2020", provides an in-depth analysis of the offshore oil and gas industry, highlighting the various concerns, shifting trends and emerging regions in the global offshore oil and gas industry. The report also provides in-depth analysis of key trends and challenges faced by the global offshore oil and gas markets. Oil exploration costs on the rise
The cost of discovering a new barrel of oil/gas has risen three-fold over the last decade as technology has pushed the frontiers of exploration into more remote areas. As old fields run dry, oil companies expand their exploration activities in harsh regions, where political, geological, geographical, technical and contractual risks are high, and they have had remarkable success. Southeast Asia Rig Market Challenge
By 25 active operators in Southeast Asia with 46 rigs, the contracting conditions have been challenging due to the collapse in crude oil prices while exploration and production spending have pressured both utilization and day rates in the region Japanese dilemma of oil and gas imports
Though its economy is considered the second largest in the world, approximately $5.8 trillion in terms of GDP, after the U.S. and China, Japan is struggling to secure its energy sources as the country is heavily depending on the oil and gas imports to satisfy the local demand. Africa swims over oil seas
Until recently, big oil companies gave little thought to south Saharan African beyond the coast of Nigeria and Angola When energy storage is big business
Fifty oil tankers anchored off British coast refusing to unload as they lie in wait for fuel price hikes U.S.A and China: The rapport policy
The agenda of the next meeting of global climate change, scheduled next December in Copenhagen, focuses on negotiating global agreement for reducing greenhouse gas emissions meeting will include representatives from 200 countries who will gather in this capital. Many analysts in the international community believe that the U.S and China, the world’s dominant producers of carbon emissions, should play a major role to set the agenda for global climate efforts Gas reserves up, prices down
The riddle of natural gas prices is still puzzling the experts and analysts who failed to reach an accurate reason behind the sliding prices of natural gas, despite the beginning of seasonal hurricanes usually leading to high prices and more demand 
