Marin Katusa
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Marin Katusa, an accomplished investment analyst, is the senior editor of Casey Energy Opportunities, Casey Energy Confidential, and the Casey 50. He left a successful teaching career to pursue analyzing and investing in junior resource companies. In addition, he is a member of the Vancouver Angel Forum where he and his colleagues evaluate early seed investment opportunities. Marin also manages a portfolio of international real estate projects. Using advanced mathematical skills, he has created a diagnostic resource market tool that analyzes and compares hundreds of investment variables. Through his own investments, Marin has established a network of relationships with many of the key players in the junior resource sector in Vancouver. Marin has the connections, the mathematical and analytical acumen to bring the best investment ideas and most promising private placement offerings to Casey Research subscribers.
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2015-02-10
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Unconventional Investing for Unconventional Times
The insiders' secret to doubling your speculative profits at the same amount of risk.
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2015-02-03
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Was This American Hero Actually a Soviet Spy?
What do baking soda, oil, and the Gore family all have in common?
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2015-01-30
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199 Days of Hell
Unintended consequences: oil and the worst battle in history
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2015-01-30
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199 Days of Hell
Unintended consequences: oil and the worst battle in history
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2015-01-30
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199 Days of Hell
Unintended consequences: oil and the worst battle in history
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2015-01-14
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Is Obama Losing the Energy War Before It's Even Started?
Why not building the pipeline could endanger the environment and the lives (and livelihood) of the American people
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2015-01-13
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The New Normal for Oil?
Crude oil is in contango… but that doesn't mean it's easy to play the situation for profit
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2015-01-09
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Keystone XL Veto Is Partisan Political Disaster for America
American politics have gone from debate to pure partisan propaganda
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2015-01-02
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Where Have All the Statesmen Gone?
America is going to have to learn to play nicely
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2014-12-16
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German Chancellor Merkel Won't Let Ukraine Get in the Way of Business
There's no greater force controlling the global energy trade today than Russia and Vladimir Putin.
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2014-12-11
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Russia's Unfazed by Falling Oil Prices
The slide in oil prices threatens American energy independence and emboldens rather than weakens Russia
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2014-12-05
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Russia and China's Natural Gas Deals Are a Death Knell for Canada's LNG Ambitions
As the Colder War heats up, Canadian energy producers are finding Eastern interest in their natural gas exports dwindling
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2014-11-07
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The Madness of the EU's Energy Policy
Putin has launched a devastating plan to turn Russia into an energy powerhouse
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2014-11-06
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Putin Signs Secret Pact to Crush NATO
Putin is staging an assault on the dollar to bring the US down to the level of just one ordinary nation among many.
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2014-05-27
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The Colder War and the End of the Petrodollar
The mainstream media are falling over themselves talking about Russia’s just-signed “Holy Grail” gas deal with China, which is expected to be worth more than $400 billion. But here’s what I think the real news is… and nobody’s talking about it"until
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2014-05-22
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Seven Things You May Not Know About Coal
Coal is back in the headlines… but how informed are you about this baseload power source?
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2014-05-19
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The Most Anticipated Oil Well of 2014
An eye-opening discussion with the CEO of one of our favorite companies
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2014-05-07
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How a Big Cat Started Europe’s Addiction to Oil
How the West got on the hook that it finds itself on today… and how smart investors can profit
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2014-04-29
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Obama’s Secret Pipeline
While Keystone XL is the talk of the day, this hush-hush project has already passed its Senate hurdle… and one company is getting ready to make a killing
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2014-02-17
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99 Problems… But Oil Ain’t One of Them
How applying new technologies to old oil fields has changed America
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2014-01-22
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Energy Outlook: What’s Hot in 2014
The most profitable energy trends for the coming year.
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2014-01-13
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How Putin Conquered South Africa
In the global war for energy supremacy, Russia has won another victory over the United States.
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2013-11-27
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The Iranian Deal: What the Big Six Really Have to Gain
Over the weekend, the world changed.
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2013-09-26
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Will Russia Lose Its Oily Grip on Europe?
Vladimir Putin is on a roll. Ever since the Russian president-turned-prime-minister-turned-president got into office 13 years ago, he's been deftly maneuvering Russia back into the ranks of global heavyweights. These days, he's averting cruise missil
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2013-09-10
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Could This Be the Next Bakken?
Everyone is looking to make the "Big Score" in the resource sector"that one special discovery that is not just elephant- but brontosaurus-size: big enough to put you into the annals of resource exploration and make fortunes for your investors.
