$520M Saleski Oilsands Project Approved
It began as a classic four well-pair steam - assisted gravity drainage project, where steam is injected to melt the sticky bitumen and allow it to be pumped out from a parallel horizontal well....
View ArticleCalifornia Regulators Propose Changes To Bolster Power Supplies
The permanent shutdown of Southern California Edison's San Onofre nuclear plant has also strained the grid and increased operating time at older natural gas plants....
View ArticleEssar, Reliance Aim To Produce 6.5 MMSCMD Coal Bed Methane In Next Two Years
Essar is expected to commence gas production from its Raniganj CBM block next year while RIL would start CBM output from its two blocks in Sohagpur in Madhya Pradesh a year later, oil ministry...
View ArticleHydrofracking Safety Can't Be Assured
Contamination will occur now and especially in the future - even though gas companies and some people say hydrofracking (fracking) is safe. Unless you have a very short memory it's the same safe...
View Article'Road To Energy Security Runs Through Alaska'
Popular estimates put undeveloped oil resources in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, National Petroleum Reserve -Alaska and those offshore in the Arctic at around 30 billion barrels, twice that of...
View ArticleTOTE's Conversion To LNG On Track
The prospect of an LNG pipeline and increased access to the fuel in Alaska has prompted some in the trucking industry to look into using LNG-powered semis as a lower-cost fuel alternative to diesel....
View ArticleMLGW Opens Compressed Natural Gas Station In North Memphis
Ray Ward says the body of his blue, green and white Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division pickup truck will fall apart before the engine does because the vehicle runs on compressed natural gas.
View ArticleSolar Array Slated For Delaney Nature Park
A controversial solar array, meant to help the town meet its alternative energy goals, will be built near the Roaring Fork Water Treatment Plant on part of the 35-acre Delaney Nature Park property,...
View ArticleShell To Spend $US115m On Pollution Cuts
Shell Oil has agreed to spend at least $US115 million to cut harmful pollution at a Houston-area refinery.
View ArticleBattle Rages Over Obama's Climate Standards For Keystone XL Pipeline
Two weeks after President Obama said he would support the proposed Keystone XL pipeline only if it "does not significantly exacerbate" greenhouse-gas emissions, the political battle over how to define...
View ArticleConfidence Launches LPG Cylinders
Confidence Petroleum India Ltd has launched its Go Gas commercial and domestic cooking gas cylinder business in Chennai. The BSE-listed company is among the largest manufacturers of LPG cylinders. It...
View ArticleSenatorial Plea For Fast Action On LNG Exports
This week in energy in Washington DC, the House defeated a proposal to cut out funding for uranium enrichment technology under the aegis of the American Centrifuge Project led by Ohio energy firm USEC....
View ArticleCONSOL Energy Celebrating 30 Year Anniversary Of Buchanan Mine
At nearly 150 years old, CONSOL Energy is no infant in the coal mining industry. Still, celebrating the 30 year anniversary of its Buchanan Mine is a pretty big deal....
View ArticleGerman Power Generation Increase In H1
Research organization Fraunhofer Institute said that the share of coal in Germany's power generation mix has risen to 52% in the H1 of this year amid a drop in output from gas fired power plants and...
View ArticleLatAm Demands Answers From US On Spying
The snooping included lifting data on leftist Venezuela's oil and military purchases and Mexico's drug war and energy sector as well as mapping the movements of a Marxist guerrilla group in Colombia,...
View ArticleParnell Calls For Testing In Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The state has long contested the federal stance against oil exploration in ANWR, with many Arctic leaders supporting that position over what they deem a riskier proposition - offshore drilling....
View ArticleDerailment In Quebec Heightens Train Cargo Fears
This spring, Global Petroleum proposed plans to transport ethanol via MBTA commuter-rail tracks in densely populated areas north and west of Boston - including Cambridge, Somerville, Chelsea, and...
View ArticleDetails For Utica Shale Summit Complete
Details for Utica Shale Summit Complete The one-day summit will feature more than fifteen speakers and panelists gathered to brief oil and natural gas producers on the latest happenings in the Utica...
View ArticleClimate Change Will Disrupt Energy Supplies, DOE Warns
A similar problem caused power reductions in 2010 at the Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station in New Jersey and the Limerick Generating Station in Pennsylvania....
View ArticleEstonia Company Wants To Pull 2.6 Billion Barrels Of Oil From Utah
An Estonia company that claims it has perfected turning oil shale into fuel oil during the past 30 years wants to mine rock from a remote region of the Uintah Basin, tapping 2.6 billion barrels of oil...
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