Colorado gas wells rely on true grit
Colorado is full of sand, but it’s useless for luring natural gas out of the earth through an increasingly important drilling method called hydraulic fracturing.
Fossil Fuels
Caught in the coal crunch
US – As West Virginia coal prices are rising, especially on the spot market, coal production is dropping and mining employment has plummeted.
Australian Deputy Prime Minister acknowledges peak oil
Australian Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson who less than a week ago dismissed concerns about peak oil, today acknowledged it.
Oils ain’t just oils, they’re to die for
The world can descend into hell to fight over oil, or we can start now in reducing our reliance on it. We can live in peace with less oil, or we can die in war to try to maintain our lifestyle for a little.
US: Western Slope coal production enters golden age
Largely due to highly efficient longwall mining technology, Colorado has jumped to the front of the line of the nation’s fastest-growing coal-producing states, up from 11th in 1999.
Analyst: Era of $30 oil nearing end
Energy industry analyst and forecaster Henry Groppe says the days of crude oil prices at $25 to $30 a barrel are coming to an end.
Norway: Low proving costs, but not much exploration
Even though it costs less to find a barrel of oil on the Norwegian shelf than many other places in the world, we do not manage to replace production through new discoveries. Now Norway must also tax its reserves due to a low level of exploration activity.
Why the coming oil crisis will last
There is a growing consensus that the crucial turning point in oil output will probably occur in the second half of this decade, in or around 2007. It will be an energy crisis that will dwarf anything we have ever experienced.
ASPO May newsletter
Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas newsletter.
US: High natural gas prices driving up well drilling in northwestern Pa.
Gas prices, and the demand for permits, have been increasing steadily for about the past five years.
Oil Demand to Rise the Most in 16 Years, IEA Says
World oil demand will rise the most since 1988 as economic growth accelerates and consumption surges in China, said the International Energy Agency, an adviser to 26 industrialized countries on oil policy.
UK oil production dropping.
Oil production in the UK has typically has a seasonal pattern, which makes it a bit of a surprise that this Feb was the worst month on the DTI’s site for oil production.
