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| Citigroup dumps Phibro, avoids showdown with US - Danbury News Times ... hundreds of millions of dollars in annual income that could help it repay the Treasury, which has given Citigroup $49 billion in bailout money. Phibro, which makes most of its money through oil and natural gas trades, earned an average $371 million annually during the past five years. Citigroup sold it for about $250 million, which means Occidental could recoup its investment in less than a year ... (943 words)  [Show/Hide 35 Additional Articles] | 35 Articles | |
| Oil prices edge lower as dollar strengthens - istockAnalyst.com (press release) ... of Ritterbusch and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 to continue exploring for more oil. With prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. Prices at the pump edged up 0.3 cents overnight to $2.471 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and O ... (470 words) [Show/Hide 34 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 34 Articles |
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains - Economic Times ... The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil and gasoline both rose by more than a penny to $1.83 and $1.76 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery slipped by nearly 3 cents to $4.94 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 34 cents to $69.43 on the ICE Futures exchange. ... (362 words) [Show/Hide 22 Additional Articles] | 22 Articles | |
| Turkmenistan denies entry to Peace Corps ... education to 10 years from to nine years, and higher education has been extended from two years to five. He has also increased contacts with the West, which is eager for access to Turkenmnistan's natural gas riches. But fears are mounting that the government is reverting to Niyazov's draconian style of rule. Last week, the United States criticized efforts by Turkmenistan to prevent students ... (511 words) [Show/Hide 17 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 17 Articles |
| Citigroup dumps Phibro, avoids showdown with US ... Petroleum Corp. means a bit less government scrutiny, it also means the bank is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in annual income. Phibro, which makes most of its money through oil and natural gas trades, earned an average $371 million annually during the past five years. Citigroup sold it for about $250 million, meaning that Occidental could recoup its investment in less than a yea ... (790 words) [Show/Hide 15 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 15 Articles |
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains - The Associated Press ... unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil slipped by less than a penny to $1.84 and gasoline by over a cent to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost mre than 7 cents to fetch $4.89 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 43 cents to $69.34 on the ICE Futures exchange. Associated Press writer Alex ... (394 words) [Show/Hide 15 Additional Articles] | 15 Articles | |
| Citigroup dumps Phibro - WBGH ... hundreds of millions of dollars in annual income that could help it repay the Treasury, which has given Citigroup $49 billion in bailout money. Phibro, which makes most of its money through oil and natural gas trades, earned an average $371 million annually during the past five years. Citigroup sold it for about $250 million, which means Occidental could recoup its investment in less than a year ... (969 words) [Show/Hide 15 Additional Articles] | Project | 15 Articles |
| Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid - Seattle Times ... One natural resource the United States has a lot of is natural gas. So why not just start using it in place of oil, to reduce the nation's dependence on imported energy? Curiosity about the potential of natural gas to become America's fuel of choice inspired one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news. I ... (778 words) [Show/Hide 13 Additional Articles] | Project | 13 Articles 1 Tweets |
| Citigroup dumps Phibro, avoids showdown with US - The State ... hundreds of millions of dollars in annual income that could help it repay the Treasury, which has given Citigroup $49 billion in bailout money. Phibro, which makes most of its money through oil and natural gas trades, earned an average $371 million annually during the past five years. Citigroup sold it for about $250 million, which means Occidental could recoup its investment in less than a year ... (1101 words) [Show/Hide 14 Additional Articles] | 14 Articles | |
| Oilprices edge lower as dollar strengthens - Fox12Idaho ... and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 per barrel to continue exploring for more oil. With prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. Prices at the gas pump edged up 0.3 cents overnight to $2.471 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express an ... (485 words) [Show/Hide 13 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 13 Articles |
| Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid - Houston Chronicle ... Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid By The Associated Press 2009 The Associated Press Oct. 9, 2009, 5:13AM Haraz N. Ghanbari AP FILE - This Sept. 11, 2009 shows a U.S. Coast Guard boat during a training exercise in the Potomac River in Washington. A reader-submitted question about the number active-duty Coast Guard volunteer is being answered as part of an Associated Press Q&A column ... (899 words) [Show/Hide 7 Additional Articles] | Project | 7 Articles 2 Tweets |
| Orange juice jumps 10 percent on crop report - Newsday ... 8 cents to $71.77 a barrel on the Nymex. Crude finished the week up 2.6 percent. Heating oil rose by less than a penny to $1.8528 and gasoline fell by 1.17 cents to settle at $1.7680 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost 19.3 cents to settle at $4.77 per 1,000 cubic feet. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewr ... (431 words) [Show/Hide 8 Additional Articles] | Project | 8 Articles |
