Total gas leak operation begins at Elgin North Sea platform The energy company has started pumping mud into the well in an attempt to stop the leak Share3 Email Reuters guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 May 2012 12.04 BST Total’s Elgin oil and gas platform. Photograph: Total/AP The oil company Total started pumping heavy mud down its Continue Reading →
Oil Price Daily News Update Why US Energy Policy cannot Rely on Natural Gas alone The IMF are Warned that Oil Prices Could Double by 2022 Using Viruses to Create Electricity Mexico has the Fastest Growing Wind Power Sector As Saudi Oil Giant Expands, Can it Meet Mounting Security Concerns? U.S., China Compete for Canadian Continue Reading →
A Look at the Major Forces Shaping our Future Posted: 13 May 2012 06:42 AM PDT While waiting to see how the Iranian nuclear confrontation and the various Eurozone crises sort themselves out, there is time to step back and look at the interaction of the major forces that will shape our future. While the Continue Reading →
Growing the grunt: developing green biofuels for AustraliaRenewEconomyBiofuels are not new, but many of the technologies are, and interest in renewable, sustainable biofuels has recently been rising due to worry about peak oil and price pressures, vulnerability of energy supplies, dependence on imports, and greenhouse …See all stories on this topic ยป
Government opens up petroleum acreages AAPUpdated May 14, 2012, 5:20 pm tweet0 Email Print The federal government has opened up 27 new offshore petroleum acreages across nine basins in Commonwealth waters off five states. Resources Minister Martin Ferguson said the 2012 acreage release included large frontier basins suited to exploration programs with numerous targets, along Continue Reading →
The difficult future facing black goldswissinfo.chHistorian Daniele Ganser is head of the Swiss Institute for Peace and Energy Research (SIPER) in Basel and chairman of the Swiss section of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO). Lawyer Niklaus Boss is managing director of the Swiss …See all stories on this topic Continue Reading →