Peak oil … reserves
“Exxon Mobil (XOM) announced today that in 2009 the company’s proven reserves increased by 133% of the amount of oil produced. Exxon now has 23.3 billion oil-equivalent-barrels of reserves comprised of...
View ArticleNew coal to oil process
“It could be a boon for the Canadian prairies. Researchers in Texas say they have found a way of cutting the cost of producing gasoline by two thirds, taking advantage of the lowest grade of coal...
View ArticleEnviros shut down drilling in Montana, New Mexico
“A federal judge has approved a first-of-its-kind settlement requiring the government to suspend 38,000 acres of oil and gas leases in Montana so it can gauge how oil field activities contribute to...
View ArticleCarbon cult will cause Canada to sell oilsands oil to China
“The United States should not discriminate against the Canadian oil sands industry, Canada’s ambassador in Washington said on Thursday, warning that trade restrictions could cause the top energy...
View ArticleAboriginals vow to block oilsands Pacific pipeline
“Aboriginal groups on Canada’s Pacific Coast vowed on Tuesday to block Enbridge Inc’s proposed Gateway pipeline to carry oil sands crude to export markets including China. The groups said the...
View ArticleIER: Obama’s new oil drilling policy a huge step backward
“While many newspapers and cable news pundits cheered [Obama's] announcement [on offshore energy exploration and production] as a positive development, we at the Institute for Energy Research caution...
View ArticleObama locks up the OCS
“• President Obama did not open new lands to offshore drilling – all of these areas were already open for drilling once Congress and President Bush lifted the moratorium in 2008. Instead, President...
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How bad is the Gulf spill?
“The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is bad — no one would dispute it. But just how bad? … [T]he Deepwater Horizon blowout is not unprecedented, nor is it yet among the worst oil accidents in history....
View ArticleJournos bonkers over one bird
Windmills kill tens of thousands of birds every year. Journos yawn. But if oil spills they go ballistic: “What does it say when 11 men who perish on an exploding oil platform, or 30 poor souls who...
View ArticleEU bows to energy reality
“Pressure from the British government and energy companies has encouraged the European Uniion to drop new regulations that could have led to the closure of Drax and other … coal-fired power stations...
View ArticleOil sands critical to U.S. energy supply — naturally enviros on a jihad against
“Canada’s oil sands will become the largest single source of imported oil to the United States this year, and could supply more than a third of America’s foreign oil by 2030, under an aggressive growth...
View ArticleEPA messes with Texas
“The simmering conflict between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Texas officials over air quality requirements has reached the boiling point with EPA seizing control of a key permit...
View ArticleEPA out to destroy U.S. coal-fired power industry
Doesn’t EPA understand that if it shuts down coal use in the U.S., U.S coal and jobs will be exported to China and other developing countries which will burn the coal without regulation? “Environmental...
View ArticleObama continues jihad against oil
“Mr. Obama, returning to the nasty corporate-bashing message of his first two years, attacked the U.S. oil industry by implying it was receiving massive subsidies that could be redirected to clean...
View ArticleQuote of the week
“What happens to renewable energy when alarmist climate science collapses? And even if the ideological rearguard action drags on for years, what about the fact that shale gas is about to make...
View ArticleBuild the pipeline: Energy Department study: Oil sands oil “could essentially...
“A central finding from this study is that the U.S. has the potential to take in substantially increasing volumes of crude oil from Canada over time, albeit with a steadily rising proportion of oil...
View ArticleEPA to Shell, Alaska: Drop dead
“Shell Alaska has dropped plans to drill in the Arctic waters of the Beaufort Sea this year … company Vice President Pete Slaiby said Thursday. The recent remand of air permits issued by the...
View ArticleHypocrite in Chief
“President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged world oil producers to lift crude output, as he sought to deflect public anger over high gasoline prices that has hurt his popularity among voters. … “They...
View ArticleThe horror
“[C]ostumed demonstrators marched from the Occupy encampment in downtown New York City to a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) hearing in Greenwich Village. “The whole world is watching!” one...
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