| transalta announces mailing of notice of variation and extension increasing ... - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) ... by operating a highly contracted portfolio of assets in Canada, the United States, and Australia. TransAlta's focus is to efficiently operate its diversified fleet of geo-thermal, wind, hydro, natural gas and coal-fired facilities in order to provide its customers with a reliable, low-cost source of power. For nearly 100 years, TransAlta has been a responsible operator and a proud contribut ... (868 words) [Show/Hide 7 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 7 Articles |
| Citigroup to offload Phibro, Hall to Occidental - Forexyard ... a trader in oil and gas, has assets of cash, marketable securities and readily salable commodity positions, Occidental said. It will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. Citigroup shares were down 2 cents, or 0.4 percent, at $4.63 in morning trade, while Occidental was up 71 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $80.80 ... (543 words) [Show/Hide 6 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 6 Articles |
| Oil-Dri Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2009 Results - Market Wire (press release) ... margin products may help offset some of the Wal-Mart unit volume and net sales declines we expect to see in the current fiscal year. We also hope to benefit from lower fuel costs as we begin new natural gas contracts in the first quarter." The Company will offer a live webcast of the fourth quarter earnings teleconference on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., Chicago Tim ... (1746 words) [Show/Hide 6 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 6 Articles |
| Blue Marble Energy and Bionavitas Announce Partnership to Produce Industrial ... - Greentech Media ... for numerous commercial applications. About Blue Marble Energy Blue Marble Energy is a Seattle-based company utilizing unique bacterial consortia to produce specialty biochemicals and renewable natural gas. BME's mission is to produce drop-in replacements to petrochemicals which are safe, carbon-neutral, and fully sustainable. BME's proprietary AGATE(TM) (Acid, Gas, and Ammonia Targeted Extr ... (543 words) [Show/Hide 6 Additional Articles] | 6 Articles | |
| Shell, Unilever and 3i rise, but FTSE 100 stays flat as commodities slip - Proactive Investors Australia ... stopping a few cents short of US$72/barrel. Royal Dutch Shell (LSE: RDSB) outperformed the sector today, gaining 1.5% after announcing plans to build a 480 metre vessel, which will host a liquefied natural gas plant and float over offshore fields. Fellow supermajor BP (LSE: BP) declined marginally. Tullow Oil (LSE: TLW) was the leading decliner among the blue chip oil and gas companies, sheddin ... (2065 words) [Show/Hide 6 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 6 Articles |
| Canadian companies cautious about recovery, Outlook survey shows - Financial Post ... investment spending, while western Canada which was the economic engine for most of this decade suggested reductions in capital spending. The mood in western Canada is likely driven by record low natural gas prices hit weeks earlier. Companies are also expecting the cost of inputs needed to produce goods will grow at faster pace over the next 12 months. Similarly, roughly 37% indicated the pr ... (525 words) [Show/Hide 5 Additional Articles] | 5 Articles | |
| CBI begins probing allegations against oil regulator - SINDH TODAY ... conduct of Sibal and said it would file a criminal case against him for defamation. Sibal came under spotlight after RNRL accused him of hiking a capital expenditure towards the exploitation of natural gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin. Sibal has denied wrongdoing on his part or that he accepted any undue favour as alleged now by the Anil Ambani Group, such as a stay for his daughters at ... (262 words) [Show/Hide 5 Additional Articles] | 5 Articles | |
| Lower natural gas prices to reduce consumers' monthly bills - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ... Lower natural gas prices soon will reduce consumers' monthly bills, and some will get a significant refund. Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania customers will reap the biggest gain. On Thursday, the state Public Utility Commission approved a special $77.8 million refund to Columbia's 413,000 customers, which means a one-time credit of about $170 on residential bills in November. Residential customers ... (472 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | 2 Articles 3 Tweets | |
| Atlanta Gas Light and News/Talk 750 WSB to Honor Atlanta Community Food Bank ... - Earthtimes (press release) ... that is now used throughout the United States. We congratulate him and the Atlanta Community Food Bank as they embark on their next 30 years." Shining Light awards, which are eternally burning natural gas lamps, adorn many areas of Atlanta. Each historic gaslight is installed in a location that is meaningful to the recipient. Bolling's award will be unveiled on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at a p ... (956 words) [Show/Hide 5 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 5 Articles |
| Synthesis Energy Systems to Present at ROTH China Conference - StreetInsider.com (subscription) ... utilize its proprietary U-GAS fluidized bed gasification technology to convert low rank coal and coal wastes into higher value energy and chemical products, such as transportation fuel, substitute natural gas, fuel gas, methanol and ammonia. The U-GAS technology, which SES licenses from the Gas Technology Institute, gasifies coal without many of the harmful emissions normally associated with co ... (299 words) [Show/Hide 5 Additional Articles] | Project | 5 Articles |
| Natural Gas: The Russians Are Coming! - Forbes.com ... HOUSTON -- The new trading desk in North America for Gazprom, the largest producer of natural gas in the world, sits halfway up the 56-story Bank of America tower in the heart of the America's energy capital. The office, which started trading contracts last week for the first time, is quiet. That won't last. Our target for volume growth is pretty strong, says John Hattenberger, president of Ga ... (123 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | 2 Articles 3 Tweets | |
| Citigroup selling Phibro to Occidental - Reuters ... He took home $60.5 million in 2008 and $77.6 million in 2007. Irani is also Occidental's largest individual shareholder. Phibro will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. (Reporting by Paritosh Bansal; editing by John Wallace) ... (311 words) [Show/Hide 5 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 5 Articles |
