Charles Kennedy

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• The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Suspends All Licensing Decisions

  Published 08 August 2012 | viewed 4,423 times

  In response to the US Court of Appeals Waste Confidence Rule the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has decided to suspend all licensing decisions until it…

• Chicago to Build $3 Billion Coal Gasification Plant

  Published 07 August 2012 | viewed 6,891 times

  The Chicago Clean Energy project is a gasification plant which will produce synthetic natural gas from coal and petroleum coke.  The facility will cost about…

• Subdued Optimism as Sudan's Cut Oil Transit Deal

  Published 06 August 2012 | viewed 7,163 times

  Sudan and South Sudan reached an agreement on oil transit fees over the weekend, and while unresolved security and border issues will continue to hinder…

• BTG Invest $1 Billion to Double Stake in Oil Rig Operator

  Published 06 August 2012 | viewed 4,707 times

  BTG Pactual SA’s private-equity funds have announced that it has invested $1 billion in Sete Brasil Participacoes SA.Sete Brasil has been seeking investment to raise…

• Fire at West Tusla Oil Refinery has been Contained

  Published 06 August 2012 | viewed 4,686 times

  Before 3am on last Thursday, residents local to an oil refinery in west Tulsa reported that they heard a large explosion. According the news site,…

• Kurds Don't Hold all the Cards in Iraqi Oil Battle

  Published 04 August 2012 | viewed 6,346 times

  The battle between the Iraqi central government in Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in northern Iraq is picking up dangerous momentum as Baghdad…

• Sanctions Cost Iran $133 Million a Day in Lost Revenue

  Published 04 August 2012 | viewed 4,643 times

  According to a recent report by Bloomberg, the US and EU sanctions have already caused a 52% fall in shipments exporting oil from Iran, equating…

• US Elections: Hot Air over Wind Energy Tax

  Published 01 August 2012 | viewed 9,735 times

  As Mitt Romney and Barack Obama intensify the showdown over tax breaks for wind energy, the US state of Iowa, home to a significant proportion…

• Kuwait to Finally Start Construction on the Middle East's Largest Oil Refinery

  Published 01 August 2012 | viewed 8,309 times

  After years of delays the Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) looks as though it will finally go ahead with plans to build the Middle East’s…

• China Pay $20 Billion for Front Seat in Africa's Hydrocarbon Show

  Published 31 July 2012 | viewed 7,992 times

  In the recent Forum on Chinese-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), China has secured its ties with Africa by pledging almost twice as much aid money as last…

• Lloyds to Invest £333 Million in UK Renewable Energy Projects

  Published 31 July 2012 | viewed 4,140 times

  Lloyds Banking Group has recently declared that it will invest £1 billion into the British governments new Infrastructure Plan. Lloyds have identified nine social and…

• Five Reasons Eco-Investments are Smart Investments

  Published 30 July 2012 | viewed 7,346 times

  The ups and downs of renewable energy projects like solar, wind and electric cars have shell-shocked investors, but this is not the death knell for…

• Using a Virtual Power Plant to Help Connect Renewable Energy Sources to the Grid

  Published 30 July 2012 | viewed 6,273 times

  Renewable energy sources provide a headache for electricity grid operators due to the difficulty of predicting the constantly changing levels of power that renewable sources…

• The Top 10 Best Executive Pay Packages

  Published 30 July 2012 | viewed 7,544 times

  Last year the top ten Houston-area business executives received compensation packages worth a combined $215 million.According to Longnecker & Associates the top 100 best paid…

• China Zeros in on Canadian Oil, but It's Not About Sovereignty

  Published 29 July 2012 | viewed 30,297 times

  China’s $15.1 billion bid to acquire Canada’s Nexen oil company threatens to turn China into a owner rather just a major buyer of Canadian oil,…

• Will Europe Follow the US with High Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels?

  Published 28 July 2012 | viewed 4,653 times

  Following the success of their American campaign against Chinese solar panel manufacturers, which has seen the introduction of tariffs of as much as 35% being…

• Abu Dhabi's IPIC Reports a 96% Drop in Net Profit in 2011

  Published 28 July 2012 | viewed 7,414 times

  In 2010 Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) made a net profit of $1.3 billion. IPIC has recently reported that in 2011 their net…

• New EPA Rules Could See the West's Largest Coal Power Plant Shut Down by 2017

  Published 26 July 2012 | viewed 5,798 times

  The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new plan to clean the air in the national parks of Arizona; a move that could force the…

• Iraqi Oil Showdown and the Syria End-Game

  Published 25 July 2012 | viewed 13,049 times

  As the Iraqi central government struggles to subdue the implications of the unilateral oil deals northern Iraq’s Kurdish government is making with Western oil majors,…

• Japan to Judge Viability of OTEC Technology with Pilot Plant

  Published 25 July 2012 | viewed 5,547 times

  Three Japanese engineering companies IHI Plant Construction Corporation, Xenesys Incorporated, and Yokogawa Electric Corporation, will work together to build a trial Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion…