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The Eagle Ford Is Turning Into A Natural Gas Haven

The Eagle Ford Is Turning Into A Natural Gas Haven

Producers and midstream companies are…

Biden Administration Bans Fossil Fuels in Federal Buildings

Biden Administration Bans Fossil Fuels in Federal Buildings

The Biden administration has finalized…

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Citigroup Opens Office in Baghdad to Take Advantage of $1 Trillion Redevelopment

Citigroup Opens Office in Baghdad to Take Advantage of $1 Trillion Redevelopment

Jun 28, 2013 at 17:09 | Joao Peixe

Citigroup Inc., the third largest lender in the US by assets, has just received approval to open an office in Baghdad. It will be the company’s first country opening in…

Study Finds 21% of Homes Produce 50% of Carbon Emissions

Study Finds 21% of Homes Produce 50% of Carbon Emissions

Jun 28, 2013 at 17:07 | Joao Peixe

In the battle against climate change and carbon emissions policy makers tend to focus on the supply side of things. They concentrate emission reduction efforts on power plants, heating systems,…

Repsol Rejects $5 Billion Compensation Offer from Argentina

Repsol Rejects $5 Billion Compensation Offer from Argentina

Jun 27, 2013 at 16:36 | Joao Peixe

In April 2012, Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner illegally seized Respol’s 51% stake in the South American energy company YPF SA, in order to put the company under the…

Nabucco is Rejected in Favour of the TAP by Azeri Gas Developers

Nabucco is Rejected in Favour of the TAP by Azeri Gas Developers

Jun 27, 2013 at 16:35 | Joao Peixe

Part of Europe’s plans to reduce its dependence on Russian natural gas imports, include the development of a giant gas field in Azerbaijan. The Austrian company OMV announced on Wednesday…

Twitchers Watch in Horror as Rare Bird is Killed by Wind Turbine

Twitchers Watch in Horror as Rare Bird is Killed by Wind Turbine

Jun 27, 2013 at 16:34 | Joao Peixe

The fastest flying bird in the world is the White-throated Needletail. Generally living around Asia, Siberia, and Australia (depending on the time of the year), it is a very rare…

New Report Doubles England’s Shale Gas Reserves

New Report Doubles England’s Shale Gas Reserves

Jun 27, 2013 at 16:33 | James Burgess

The British Geological Survey released a report on Thursday that provided a revised estimate for shale gas resources in the North of England. The new estimate is double the old…

Obama Unveils his Climate Change Policies

Obama Unveils his Climate Change Policies

Jun 27, 2013 at 16:32 | Charles Kennedy

As he unveils his new climate change policies, President Obama declared that, in a matter of national interest, carbon emissions must be cut; a move that will affect almost every…

Renewable Energy will Overtake Natural Gas by 2016 - IEA

Renewable Energy will Overtake Natural Gas by 2016 - IEA

Jun 26, 2013 at 16:38 | Charles Kennedy

At its second annual Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report, the International Energy Agency, (IEA) said that by 2016 clean energy will overtake natural gas to become the second largest source…

Obama’s Climate Change Efforts in Vain without China’s Cooperation

Obama’s Climate Change Efforts in Vain without China’s Cooperation

Jun 26, 2013 at 16:37 | Charles Kennedy

President Obama has designed a climate change plan that will not need the help of Congress, and will allow the US to lead the world into a greener future. Yet…

Funding Disappears for Nuclear Fusion Following Poor Progress

Funding Disappears for Nuclear Fusion Following Poor Progress

Jun 26, 2013 at 16:35 | James Burgess

Over the past 50 years or so tens of billions of dollars have been spent on nuclear fusion research, yet just as some projects are beginning to get into their…

As Domestic Production Falls UK Fossil Fuels Imports Reach Record Level

As Domestic Production Falls UK Fossil Fuels Imports Reach Record Level

Jun 26, 2013 at 16:34 | Joao Peixe

The UK Office for National Statistics has released data about the UK’s energy sector.In 2011 imports of fossil fuels such as oil, natural gas, and coal increased by…

Total is Interested in British Shale Gas

Total is Interested in British Shale Gas

Jun 26, 2013 at 16:32 | Joao Peixe

The Daily Telegraph wrote an article on Tuesday claiming that Total is interested in UK shale prospects and has “held talks with several companies about buying a stake in…

Norway Overtakes Russia as the EU’s Top Natural Gas Supplier

Norway Overtakes Russia as the EU’s Top Natural Gas Supplier

Jun 25, 2013 at 16:36 | Charles Kennedy

Christof  Rühl, chief economist and vice president at British Petroleum Group (BP) has just unveiled the 2013 edition of the Statistical Review of World Energy, in which it is noted…

Is Tesla on Google's Shopping List?

Is Tesla on Google's Shopping List?

Jun 25, 2013 at 16:35 | Charles Kennedy

Bloomberg has made a rather interesting discovery about the loan deal that Tesla has just bought its way out of. As part of the agreement that Tesla Motors made with…

Halliburton Adapts US Submarine Spy Technology to Improve Fracking Efficiency

Halliburton Adapts US Submarine Spy Technology to Improve Fracking Efficiency

Jun 25, 2013 at 16:34 | James Burgess

Acoustic spy technology used by US submarines is being adapted for use in the fracking industry. Halliburton is just one of the frilling companies that is developing the technology that…

Exciting New Method for Turning CO2 Directly into Methanol Fuel

Exciting New Method for Turning CO2 Directly into Methanol Fuel

Jun 25, 2013 at 16:33 | Joao Peixe

For years researchers have been looking for a method to convert carbon dioxide directly into methanol, in order to create a new source of fuel, and reduce the dependency on…

EU Trade Tariffs Force China PV Manufacturers to Turn to Africa

EU Trade Tariffs Force China PV Manufacturers to Turn to Africa

Jun 25, 2013 at 16:32 | Joao Peixe

The anti-dumping tariffs levied against Chinese solar manufacturers exporting to Europe have forced them to finally expand into a new market; Africa.€21 billion worth of solar panels were…

Calgary, Oil Capital of Canada, Could be without Power for Months

Calgary, Oil Capital of Canada, Could be without Power for Months

Jun 24, 2013 at 16:39 | James Burgess

After 36 hours of unusually heavy rainfall across Southern Alberta, the water volume in rivers reached record levels, causing them to burst their banks, and flooding most of the region.…

Men Arrested for Nigerian Pipeline Attack, Hired by Shell to Fix Pipe

Men Arrested for Nigerian Pipeline Attack, Hired by Shell to Fix Pipe

Jun 24, 2013 at 16:38 | Charles Kennedy

For months Royal Dutch Shell has been pressuring the Nigerian government to crack down on oil thefts, which it estimates to cost the country 150,000 barrels of oil a day.…

Abu Dhabi to Invest $1.5 Billion in UK’s Alternative Energy Sector

Abu Dhabi to Invest $1.5 Billion in UK’s Alternative Energy Sector

Jun 24, 2013 at 16:37 | Joao Peixe

The British government’s Department of Energy & Climate Change has announced that a deal will be signed on Wednesday that will see Abu Dhabi invest $1.5 billion into the UK’s…

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