Despite having some of the…
Heat pumps are gaining popularity…
Blackrock's Michael Dennis said that…
The International Energy Agency said last week it was staying on the sidelines despite the recent spike in crude oil prices. Brent prices are up more than 10 percent since…
We've been seeing oil over $100 a barrel and gasoline above $3.40 a gallon for much of the last 3 years. Those prices would have shocked many Americans a few…
Australia, New South Wales’ lack of a natural gas industry is sparking concerns among businessmen. NSW is the only mainland Australian state without a significant natural gas industry, leaving it…
Since the beginning of the 20th century energy has been a critical factor for armed forces worldwide. From the end of the Cold War to the first year of the…
U.S. regulators said last year was the safest on record for the rail industry. In terms of volume, the Association of American Railroads said the cumulative volume of carloads carried…
We live in a finite world. Clearly, a finite world has limits of many kinds. Yet economists and other researchers use models that assume that these limits are unimportant for…
Energy is Jordan’s eternal bogeyman; Syria is its immediate threat to stability. Together, they make for a great deal of royal discomfort. The list of Jordan’s energy woes…
As with everything else, it’s all about economic feasibility. This is the story of kerogen (oil shale), and could be a huge one, or it could just stay in the…
Bottom Line: Norway’s September elections will likely end the battle over oil drilling off the Lofoten islands and pave the way most notably for Statoil ASA (STL) to drill for…
This week, it’s all about Syria because what happens next here will determine the course of geopolitical dynamics across the Middle East—and of course will continue to affect world oil…
Earlier this year some big names like Chesapeake Energy, Devon Energy and EnerVest put their Utica shale assets up for sale, saying they were not meeting expectations, but this isn’t…
South Africa, black Africa’s largest economy, has an Achilles heel – energy.Accordingly, any and all energy sources, from coal to renewables, are on the table.South Africa…
Canada continues to push ahead with a strategic plan for its own energy pipeline infrastructure as the United States has yet again delayed a decision on the controversial Keystone XL…
We’ve seen oil prices rise recently due to concerns in the Middle East (Syria’s violence escalating, and Libya showing oil exports and production at the lowest levels since the civil…
I wanted to get the low down on clean coal (KOL) to see how clean it really is, so I visited some friends at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The modern…
The Iranian government announced this week it secured a long-term natural gas agreement with its maritime neighbors in Oman. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed to lead the country as a…
Rafael Correa, the extremely popular president of Ecuador, announced the decision to open additional blocks (Ishpingo, Tambococha, Tiputini) of the Yasuni National Park on 16 August 2013. These…
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as it is commonly known, is the method of extracting natural gas from shale rock. Despite environmental concerns over the process of pumping water and chemicals…
Don’t you just love stories of intrigue?Well, sure, when they are just stories – but if there is the possibility that they are a fair reflection of real…
It's not exactly clear where the term "snake oil" comes from. But, most everyone knows that it refers to any number of concoctions sold by traveling salesmen in the…