Shell makes massive natural gas discovery
Its largest find in Alberta area in nearly 20 years lifts hopes for more giant deposits.
China outlines ten programs for energy efficiency
China will set its focus of energy saving in the industrial sector, transportation and construction industries, as well as commercial and civil power use
Indian government acknowledge ASPO
Oil price forecasts made during the proceedings of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) conference in Berlin recently were brought to the attention of the Indian government, admitted the Union minister for petroleum and natural gas.
China, EU forge closer ties
China and the European Union, meeting yesterday in the Hague, pledged to boost relations while signing more than a dozen cooperation agreements.
Big North Sea oil find revealed
A “significant” oil and gas find has been made in the North Sea west of Shetland, it has been announced.
US: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
For millions of low-income Americans, it’s going to be a long, very cold winter. Fuel prices have skyrocketed and to make matters worse, the number of people living in poverty rose last year by 1.3 million to 36 million people, or 12.5 percent of the population.
Oil: The Dividing Line Of The New Cold War
Virtually all of the recent political machinations in the region, including, not only the Iraq war, but also developments in Iran, and the Ukraine’s recently disputed Presidential election, can be best understood through the prism of oil pipeline politics.
US: Federal energy regulators smooth the way for liquefied natural gas terminals
After scores of private meetings with Big Oil giants such as ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is aggressively undermining the authority of state and local governments to reject dozens of proposed liquefied natural gas facilities all across the country.
No Escape from Dependency
The looming energy crisis overshadows Bush’s second term writes the author of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America’s Growing Petroleum Dependency
The Corporate Attack on Organic Agriculture
What could be wrong with farming in concert with nature—eliminating toxic agrichemicals and the use of genetically engineered crops? Well, plenty if you are a CEO at Monsanto, Dupont, or any number of other “life-sciences” companies that have invested in an escalating smear campaign aimed at discrediting organic farming.
Saudis want boost in oil stocks ahead of Opec cuts
Saudi Arabia, the most powerful member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said on Wednesday that global oil stocks needed to increase before Opec would have to cut production, a stance that puts it at odds with most of its fellow oil cartel members.
Putin’s push for a strategic triangle
Russia is again calling for a Moscow-New Delhi-Beijing axis, an alliance of three nuclear-armed countries of some 2.5 billion people that theoretically would be able to balance US power in coming years.
