U.S. coal production has peaked, and the miscalculations that have led to estimates of a 200-year supply could create a serious electricity deficit for the nation, according to a new report from […]
World’s Richest Oil Countries
Oil is a blessing and a curse. It’s a foreign policy problem. It’s a national defense problem. But for some country’s, it’s a source of wealth for everyone living there. Here are […]
Mars and LLS, key Gulf crude oil grades, can’t keep up
Have Mars and Light Louisiana Sweet crudes become marginalized after failing to rise with a wide Brent-WTI spread? In the past week, with the ICE Brent-NYMEX WTI spread blowing out—it was at […]
China’s anti-pollution drive risks running out of gas
BEIJING (Reuters) – A chronic shortage of natural gas is hurting China’s plan to move away from burning coal to heat homes and offices, raising the prospect of more choking air pollution […]
[Closed] DISCUSSION: Graph of the Day: A bird’s eye view on integrating renewables
In the lively conversation about how to integrate variable renewables such as wind and solar into our electric grid’s generation mix, an unlikely player has entered the fray: a duck. It’s not […]
Shale Gas Revolution Not Coming To China Anytime Soon
Shale gas has upended U.S. energy markets, cutting oil imports to their lowest level in two decades. Can China pull off the same feat? It has already passed the U.S. as the biggest […]
NRG and Exelon See Batteries Boosting Demand for Solar Rooftops
NRG Energy Inc. and Exelon Corp.’s Constellation unit say interest in combining solar power with battery storage has soared in the year since Hurricane Sandy knocked out power to millions of homes […]
Desalination – Where are we?
After last week’s detour, I would like to take the chance now to refocus on desalination as a possible remedy to the global fresh water stress the world is currently suffering. Here, […]
Rethinking rig count as a predictor of natural gas production
In the past, the number of gas-oriented drilling rigs in a particular region has been a common metric for estimating the production of natural gas. However, technological advances have led the way […]
From Big Foot to Bluto, Gulf of Mexico set for record oil supply surge
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (Reuters) – The Gulf of Mexico, stung by the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history in 2010 and then overshadowed by the onshore fracking boom, is on the […]
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