The Obama administration is moving to impose stiff new tariffs on solar panels made in China, finding that Chinese companies are improperly flooding the U.S. market with government-subsidized ones.  More »

China’s growing demand for oil will fuel investments in offshore fossil fuel production and lead to growth in the country’s own related industries, speakers at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston said Tuesday morning.  More »

Republicans will try again to pass a bill by Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., to let the Keystone XL pipeline to cross the U.S.-Canadian border. In making the announcement, Republicans cited Kinder Morgan Energy Partners’ plan to expand a pipeline in Canada to the Pacific coast.  More »

The Commerce Department’s decision to slap import tariffs on Chinese solar panels smacks of sour grapes. Having been bested by the Chinese in the manufacture of the panels, the Obama administration is hoping to cover up its own failed development policies. In this case, the victor is penalized by the loser. Alex B. Berezow and [...]  More »

Nearly two years (and nearly 200 posts ago on Energy Burrito) we took a look at A Little Trouble in Big China, as China’s economy was showing signs of slowing. Six hundred and seventy-six days later, signs of slowing are emerging once again, leaving global financial markets to be twitchy and pundits to question whether the engine [...]  More »

Speaking at a conference has a number of benefits; it makes you research the pants off the topic you are speaking about, you get to meet random yet fascinating people, and you get to hear about topics that are not necessarily directly relevant, but interesting. So reviewing my notes from last week’s AMM conference I thought it would be useful to share some of the random facts I was presented [...]  More »

Global sanctions against Iran have strengthened China’s bargaining position with the Persian Gulf state for oil purchases even as the Asian nation opposes trade restrictions, according to the International Energy Agency.  More »

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he is committed to diversifying energy exports to countries such as China, while pledging to press Beijing on human rights as he forges ahead with deeper economic ties.  More »

In the last post on Russian oil production, I discussed the amounts of oil produced from Western Siberia, the region with the highest current production, which in its prime contained the second largest producing oilfield in the world at Samotlor. Those fields are now in decline, and while modern technology is seeking to retain as much production as possible, Russian investment is moving further East to the region known as Eastern Siberia. It is not the most hospitable of places, even when compared with Western Siberia.

The cold is staggering, even for Siberia: winter temperatures can fall to minus ...

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There are many unintended consequences as fuel supplies become more scarce, and expensive. (With a h/t to Rune Likvern), I see that those Greeks who are being starved of affordable fuel are starting to chop down trees for warmth and income. This sort of desperation has devastated the countryside all over Albania, Africa and Asia, and is extremely difficult to recover from. To stop that practice spreading the world expects that fuel must be available at an affordable price, and one of the ongoing questions is as to whether it will continue to be.

In that regard BP has just ...

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There are many unintended consequences as fuel supplies become more scarce and expensive. (With a h/t to Rune Likvern), I see that those Greeks who are being starved of affordable fuel are starting to chop trees down for warmth and income. This sort of desperation has devastated the countryside all over Albania, Africa, and Asia, and it is extremely difficult to stop the practice from spreading or to recover from it. The world expects that fuel must be available at an affordable price, and one of the ongoing questions is whether it will continue to be.

In that regard, BP ...

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Japan has accused China of unilaterally exploring gas deposits in the East China Sea, in violation of an agreement to jointly develop disputed areas.  More »