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Iran says South Pars gas output capacity hits 290 mil cu m/d

Assaluyeh, February 22, 2012, 833 am EST/1333 GMT

Iran's Pars Oil and Gas Company said Wednesday production capacity from the offshore South Pars gas field, an extension of Qatar's North Field, was producing 290 million cubic meters a day and it rejected suggestions that Qatar's gas production was significantly higher than Iran's.

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Iranian Oil Sanctions: Noose tightens around Iran as buyers seek alternative oil

February 22, 2012

International sanctions aimed at slashing Iran's main economic lifeline, its oil revenues, could have an impact on the country's export volumes well beyond the 500,000 b/d of crude that a European Union ban will displace from July.

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Russia: the oil & gas superpower looks east

February 15, 2012 (11:22 mins)

Amidst upcoming presidential elections, and questions being raised over its ability to supply Europe with gas, Platts' editors discuss how energy giant Russia is turning its focus to key Asian oil & gas markets.

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The Barrel: After they leave CFTC, commissioners find work quick

Earlier this month, the Washington, DC law and lobbying giant Patton Boggs announced that recently retired Commodity Futures Trading Commission member Michael Dunn had joined the firm as a senior policy adviser.

The Barrel: The ethics of fracking, at a very local level

"The Ethicist" is a column in The New York Times Magazine which handles often tricky questions of morality. It tends not to tsk-tsk, and the issues tend to feature many shades of grey.

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European thermal coal falls below $100/mt for first time since 2010
February 13, 2012 - Discussing European-delivered thermal coal trades having fallen below $100/mt for the first time in 16 months.

Asia's spot LNG market left cold by mild winter
February 1, 2012 - Looking at how the Asian LNG spot market has been hit by a mild North Asia winter

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Iranian Oil Sanctions: Noose tightens around Iran as buyers seek alternative oil

February 22, 2012

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A Change of Course for LNG

As as global gas markets try to adapt to a new era of highly volatile oil prices, growing LNG supply and technological innovation, LNG sellers and buyers are going to have to cope with a very different environment (published February 2009).

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