China’s Sinopec group says by 2020 its goal is to more than double its receiving capacity of LNG and increase its domestic shale gas production by two-thirds. Sinopec photo. Sinopec adding new LNG terminals on [Read more]
Coal demand drops to 14% of total generation by 2050, and utilization rate for coal plants remains under 60% EIA projects U.S. coal disposition—domestic demand and coal exports—to remain relatively flat through 2050 in the Annual Energy [Read more]
Solar photovoltaic (PV), onshore wind, and natural gas combined cycle, together make up 77% of all projected capacity additions from 2018 through 2050 EIA’s long-term outlook for the electric power sector considers both the cost [Read more]
4 projects scheduled to come online in 2 years, LNG export capacity expected to reach 9.6 Bcf/d by the end of 2019 U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) reached 1.94 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in [Read more]
US imports 5.5 Bcf/d of Canadian natural gas, expected to decline to ~5 Bcf/d (almost 10%) starting in 2019 Construction of more natural gas pipelines in northeast United States is bad news for Western Canadian [Read more]
Wind made up 6.3% of total new generation and utility-scale solar made up 1.3%, both records Total U.S. net electricity generation fell slightly (down 1.5%) in 2017, reflecting lower electricity demand, according to the U.S. [Read more]
As the U.S. has produced more natural gas, pipeline imports from Canada have decreased The United States exported more natural gas than it imported in 2017, marking the first time since 1957 that the United [Read more]
TransCanada’s Cameron Access improvements include a new compressor station and an additional 27 miles of pipeline in Southwest Louisiana. TransCanada image. Cameron Access pipeline improvements valued at US$300 million On Wednesday, TransCanada announced the completion [Read more]
In 2017, petroleum product exports to Mexico rose in both amount and value In each of the past three years, the value of U.S. energy exports to Mexico has exceeded the value of U.S. energy [Read more]
For decades the TransCanada Mainline was used to export natural gas from western to eastern Canada and into New York State, but the eastern portion of this pipeline is now being used to import natural [Read more]
New Energy Realism: minimal regulation, technical innovation, reliance upon market forces and capital investment Rick Perry gave a fascinating speech at CERAWeek Wednesday. Canadians should pay attention for two reasons. One, the Canadian industry’s recently [Read more]
Ben van Beurden, Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell says his company is considering limiting emissions from its operations as well as emissions from fossil fuel use by its customers. Bloomberg photo. Royal Dutch Shell [Read more]
EIA projects natural gas produced in Appalachian and Permian basins will account for most production growth EIA expects a 40% increase in natural gas consumed in the U.S. industrial sector, from 9.8 quadrillion British thermal [Read more]
Natural gas imports accounted for 40% of Chinese gas use , and LNG made up over 50% of imports China surpassed South Korea to become the world’s second-largest importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in [Read more]
With existing technology, amount of remaining marketable natural gas estimated at 1,225 trillion cubic feet Canadian marketable natural gas production has remained steady in the last few years despite declining natural gas prices since 2014, according to [Read more]
By 2030, US net petroleum exports will total 5.3 million b/d EIA projects that the United States will become a net energy exporter in 2022 in the newly released Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) Reference case, primarily [Read more]
US energy-related CO2 emissions declined by 861 million metric tons, 14% from 2005 to 2017 In the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, EIA projects that CO2 emissions will rise 1.8 per cent, from 5,143 million metric tons [Read more]
Renewable increases, most of the new generation capacity is powered by solar The mix of fuels used to generate electricity in the United States has changed in response to differences in the relative costs of [Read more]
Renewable electricity generation costs expected to continue declining, especially for solar photovoltaic systems The US Energy Information Administration says that continued development of American shale and tight oil and natural gas resources paired with modest energy [Read more]
As of 2016, 670,000 of 977,000 producing wells in the United States were hydraulic fractured and horizontally drilled In 2016, hydraulically fractured horizontal wells accounted for 69 per cent of all oil and natural gas [Read more]
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