Group Raises The Alarm Over Shell's Pipeline
THE National Coalition on Gas Flaring and Oil Spills in the Niger Delta has called for the urgent review of the Trans Niger Pipeline, belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company in Ogoniland....
View ArticleCan Obama's Climate Change Policy Reduce Carbon Emissions?
The combination of these top-3 factors accounted for about 83% of reduced U.S. carbon emissions 2007-12. Wind and solar power generation capacities have increased by 600% and 300% respectively over the...
View ArticleResearchers Find Methane In Water Near Hydrofracking Sites
Hydrofracking, a method that extracts natural gas from shale rock formations, involves injecting over seven million gallons of highly-pressurized, chemically-treated water into the Appalachian basin,...
View ArticleKazakhstan Govt Blocks OVL's $5 Billion Deal
In a major failure of India's oil diplomacy, the Kazakhstan government has blocked state-run ONGC from buying a stake in the Kashagan oilfield for $5 billion and is instead bringing in China's CNPC.
View ArticleGeologist Who Lost Out On Natural Gas Share Awarded NIS 50 Million In...
After a three-year legal battle, a judge ruled Beny Steinmetz must pay former business partner Yossi Langotsky NIS 50 million in compensation for causing him to lose his share in Israel's Tamar and...
View ArticleIn The War On Coal, The Enemy Is Us
Wind and solar can't even come close to filling the void left by coal. No matter how fantastical the promises wind and solar advocates make, the Heritage analysis shows that renewables would replace...
View ArticleTullow Upgrades Estimates On Kenya Oil Wells
Irish-founded exploration firm Tullow Oil has moved a step closer to commercialisation in Kenya-long since tipped as being the next major African territory for the company.
View ArticleUK's Subsea Sector Continues To Boom In Wake Of North Sea Investment
He said almost 45% of production on the UK Continental Shelf comes from subsea wells, which feature in 70% of new developments planned. Firms in Scotland have been driving growth in the sector....
View ArticleKenya Urges Japan To Invest In Energy, Infrastructure Sectors
The meeting came barely a week after the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) extended a 20-million-U.S. dollar grant to boost Kenya's capacity to exploit geothermal energy sources in order...
View ArticleOil Out, Solar Reigns In 2060, Forecasts Shell
Oil and gas multinational company Shell expects energy demand to double over the next 50 years, with the global population heading towards 9.5 billion mark by 2060 and emerging economies lifting...
View ArticleTexas Biodiesel Plant Back In Operation
Renewable Energy Group said this week that its biodiesel plant in northeastern Texas has begun production. Iowa-based Renewable Energy acquired the biorefinery in New Boston after it had been down for...
View ArticleWhen Corporate Defendants Go On Offense
The dispute began with charges that a consortium consisting of Petroecuador (Ecuador's state-owned oil company) and Texaco (which Chevron later acquired) caused serious environmental harm as a result...
View ArticleShell Find More Oil In The Gulf Of Mexico With Vicksburg Exploratory Well
Royal Dutch Shell is celebrating after its Gulf of Mexico Vicksburg exploratory well discovered an estimated 500 feet of oil, thought to contain around 100 million barrels, and boosting the company's...
View ArticleWhy Considering The Environmental Impact Of Keystone XL Is Irrelevant
While there is generally broad consensus that his comments further threaten the already battered US coal industry, his comments on TransCanada's (TSX: TRP, NYSE: TRP) Keystone XL pipeline project had...
View ArticleClimate Policy Spells Turn Around For Exelon
Shareholders would like to know whether the Obama administration's climate change policy will be a positive or negative turning point for nuclear power giant Exelon Corp . (EXC) . Well, it couldn't get...
View ArticleFew Roads Leading To China Tell A Tale Of Mongolia's Trad
While businessmen like coal magnate Odjargal see new roads and rail to China as the fastest path to Mongolia's mineral trade, ex-Wall Street banker Chuluunkhuu Ganbat wants those minerals to take a...
View ArticleEngineers Urged To Help Ease Energy Crisis
QUETTA: The National Party's parliamentary leader in the National Assembly, Sardar Kamal Khan Bangulzai, has urged engineers to help ease the current power crisis by developing solar energy projects on...
View ArticleCouple's Jobs Warrant Ethical Considerations
In recent years, its environmental advocacy has focused on promoting renewable energy, working to close the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, reducing waste, and regulating toxic chemical use....
View ArticleMaximising Oil Recovery From Malaysia's Maturing Oil Fields
Malaysia is set to enhance its crude oil recovery from its maturing oil fields through the Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) technology using its own expertise in petroleum engineering. Works are already...
View ArticleNew Zealand Coal Mine Blast Victims Get Fraction Of U.S. Payout
The victims of the worst mining accident in New Zealand in 96 years will get compensation of NZ$110,000 ($86,000) each, a fraction of the payments awarded to the families affected by a similar accident...
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