The age of electric vehicles may finally be upon us – or at least that’s what BMW is banking on. BMW recently announced that it will convert all models to electric drive […]
BMW Going All-Electric
The Biggest Red Herring In U.S. Shale | OilPrice.com
Rig productivity and drilling efficiency are red herrings.A red herring is something that takes attention away from a more important subject. Rig productivity and drilling efficiency distract from the truth that tight […]
Five things you didn’t know about the electric vehicle market
They might not be driving them yet, but electric vehicles are definitely on the radar of some of the world’s top investment and market analysts. Last week, US-based global investment bank Morgan […]
Iran Is No Qatar, Even With World’s Second-Biggest Gas Reserves
Natural gas made Qatar’s citizens the richest in the world within a generation. Even with bigger fuel reserves, Iran will struggle to follow its neighbor’s path. Iran’s own production is consumed by […]
Logistics and Lizards Disrupt Chevron’s Project Off Australia – The New York Times
Getting anything to Chevron’s gas-processing plant on Barrow Island is a bit of a trick. Some supplies travel 15 hours from Perth to a supply base for shipping. En route, trucks cannot […]
EIA Oil Production Numbers All Over The Place, Again
Shale is where all the action is and total C+C and total liquids should follow shale, not in lock step of course but pretty close. But the idea of different groups at […]
Improved Living and Energy Use Reduction
A lot has been written recently about the decoupling between GDP and energy. This decoupling (shown for the IEA New Policies scenario below) is generally viewed as a central part of the solution to […]
Proposed Clean Power Plan rule cuts power sector CO2 emissions to lowest level since 1980s
In June 2014, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing power plants under section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. EIA’s newly […]
In Midst Of Oil Boom, Perhaps U.S. Should Look To Another Fuel: Methanol
American energy executives and policymakers are basking in the country’s newfound oil production clout. They’re reveling in the comeback story, written by improved techniques for shale oil and gas extraction, that have […]
BHP Billiton’s Tim Cutt says ‘staggering’ oil discovery shortage trend risks oil price spike
BHP Billiton’s petroleum chief Tim Cutt has laid responsibility on the oil industry to find economic new supply sources and drive down costs in order to prevent a future spike in prices. […]
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