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2013-06-18
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The Global Race for Shale Development Is On
Guess who the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) says has 430% more proven gas reserves than the US? Guess who has twice as much as the US in shale gas technically recoverable? Guess who has over twice as much proven oil reserves as the US?
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2013-06-04
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The Hidden Bargain: The Other Yellow Metal
By several measures, a contrarian bull market is shaping up in an unlikely energy sector.
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2013-05-08
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Porter Stansberry vs. Marin Katusa: Who Won the Bet?
Even the soundest predictions can be completely off if timing is overlooked.
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2013-03-20
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Hugo Chávez Is Gone, but His Oil Legacy Lives On
Why the death of Hugo Chávez will not cause cheap Venezuelan oil to flood the market.
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2013-03-13
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How Rockefeller Parlayed Pipelines into Billions
The history of hydrocarbon pipelines offers profitable insights for investors
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2013-03-13
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Hugo Chavez' Last Laugh: OIL
Whoever succeeds Hugo Chavez will be trapped between a rock and a hard place. Venezuela currently has some of the cheapest gasoline in the world; it's costing an average of $1 to fill up one's tank.
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2012-11-21
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Is a Carbon Tax a Done Deal for the US?
Obama is poised to push a carbon tax through... with the surprising support of a major US energy company.
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2012-10-26
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Putin Is the New Global Shah of Oil
How much energy-sector power can Russian President Vladimir Putin attain?
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2012-10-18
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Will an OPEC Nation's Runaway Inflation Spark an Oil Bull Market?
Growing unrest in the Middle East likely signals good news for shrewd energy investors.
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2012-10-03
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Casey Panel: The Energy Crisis Is Here"Here's How to Play It
Oil and gas reserves around the world are growing scarcer by the minute, and people are looking to their governments for answers.
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2012-09-28
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Why an Islamic Revolution in Saudi Arabia Is a Surefire Way to Send Oil to $300 a Barrel
There is little that would rock the oil world more than a revolution in Saudi Arabia.
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2012-07-10
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The Race for Energy Resources Just Got Hotter
Malaysia's state-owned oil and gas company just made a multibillion-dollar bet that Canada will choose to export its shale gas riches.
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2012-07-03
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Which Course Will North American Natural Gas Producers Choose?
News of a "monster" natural gas find in British Columbia has one again highlighted that North Americans need to make a choice.
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2012-06-20
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Oil Price Differentials: Caught Between the Sands and the Pipelines
Revealed " what recent shifts in oil prices mean for this energy subsector, and how long they'll likely last.
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2012-05-30
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Coal and Shale Gas: America's Energy Siblings Are Locked in Rivalry
Competition is supposed to make competitors stronger, but when it comes to the battle between coal and shale gas for supremacy as the United States' power-generating fuel of choice, the rivalry instead has each commodity holding the other down.
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2012-05-11
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Which Stocks Will Lose the Most in the Coming Energy Bloodbath
Yesterday, I made a prediction that should scare a lot of investors.
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2012-05-11
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How You Can Profit From the Market's Next Big Collapse
If you think the bloodbath is over for natural gas stocks, think again...
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2012-05-02
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Marin Katusa vs. Porter Stansberry on Oil Prices
At the latest Casey Research conference, respected investment analyst Porter Stansberry stood at the podium and predicted that the price of oil will fall below US$40 per barrel within the next 12 months.
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2012-04-25
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So Long, US Dollar
There's a major shift under way, one the US mainstream media has left largely untouched even though it will send the United States into an economic maelstrom and dramatically reduce the country's importance in the world: the demise of the US dollar a
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2012-04-13
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Don't Believe Every Energy Dividend Story You Hear
My most recent trip to Calgary gave me a welcome chance to catch up with friends and colleagues in Cow Town's oil and gas sector.
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2012-03-29
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Energy-Sector Investment Traps
Every salesman wants to present his product in the best light possible and the salesmen of the stock market are no exception.
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2012-03-16
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The Upside to a Natural Gas Downturn
The energy market is a complex beast, its many parts interconnected through a multitude of linkages.
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2012-03-13
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The Gray Hairs and the Slick Hairs
Many of Casey Research's editors and analysts spent last week in Toronto at the annual Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) convention.
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2012-03-08
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The Story Behind US Gas Price Pain
Gasoline consumption in the United States has been dropping for years.
