Barrelperday

Global dieselization will not end because of the scandal, but probably less people will buy diesel cars in Europe. The following post is our early take on the potential results, focusing on the economic and energy market effects. Suffering a car accident is something that you will never expect, in many cases you or your […]

In the previous post we highlighted that a significant oversupply is building up in international LNG markets, and suppliers have to find new markets as Asia seems to get satiated with LNG. In the longer run, we expect new markets to emerge while the deployment of LNG in transportation will become more widespread. However, in […]

The birth of liquid international LNG markets In the second post of our LNG series we focus on the restructuring of LNG markets and how they transform from a rigid, long-term structure dominated by a few incumbents into a flexible and vivid market place. This restructuring opens doors for new entrants. There will be new […]

If over 10 million migrants started off to Europe we would probably need new and bold solutions. This is one such idea.

Neither. The South Stream would not have solved much of Hungary’s problems. But neither will the country be worse-off without it.

The price of natural gas is higher in European countries where the share of Russian import is high. Most likely this is not because of import dependency, but Russian dependency. While many countries import gas into their country, which is a healthy trade helping both the countries involved in the process, one of the main problems […]

The economic crisis may have dented the increase in life expectancy a bit, but it is still the crisis-ridden Mediterranean regions of the EU that fare the best…

“The only free cheese is in the mousetrap.” Who profits from politicizing gas prices in Ukraine? How much is a country’s sovereignty worth? Guest post by András György Deák, Associate Fellow at the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs.

What emits more CO2 – 1 kg of French fries, or 1 kg of gasoline? And what does all this have to do with the EU? Find out in our post below.

The EU is getting worried about the high energy prices paid by European companies. Well, maybe they should have thought of that earlier.