Obama Launching A War On Coal? We Can Only Hope
President Barack Obama's opponents have derisively called his plans announced last week to combat climate change a "war on coal." It won't be clear for months or years if that's true, but Americans...
View ArticleNatural Gas Boom Cools Nuclear Prospects - For Now
Cheap natural gas, high construction costs and a disaster in Japan have combined to dim prospects for a resurgence in nuclear power -- especially in Texas' unregulated market where utility companies...
View ArticleSmaller But Safe Nuclear Power Plants Needed In Bangladesh
Bangladesh is a country technologically undeveloped. We are not aware of ways to contain nuclear radiation from a conventional U236 nuclear power plant we propose to buy from Russia and install it at...
View ArticleObama State Dept. Leaving Citizens In The Dark About Exact Keystone XL...
Believe it or not, the precise route of TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline remains shrouded in mystery ....
View Article4 Of The Best Investments In Refining
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners operates 46,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals that transport not just crude oil, but also natural gas, refined products, ethanol, biodiesel, and carbon dioxide....
View ArticleWash. Refineries Readying For North Dakota Oil
Frank Holmes, spokesman for Western States Petroleum Association, said Alaskan oil has been a mainstay for Washington refineries, but that production is falling. At its peak, Alaska ... But there are...
View ArticleFor Texas Coal Belt, Dread Over New Climate Change Rules
A pickup bounces along a gravel road just north of what is officially listed as the Big Brown Steam Electric Station, past swatches of oak trees and cattle herds bent over the coastal Bermuda grass....
View ArticleOlder Workers Search For Place In Midland's Booming Economy
The Permian Basin might be the land of milk and honey for the 20-something generation, but workers over 55 are struggling to find their place in an economy supercharged by the oil and gas industry.
View ArticleDundee Eyes Potential As Offshore Industry Base
DUNDEE has the potential to become a world-class base for the offshore wind industry, attracting fresh investment and hundreds of jobs, as the city's waterfront redevelopment pushes into its next phase.
View ArticleImomoh Recognised For Contributions To Petroleum Engineering
The President, Society of Petroleum Engineers, worldwide, Mr. Egbert Imomoh, has been honoured for his contribution to petroleum engineering in Nigeria and globally. The Group Managing Director, ARCO...
View ArticleDeclining Spreads Are A Big Concern For Oil And Rail Companies
According to the Energy Information Administration, last year the U.S. produced an average of 6.5 million barrels of oil per day ! That's the quickest rate of production we've witnessed since the...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Down But Not Out
Second, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report forecasting that renewable energy -wind, solar, biofuels and the like-will eclipse natural gas and nuclear as a source of electricity by...
View ArticleThe Future Of The Global LNG Trade
Interestingly, last year's drop came despite soaring demand from Japan, as that country continues to import massive quantities of gas to combat the sharp fall-off in domestic energy supplies in the...
View ArticleSyrian War Cost Up To $15 Billion In Losses, Official Says
Syria's civil war has laid waste to entire neighborhoods in the country's cities and towns, destroyed much of its manufacturing base and infrastructure and brought oil production and exports to a halt....
View ArticleObama To Announce Broad African Electrical Power Initiative
"Power Africa will build on Africa's enormous power potential, including new discoveries of vast reserves of oil and gas, and the potential to develop clean geothermal, hydro, wind and solar energy, "...
View ArticleThe Last Surviving Otter From The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Has Died
"It's pretty monumental that she's the last Exxon Valdez oil spill survivor in U.S. zoos and aquariums," says Karen Wolf, head veterinarian at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. "She was an amazing...
View ArticleOil Firms To Invest Windfall Gains In New Projects
State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) says its average cost of gas production at present is $3.7 an mBtu, and at $8.4 an mBtu, the company would get higher realisation, which would be...
View ArticleIs It Because Of Global Warming?
Reliable prediction of El Nino response to global warming is difficult, as El Nino varies naturally over decades and centuries. Instrumental records are too short to determine whether recent changes...
View ArticleFloating Wind And Current Hybrid Power Generation System
Japanese company Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Company (MODEC) , has developed the SKWID, a floating wind and current hybrid power generation system capable of converting two inexhaustible...
View ArticleHerkules Boost For Petroleum Technology Company
Herkules boost for Petroleum Technology Company. By DOMINIC JEFF Published on 01/07/2013 00:00. Oil services firm Petroleum Technology Company (PTC) , which has an operating base in Aberdeen, has been...
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