In 2007, Geely signed a joint venture with the British taxi manufacturer Manganese Bronze which saw the two companies produce the TX range of taxis in Shanghai, which are sold in the local Chinese market and also to international markets including the Middle East, Europe and Central Asia. In 2009, Geely bought the Australian transmission manufacturer Drivetrain Systems International (DSI) and then in 2010 Geely purchased Volvo Car Corporation from Ford. MORE

The two-day Oil and Gas of Turkmenistan 2020 conference was organized by the Government of Turkmenistan and attracted the participation of regional and international energy companies, including CNPC, Dragon Oil, SOCAR, ENI, ARETI, Schlumberger, Hyundai, among others. Yet-to-find (YTF) resources will contribute to around 30% of the total production of natural gas worldwide by 2050, according to Yury Sentyurin, the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). MORE

Maersk Oil is an international oil and gas company with operated production of about 650,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day offshore Denmark, UK and Qatar, as well as onshore Kazakhstan and Algeria. Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola Empresa Pública (Sonangol, E.P.), Maersk Oil and other partners declared the Azul-1 deepwater exploration well, located in Block 23 in the Kwanza Basin, a discovery well. MORE

A new EIA-sponsored study by Advanced Resources International, Inc. In addition to the United States, this group includes Canada, Mexico, China, Australia, Libya, Algeria, Argentina, and Brazil. In response, several other countries have expressed interest in developing their own nascent shale gas resource base, which has lead to questions regarding the broader implications of shale gas for international natural gas markets. Map of 48 major shale gas basins in 32 countries. MORE

Nigeria or Algeria cannot do the same for their oil industry. In their commentary, Andreas Goldthau (Royal Holloway University of London), Kirsten Westphal (German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)), Morgan Bazilian (Colorado School of Mines) & Michael Bradshaw (University of Warwick) present four geopolitical scenarios to illustrate how varied the transition could be by 2030. MORE

As we have pointed out, RBC Capital’s fragile five , Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, Iraq and Venezuela, the pain is intense. in Russian and Soviet history, Soviet economics, and International economics, and MBA in finance and marketing. His career has focused on the Soviet Union and Russia, and has included fifteen years in Russia as a US diplomat, in business, working both for international and Russian businesses, and in consulting. by Dalan McEndree for Oilprice.com. MORE

The development of an international hydrogen market could also accelerate adoption. The report also reviews the long-term outlook for natural gas under different existing scenarios, including those from the International Energy Agency, BNEF and IGU analysis. MORE

To reach these objectives, the Energy Union focuses on five mutually supportive dimensions: Energy security, solidarity and trust; the internal energy market; energy efficiency as a contribution to the moderation of energy demand; decarbonization of the economy; and. The regulatory framework set-up by the 3 rd Internal Energy Market Package has to be further developed to deliver a seamless internal energy market to citizens and companies. MORE

The official chatter is that the OPEC meeting in Algeria from September 26 to 28 could conclude with an agreement to freeze production by the member nations, with even Russia joining forces in a freeze that may prevent further oil price erosion. What has changed from Doha to Algeria? by Rakesh Upadhyay for Oilprice.com. MORE

Putin has aligned Russia with OPEC’s have-nots—the members lacking financial resources to withstand low crude prices for an extended period and that have objected to Saudi policies (Iran, Iraq, Angola, Nigeria, Libya, Algeria, Ecuador, and Venezuela)—against the haves (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, and Qatar). in Russian and Soviet history, Soviet economics, and International economics, and MBA in finance and marketing. by Dalan McEndree for Oilprice.com. MORE

EIA commissioned Advanced Resources International, Inc. Algeria, Argentina, and Mexico), providing significantly more data for the 2013 study, EIA said. More than half of the identified shale oil resources outside the United States are concentrated in four countries—Russia, China, Argentina and Libya—while more than half of the non-US shale gas resources are concentrated in five countries: China, Argentina, Algeria, Canada, and Mexico. MORE

OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) has been the most talked about international organization among investors, analysts and international political lobbies in the last few months. This might be one of the most crucial junctures for OPEC and it has to consider the possibility of reducing its current production quotas, mostly due to its internal issues of which the cartel has many. by Gaurav Agnihotri for Oilprice.com. MORE

In addition, the brand will remain committed to vehicles powered with compressed natural gas (CNG) as well as internal combustion engines. In this sense, the strategic growth regions are Northern Africa, where SEAT leads the Volkswagen Group’s vehicle assembly project in Algeria, and Latin America and Mexico, where the company is studying the feasibility of producing. SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, will introduce its first fully electric vehicle in 2020. MORE

LNG does contribute to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) GHG reduction targets. The report analyzes several LNG pathways, including LNG from Algeria, Australia, Qatar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Norway, Trinidad & Tobago and the USA. Toyota Tsusho, Uyeno Group of Companies, Port of Vancouver, Wärtsilä, and Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation (YKIP). MORE