Andy Tully

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• Refiners Beat Expectations Across The Board

  Published 02 November 2015 | viewed 22,059 times

  Probably without realizing it at the time, ConocoPhillips Corp. created what has become a prosperous energy company in 2012 by spinning off Phillips 66 into…

• OPEC’s Strategy Starting To Take Its Toll On Gulf States

  Published 02 November 2015 | viewed 14,167 times

  The price of crude oil needn’t be as low as it is today – in the neighborhood of $50 per barrel – except that OPEC…

• Scottish Energy Policy Based On Wishful Thinking Not Reality

  Published 31 October 2015 | viewed 4,072 times

  A panel of Scotland’s leading engineers says an “irrational” plan by the country’s government to shut down more than half of its electricity generating capacity…

• Australia May Still Have A Nuclear Future

  Published 31 October 2015 | viewed 3,801 times

  Australia’s new prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, may not see widespread nuclear energy in his country’s future, but isn’t shutting the door on the industry altogether.Turnbull,…

• As Fuel Prices Drop, Consumers Spend Savings On – More Fuel

  Published 29 October 2015 | viewed 4,410 times

  It’s not news that the drop in oil prices has had a double-edged effect; hurting energy companies’ bottom lines but blessing motorists with less-expensive gasoline.…

• Copper Foam Could Revolutionize Battery Storage

  Published 29 October 2015 | viewed 13,067 times

  Imagine a lightweight battery that can be any size or shape imaginable, that’s economical and environmentally friendly to make and to use, that charges faster…

• BP Showing The Oil Majors How It’s Done

  Published 28 October 2015 | viewed 6,212 times

  Is the huge drop in third-quarter earnings at Britain’s BP an example of the old saw “the bigger they are, the harder they fall”? Or…

• Moscow And Ankara Fall Out Over Syria, Gas Deals Now In Question

  Published 28 October 2015 | viewed 9,075 times

  Relations between Turkey and Russia had been warming during most of 2015 as their two leaders, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin, very publicly discussed…

• Duke Energy To Expand Gas Business With $4.9 Billion Purchase

  Published 27 October 2015 | viewed 4,609 times

  The U.S. power-generating giant Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) will add about 1 million gas customers to the 7.3 million it already serves once it closes…

• Petrobras Sells Stake In Gas Unit To Reduce Debt

  Published 27 October 2015 | viewed 7,630 times

  Petroleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, Brazil’s state-controlled oil company, will sell its minority share in a gas distribution concern to the Japanese petrochemical trading firm Mitsui…

• China And The UK Strengthening Ties Through Energy

  Published 26 October 2015 | viewed 5,172 times

  Not only is China investing generously in Britain’s nuclear power industry, but BP, the giant British energy company, plans to expand on its investment in…

• Netanyahu Increasingly Isolated In Opposing Iran Deal

  Published 26 October 2015 | viewed 3,235 times

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, from the start, expressed vehement opposition to any deal that would release Iran from crippling economic sanctions in exchange…

• ExxonMobil Pushes Back Against Reports It Buried Climate Science

  Published 24 October 2015 | viewed 6,963 times

  ExxonMobil Corp. is condemning reports by two news organizations that the energy giant deliberately played down the impact of fossil fuels on the Earth’s climate,…

• Hybrid Solar-Wind Farm Could Solve Variability Issue

  Published 24 October 2015 | viewed 4,835 times

  When you think of hybrid, you think of cars that rely on batteries as well as gasoline, which can greatly help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.…

• BP Sheds More Assets To Pay For Deepwater Horizon Disaster

  Published 22 October 2015 | viewed 10,936 times

  Kinder Morgan has agreed to buy 15 fuel storage terminals from BP for $350 million in a deal that will help the British energy giant…

• UK Rolls Out Red Carpet For China, Secures Multiple Business Deals

  Published 22 October 2015 | viewed 4,414 times

  Chinese President Xi Jinping’s four-day visit to London was marked by pomp and pageantry, but even more important than the visuals was a deal he…

• Tesla’s Stock Dives After Losing Consumer Reports Recommendation

  Published 21 October 2015 | viewed 4,134 times

  Defective windshield wipers, leaky battery cooling pumps, misaligned latches, and general squeaks and rattles. All these and more plague the latest Tesla Model S, prompting…

• Iran Expects Gas Exports To Soar Along With Oil

  Published 21 October 2015 | viewed 4,816 times

  So far, the news from Iran has been that it can quickly return oil exports to their old levels once international sanctions are lifted, but…

• Oilfield Services Not Expecting Rebound Until Late 2016

  Published 20 October 2015 | viewed 15,102 times

  OPEC’s strategy of keeping oil prices low appears to be having the cartel’s desired effect, at least on oilfield services companies such as Halliburton Co.…

• Canadian Oil Sands Defends Against Hostile Bid From Suncor

  Published 20 October 2015 | viewed 3,488 times

  Canadian Oil Sands Ltd. (COS) is urging its shareholders to turn down a hostile takeover offer by Suncor Energy Inc. (SU) to buy the company,…