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The oil markets woke up at the end of the summer of 2014 realizing that there was not as much demand out there as they thought. Suddenly, the world is…
Global oil prices have slid in recent weeks, a trend that shows no signs of changing in the immediate future. The two main benchmarks for oil prices, Brent…
No one disputes that the amount of Russian gas being piped through Ukraine has been cut by at least 20 percent. But who’s responsible?Poland said Sept. 10 that…
The LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) countdown is on in Canada. Within weeks, there are three major catalysts happening that could reshape the entire economy and labour market of western Canada.…
The oil sands industry is developing new technologies to reduce pollution and the impact on the lands where they operate – an increasing concern as extraction operations ramp up.
The American Midwest is enjoying a one-two punch of an economic boom thanks to hydraulic fracturing. The relatively new – and still controversial -- technique is not only generating more…
Back in January 2013, the US Institute of Medicine published a report called U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health. This poor health outcome for US citizens…
The British government is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to limit payments by BP, the UK’s second-largest oil producer, to some victims of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in…
Energy efficiency has graduated from the “hidden fuel” to the “first fuel.”That’s the word from a new analysis the International Energy Agency published Tuesday, looking into the…
An investigation by The New York Times has found that several prominent Washington, D.C. think tanks have regularly taken donations from foreign entities in exchange for using their influence…
Any company will tell you that panic starts to set in once the confidence of the board or of investors begins to wane. This is precisely the situation in the…
The energy debate is full of controversy. Whether it is about the pros and cons of renewable energy, nuclear power or fossil fuels (FF) there are a range of arguments…
A new proposed pipeline would connect North Carolina to the Marcellus and Utica shale formations, bringing a massive new flow of natural gas to the southeastern United States.The…
Fracking has transformed the United States into the world’s largest producer of natural gas, and now Europe is weighing the pros and cons of the controversial technique as it seeks…
Perhaps you’ve seen one of the recent barrage of articles claiming that fears of an imminent peak and decline in world oil production have either been dispelled (because we actually…
This week in energy we’re looking at the grand opening in Iowa of the first facility to commercially produce ethanol from corn waste products as proof that we don’t…
BP today was found grossly negligent in its connection with the 2010 deepwater horizon disaster. It is a most surprising result and will continue to hang over the head of…
I am not one to baffle with overly technical analysis when it comes to charts. To me, the more obvious the pattern or point is, the more useful it is.…
In a few weeks’ time, the oil in the North Sea could suddenly be under the sovereignty of a new country. Scotland is pushing for a referendum on…
One year into his term, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has pulled out all stops to make life easier for extractive industries, effectively turning Australia into a paradise for fossil…