The Ukraine war has catalyzed…
From an historical perspective, it’s…
Income investors hunting for a…
Japans hunt for renewable energy sources that can replace the loss of its nuclear power sector continues. Since the recent announcement of feed in tariffs, the capacity of solar installations…
When investors decide to close out their riskier positions and move into “cash”, they don’t actually go to the bank and get a stack of twenties. Most just sell their…
Iranian politicians have often said that they would consider blocking the Straits of Hormuz in response to US and EU sanctions that are exerting economic pressure on the Gulf state…
Do ‘green’ houses with energy saving features actually sell for more than houses without?A new economic study by professors Matthew E. Kahn of UCLA and Nils Kok of…
Oil prices have fallen again. Crude oil futures for September fell $2.71 to $89.12 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down as 9.8 percent this year. Brent oil for September…
The South Stream natural gas pipeline was first introduced in 2007 as a venture between Gazprom of Russia, and Eni of Italy. It is meant to offer a rival to…
A new report by the Energy Committee of the Canadian Senate, has stated that the country must do more to persuade the world that it is developing its oil resources…
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has released a report in conjunction with the Netherlands’ Environmental Assessment Agency which finds that greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 were at an…
On the 17th of July, BP released its 2012 edition of its Statistical Review of World Energy, the energy business ‘bible’.In it Turkmenistan’s proven natural gas reserves have…
Yesterday Chevron announced that it will buy a majority stake in two exploration blocks in the Kurdistan region of Iraq from the Indian firm, Reliance Industries. Chevron follows ExxonMobil who…
The US Department of Energy has compiled a report which states that energy generated from wind turbines in the US has grown by 27 percent over the last year alone.…
Richard Branson sent a letter to the US government propounding the benefits of integral fast reactors (IFR), a next generation nuclear technology, and requesting a meeting with President Barack Obama…
Befesa, the industrial residue recycling division of Abengoa, a renewable energy and clean technology provider from Seville, has announced it will invest $120 million in a joint venture project with…
Gazprom, the Russian state-owned natural gas giant that supplies Europe with most of its gas, has benefited from a monopoly of Russian exports which was intended to prevent competition between…
Geoengineering has been covered before on oilprice.com. It is a radical method to counter climate change which involves manipulating the environment in order to cool the atmosphere on a…
After the Gulf of Mexico spill in 2010, Italy’s then Prime Minister, Sergio Berlusconi, put a ban on all offshore gas exploration in Italian waters, fearful of a similar disaster.…
Siemens have just announced that they have signed a deal with DONG Energy for the supply of 300 6MW offshore wind turbines to be installed in UK waters between 2014…
The Kingdom Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (Ka-care), is agency set up by Saudi Arabia in April 2010 in order to organise and oversee the nations renewable energy…
This morning in southern Louisiana, a 14 inch natural gas pipeline ruptured, causing a large explosion which could be heard up to 12 miles away.A local paper, the…
Shell is one of six energy companies hoping to begin drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic next month. Global warming has led to large amounts of ice melting,…