2 Reasons Why Gulf Of Mexico Is Back In Business
Since these unconventional resources basically involve oil and natural gas trapped between layers of rock formations, multiple wells are required to be fracked at the same spot in order to extract...
View ArticleFeds Bar New Mining Claims In Solar Energy Zones
Federal officials have taken another step toward establishing 17 new "solar energy zones" on public lands in the West by barring new mining claims that could impede renewable energy development on the...
View ArticleWill BP Be Freed Of Bogus Damage Claims?
BP's being hit by both public and private damage claims relating to its 2010 Gulf of Mexico tragedy. The latter includes a host of claimants with no real ties to the Macondo gusher....
View ArticleAguirre Tells CPUC To Refund San Onofre Ratepayers
Attorney Mike Aguirre has filed a motion with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) demanding refunds to ratepayers who he says have paid for nuclear power they never received.
View ArticleLatvia To Open Gas Pipelines To Suppliers Other Than Gazprom
The European Commission is also expected to decide whether a bigger, regional LNG terminal has to be build in Finland or Estonia, north of Latvia....
View ArticleBLM Approves NM Natural Gas Pipeline
The Bureau of Land Management has issued its approval for a 234-mile natural gas. Enlarge. Thinkstock. The Bureau of Land Management has issued its approval for a 234-mile natural gas pipeline crossing...
View ArticlePiper Alpha Disaster To Be Remembered 25 Years On
The wreckage of the Piper Alpha oil production platform in the North Sea, off Aberdeen. Credit: PA The 25th anniversary of the world's worst offshore disaster, in which 167 men were killed, is being...
View ArticleWe Must Face The Problem Of Climate Change
The president proposed steps to limit heat-trapping pollution from coal -fired power plants and to boost renewable energy production on federal property. My energy plan will cut carbon ......
View ArticleSDGE Warns Of Expensive Electric Bills After San Onofre Closure
While the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station has created an untimely reduction in our region's energy resources, we have taken steps to ensure a reliable supply of energy for the...
View ArticleRio Tinto Resumes Coal Shipments
The Anglo-Australian mining company Rio Tinto has resumed the shipment of coal along the Sena railway line from its mine in Moatize in the western Mozambican province of Tete to the port of Beira after...
View ArticleBP Appealing Ruling On Gulf Oil Spill Settlement Payments
British Petroleum is appealing a judge's decision to allow businesses and individuals not directly affected by the 2010 gulf oil spill to seek cash settlements.
View ArticleLast Week In Congress / How Our Representatives Voted
Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., to the Offshore Energy and Jobs Act that would have barred offshore oil and natural gas leasing in Bristol Bay in southern Alaska and blocked sharing revenue from offshore leases...
View ArticleOklahoma No Stranger To Most Appeals Of Report On Great Plains Resurgence
"The New Energy Boom," "The Great Plains Gusher," "The Plains and the Natural Gas Revolution" (that's new) , "Drilling Activity: An Ongoing Boom," "Renewable Opportunities: Wind, Ethanol and Biofuels...
View ArticleNRG Energy To Limit Carbon Emissions
The W.A Parish coal-based power plant near Richmond is on the forefront of environmental technology....
View ArticleQ & A With ExxonMobil Pipeline Company Executive Karen Tyrone
ExxonMobil Pipeline Vice President and Operations Manager Karen Tyrone gave her assessment of the past 90 days following the oil spill in Mayflower....
View ArticleCan New Govt Solve Pakistan's Energy Crisis?
In a bid to find answer to the country's woeful energy crisis, Nawaz Sharif had recently urged the state-owned China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) to install solar power plants and also...
View ArticleCrude Politics Continues To Reign Supreme
The Obama administration is now attempting to reduce Iran's oil exports even further, to less than 500,000bpd. New US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said last week that he believed the oil market could...
View ArticleThe Future Is Agriculture - Bala
The Director-General, Energy Commission of Nigeria, Prof. Eli Bala, tells EVEREST AMAEFULE that Nigeria will soon start producing electricity from biomass waste Your agency has been advocating...
View ArticleEICF Aims To Produce Technical Graduates Who Match Employment Needs Of Oil...
The Energy Industry Competency Framework (EICF) , an initiative aimed at aligning technical and vocational institutions with the requirements of the oil and gas industry, as well as to offer students...
View ArticleIsrael Capable Of Tapping Lebanese Gas Resources
Lebanon: Lebanese energy minister Gebran Bassil has said that Israel has the technical ability to draw from Lebanese underwater gas fields, and called for an urgent parliamentary session to define gas...
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