A Surprising New Twist In The US Natural Gas Market
Mexican imports of U.S. gas have skyrocketed 92% since 2008. And with export capacity projected to grow to over 7 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) , Mexico could start taking 10% of U.S....
View ArticleCoal Industry Fears Dark Future Under Obama Proposal
A mechanized shovel loads coal onto a haul truck at Cloud Peak Energy's Spring Creek mine near Decker, Mont. The coal industry is back on the defensive after President Barack Obama renewed calls for...
View ArticleCecil Supervisor Again Asks For Meeting With Range Resources
Cecil Township Supervisor Elizabeth Cowden has again requested a meeting with Southpointe-based Marcellus Shale company Range Resources . 'Lets meet and stop this nonsense,' she said, referring to...
View ArticleOman Hopes Deal With BP On Block 61 To Be Signed By Year-End
Oman: The Omani oil and gas ministry has said it hopes to sign an agreement before the end of this year with British Petroleum (BP) on the commercial development of its Block 61 tight gas reserves,...
View ArticleSeaweed Fuel Could Replace Corn Ethanol In B.C.'s Fuel Program, According To...
Ethanol produced from large-scale seaweed farms could supply B.C.'s current demand for ethanol and help the province meet its greenhouse gas emission targets, according to a new analysis from the...
View ArticleStatoil Assumes Control Of Eastern Eagle Ford Assets
Joint venture partner Talisman Energy will still be responsible for operational activities in the western region.
View ArticlePa. Senator Wants Wind Turbine Farm On Former Strip Mine, Now State Forest
Legislation by state Sen. John Wozniak, D-Westmont, could open land in Gallitzin State Forest for construction of a wind turbine farm and open the door for similar renewable energy companies to develop...
View ArticleLessons On Nuclear Reactor Accidents
Before the Bangladeshi government puts reactor technology to generate power on a fast track, it would be prudent to consider the history of reactor accidents as a background for judging how likely it .
View ArticleVanDyke Mixes Passion For Racing With Coal Mining
The night before the race, he worked his usual hoot owl shift from 11:30 p.m. until 7:30 a.m. at the Consol Energy Buchanan Mine in Oakwood, Va....
View ArticleAgency, Again, Orders Bonneville To Reexamine Pricing Plan
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has upheld a ruling that would require the Bonneville Power Administration to recast the way it deals with wind farms during periods of power oversupply....
View ArticleBiomass Plant Humming At Full Capacity
That includes a combination of sources involving hydro, wind, solar, tidal, biomass, as well as geothermal energy . The facility will see biomass burned to generate about 60 megawatts of electricity a...
View ArticleU.S. Backing Unlikely To Tip Balance Toward 'Clean Coal'
Some clean-energy technologies are expected to get a shot in the arm from President Barack Obama's plan to fight climate change, but so-called clean coal probably isn't one of them. The reason: high...
View ArticleOil Field Catering Will Be A Growing Business In The Cline
The idea of food catering to drilling and hydraulic fracturing or fracking sites is rapidly picking up steam in Abilene, a city many energy experts say will play a big part in the oil play....
View ArticleHoeven Critical Of Climate Change Proposal
"He proposed a whole new regulatory regime," Hoeven said. Obama's plan would "create more regulation to energy production," Hoeven said. The proposed Keystone pipeline would stretch from the Canadian...
View ArticleFlexible Glass Solar Cell Shingles Kevin Bullis
Researchers at the U.S. government's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have built flexible solar cells using a thin and pliable kind of glass from Corning, the company that makes the glass that...
View ArticleEnergy Independence, Courtesy Of Horizontal Drilling
By unlocking oil and natural gas resources that were once thought to be unrecoverable, horizontal drilling has sparked an American energy renaissance that will revolutionize everything from job...
View ArticleGazprom One Winner From Nabucco Demise
According to the president of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) , Rovnag Abdullayev, "We see the pipeline route toward Austria as a natural market for that gas....
View ArticleGulf Of Mexico Success At Shell's Vicksburg "A" Well
Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) today announces a successful exploratory well at Vicksburg in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico....
View ArticleSouth Hill Mall Earns Environmental Leader Award
Business: Mall recycles used cooking oil and 550 tons of cardboard annually | South Hill Mall received a 2012 Sustainable Practice Leader Award from General Biodiesel for its success in reducing the...
View ArticleVestas Receives 93 MW Order In South Africa
Vestas Wind Systems A/SCompany AnnouncementVestas receives 93 MW order in South AfricaVestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 31 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines for South Africa....
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