US: Company mulls coal-to-diesel plant
A company has begun studying the feasibility of a plant that would convert coal into diesel fuel.
It would be the first plant of its kind in the United States.
The debate over arctic oil drilling erupts again
WASHINGTON — Hoping to capitalize on public ire over record-high gasoline prices, advocates of opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil exploration predict the House next week will authorize drilling there.
UK: Energy bills set to soar
Soaring oil prices and EU regulations on carbon emissions are expected to result in a 40% hike in the price of electricity, and 25 % in price of gas.
US: Anti-LNG ad to hit airwaves
FALL RIVER — After weeks of using signs, handouts and word of mouth to voice its opposition to the plan to bring a liquefied natural gas facility to the city, the Coalition for the Responsible Siting of LNG Facilities will soon begin spreading its message through television commercials.
An Oil Enigma: Production Falls Even as Reserves Rise
Even as reserves have risen, ChevronTexaco’s annual output has fallen by almost 15 percent, and the declines have continued recently despite a company promise to increase production in 2002.
Wall Street Life: Take an oil price over $40 – then quadruple it
Simmons reckons that the correct price for oil so that demand is controlled while humankind comes up with another plan is $182 a barrel.
Review: Warning to all gas guzzlers: Expect a crude awakening
The problem is easy to describe, but its consequences are fearsome and its solution daunting. The Age of Oil is coming to an end, and the future is precarious. So say two very different new books.
Colin Campbell interviewed after ASPO
Filmed on 27th May 2004 after The APSO 2004 Conference, in this Global Public Media Exclusive Interview, Colin Campbell speaks with Julian Darley in Berlin on The ASPO 2004 Conference, the Rimini Protocol, Shell and Saudi Arabia, and Iraq.
Violence could force Shell out of Nigeria’
Consultants tell oil group its policies have fed mounting strife in Nigeria, which is home to 10% of its output
Asian Scavengers Feed China’s Hunger for Steel
With its relentless industrial rise, China, once known as the Middle Kingdom, has become a massive magnet inexorably drawing scrap metal from across Asia.
Crude Talk: US and Venezuela Dance
After several failed efforts to unseat Venezuela’s popular President Hugo Chavez, the fuel sector of corporate America is getting nervous. Venezuela is growing in prosperity, relying on its own mineral resources and technological patents to build new wealth. Chavez is exactly the kind of indigenous national leader whom American power can’t tolerate.
Canada: Province Moves Toward 100% Electricity from Wind Power
The province of Prince Edward
Island (PEI) plans to introduce renewable tariffs
later this year, the first jurisdiction to do so in
North America. The tariffs will be used to develop
community-owned wind generation on the island.
