Over half of Europe’s LNG…
Previously expecting Brent to hit…
The U.S. is making significant…
Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM)and Rosneft have strengthened their partnership even further by completing an agreement that will give Exxon Mobil access to an extra 234,000 square miles in the Russian…
The model has worked fine for many years, however oil prices are now at constantly high levels and the European utilities are starting to complain and pressure their suppliers to…
Oxford Photovoltaics, a solar company linked to the University of Oxford, has received £2 million from the clean tech investors MTI Partners, in order to advance the development of its…
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is using instant messaging banter between traders to build a case that proves that Barclays Plc (BARC.L) manipulated the US energy markets from…
Methane is one of the worst greenhouse gases. Whilst not as abundant as carbon dioxide, and therefore not quite as well publicised, it is actually 24 times as affective as…
This Friday the asteroid 2012 DA14, the largest ever known asteroid to make a close approach to the Earth, will pass just 17,200 miles (for two objects in space that…
The US Energy Information Administration has predicted that as India’s economy grows and its demand for energy booms, natural gas will play a far larger role in the generation of…
You must admit one thing about Royal Dutch Shell (NYSE: RDS.A); they are persistent in the face of adversity.Their Arctic exploration plans have faced calamity after calamity, racking…
It is official; CNOOC will buy Nexen Inc. (NYSE: NXY) for $15.1 billion!Seven months after CNOOC first proposed the purchase the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United…
Bloomberg explained it best when they wrote that: “the more Apache tries to grow, the more it shrinks.”It is a harsh statement, but also bears some truth.
Solar energy is probably one of the most commonly used renewable energy technologies in the world, and has huge potential to lead our efforts to leave the dark, smoky era…
Three of the British governments most senior scientific advisors, Sir John Beddington, the government’s chief scientific advisor, David MacKay of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), and John…
Last year’s drought across the US is being felt by the ethanol industry as the corn scarcity has forced 20 ethanol plants to shut down.The Renewable Fuels Association…
At long last Chevron (NYSE: CVX) seems to have found some support in the case against Ecuador. An international tribunal has stated that Ecuador in fact violated the panel’s previous…
Japan plans to become the world leader in the wind energy sector and has plans to build a 1 gigawatt offshore wind farm off the coast of the Fukushima Prefecture…
The UK is the world leader in marine energy (tidal and wave power), hoping to have at least 300MW installed by 2020. Wave and tidal are fairly young sectors, and…
Apple has just had a new patent approved for what could become the next major advancement in mobile phone technology in the form of an integrated touch and solar sensor…
Reuters have been told that President Barack Obama is thinking about appointing MIT nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz as the new Energy Secretary once Stephen Chu steps down.Moniz has…
In Europe’s quest for alternative energy sources to reduce its ever growing consumption of coal, a new EU research consortium, known as AccliPhot, has been created. Based at the University…
I have posted many charts by reader Tim Wallace that highlight declining oil consumption in the US.Some readers have suggested improved gasoline mileage in cars is the primary…