First-quarter 2015 financial results for globally integrated oil companies show that total earnings were $22 billion (54%) lower than first-quarter 2014. Lower crude oil prices contributed to a decline in profits in […]
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California Is Getting Serious About Distributed Generation
California has had a bit of a contradictory approach to wholesale distributed generation, with policymakers saying all the right things but not doing what was needed to promote it. It looks like […]
So What Exactly Is The Pope’s New Encyclical On The Environment Anyway?
It’s okay, we can’t pronounce encyclical either. The post So What Exactly Is The Pope’s New Encyclical On The Environment Anyway? appeared first on ThinkProgress. via ThinkProgress » Secondary Issues » Climate […]
Global Oil Production Substantially Lower Than Believed
Even the paper of record for the oil industry, Oil & Gas Journal, got it wrong. With the release of the latest BP Statistical Review of World Energy, media outlets appeared to […]
Renewable Energy Could Dominate Electricity Market In 15 Years
Renewable energy could surpass coal, nuclear power, and natural gas as the world’s largest source of electricity within only 15 years, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. The […]
Are YieldCos Overpaying for Their Assets?
YieldCos buy and own clean energy projects with the intent of using the resulting cash flows to pay a high dividend to their investors. Several such companies, often captive subsidiaries of listed […]
This U.S. Shale Play Has Flattened Out Substantially
The North Dakota Industrial Commission is out with the April production Data for the Bakken and all North Dakota.(Click to enlarge)Eight month of flat to down production from the Bakken.(Click to enlarge)I […]
Crunch Time For The US Coal Industry | OilPrice.com
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It’s Not Supposed to Be That Way – What Happens to New NGL Infrastructure if Production Growth Slows?
Over the past 4 years, billions of dollars have been committed to building new petrochemical olefin crackers for ethane and export facilities for both propane and ethane. All these projects were expected […]
No, BP, the U. S. did NOT surpass Saudi Arabia in oil production
Even the paper of record for the oil industry, Oil & Gas Journal, got it wrong. With the release of the latest BP Statistical Review of World Energy, media outlets appeared to […]