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Time & Patience: Napoleon’s (Hard) Lesson for Negotiators [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 67]

Posted by scottgaille
On May 20, 2018
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“The strongest of all warriors are these two — Time and Patience.” – Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace Even if both parties must conclude a deal, we must consider the question of Time—by when does each need to reach agreement. One party may absolutely need resolution by the end of the month; the other, within […]

Posted by scottgaille
On May 16, 2018
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lng pipeline economics

This is a guest blog authored by Ankur Shah, one of my students at Rice University’s Graduate School of Business. Royal Dutch Shell says the world could be grappling with a shortage of liquefied natural gas within a decade due to underinvestment in new projects. The Anglo-Dutch energy giant issued the warning in its second […]

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On April 30, 2018
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“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.” – Archilochus of Paros, 7th Century, B.C. Courses at Yale, Oxford, and the United States Naval War College have used the aphorism of the fox versus the hedgehog to help leaders and negotiators understand various approaches to strategy: The Hedgehog. The hedgehog is […]

Posted by scottgaille
On January 29, 2018
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blockchain energy

The headlines may be filled with stories about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies—but it’s the underlying innovation called Blockchain (rather than cryptocurrencies themselves) that is poised to impact the energy industry: “Blockchain is a special technology for peer-to-peer transaction platforms that uses decentralised storage to record all transaction data. . . . Essentially, a Blockchain is […]

Posted by scottgaille
On January 22, 2018
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venezuela oil crash

When I last visited the Venezuelan cities of Caracas and Puerto La Cruz in 2007, Hugo Chavez was sowing the seeds of the nation’s economic destruction: “Venezuela demanded changes to the agreements made by international oil companies that would give PDVSA [Venezuela’s national oil company] majority control of the projects. Total, Chevron, Statoil and BP […]

Posted by scottgaille
On January 17, 2018
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shale versus deepwater risk

Last week’s issue on Shale vs. Deepwater Returns [Issue 61] featured the below figure from Hess Corporation: Several readers questioned to what extent the figure’s economics reflected different risks, including the chance of success (during exploration) and political risk. This week’s issue elaborates on such risks based on my own experiences. At Oxy and several […]

Posted by scottgaille
On January 8, 2018
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deepwater versus shale

Last week, the Trump Administration announced that it would open new areas of the United States coast to deepwater exploration: In a striking about-face, the Interior Department announced yesterday that it wants to allow drilling in nearly all U.S. waters, the single largest expansion of offshore oil and gas leasing ever proposed by the federal […]

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On January 1, 2018
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More than six years after Muammar Gaddafi’s death, the violence in Libya continues. Attackers bombed a major Libyan pipeline, reducing the nation’s production by ~100,000 barrels per day: “Libya is rife with rival militias and armed groups, some in competition with the internationally backed government. Oil was trading at more than $65 (€55) a barrel […]

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On December 25, 2017
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france ban climate

Toreador Resources Corporation was one of the first companies to exploit international shale in the late 2000s. Hydraulic fracturing was working in the United States, and similar shale formations exist around the world. One of the largest sits in the middle of France, just east of Paris. The EIA estimates that France has among the […]

Posted by scottgaille
On December 11, 2017
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"ray irani"

I was a young lawyer at Vinson & Elkins when one of its partners recommended me for a job in Oxy’s new Dubai office. My first interview was with Oxy’s General Counsel, Donald de Brier. When I was escorted into his cavernous office, Donald had his back to me and was gazing toward the distant […]

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Time & Patience: Napoleon’s (Hard) Lesson for Negotiators [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 67]

LNG vs. Pipeline Economics [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 66]

Does Your Negotiating Style Resemble a Fox or Hedgehog? [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 65]

How Will Blockchain Technology Be Adopted by the Energy Industry? [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 64]

Venezuela’s Oil Production Crash: Another Sad Chapter of Socialism [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 63]

Shale vs. Deepwater Exploration Part II: The Risks [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 62]

Shale vs. Deepwater Exploration Rates of Return [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 61]

Gaddafi’s Violent Legacy Continues to Haunt Libya’s Energy Industry [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 60]

France Passes Law Banning Fossil Fuels [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 59]

Dr. Ray Irani & the Emperor CEOs: Where Are They Now? [Gaille Energy Blog Issue 58]