Baytex's merger with Ranger Oil…
Scientists have discovered a new…
Natural gas is a combustible…
Current rockets used to travel into space are flawed. They have limited fuel capacity, making long distance spaceflight impossible, have a relatively low top speed, and cost exorbitant amounts to…
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington is the most contaminated nuclear site in the US. First developed in the 1940’s as part of the Manhattan Project that saw the construction…
CNBC has reported that the former CEO of Enron, Jeff Skilling, is currently in talks with the Department of Justice to formulate an agreement that may see him released from…
Rimac Automobili is an automobile manufacturing company that specialises in producing high-performance electric vehicles, drivetrains, and battery systems. Estabilished in Zagreb, Croatia in 2009 it initially began as a hobby…
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the billionaire investor, chairman of Kingdom Holdings, and nephew of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, has been noted saying that his country’s economic dependence on oil…
The two popular energy sectors within the US are natural gas and renewables, and whereas natural gas has experienced huge growth in recent years becoming the dominant source of energy…
Before the departure of former Chief Executive Lord Browne in 2007, BP (NYSE: BP) invested heavily in alternative energy projects as part of its ‘Beyond Petroleum’ strategy. Since then the…
Nigeria is the largest oil producer in Africa and truly has enough reserves to become a major exporter which could earn it the revenues necessary to transform the country and…
At the end of February I wrote an article about the Mafia’s move into the renewable energy sector; encouraged by the generous subsidies and the legal front that it…
The International Monetary Fund has released a recent study titled ‘Energy Subsidy Reform: Lessons and Implications’ which calculates that in 2011 the world offered the fossil fuel industry subsidies…
Scientists at the Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) have made a proposal to cover major roads and highways in the state of Gujarat with elevated platforms that will…
Where does the Cyprus bailout deal leave its energy reserves?It has been estimated over the years that the southeastern waters of Cyprus contain 50 to 60 trillion cubic…
Rising costs in Australia’s LNG sector have led many analysts to suggest that continued expansion is limited, especially as growing production in Africa and North America offer alternative supplies, and…
Investors pushing for a change in the setup of the oil and gas company Hess Corp (NYSE: HES), have finally got their way as the New York based energy company…
In 2010 the Global Burden of Disease Study was released, an ambitious attempt to describe the global distribution and causes of a wide array of major diseases, injuries, and…
On Friday afternoon a pipe in Exxon Mobil’s Pegasus pipeline, which carries more than 3.7 million gallons of crude oil a day between Illinois and Texas, burst in the town…
Russia, the world’s second largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia, has been in a declining state for some years now, its economy is weak, its population is shrinking, and its…
Back in 2009 Israel discovered huge natural gas reserves just off its Mediterranean coast. These reserves have been estimated to be in the region of 950 billion cubic metres, and…
In 1989 a powerful solar storm emitted an explosive burst of charged particles that struck the Earth and caused blackouts across the entire province of Quebec, leaving millions without power.…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just released a report covering a study into energy subsidies around the world and how much they cost governments. They analysed 176 countries…