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Mississippi casinos warn state not to gamble on drilling rules

Houston, February 10, 2012, 426 pm EST/2126 GMT

Three Mississippi Gulf Coast casinos have called on the state to consider the landside impacts as it prepares to formalize a proposed set of rules to allow natural gas drilling in the state waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

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News Features

Iranian Oil Sanctions: Iran moves to speed ban on oil exports to EU

February 8, 2012

Members of the Iranian parliament are moving to accelerate a bill that would halt oil exports to the European Union ahead of an EU ban on oil imports from Iran that comes into force on July 1, and which would also ban imports of goods from the EU, Iranian news agencies reported February 7.

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Podcasts

Russia's gas supplies to Europe impacted by extreme weather conditions
February 6, 2012 - Focusing on the upheaval facing the European gas market, in light of an ongoing cold spell of weather.

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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Blogs

The Barrel: Not everyone is cheering Australia's LNG boom

Not everyone standing on the sidelines is cheering Australia's play to challenge Qatar as the world's largest LNG producer by the middle of this decade.

The Barrel: The US obsession with energy imports and why Europe doesn't sweat it

In this US election year, nearly every politician campaigning at the federal level, no matter the party, wants to improve "energy independence" and "energy security."

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Commodity Pulse Videos

Renewables revolution: Europe leads the way

January 18, 2012 (13:36 mins)

Renewable energy's share of the generation mix, already substantial in several European countries, is rising fast. Platts discuss the rate of progress for wind, solar and other renewable sources towards the holy grail of 'grid parity'.

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Industry Solution Papers Library

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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