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2012-03-02
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Natgas Down, Opportunity Up
The energy market is a complex beast, its many parts interconnected through a multitude of linkages.
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2012-02-14
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Why Not Thorium?
The Fukushima disaster reminded us all of the dangers inherent in uranium-fueled nuclear reactors.
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2012-01-25
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Will Iran Kill the Petrodollar?
The official line from the United States and the European Union is that Tehran must be punished for continuing its efforts to develop a nuclear weapon.
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2012-01-19
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Don't Frack Me Up
To many walking the planet, fracking has a seriously bad reputation.
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2012-01-11
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India: Land of Energy Opportunity
Quick, what country is the economic engine that will power world growth? If you answered "China," you're far from alone.
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2011-12-16
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America's Energy Pipeline Dreams
The Keystone XL ruckus shone a light on pipelines like never before.
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2011-11-16
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Is It a Good Time to Invest in Pipeline Companies?
Let's begin by positioning the sector. Investing in a pipeline company is similar to investing in a utility.
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2011-10-28
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Will Offshore Oil Lubricate US"Cuba Relations?
One of Spain's largest oil companies, Repsol, is gearing up to spud a deep, offshore well in Cuban waters, just 60 miles from the Florida Keys.
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2011-10-18
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Who’s Right About Commodities: Bears or Bulls?
In the last few weeks a slow slide in commodity prices " metals in particular " has turned into a full-scale nosedive.
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2011-10-14
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Casey Research Summit Special Report: Surviving the Death of Money
When the currency system as we know it dies, some people will become very wealthy.
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2011-09-15
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Falling Oil Prices: Worrying Trend or Saving Grace?
When oil prices start to decline, investors and economists get worried.
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2011-07-15
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China Gets Picky
It turns out that China is not willing to pay whatever it has to for energy and metal resources.
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2011-06-30
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America’s Oil Supply: The Keystone for Survival
A rancorous debate over TransCanada Corp.’s (T.TRP) proposed Keystone XL Pipeline has given rise to two uncomfortable prospects: If the US$7 billion project is not built, Alberta’s oil sands will become landlocked, at least for a while, and the Unite
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2011-06-27
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How Shale Gas Might Transform the Energy Markets
In the midst of roller-coaster oil prices and a global reassessment of nuclear power, in early April a key development in the natural gas arena slipped by mostly unnoticed: a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) about global s
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2011-06-22
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It’s Time to Invest in Coal
Coal prices are surging ahead even as most other commodities pull back, spurred on by expectations that metallurgical and thermal coal production will again fail to meet rising global demand this year.
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2011-06-15
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The Future of Atomkraft
In a dramatic about-face, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced last Monday that Germany will phase out nuclear power completely by 2022, shutting down its nine operational reactors and never restarting the seven reactors that were suspended in the wake
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2011-05-19
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The Fracking Controversy
Blackstone Group LP (BX), the world’s largest private equity firm, is set to invest $1 billion in unconventional oil and gas projects in North America through a joint venture with Alta Resources, which has cemented a spotlight on fracking.
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2011-04-14
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Oil Hits 32-Month High As Unrest Persists in the Middle East
With the civil war in Libya now entering its third week, Egypt moving haltingly towards free elections, and hundreds dead in Syria, Yemen and Bahrain after a month of anti-government protests in each country, the Middle East is rife with instability.
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2011-03-21
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Oil Sands: Fueling the Future
For many years, trying to tap an oil sands deposit accomplished about as much as sipping molasses through a straw, but that is changing. So do oil sands companies make a good investment now?
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2011-03-02
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The Libyan Crisis: Where Are Oil Prices Going?
The oil picture is always complex, but right now things are about as complicated as they can get.
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2011-01-29
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Australian Floods Cause Drought in the Coal Market
The most important metallurgical coal basin in the world is underwater. Open pits have become lakes, stockpiles are soaked, and rail lines are submerged and in places destroyed. Damage is estimated at $5 to $6 billion.
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2011-01-26
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Why Europe Should Pay Attention to Algeria
Tunisia’s uprising has democracy watchers wondering if the instability will spill over into neighboring North African countries, but really that instability is already there. In the first week of the year, Algeria experienced violent protests after t
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2011-01-21
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Geothermal Update: Growth Spurt Ahead
The Canadian Geothermal Energy Association (CanGEA) is a pretty active group. It regularly hosts networking and news events for its members, who range from scientists to industry reps.
