After another bout of intensive…
Shell's CEO has expressed dissatisfaction…
How do you overcome chronic power shortages in developing countries or in remote areas? “Power ships” and floating nuclear platforms.First, we’ve got a massive new Turkish-owned vessel docked…
Zambia has no proven oil reserves as of yet, but we’re looking here because there is massive exploration interest with the potential tie-in to hot Angola and geological similarities with…
The death of America’s shale revolutionary; a Saudi Prince’s panicked twittering over oil; a long-awaited victory for the EPA; the latest prognosis from the Energy Information Administration; and much more…
The Canadian energy company TransCanada Corp announced today, Thursday, its decision to move forward with the Energy East Pipeline, a 2,740-mile project that would transit between 500,000 and 850,000 barrels…
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has settled with the federal government for $410 million for charges that it manipulated energy markets in California and Michigan between 2010 and 2011.
A critical change is afoot in the Gulf of Mexico petroleum business.Major operator Apache said this month it is exiting the shallow-water Gulf of Mexico shelf. The company…
HydroInfra Technologies, based in Sweden, claims to have developed the answer to greenhouse gases and fossil fuel emissions, stating that their Hydro Nano Gas (HNG) “instantly neutralises carbon fuel pollution…
The turmoil in the Middle East shows little sign of ending in the near future, and the potential lack of enough cheap fuel for the population is a warning that…
Sometimes I think we forget how good things have been in the natural resources sector recently. Especially compared to other sectors.Glancing at some data on the U.S. Home…
Last week the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East agency filed a lawsuit against nearly 100 oil and gas companies for their longstanding role in destroying Louisiana’s coastal wetlands in the…
The Canadian town of Fort McMurray, population 76,000, is the heart of Alberta’s oil sands largesse--but the town is bursting at its seams with nowhere to expand because the…
The British police are probing an allegation that a $1.3 billion Nigerian oil bloc deal involving Royal Dutch Shell and Italy's Eni SpA may have involved money laundering. Most of…
The 11 March 2011 earthquake and subsequent tsunami that devastated Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has left TEPCO struggling with a potential public relations disaster ever…
The International Monetary Fund said it expects the European economy will remain in recession for 2013 and expand by less than 1 percent next year. That translates to lower demand…
Only a decade ago, drones were the purview of the military, but today we are realizing the commercial potential of this technology and the numerous cost-cutting applications for the oil…
Bottom Line: The earliest we can expect commercial output from Uganda is 2016 as production stalls over tax questions and local refining uncertainty. Analysis: Uganda made its first…
Another oil disaster in the Gulf casts shadow over August auction; good news for fracking, or good news for your drinking water; OPEC cut rumors; a sneak peak at our…
Does a fish know that its nose is wet? Probably not. It swims in water, and assumes that is the only way any animal lives.We live in an…
TransCanada Corp. (TRP) was hoping to launch Keystone XL during the second half of 2015, but the company is now conceding that this will be challenging given the pace of…
When we flip on a light, we rarely think about water. But electricity generation is the biggest user of water in the United States. Thermoelectric power plants alone use more…