Rystad Energy’s latest research shows…
Oil prices fell significantly in…
The last few days have…
It’s been a tough few months for tree-rings, perhaps unfairly. Back in April, we commented on a study [that one of us (Mike) was involved in] that focused on…
The strike between offshore Norwegian oil workers and the oil companies is now into its third week with little progress made in the talks over pensions. The oil companies have…
Technology advances at a phenomenal rate in the consumer electronic device market, with more efficient, faster, lighter, more powerful devices being released each year. This means that each year thousands…
Over a year after the earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daihatsu power plant, the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission, created by the Japanese parliament investigate…
On Wednesday the Three Gorges dam in China had its 32nd, 700-megawatt turbine installed, completing the mega-project and bringing its total capacity up to 22.5 gigawatts, making it the largest…
Industrialisation has enabled economies in Asia to develop faster than ever, and this has shifted the balance of world energy consumption from the West to the East. China is by…
At the current RIMPAC, the world’s largest international naval exercise, the US are testing the use of biofuel as part of their plan to ‘green the fleet’ by 2016. The…
Due to the massive in-balance between supply and demand for solar cells, largely due to the huge manufacturing output of China, prices of PV panels have fallen to unprofitably low…
As part of plans to increase operations in the UK and benefit from the government’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) programme, Ireland’s GT Energy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with…
Early investigations into the cause of a huge fire at an oil refinery, which happened early Wednesday morning in Bangkok, suggest that an oil or gas leak was to blame.
Last year political turmoil in Yemen caused the GCC to step in and broker a deal which called for the president Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down and hand power…
Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest economy, produced 16.6 tonnes of gold last year; however with the opening of a third gold refinery they plan to boost that output to 70 tonnes…
Due to the massive in-balance between supply and demand for solar cells, largely due to the huge manufacturing output of China, prices of PV panels have fallen to unprofitably low…
EU sanctions took full effect against Iran on the 1st of July, and the US are hoping that they will be the final straw that breaks the camel’s back; putting…
The Australian government has announced it will use its $126 million Emerging Renewables fund to invest almost $10 million in two new Australian-developed wave technology systems, one of which claims…
Mark Halper writing for SmartPlanet reports the U.S. Department of Energy is quietly collaborating with China on an alternative nuclear power design known as the molten salt reactor that…
National Shipping Co. and Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Aramco) have signed an agreement confirming that they will merge their fleets of oil tankers in a deal worth $1.3 billion.
A month ago Repsol, the Spanish oil company, announced it would stop all exploration operations off the coast of Cuba after it spent more than $100 million drilling a well…
The UK desperately needs to invest more in renewable energy technologies as it faces criticism from Europe over the lack of progress made in the sector, and the carbon…
Many Asian companies have invested in North American shale gas in an attempt to gain both hands on experience in the fracking industry in order to develop shale gas plays…