Due Diligence
- Custom assessment of national regulatory and governmental environments.
- Forecasts of potential changes in the country.
<1 Panama Canal
3.3 Danish Straits
2.9 Turkish Straits
4.5 Suez Canal
17.0 Strait of Hormuz
3.8 Bab al Mandeb
15.2 Strait of Malacca
OIL TRANSPORTATION CHOKE POINTS
MILLION BARRELS PER DAY
NOTE: Estimated, crude oil and petroleum products (2013)
Source: EIA
Canadian - U.S. Pipelines
The American and Canadian energy industries have transformed so quickly that pipelines connecting producing regions with consumption centers are now overwhelmed. Bottlenecks have even led to discounted prices for benchmark crudes such as West Texas Intermediate and Western Canada Select, a prospect that could threaten future investment. (Benchmark crudes serve as a reference price for oil buyers and sellers.)
Russian Energy Infrastructure
Russia and China had been
trying to negotiate a deal
for more than a decade
Russia holds the world's
largest natural gas reserves,
and China's demand for
natural gas is rapidly
growing. However, the deal
was impeded by several
factors, including the fact
that Russia sent most of its
energy west and that China
focused on domestic
production as it imported
natural gas via foreign
sea routes.
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