Renewables To Exceed Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy By 2016
The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts power generation from renewable sources will exceed natural gas and be twice the contribution from nuclear energy globally by 2016 - just three short...
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 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 ArticleSimply Calling For End Of Nuclear Power Is Irresponsible
To reduce the nation's use of nuclear power to zero, the proportion of electricity generated by alternative sources such as thermal power generation and renewable energy sources such as solar power...
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 ArticleUS Natural Gas Bounty Destined For Oversea's Ports
According to the Associated Press, up to 40% of the U.S. production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) could be exported if all of the current energy company export requests are approved by the government....
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...
View ArticleAlgeria Offers Petronas To Bid For Oil Exploration
Algeria offered Petronas to bid for an oil exploration project in Algeria while negotiations are also in the pipeline for Malaysian companies to build highway and specialist hospital in Tanzania, said...
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