CNPC To Pay Over US$5b In Kashagan Oil Stake
Kazakhstan, home to 3 per cent of the world's recoverable oil reserves, has moved in recent years to exert greater management control and secure bigger revenues from foreign-owned oil and gas projects....
View ArticlePa. Senator Wants Wind Turbine Farm On Former Strip Mine, Now State Forest
Legislation by state Sen. John Wozniak, D-Westmont, could open land in Gallitzin State Forest for construction of a wind turbine farm and open the door for similar renewable energy companies to develop...
View ArticlePetronas Carigali Sets Up Production Subsidiary
Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd has incorporated a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Vestigo Petroleum Sdn Bhd, to focus on development and production activities at home and abroad....
View ArticleLessons On Nuclear Reactor Accidents
Before the Bangladeshi government puts reactor technology to generate power on a fast track, it would be prudent to consider the history of reactor accidents as a background for judging how likely it .
View ArticleVanDyke Mixes Passion For Racing With Coal Mining
The night before the race, he worked his usual hoot owl shift from 11:30 p.m. until 7:30 a.m. at the Consol Energy Buchanan Mine in Oakwood, Va....
View ArticleAgency, Again, Orders Bonneville To Reexamine Pricing Plan
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has upheld a ruling that would require the Bonneville Power Administration to recast the way it deals with wind farms during periods of power oversupply....
View ArticleSingapore Starts Cleaning Up Oil Spill After Two Ships Collide
About 100 metric tons of fuel oil leaked after a bunker tank on the South Korean-registered Oriental Pioneer was damaged in the collision with the Bahamas-registered Atlantic Hero, the Maritime and...
View ArticleQP And Texas A&M University At Qatar Launch Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety...
Qatar: Under the patronage of His Excellency Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, Qatar Petroleum and the Texas A&M University at Qatar celebrate the launching of the...
View ArticleDeepwater Deal Smacks Of 38 Studios
Since 2009, I have participated in the regulatory process that has governed Deepwater's proposed Block Island wind farm. Our island's need for a power cable to the mainland has been leveraged by...
View ArticleA Primer - What's In A "Tar Sands" Pipeline?
In the wake of renewed interest in the Keystone Pipeline project and the likelihood that Obama will eagerly approve it unless we stop him, there's a lot of interest in what actually flows through those...
View ArticleHarkand Secures Apache North Sea Contract Win
The award of 6 IRM scopes, includes the installation of a replacement riser umbilical at Skene and replacement of a flexible flowline and electrical jumpers at Nevis, along with the associated project...
View ArticleEnergy Independence, Courtesy Of Horizontal Drilling
By unlocking oil and natural gas resources that were once thought to be unrecoverable, horizontal drilling has sparked an American energy renaissance that will revolutionize everything from job...
View ArticleGazprom One Winner From Nabucco Demise
According to the president of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) , Rovnag Abdullayev, "We see the pipeline route toward Austria as a natural market for that gas....
View ArticleGulf Of Mexico Success At Shell's Vicksburg "A" Well
Shell (NYSE: RDS.A) (NYSE: RDS.B) today announces a successful exploratory well at Vicksburg in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico....
View ArticleQBL To Acquire Stake In Two Mozambique Coal Exploration Licenses
Australia-based exploration company Queensland Bauxite (QBL) is set to acquire stake in two Mozambique coal exploration licenses in the Zambezi basin, close to majors like Rio Tinto, Vale and ENRC.
View ArticleEx-FBI Chief Freeh To Head BP Settlement Program Probe
Freeh, a former federal judge, will conduct an external investigation to supplement an internal probe already under way of a staff attorney at the Deepwater Horizon Court Supervised Settlement Program.
View ArticleLast Two Japan Nuclear Reactors Can Stay Online
Japan's nuclear watchdog said the only two reactors currently working in the country can stay online for now, even without meeting strict new safety standards intended to prevent a repeat of the...
View ArticleSouth Hill Mall Earns Environmental Leader Award
Business: Mall recycles used cooking oil and 550 tons of cardboard annually | South Hill Mall received a 2012 Sustainable Practice Leader Award from General Biodiesel for its success in reducing the...
View ArticleVestas Receives 93 MW Order In South Africa
Vestas Wind Systems A/SCompany AnnouncementVestas receives 93 MW order in South AfricaVestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 31 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines for South Africa....
View ArticleRenewable Sources Of Electricity Are Coming Into Their Own
The International Energy Agency predicts that by 2016 more electricity will come from renewables than from natural gas. Wind and solar power keep getting cheaper, and that's encouraging their adoption...
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