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2011-01-13
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Forgotten Treasure: Unconventional Oil in the Middle East
As the conventional and cheap oil and gas start to dry up in the Middle East… a bigger, even better opportunity seeks to replace it.
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2010-10-14
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Casey Research Identifies Next Generation
of Resource Leaders with Casey's NexTen
Stowe, VT, October 12, 2010 " Casey Research, a leader in providing in-depth, independent analysis of high-growth investment opportunities, announced today Casey’s NextTen, the next generation of leaders in the natural resource industry.
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2010-10-01
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Where Are Oil and Gas Prices Heading Next?
Oil is heading to US$200 per barrel. This isn’t speculation but hard fact. But forewarned is forearmed, and with this price expected within the next five years, investors have plenty of time to position themselves.
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2010-09-17
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Casey's Energy Guru: Today's Hottest Energy Plays
Marin Katusa, an accomplished investment analyst, is the senior editor of Casey’s Energy Opportunities, Casey’s Energy Confidential, and Casey’s Energy Report. He left a successful teaching career to pursue analyzing and investing in junior resource
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2010-09-10
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China and India: Still Hungry for Coal
One can only hope that the “Don’t shoot the messenger” adage is still popular in the international community.
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2010-09-01
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Oil’s Out - Find Out What’s In
The International Energy Association (IEA) has spoken. What the world needs now is a clean energy technology revolution.
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2010-08-18
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Saskatchewan: A Gold Mine for Uranium
Mining is a risky business and accidents happen. But when your mine is the world’s largest uranium deposit, fourth largest copper deposit, and fifth largest gold deposit, an accident can cost a little bit more than the average. Something BHP Billiton
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2010-08-10
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A Run for the Canadian Border
The Gulf of Mexico disaster has changed U.S. priorities, costs, and energy supply sources for years to come. But the fact that the U.S. needs energy isn’t changing anytime soon, and as mass sources of green energy are still a while away, the most lik
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2010-08-05
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China Is Winning the Energy Race
Stop the presses. The United States is no longer the world’s biggest consumer of energy.
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2010-07-29
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Is the Future of U.S. Oil Really Secure?
Two words that any oil company dreads to hear are “export duty.” Especially if the word “increases” or “introduced” is floating around there too.
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2010-07-13
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Has the Gulf Spill Opened Pandora’s Box for Obama?
The White House might be gaping in shock that the U.S. federal court overturned the six-month drilling moratorium, but it really isn’t all that surprising. Amid the finger pointing and political posturing, the Obama administration seems to have misse
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2010-06-09
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06-09-2010
Albania - the New Frontier for Oil Investors
After a troubled past, resource-rich Albania is trying to modernize itself into a good place to do business… and with astonishing success.
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2010-05-25
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Why Google Should Subscribe to Casey Research
What do search engines and wind energy have in common? That’s the question a lot of investors were asking earlier this month, when Google made an almost US$40 million investment into NextEra Energy Resources, a North Dakota wind energy firm. The simp
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2010-05-19
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The Nuclear Option
Earlier this year, the Obama administration announced large new federal loan guarantees for the nuclear energy industry " totaling about $54 billion, or more than triple the current level of funding. Philosophically, we abhor government subsidies to
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2010-04-28
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One for All and All for... Myself
In December 2008, after OPEC warned of “substantial cutbacks,” I voiced my strong opinion that the members of the Dirty Dozen would cheat, because cartels always cheat. Sure enough, despite all the talk about production cutbacks, even more oil flowed
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2010-04-21
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Shale by the Pail: Europe Shakes Its Fist at Russian Hegemony
The latest buzzword on investors’ lips is shale, and it’s everywhere. Shale gas production is rapidly growing, and the domino effect of unconventional gas development on the global energy market is staggering.
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2010-01-16
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Cheap Oil is Gone, and That's Good News
Over the next year or two, you will likely find yourself paying a LOT more at the gas pump. Big changes are taking place in the oil industry. With increased global demand and declining supply, easy oil is not so easy anymore.
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2009-11-24
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The Best Energy Investments in the World
In the past three years, Marin Katusa, senior energy analyst at Casey Research, has become one of the most respected and listened-to authorities in the investment advisory business. He spends the bulk of his time on airplanes and in far-off places st
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2009-10-19
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Black Gold... Green Oil
This summer, there's been a flurry of new green announcements from the world's major oil firms. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Valero, Statoil, Marathon, and Sunoco have all thrown their hats into the green ring.
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