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- UK shale, onshore oil and infrastructure investment, and Total
- In this week’s podcast: We are mostly in the UK this week – first we look at estimates for shale gas, then we ask the question, who is going to pay for the £200bn needed to upgrade the ageing energy infrastructure, and then we consider the prospect of onshore oil and gas with Anthony Lobo, head of UK oil and gas at KPMG. We end the show in France with Total and we ask Anish Kapadia, director and senior research analyst at Tudor, Pickering, Holt and Co, what we should expect from an investors meeting coming up on Monday.
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Share- Libya oil, Zimbabwe mining, Greenland drilling
- In this week’s podcast: How quickly can Libya return to a pre-war production level of 1.6m barrels of oil a day? Zimbabwe and the fight between the government and mining companies over indigenisation laws; and, the eagerly expected promise of oil and gas in Greenland fails to deliver.
Presented by David Blair with Javier Blas, William MacNamara and Vincent Boland.
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- Tony Hayward, solar, Afghanistan
- In this week’s podcast: Former chief executive of BP, Tony Hayward, strikes his first deal at the head of his new investment vehicle, Vallares; after the failure of one of the largest solar panel producers in the US - we ask Jeremy Leggett, founder and executive chairman of the solar equipment company, Solarcentury - is this a signal the sector is in trouble? and, Chinese energy company CNPC is poised to win the first oilfield to be tendered in Afghanistan for a decade.
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with Vincent Boland and Pilita Clark in the studio in London and Matthew Green in Islamabad - interviewed by Serena Tarling.
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- Exxon, Repsol, shale gas
- In this week’s podcast: Exxon’s deal with Rosneft puts an end to BP hopes for drilling in the Arctic; Spain’s largest oil producer Repsol is kept in check by two large shareholders; and shale gas - is it a low-carbon solution for the UK?
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with Vincent Boland and David Blair.
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- Libyan oil, BHP Billiton results, Esser Energy delays
- In this week's podcast: Libya - as the end to the conflict approaches, oil companies get ready to return to production; mining giant BHP Billiton reports record results; and, delays in deforestation permits by the Indian government could prove costly to Essar Energy.
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with Javier Blas, William MacNamara and David Blair.
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- Oil demand, commodities, and German utilities
- In this week's podcast: Why oil demand is slowing worldwide; how the commodities market is echoing the 2008 financial crisis; and Germany's utilities are starting to feel the impact of the decision to stop nuclear power.
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- UK nuclear, Normandy wind, and bumper mining results
- In this week's podcast: Local people in the south of England campaign for a nuclear power station - we talk to MP for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins, about the plant at Dungeness; plans for wind turbines in the sea off the Normandy coast spark renewed opposition from anti-wind groups across Europe; and, bumper results from the world's miners as high commodity prices boost earnings but cost pressures are mounting.
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with David Blair, Pilita Clark and William MacNamara.
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- BP, solar, De Beers, Centrica
- In this week’s podcast: Interim results from BP fail to please investors; solar power - how economic is it? We ask CEO of Canadian Solar, Dr Shawn Qu; diamond company De Beers gets a new chief executive; and, Centrica - what should we expect from its results?
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with Vincent Boland, Pilita Clark, William MacNamara and David Blair.
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- Greenland, mining costs, disintegrating oil companies
- In this week’s podcast: Greenland - is oil exploration the key to economic independence? High oil and gas prices push up costs for global mining; and, we ask whether integrated oil companies have a future or will others follow ConocoPhillips, and split in two?
Presented by David Blair with William MacNamara and Vincent Boland in the studio in London and Sylvia Pfeifer in Greenland.
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- UK electricity reform, Australian carbon pricing, Macarthur Coal
- In this week’s podcast: We talk to former speaker of the California state assembly and founder of G24 Innovations, Bob Hertzberg, about the UK’s white paper on reforming the electricity market; we look at Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard’s announcement on carbon pricing; and, we discuss the possible takeover of mining company Macarthur Coal by US-based Peabody Energy.
Presented by David Blair with Pilita Clark and William MacNamara.
