While Leeb is confident about the long-term outlook for energy prices, he will not set a specific short-term price target.

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Even the strong results failed to boost the weak outlook for energy stocks as Halliburton shares fell by almost 8% yesterday.

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The energy outlook for the next two years is surprisingly diverse.

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Yet the Fed has seldom seemed less worried by the outlook for prices, perhaps because energy costs seem likely to fall sharply in coming months.

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"The 16 January kidnapping and murder of foreign oil workers at the In Amenas gas field has cast a dark cloud over the outlook for the country's energy sector, " it said.

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Already this week, both JA Solar and Yingli Green Energy reduced their outlook for full year shipments after posting discouraging Q2 results, as prices continue to fall in the face of slack demand.

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Energy Outlook (AEO) for 2013 shows annual CO2 emissions remaining more than 5% percent below the 2005 level until 2040.

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The long term outlook for supplies of food, natural resources, and energy is becoming so severe that the CIA is now viewing it as a national security threat.

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Baker Hughes (BHI) gained 4.2% on Monday after quarterly earnings topped views and boosted energy stocks overall with its more optimistic outlook for 2011.

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The EIA in its Annual Energy Outlook 2010 report estimates that in 2008, natural gas accounted for 21% for the total electricity generation in the U.S., with the share of coal being around 48%.

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