Skepticism over lower LNG prices
After two days of excited arguments for market changes that would lower prices, world buyers of liquefied natural gas got a snappy retort Wednesday from executives and experts at the LNG 17 conference in Houston. More »
India opens shale oil and gas for production
India will allow explorers, including Oil & Natural Gas Corp. and Reliance Industries Ltd., to produce shale oil and gas for the first time as Asia’s second-biggest energy consumer seeks to cut reliance on imports. More »
Tech Talk – The Pope, Poverty and Power
The new Pope Francis comes from Latin America and has an understanding of the true depths of poverty that is uncommon in the United States and Western Europe. Outside the very Western urban part of downtown Buenos Aires lie the barrios and the shantie… More »
Tech Talk – The Pope, Poverty and Power
The new Pope Francis comes from Latin America and has an understanding of the true depths of poverty that is uncommon in the United States and Western Europe. Outside the very Western urban part of downtown Buenos Aires lie the barrios and the shantie… More »
OPEC in talks to replace Iranian oil supply to India
OPEC’s biggest oil producers are in talks to supply extra crude to India, as the nation prepares to halt purchases from Iran because of global sanctions, four people with knowledge of the matter said. More »
Tech Talk – Thoughts On the Precautionary Principle
As Michael Brander tells it in his book on the Scottish Highland Regiments, the Scottish Highlands produced, between 1740 and 1815, men for some 86 Highland Regiments who travelled around the world to strengthen the British Empire. But towards the end … More »
World’s largest hospital complex depends on gas turbine
GE’s aeroderivative turbines, assembled in Houston, have become increasingly popular as a reliable option for both regular and backup power for major facilities, including the Texas Medical Center. See how the technology works. More »
Tech Talk – Coal Power and Air Pollution
Fifty years ago I began my undergraduate studies at the University of Leeds in the UK. It is not something I particularly dwell on, but the stories out of Beijing describing the air pollution in the Chinese capital this week brought back a memory. Thi… More »
Oil supplies surging, but so is the price
Oil production in the United States has surged and use of petroleum products has fallen. In theory, those factors should have pushed the price of crude down. Instead, it’s gone up. More »
Tech Talk – Iranian Oil and the Global Future
There is a lot going on in the Middle East at the moment. The revolution in Syria seems to be entering some form of end game, and there are the riots in Egypt. There are some signs that these events might move into countries such as Jordan. Increasing… More »
Caspian sale slims ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips is selling its stake in the enormous Kashagan offshore field in Kazakhstan in a $5 billion deal, the latest move to shrink and streamline its businesses, the corporation announced Monday. More »
Despite carbon concerns, new coal plants planned globally
About 1,200 coal-fired power plants have been proposed worldwide, including 36 in the United States, according to a report by World Resources Institute. More »
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