*** Editors Note: One of the most thoughtful and profound articles written recently – particularly coming from an Aramco executive*** Leonardo Maugeri’s recent paper Oil: The Next Revolution on the presumed future […]
The Climate Change Limits of U.S. Natural Gas
The Associated Press reported last week that U.S. greenhouse gas emissions have dropped to a twenty-year low on the back of abundant natural gas. “The question,” it correctly observed, “is whether the […]
Shale Gas Assets – Overpriced Or a Liquid Turn for Mining Giant BHP?
Australian mining giant BHP has lost a quarter of its former market capitalization since its acquisition of US shale acreage from Petrohawk and Chesapeake last year. The company is keen to point […]
CO2 emissions in US drop to 20-year low; some experts optimistic on global warming
n a surprising turnaround, the amount of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere in the U.S. has fallen dramatically to its lowest level in 20 years, and government officials say the […]
Curbing Aviation Emissions 101: Everything You Need To Know About U.S. And EU Policies
Addressing the projected growth in greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector will be integral to solving climate change. Aviation accounts for 13 percent of global transportation carbon dioxide emissions, and emissions […]
China’s Coal to Chemical Future
In this post, I give an overview of developments in China to create a coal to chemicals industry, primarily using methanol as an intermediary feedstock. In doing this research, to my surprise, […]
We’re Headed To $8 Natural Gas
There is a glut of natural gas. Everybody knows that. There’s so much of the latest multi stage hydraulic fracturing going on from New York State to Texas and all places in […]
Natural Gas Is Heading Higher: More Data
The weekly EIA gas storage numbers arrived on Thursday and the trend continues. Yesterday’s gas storage injection was only 26 bcf (billion cubic feet) against last year’s number of 48 bcf and the […]
Why climate change doesn’t spark moral outrage, and how it could | Grist
Perhaps the single biggest barrier to action on climate change is the fact that it doesn’t hit us in the gut. We can identify it as a great moral wrong, through a […]
27 gigawatts of coal-fired capacity to retire over next five years
Plant owners and operators report to EIA that they expect to retire almost 27 gigawatts (GW) of capacity from 175 coal-fired generators between 2012 and 2016. In 2011, there were 1,387 coal-fired […]
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