 |
Louisiana Light • 2 days | 81.18 | +0.12 | +0.15% | ||
|
Bonny Light • 29 days | 86.00 | -0.62 | -0.72% | ||
|
Opec Basket • 2 days | 81.37 | -0.08 | -0.10% | ||
|
Mars US • 266 days | 75.97 | -1.40 | -1.81% | ||
|
Gasoline • 3 hours | 2.461 | -0.007 | -0.29% |
|
Bonny Light • 29 days | 86.00 | -0.62 | -0.72% | ||
|
Girassol • 29 days | 87.27 | -0.38 | -0.43% | ||
|
Opec Basket • 2 days | 81.37 | -0.08 | -0.10% |
|
Peace Sour • 11 hours | 72.28 | +0.69 | +0.96% | ||
|
Light Sour Blend • 11 hours | 72.28 | +0.69 | +0.96% | ||
|
Syncrude Sweet Premium • 11 hours | 79.18 | +0.89 | +1.14% | ||
|
Central Alberta • 11 hours | 72.28 | +0.69 | +0.96% |
|
Eagle Ford • 3 days | 74.07 | +0.63 | +0.86% | ||
|
Oklahoma Sweet • 2 days | 75.00 | +2.00 | +2.74% | ||
|
Kansas Common • 3 days | 67.75 | +0.50 | +0.74% | ||
|
Buena Vista • 4 days | 83.27 | -2.82 | -3.28% |
Breaking News:
Tajikistan's Debt Crisis Risk Tied to Rogun Dam, World Bank Cautions
The World Bank's latest report…
3 Stocks Set to Outperform if Trump Wins in November
It is a long time…
Energy / Energy-General
English
Español
عربي
Français
中文
日本語
A New Way To Fracture Oil and Gas Wells
GASFRAC of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has developed an innovative closed stimulation process and injection method, utilizing gelled LPG rather than water based conventional formation fracturing fluids.The firm…
How Changing from Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy Might Affect GDP
We talk about the possibility of reducing fossil fuel use by 80% by 2050 and ramping up renewables at the same time, to help prevent climate change. If we did…
Our Current Infrastructure was Built for a Different World
It's easy to forget that every piece of our current infrastructure--roads, rails, runways, bridges, industrial plants, housing--was built with a certain temperature range in mind. Our agricultural system and much…
China Zeros in on Canadian Oil, but It's Not About Sovereignty
China’s $15.1 billion bid to acquire Canada’s Nexen oil company threatens to turn China into a owner rather just a major buyer of Canadian oil, and prompts a surge in…
China Disinterested in Western Sanctions on Iran
Few people are aware that Iran is currently subjected to not one, but three sets of sanctions imposed by U.S., the United Nations and the European Union, the latter two…
Shell and Exxon Earn $160,000 a Minute, Yet Still Receive $2.4 Billion Tax Break
The top two corporations on the Fortune 500 Global ranking, Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil, announced their 2012 second-quarter earnings last week, bringing the total profits for three Big…
A Macondo Response to Oil Sands?
Provincial authorities in Alberta announced plans to review pipeline safety regulations following a series of oil spills in the region. Plains Midstream Canada, Pace Energy Oil and Gas, and Enbridge…
Ten Reasons Why Fracking is Doomed
Proponents of natural gas fracturing and oil drilling are delirious with joy over the ability to recover shale gas, which has brought down world gas prices and made the US…
Why Energy Will be Driven By Profitability in the Future
The energy business cycle has always been dominated by boom and bust cycles. Through changes in technology, economic conditions and regulation nothing has altered that cyclical pattern. We have, however,…
California's Impending Energy Crash
California, which imports over 25% of its electricity from out of state, is in no position to lose half (!) of its entire nuclear power capacity. But that’s exactly what…
Department of Energy & Climate Change Win Battle with Treasury
The UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has succeeded in holding cuts to onshore wind subsidies at 10% – winning a battle with the finance ministry, which wanted…
Oilprice.com Top 5 Green Living Concepts
The future is a surreal shade of green. A glimpse into up-and-coming trends that will change the way we live includes washing-machine toilets, fitness-powered street lamps and home appliances, eco…
How Indian Farmers are Making Millions from the Fracking Boom
A New York Times story last week featured a picture of a happy Indian farmer in his new house, a replacement for a miserable mud hut. His sister, a…
Iraqi Oil Locked in by Infighting
Hundreds of people in Iraq were killed Monday following a weekend attack on an oil pipeline in the Kurdish north of the country. The attacks suggest that not only is…
Secret Fracking Ingredient Discovered
The guar bean grown in the northern India state of Rajasthan is now a key element in the chemical cocktail used to frack wells, the technology that has prompted…
Weekly World Energy News Update - 21st July 2012
Oil prices rebound over Middle East rumblings, renewable energy investors celebrate a crucial exemption from the Dodd Frank Act, and the presidential campaign fever shines the spotlight on electric cars.…
Oilprice.com Forum Now Live - The Place to Discuss All Things Energy
Oilprice.com is pleased to announce the launch of our long promised discussion area. Click the following link to access our forum: Oil Price Discussion Area There are…
Why the Government Should Turn the Private Sector Loose in the Energy Market
The economy, jobs and the debate over the direction of the country dominate 2012 political campaigns. Nowhere is the political rhetoric fiercer than on energy issues.Today there is…
We Need to Tax Carbon Emissions, Not Subsidise Fossil Fuels
The International Energy Agency (IEA) made headlines recently by concluding that fossil fuels received far more global subsidies than renewable energy in 2010. However, it appears that the
The Devastating Effects of a Cyber-Attack Against a Country's Energy Grid
Computer war has grown up. It has moved from the age of the equivalent of black powder to the equivalent of high-explosive shells -- not yet nuclear devices but close.
