Heat pumps are gaining popularity…
In response to Iran's attack…
Over the weekend, I managed to catch up with a friend of mine who just escaped from Libya by the skin of his teeth. Sent there by an oil major…
I have recently reviewed the predictions made by BP and ExxonMobil as they relate to energy supply and demand in the years to 2030. Shell has just
I attended a fascinating event last night - a Cafe' Scientifique meeting held in the town of Reading in South East England. Last month it was me in the bear-pit,…
BP’s investment with Russia's national oil company, Rosneft, was announced in January, it was generally seen as a coup, giving BP access to exploration licenses in one of the world’s…
We’ve long known that garbage piled up on landfills weep and leak methane gas. Its even harvested and being put to use in many places. Researchers had a hard time…
There are over 1.3 trillion barrels of untapped oil under the seafloors. But what is the safest way of retrieving all of that oil -- much of it at deadly…
Lot's of people are discussing the HBO movie "Gasland" which has aired on HBO. I encourage everyone to watch it, if, for no other reason than as a starting point…
Japan’s 2020 emissions target is under question as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japanese officials have conceded. "It is true that our reduction target will be affected significantly,"…
We meet here at a tumultuous time for the world. In a matter of months, we’ve seen regimes toppled and democracy take root across North Africa and the Middle East.…
Energy policy frequently highlights some glaring contradictions among lawmakers. Some politicians who have railed against our dependence on petroleum and who insist we must reduce carbon emissions turn around and…
“Lower costs. Higher oil and gas recoveries.” That's how Dan Themig, President of Packers Plus – a privately owned, Calgary-based fracking (completions) company – describes an interesting new development in…
The British oil giant BP has said it would pay $7.2 billion to buy into India’s fast-growing oil and gas industry. It is yet another big deal for BP, as…
“Shale gas is the most important energy development since the discovery of oil“ As already pointed out in our previous special reports, we believe that shale gas is on one…
There is a piece of doggerel which goes: They said it couldn’t be done.So I went right to it -- that thing they said Couldn’t be done.And…
I saw a wonderful play at the Royal Court Theatre in London recently: "The Heretic" by Richard Bean. In a nutshell, the plot centres on a female academic, Dr Diane…
Nuclear power companies could hasten acquisitions in the renewables sector in response to the Fukushima disaster, says consultancy PwC. UK and French nuclear power and engineering firms have been buying…
Carbon markets have settled this week, but remain vulnerable to further political shocks from Germany’s nuclear policy and attempts at revolution in several Arab countries. EU allowances (EUAs) for December…
Conventional production agriculture relies heavily on fossil fuels, particularly in its ability to provide high yields at low labor costs. However, the uncertain future of fossil fuel availability and prices…
U.S. President Barack Obama has set out an ambitious goal of cutting U.S. reliance on foreign oil by one-third by the year 2025. In a speech in Washington focused…
A new report from the Congressional Research Service points out that in terms of total hydrocarbon resource, the US possesses the largest inventory of any nation on Earth. But under…