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Category Archives: Oil and gas
Browner and Podesta: Why We Now Oppose Drilling in the Arctic
“Now”? When did they support it? Did we blink? Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
Arctic Drilling in Jeopardy?
In the current political climate, Shell ought to have known that there is no room for error. Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
Peak oil theories ‘increasingly groundless’, says BP chief
“Peak oil” will certainly become increasingly meaningless (at least from a U.S. perspective) as Obama shuts down our economy. Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
Ted Danson: ‘There is no price tag on the Arctic’
“The American public should not be asked to bear the risks to bolster Shell’s bottom line.” What is he talking about?
Posted in Oil and gas
Obama to approve Keystone XL Pipeline?
“Analysts say President Barack Obama already appears to have made up his mind on Keystone.” Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Keystone XL, Oil and gas
Oil shale development curtailed by Administration
The Interior Department Bureau of Land Management issued a new plan which closed 1.6 million acres of federal land across Colorado, Utah and Wyoming from oil shale development. The new restrictions removed the majority of the area that had been allocated in its plan issued in 2008. Instead, the BLM has issued two leases making 700,000 acres available only for research and development. The reasons cited were environmental concerns on the wilderness characteristics of the land and endangering sage grouse habitats… Continue reading
Posted in Oil and gas
Saudi Arabia May Run Out of Oil to Export by 2030
Saudi Arabia’s per capita oil consumption is higher than the U.S. and most developed countries Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Development, Nuclear power, Oil and gas
Tagged peak oil & gas
H. Sterling Burnett: The Pro’s and Con’s of Romney’s Energy Plan
A great deal of ink has been spilled by commentators, journalists, and policy wonks since the release August 24th of presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s energy plan. Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Development, Fracking, Keystone XL, Oil and gas, Tar sands
Tagged deepwater drilling, energy infrastructure, KXL, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilsands
Talk about double standards!: Greenpeace Norway “proud” of the country´s oil industry
Norwegians, those socialist Arabs of the Arctic, who enjoy a life in luxury thanks to lucrative fossil fuel exports, also enjoy lecturing others on the lack of environmental awareness. Continue reading
UK: Cameron appoints oil and gas friendly decision-makers
Britain sent a clear signal of support to its oil and gas industry when it named an advocate of shale gas fracking as environment minister and a wind farm sceptic as energy minister. Continue reading
Posted in Battle of 2012, Fracking, Oil and gas
Tagged natural gas, offshore drilling, shale oil
Big Oil 1 – 0 Environment: Shell Granted Permit to Work off Alaskan Coast
Environmental groups concerned about the potential damage to the Arctic environment suffered another blow after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted a temporary air permit for Shell to work off the coast of Alaska. Continue reading
Saudi Arabia Could Become a Net Oil Importer by 2030
Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest exporter of crude oil, however if things do not change it could well become a net importer by 2030 according to a new study by Citigroup, the international financial conglomerate. Continue reading
Study Suggests the Arctic May not Contribute as Much Oil and Gas as Thought
With the constantly rising demand for oil around the world, oil and gas companies are looking to extract every drop of oil they can from around the world. Continue reading
Computer Models, Actual Data, and Smog
A new study by Eduardo B. Olaguer of the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC) purports to show that emissions from oil and gas operations will prevent nearby metropolitan areas — particularly Dallas-Fort Worth — from meeting federal ozone standards. Fortunately for people in the Metroplex, empirical data shows that such a conclusion is simply unsupported by the facts. Continue reading
Marita Noon: The “Yes, You Can” vs. “No, You Can’t” Energy Plan
President Obama’s energy policies have kept investment and jobs out of America; Romney’s energy plan can bring money and jobs back. Analysts are picking apart Romney’s 21-page energy plan that was introduced in Hobbs, New Mexico on August 23rd. Is energy independence by 2020 possible, or is it, as the Financial Times posited, “an act of hubris?” More important than whether or not his energy play is realistic is the international implications of his “independence” assertion and how he plans to get there. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Oil and gas
Tagged deepwater drilling, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilsands, shale oil
Why US Gasoline Prices will Fall in the Coming Weeks
Even though gasoline prices in the US are currently $0.15 a gallon higher than this time last year, and have been constantly rising for the past two months, Robert Rapier predicts that they will start to fall rapidly in the coming weeks. Continue reading
Stuart Burns: Why Oil Prices Will Remain High
I don’t know about you, but in the absence of any dramatic news about Iran in the papers, and especially set against the general background of a weakening global economy, the relentless rise in gas prices each time I pull up at the pump has come as a bit of a shock. Continue reading
What’s an Electric Car Champion Doing in Romney’s Inner Circle?
“Romney advisor Dan Senor says that traditional oil drilling is the technology of the past. The ‘real economic growth’ is in cleantech and greentech.“
Well nobody said it was a perfect team. Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Development, Fracking, Oil and gas
Tagged deepwater drilling, natural gas, offshore drilling, oilsands, shale oil
CSIRO wants ads pulled as coal seam gas industry claims rejected
Mostly this appears to be a case of a little puffery. CSIRO didn’t say “no risk,” they said “low risk,” something that could be addressed in a flash with an overlay text to that effect. It is no more an issue than “Australia’s favorite [product X]” style advertising. Continue reading
