Exascale supercomputer will provide 50 to 100 times greater performance than current fastest US supercomputer US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced a Request for Proposals (RFP), potentially worth up to $1.8 billion, for the development [Read more]
Drilling rig count in state increased, averaging 20 rigs in 2016 and 33 in 2017 Pennsylvania’s marketed natural gas production averaged a record 15 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2017, 3% higher than the [Read more]
Women and renewables empowerment programme expands solar energy access to Indonesia’s off-grid communities About a third of Indonesians, roughly 80 million people, live without electricity and many more with only unreliable access. In the country’s [Read more]
Execs say technology like autonomous and electric vehicles unlikely to impact energy industry U.S. energy executives are looking to emerging technology like artificial intelligence and intelligent automation to improve business operations, but do not expect [Read more]
Alberta oil producers are struggling to get crude to market as Canadian pipelines are at full capacity and rail lines are pressured to ship agricultural products at certain times in the year. Reuters photo by [Read more]
Hedge fund managers have gambled everything on a goldilocks scenario in which oil prices rise without damaging demand or spurring too much shale drilling. Anadarko photo. Hedge fund community’s positioning has become “exceptionally lopsided” By [Read more]
Despite a $312 million writedown on Halliburton Co assets in Venezuela, the company reported a 34 per cent jump in first quarter revenue, mostly due to strong North American demand. Reuters photo by Richard Carson. [Read more]
Oil prices were mixed on Monday after Iran’s oil minister, Bijan Zangeneh (pictured), said the OPEC supply cut agreement does not need to be extended if high oil prices continued. AP file photo by Vahid Salemi. [Read more]
Six-in-ten say Kinder Morgan could have done a better job earning the public’s trust on this project, brought trouble on itself Angus Reid has conducted a poll on Canadian’s thoughts on Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain [Read more]
Government says proposed legislation would help stabilize electricity prices The Alberta Government is introducing legislation called “An Act to Secure Alberta’s Electricity Future” to better protect consumers by empowering the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) to penalize [Read more]
Photo: Barry Caruth, Creative Commons license Gradual lowering carbon-intensity of crude oil, operations over long time-frame is real goal of new HSBC lending policy A press release from international banking giant HSBC caused a flutter on [Read more]
The Tesla/BP wind farm battery storage pilot project will be at BP’s Titan 1 wind farm in South Dakota. BP photo. Wind farm battery storage project will use 212kW/840kWhr Tesla battery BP Wind Energy and [Read more]
On Friday, Baker Hughes data showed the US oil rig count rose by five to 820, 132 more than this time last year. In Canada, the oil rig count is down by three to 38. [Read more]
Early on Friday morning, US President Donald Trump tweeted that “OPEC is at it again. With record amounts of Oil all over the place, including the fully loaded ships at sea, Oil prices are artificially Very [Read more]
In 2016, 36% of total US fuel cell capacity was in California At the end of 2016, the United States had 56 large-scale fuel cell generating units greater than 1 megawatt (MW), totaling 137 megawatts [Read more]
To achieve a truly sustainable energy system, renewables needs to more than double to 21% by 2030 The world is not on track to achieving energy-related Sustainable Development Goals, according to a new series of Policy [Read more]
Mexico moved away from regulated propane prices towards market-based wholesale prices throughout 2017 The value of Canada’s propane exports to Mexico totaled $204.7 million in 2017, an increase of nearly eight times from the $25.4 million exported [Read more]
Photo: American Chemical Society Government say amendments expedite restoration, protect environment The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources is looking to improve the restoration of orphan wells in British Columbia and better protect the [Read more]
6 countries (Brazil, Japan, Ukraine, Canada, India, South Korea) importing metallurgical coal from U.S. accounted for over half of all metallurgical exports in 2017 The United States exported 97.0 million short tons (MMst) of coal [Read more]
Total SA to purchase 74.3 per cent of Paris-based Direct Energie for €1.4 billion as the European oil major shifts into natural gas and electricity distribution. Bloomberg photo. Total SA joins other European energy giants in [Read more]
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