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NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY MONTHLY
North American Energy Monthly offers in-depth coverage of the US, Canadian and Mexican energy markets, and takes readers behind the scenes of the crude oil, natural gas, refining, coal, power generation and nuclear industries. Published since 2007, its no-nonsense style of writing makes it an essential way to understand the stories behind the headlines. It offers authoritative annual forecasts, comprehensive features and succinct news coverage of the most important events each month.
North American Energy Monthly was produced by the VM Group for BNP Paribas Fortis and previously Fortis Bank.
2009
- December: The year ahead: twin peaks
- November: The hunt for hidden costs and benefits
- October: RIP for RIK
- September: Watershed for the TVA
- August: Good business practice
- July: Obama hedges his bets
- June: Getting closer to Cuba
- May: Big Oil meets Big Wind (and Big Sun)
- April: Mapping out a future in the zone
- March: You're in the Army now
- February: Do energy-saving programs work?
- January: George W Bush's legacy
The December edition of the BNP Paribas Fortis/VM Group North American Energy Monthly includes VM Group's unique wide-ranging forecasts for energy market in 2010, plus a profile of US Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. We also include all the regular comprehensive news and analyses of the North American energy markets, from coal to nuclear power.
The November edition of the BNP Paribas Fortis/VM Group North American Energy Monthly examines recent developments in US government policy towards the Outer Continental Shelf. Our other feature looks at the emerging debate opening over the hidden costs and benefits of coal-fired power generation. And, of course, we offer you the regular comprehensive news and analyses of the North American energy markets, covering everything from natural gas to middle distillates.
The October edition of the BNP Paribas Fortis/VM Group North American Energy Monthly looks at recent M&A activity in the oil and gas sector and highlights a few possible unwilling players in this game. We also explain why the US government’s royalty-in-kind program has been killed off. Plus all the regular news and analysis of the global energy markets, from middle distillates to nuclear power.
The September edition of the BNP Paribas Fortis/VM Group North American Energy Monthly offers some insights into the recent collapse in natural gas prices, and then looks at why the time has come for the US government to revamp the Tennessee Valley Authority. Plus all the regular news and analysis of the global energy markets, from middle distillates to nuclear power.
Our August issue looks at the forthcoming battle in the Senate on the future of Obama's climate change legislation; we raise the question - what place does ethics have in the oil industry? Plus our usual comprehensive analysis of all the key North American energy markets - from oil & gas, through coal, gasoline and distillates, to nuclear power.
The July edition of the BNP Paribas Fortis/VM Group North American Energy Monthly takes an in-depth look at two significant developments in the US energy industry. The first examines the latest twist in the Alaska gas pipeline saga with ExxonMobil throwing in its lot with TransCanada while Sarah Palin throws in the towel as state governor.The second looks at the billion dollar gamble Barack Obama has taken with the FurtureGen coal plant project and how it will affect the US coal industry in the long term.
The June edition of the Fortis Bank/VM Group North American Energy Monthly has two must-read features. The first looks at the deep misgivings that are emerging over Barack Obama's stance on nuclear power and whether it is being sidelined in preference to other energy sources. Our second feature examines how Washington is relaxing its political stance on Cuba, which is set to launch a huge offshore drilling program in the Gulf of Mexico, to which everyone but the US has been invited.
2008
- December: Harsh economics of cheap gasoline
- November: California dreaming
- October: Coming to terms with "peak coal"
- September: Escaping on the shale bandwagon
- August: Feds get hooked on saving energy
- July: Orderly retreat from the forecourt
- June: Tight rein on nuclear construction costs
- May: Squaring up to imports
- April: The Great fund fight: Alaska v Alberta
- March: Redrawing the energy map
- February: Balancing act for US coal
- January: What does 2008 have in store?
2007
- December: Mexico faces up to its future
- November: Turnaround in paradise
- October: Tracking elements
- September: Bonfire of the inanities
- August: The Alberta stampede.
- July: The shape of things to come.
- June: Playing with numbers - renewable game.