It’s a race to see who invests wisely and can emulate North American successes while adapting shale fracking and drilling technologies to unique (and often quite different) geological formations. “Everybody around the world has taken notice [of shale] the past few years. They’re takin

In some ways, it’s not a bad problem to have: South Africa’s economy has been growing so quickly during the last two decades that its energy sector has been struggling to keep up with demand. Since Apartheid came to an end in 1994, South Africa has become one of the most developed nat

The Mexican energy sector was nationalized in 1938.  With the establishment of Petróleos Mexicanos, a state-run monopoly was formed.  “Pemex” essentially ushered foreign investors out the door. In the ensuing decades, Pemex earnings that plumped Mexican tax coffers came to account for

It’s a chilling reality: The Arctic is particularly vulnerable to global warming. Temperatures in the ‘Ocean of Ice’ are rising twice as fast as the rest of the world. As a result, sea ice is rapidly thawing, causing no small concern to science and citizens alike. During the 2013 melt

Read about Canary’s participation in a recent US trade mission to Africa. Shale energy production in the US has ushered in a new era of economic growth and, some say, has put this nation on the path to energy self-sufficiency. But the same shale activity that acts as a domestic boon h