James Burgess studied Business Management at the University of Nottingham. He has worked in property development, chartered surveying, marketing, law, and accounts. He has also studied journalism and has written many articles over the years for a wide variety of sources.
James is the Deputy Editor of Oilprice.com
Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 workers and released 4.9 million barrels of oil into…
Despite global economic difficulties over the last few years, investment in renewable energy projects has increased and in 2010 actually surpassed investments in fossil fuel…
Whilst it may not be a thought that often crosses your mind, sewage plants and the water treatment service as a whole uses a lot…
Mongolia is an East Asian country about the size of Alaska, with vast potential for wind energy due to the large unpopulated plains that make…
War against Iran seems imminent as both the US and UK military commands ask for more funding to increase the preparation and deployment of military…
This week the Energy Department’s program for long-shot technologies, ARPA-E, is hosting a convention in Washington where teams of inventors can display their ideas to…
Due to fears over the situation in Iran, amongst other things, oil prices are at a nine month high, and petrol prices are also at…
In order to meet domestic energy demand, and outsource clean energy to nearby Europe, Morocco started to invest in new energy sources, such as wind…
As the US and EU trade sanctions draw closer Iran are looking to secure increased export volumes to their largest customers in Asia. China, the…
Following the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 causing one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters since Chernobyl at the Fukushima nuclear power…
The Gaza Strip is in the middle of an energy crisis that is close to developing into a full blown humanitarian crisis as their only…
In January President Barack Obama delayed any decisions on the Keystone XL Pipeline, citing that he needed more time to assess the environmental impacts. He…
Following the Iranian Revolution in 1979 demand of oil from Saudi Arabia fell from ten million barrels per day (bpd) to three million bpd. As…
Climate change is real. Few doubt that now. Governments try to impose, rather weak, legislation to combat climate change such as imposing reductions in carbon…
South Korea’s STX Group is looking to sell its 51% stake in STX OSV, the world’s biggest producer of oil-rig support vessels, in an attempt…
The German government plans to increase the share of its energy produced from renewable sources from the current level of 20 percent to 35 percent…
On Thursday the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the first nuclear power plant in the US since the Three Mile Island accident in Pennsylvania back in…
Young industries such as the renewable energy sectors rely heavily on government funding and incentives to help them achieve a level of competition with the…
Italian inventor Andrea Rossi's LENR Energy Catalyser (E-Cat) machine claims to use a small amount of energy to start a fusion reaction between nickel and…
Donald Trump has once again verbally attacked Scotland; this time over its renewable energy plans to build offshore wind farms. He wrote an angry letter…