Slugcatcher elbows out JR and points Hollywood to the Hague

Move over, the Ewings of Dallas!. If Hollywood is ever lost for an idea for a new mini-series will someone

News Archive

08 NOV 2004

Slugcatcher asks Timor Leste's econo-puppeteers: what is the cost of a reality check?

Learner drivers were once taught this simple rule of the road: �The right of way is something to which

Asia

03 NOV 2004
Slugcatcher: ugly sisters prepare to show their blooming figures

Slugcatcher: ugly sisters prepare to show their blooming figures

How good is good? This is the week when we all find out because over the next few days the five ugly

News Archive

25 OCT 2004

Slugcatcher looks at Tassie's map 'o' Eden

Not many things terrify Slugcatcher. He�s slithered, flat on his back, through a gap in freshly-blasted

News Archive

19 OCT 2004
Slugcatcher: Economics Class 101

Slugcatcher: Economics Class 101

Economics 101: Welcome to the class boys and girls. The first question today is what happens to a business

News Archive

12 OCT 2004

Slugcatcher's new dance for this US$50/bbl disco - the step out

Always interesting, even to a casual observer - petroleum exploration with the oil price around $US50

All Regions

05 OCT 2004

Slugcatcher report card on Shell: "can do better"

As Slugcatcher speculated in last week�s ponderings about the outlook for Royal Dutch/Shell, Jeroen van

Europe

27 SEP 2004

Slugcatcher: Shell problems a tale of two tales

It isn�t often that anyone feels a twinge of sympathy for a big oil company. Yet the bizarre case of

News Archive

21 SEP 2004

Slugcatcher: Is BHP playing the LNG game?

If Japan and China are keen to buy more liquefied natural gas from Australia, and the U.S. is knocking

News Archive

14 SEP 2004

Slugcatcher: Tales from the crypt (Pt 2)

With pre-emptive apologies, Slugcatcher proposes just a few moments of gloating. Two weeks ago it was

News Archive

08 SEP 2004

Slugcatcher: Watching a pipeline going around in a circle.

The imminent sale of the Dampier to Bunbury natural gas pipeline in WA for a reported $1.86 billion draws

News Archive

01 SEP 2004

Slugcatcher: Tales from the crypt

Sifting the wheat from the chaff is an old agricultural saying that few petroleum types think much about.

News Archive

26 AUG 2004

Slugcatcher off the mark: NZ explorer

No radical change is needed in western oil policies regarding hydrocarbon reserves, says leading Kiwi

All Regions

23 AUG 2004

Slugcatcher: Does George Dubya have the pins to prick the pricing bubble?

Here�s a curious thought: �the world has never run out of minerals�. Fascinating isn�t it, and strangely

All Regions

19 AUG 2004
Slugcatcher: Shame on the LA Times

Slugcatcher: Shame on the LA Times

Golden bandicoots, burrowing bettongs, and the fat-tailed marsupial mouse are not a conventional topic

Australia

12 AUG 2004
Slugcatcher: East Timor

Slugcatcher: East Timor's royalties have started already - for the advisors

Is Slugcatcher missing the point or is there something awfully sad, not to mention there being a sense

Asia

05 AUG 2004

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