Tohoku University researchers have developed…
Central Banks are reluctant to…
Albert Bartlett might have been another obscure physics professor had he not put together a now famous lecture entitled "Arithmetic, Population and Energy" in 1969. The lecture, available…
Grass brought to South America in the bedding of slave ships 500 years ago could be the answer to reducing greenhouse gas emissions on agricultural land, new research shows.
The Chinese government announced it would invest more than $13 billion on oil and gas exploration this year. The World Bank said last weekend the Chinese economy should continue growing…
Food produced but not eaten every year costs producers $750 billion annually, damages natural resources and adds 3.3 billion tons of greenhouse gases to our atmosphere, according to a new…
The Lower Tertiary is considered by many to be the final frontier of oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico, where, until recently, production was forecast to decline. The post-dinosaur…
With gas from the Caspian Sea set to move from the Southern Caucasus to Europe through Turkey by 2019, the EU-candidate country is destined to evolve into a more robust…
The other day I was musing over how materials throughout history have improved our lives. Take the ordinary candle, which is made of beeswax. It helped us overcome our fear…
Few members of OPEC posted gains in the series of market reports published last week. The International Energy Agency said OPEC crude oil production for August was down, though gains…
Turkey’s booming economy is the envy of its Middle Eastern and European neighbors. No less an authority than the World Bank noted, “Turkey is one of the largest middle-income…
Keystone watchers are in something of a swivet over comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama in a recent interview with the New York Times. Mr. Obama once again…
Bottom line: Is the Nicaragua canal even feasible? Not in the timeframe and budget set forth by HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. Ltd. (HKND). If the project happens, much…
Bottom Line: Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenka may not make it past 2015 presidential elections because he’s chosen to take on Russian oligarchs and Russia will hit back by destroying the…
Bottom Line: Thirteen years and $50 billion later, Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan oil reservoir started pumping on 11 September—but follow the money for the transport, which is where the real game…
Nerves less rattled over Syria, reflected in falling oil prices; the swelling LNG export momentum in the US—but is a pause in the works?; and this week’s astonishing issue of…
TransCanada Corp has released a study commissioned from the consulting and audit firm Deloitte Touche that estimates the benefit to Canada from the company's proposed Energy East Pipeline from Alberta…
There is a lot of talk that UK-based Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (GKP)—a Kurdistan exploration darling—is ripe for takeover, even more so now that it has won against forces who…
Setting a car’s ventilation system to “recirculate” is the best way to reduce exposure to harmful traffic pollution.That’s the advice researchers have for parents as millions of children…
In my view, oil and gas resource limits are major contributors to the conflict in Syria. This is happening in several ways:1. Syria is an oil exporter that…
What sort of fabulous new energy systems will the world possess in 2040? Which fuels will supply the bulk of our energy needs? And how will that change the global…
With oil prices hovering near historic highs and coal, natural gas and uranium prices yo-yoing during the last several years, concerns about the future of fossil fuel and uranium…