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- New Zealand Bans Offshore Gas and Oil Exploration Fri, 13 Apr 18, 5:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall The New Zealand government has banned offshore oil and gas exploration as part of its 30 year quest for 100% climate purity...
- Study: thanks to fracking, we don’t need Obama’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) to meet Paris climate target Sat, 17 Feb 18, 4:18amFrom the “thanks to fracking, the biggest driver of lower carbon dioxide emissions has been declining natural gas prices” department. Even without the clean power plan, US can achieve Paris Agreement emissions...
- Claim: $300 billion x 4 “Far Short” of Required Investment in Renewables Sat, 10 Feb 18, 8:00pmGuest essay by Eric Worrall Why does the EU want to loan €1.5 billion for a new gas pipeline, when they should be topping up the utterly inadequate global investment of US $300 billion / year for the last four years into...
- 2018 U.S. Deep Freeze: Largest Weekly Draw on Natural Gas Storage… Evah! Fri, 12 Jan 18, 7:14amGuest post by David Middleton Well… It’s the largest draw “on record”… Since 2010… Glossary Mcf : Thousand cubic feet ~ 1 million btu (mmbtu) Bcf : Billion cubic feet = 1 million mcf...
- Trump Administration to open 90% of US Offshore to leasing and roll back Obama-era drilling regulations Fri, 5 Jan 18, 8:35amGuest post by David Middleton The plan is to open almost everything in the 2019-2024 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program, with Eastern Gulf leasing beginning when the Congressional moratorium expires after 2022...
- Trump Administration to open 90% of US Offshore to leasing and rollback Obama-era drilling regulations Fri, 5 Jan 18, 8:35amGuest post by David Middleton The plan is to open almost everything in the 2019-2024 OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program, with Eastern Gulf leasing beginning when the Congressional moratorium expires after 2022...
- CO2-Consuming Fossil Fuel Combustion Thu, 4 Jan 18, 8:34amGuest post by David Middleton “The CDCL process is the most advanced and cost-effective approach to carbon capture we have reviewed to date and are committed to supporting its commercial viability through large-scale pilot...
- Solar power and battery storage could topple 10GW of US natural gas peaker plants Fri, 15 Dec 17, 10:47pmNatural gas peaker plants step in when electricity demand is high, but their days could be numbered. Solar energy and battery storage prices have plummeted enough to make them competitive with some of those plants - and they...
- Solar power plus batteries could topple 10GW of US natural gas peaker plants Fri, 15 Dec 17, 10:47pmNatural gas peaker plants step in when electricity demand is high, but their days could be numbered. Solar energy and battery storage prices have plummeted enough to make them competitive with some of those plants - and they...
- “Offshore drilling is not a fit for Florida”… It doesn’t have to fit in Florida. Thu, 7 Dec 17, 3:00amGuest post by David Middleton The gray area on the map below is basically off limits to oil & gas operations. It’s right next to the Central Gulf of Mexico and its prolific oil & gas production… Kind...
- World's first zero-emissions fossil-fuel plant expected to go live in 2018 Wed, 6 Dec 17, 1:46amNorth Carolina-based NET Power is pioneering a novel approach to capturing carbon dioxide in its reportedly zero-emissions natural-gas pilot power plant in Houston, Texas...
- DOE Secretary Rick Perry: “Resiliency Pricing Rule” for Coal-fired and Nuclear Power Plants Fri, 20 Oct 17, 12:26amGuest post by David Middleton DOE = United States Department of Energy FERC = Federal Energy Regulatory Commission OCT 2, 2017 Rick Perry Directs FERC To Complete Final Action On Resiliency Pricing Rule In 60 Days Rod Adams...
- How Natural Gas and Wind Decarbonize the Grid Mon, 7 Aug 17, 9:00amUpdated Analysis of US Regional Power Generation, 2007–2015 Here’s an analysis from The Breakthrough Institute. Continuing to publish material with a different viewpoint~ctm From Breakthrough Institute July 13,...
- Europe’s climate alarmist policy fiasco leaves EU economy prisoner of foreign energy providers Wed, 2 Aug 17, 1:00pmGuest essay by Larry Hamlin The excellent WattsUpWithThat? article presenting the energy challenges pitting U.S. and Russia’s global dominance in natural gas production thus setting the stage for international business...
- With OPEC Weakening, World Energy Now Pits Russia Versus U.S. Mon, 31 Jul 17, 2:00pmFrom Forbes Kenneth Rapoza , Contributor I cover business and investing in emerging markets. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. OPEC is no longer in control of oil prices. Russia is. And Russia no longer...