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- Middle East nuclear, RWE, Chinese wind turbines
- In this week’s podcast: We talk to Deloitte’s head of nuclear, Daniel Grosvenor about nuclear power plans in the Middle East; we look at German utility RWE and the possible sale of UK subsidiary Npower; and, we discuss China’s steps into the European wind market with the country’s biggest turbine maker securing an Irish wind farm deal worth €1.5bn.
Presented by David Blair with Pilita Clark and Vincent Boland.
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- Smart meters; and BG Group in Brazil
- In this week's podcast: Smart meters in the UK will save energy companies billions - but consumers only £23 per year. And BG Group revise the oil reserve estimates in Brazil. Good fortune for the company, but what does it mean for the energy market?
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- BP, EU emissions, India
- In this week's podcast: BP looks to settle potential claims over the Gulf spill; global airlines prepare to be included in EU emission targets; and we talk to Sangram Nayaka, organiser of the Energy Investment Summit in Dehli about India’s energy policy - nuclear vs renewables?
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with Pilita Clark and Vincent Boland in the studio in London, and Andrew Charlton from Aviation Advocacy in Geneva.
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- ENRC, Cairn Energy, UK prices
- In this week's podcast: ENRC, the FTSE100 miner implodes; Greenpeace continues its campaign to kick oil companies out of the Arctic; and, energy prices in the UK.
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with William MacNamara, Chris Thompson in Greenland and Adam Scorer from Consumer Focus
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- Nuclear and gas
- In this week's podcast: Germany to phase out nuclear power; UK utility Centrica leaves a major gas field dormant; plus, the report into the Fukushima disaster raises questions about reactor structures.
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with David Blair and Vincent Boland in the studio and Gerrit Wiesmann in Berlin.
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- Oil, green investment bank, US energy policy
- In this week’s podcast: Crude oil predicted to hit $130; UK green investment bank to open early next year; US energy policy; plus, comments from Energy Source.
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with David Blair, Javier Blas and Kiran Stacey in the studio and Karen Harbert, CEO of the US Chamber's Institute for 21st Century Energy, in Washington.
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- BP share swap with Rosneft, UK energy policy, falling oil prices
- In this week's podcast: BP fails to complete its $16bn share swap with Rosneft; we look at the UK's energy policy; and, dropping oil prices - is this a temporary blip or a long-lasting correction? We ask Deloitte analyst Dr Joseph Stanislaw, for his view of the oil market.
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with David Blair, Pilita Clark and Kiran Stacey in the studio in London and Catherine Belton in Moscow.
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- Oil prices, Iraq, post-Fukushima
- In this week’s podcast: We talk to the chief economist of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol about dropping oil prices, cuts in Iraqi production targets and the future energy mix, post-Fukushima.
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with David Blair, Pilita Clarke and Kiran Stacey.
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- North Sea tax, FITs, fuel price
- In this week's podcast: Anger over North Sea oil and gas hike; feed-in tariffs for solar; air passengers face higher prices from rising costs of jet fuel; and comments on Energy Source.
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with Vincent Boland, David Blair, Pilita Clark and Kiran Stacey.
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- BP, Exxon Mobil and solar troubles in the UK
- In this week's show: BP’s future - a City analyst gives his view; Rex Tillerson, head of Exxon Mobil, on nuclear power, the Middle East, and BP; and is solar energy being undermined by the UK government’s plans?
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer, with Alastair Syme of Citigroup, David Blair, energy correspondent, and Kiran Stacey, Energy Source editor.
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- BP, Xstrata, Iraqi oil
- In this week's podcast: We ask where can BP go if the Rosneft deal fails and what should we expect from Bob Dudley, at BP's AGM tomorrow?; Glencore is gunning for Xstrata; and an Iraqi oil production milestone.
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- Oil price high, impact of UK fair-fuel stabiliser, new discovery for Norway
- In this week's podcast: Oil prices hit $120 a barrel; UK government tax rise causes Norwegian group Statoil to reconsider projects in the North Sea; Statoil makes a significant oil discovery in Norway; and your comments on Energy Source.
Presented by Sylvia Pfeifer with Javier Blas and Kiran Stacey in the studio, Andrew Ward in Stockholm and David Blair in Paris.
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