Charles is a writer for Oilprice.com
As tensions rise among Iraqi Kurds in the country’s north, Sunnis in the south and the Shi’ite-led government in Baghdad over the distribution of natural…
BP has just released its annual Statistical Review of World Energy in which it claims that Venezuela now holds the largest proven oil reserves in…
The Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) has created a report commissioned by Mainstream Renewable Power, which examines the economic impact of the emerging…
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has confirmed that fumes from dirty diesel engines causes cancer. The new report adds to a mountain…
Seadrill Ltd is set to reap record profits after ordering more drill ships based on billionaire owner John Fredriksen’s belief that ever greater demand for…
With jobs set to be a key vote-winning point in US November presidential elections, the debate is being framed along the polarized lines of whether…
Japan has been one of the largest importers of LNG for quite some time, and has had a good relationship with Qatari natural gas producers…
Free market mechanisms are failing to attract the private capital needed to develop clean energy projects in Latin America and the Caribbean.According to Bloomberg New…
Despite the continuing economic difficulties faced around the world, and the subsequent falling levels of investment as governments try to reduce their budgets, the UN…
Arguably, the Middle East and North Africa are ripe for renewable energy investment, particularly in the solar energy sector and specifically in terms of concentrated…
New documents that have been leaked reveal that the British government has been trying its best to dilute the potency of new European renewable energy…
David Cameron was the first British Prime Minister to visit Norway in 26 years, when he made his recent trip to finalise an energy deal…
It is very difficult to understand the climate change denial platform on a purely philosophical and scientific level. Climate change is a rather obvious aspect…
A solar powered plane called Solar Impulse has just passed over the Straits of Gibraltar on its journey from Madrid, Spain to Rabat, Morocco. The…
Thin-film solar is attractive for a number of reasons; from the fact that it is more environmentally friendly to produce, to the low cost of…
Iraq’s latest energy auction was a flop, and while major international companies balked at everything from unattractive contract terms to security concerns, the failure of…
Satellite images obtained by the US research organisation the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) seem to show that Iran has been trying to…
A year ago the Empire State Building started to undergo an innovative building retrofit plan designed to improve its energy efficiency levels. It has just…
A recent study by the engineering industry consultants Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) has concluded that by spending just £11 million a year to raise geothermal…
As oil prices drop to below $90 a barrel this week, reaching a seven-month low, it’s fine to take heart in the accompanying dip in…