| Ill. farmers squeezed by production costs - Chicago Tribune ... have additional costs to dry their grain, expected to come in from the fields with 30 percent moisture, twice the threshold for it to be stored. Potential savings from the expected lower prices of natural gas used in the drying could be offset by the longer time it'll take to do the job. Whipple said anhydrous ammonia used as fertilizer in this year's crop cost him about $1,200, three times wha ... (640 words) [Show/Hide 5 Additional Articles] | Project | 5 Articles |
| Constellation Energy-EDF Nuclear Joint Venture Receives US Nuclear Regulatory ... - Business Wire (press release) ... between the companies. About Constellation Energy Constellation Energy ( www.constellation.com ) is a leading supplier of energy products and services to wholesale and retail electric and natural gas customers. It owns a diversified fleet of generating units located throughout the United States, totaling approximately 9,100 megawatts of generating capacity, and is among the leaders pur ... (723 words) [Show/Hide 5 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 5 Articles |
| Green trend turns animal poop into money-making 'Zoop' - KIVI-TV ... Municipalities are examining other approaches to treating animal waste as well. There's a hope that the methane gas emitted by heated pet feces can be harnessed for its energy as electricity, natural gas and even fuel, instead of leaching into the atmosphere where it may contribute to global warming. The city of San Francisco has considered harnessing canine refuse for energy, but has dro ... (980 words) [Show/Hide 5 Additional Articles] | Project | 5 Articles |
| First parcel of Mangala crude reaches Mangalore Refinery - Thaindian.com ... fields to Kandla port in Gujarat, where it was loaded on a leased Ukranian tanker and sent to the New Mangalore Port in Karnataka. According to the company statement, MRPL, a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, will start processing the crude immediately. The refinery is likely to get two lakh tonnes of crude oil from Mangala in 2009, which will double to four lakh tonnes next year. "Wit ... (299 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | Project | 4 Articles |
| Oil prices nearly flat as dollar strengthens (AP) ... and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 per barrel to continue exploring for more oil. With U.S. prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few Americans are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. In other Nymex trading, heating oil slipped by less than a penny to $1.84 and gasoline fell by a cent to $1.77 a gall ... (414 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 4 Articles |
| Force Energy Corp.-Clarification and Retraction of Prior Press Release ... - Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung) ... and Development Company based in Denver, CO with a focus on Wyoming. Using a geology-based methodology, the US Geological Survey estimate a mean of 2.4 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas and a mean of 41 million barrels of undiscovered oil in the Wind River Basin Province of Wyoming. Force Energy Corp. has acquired 75% working interest in the Diamond Springs Prospect locat ... (862 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 4 Articles |
| American Oil & Gas Announces Participation Agreement for Fetter Field Re ... - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) ... -- 10/09/09 -- American Oil & Gas, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AEZ) has entered into a participation agreement with an industry recognized provider of products and services to the international oil and natural gas industry. The agreement covers a re-completion program into the Niobrara formation at American's 53,000 gross acre Fetter field project, located in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Unde ... (779 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 4 Articles |
| Auto sector shows slight gain in Q2 as Ont. GDP falls 1.0 per cent - CanadianBusiness.com ... credits higher consumer and government spending in the second quarter with offsetting some of the declines. Consumer spending increased by 0.5 per cent, with car sales, clothing, shoes, food and natural gas all showing gains. Ontario's trade surplus dropped as exports fell 3.1 per cent while imports remained flat. ... (181 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | 4 Articles | |
| InterOil Corporation Antelope-2 Well Drilling Report No. 2 October 9, 2009 - StreetInsider.com (subscription) ... 2008 on Form 40-F and its Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2008. In particular, there is no guarantee that the Antelope-2 well will be successful, no established market for natural gas in Papua New Guinea and no guarantee that gas from the Elk/Antelope field will ultimately be able to be extracted and sold commercially. Investors are urged to consider closely the discl ... (566 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 4 Articles |
| Citigroup to offload Phibro, Hall to Occidental - Forexyard ... $450 million in 2006. Irani is the largest individual shareholder in Occidental, Phibro, primarily a trader in oil and gas, will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. "It's a great move for Occidental Petroleum because they're getting a proven team," said David Tendler, who was co-CEO of Phibro when Hall ... (906 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 4 Articles |
| NorthWestern to Host Third Quarter 2009 Financial Results Conference Call - SunHerald.com (press release) ... at noon ET on October 29, 2009, through November 29, 2009, at 800-475-6701, access code 118865. About NorthWestern EnergyNorthWestern Energy is one of the largest providers of electricity and natural gas in the Upper Midwest and Northwest, serving approximately 656,000 customers in Montana, South Dakota and Nebraska. More information on NorthWestern Energy is available on the Company's Web ... (154 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | 4 Articles | |
| AJM Petroleum Consultants Welcomes Phil Chan as New VP, Advisory Services - Earthtimes (press release) ... methane, bitumen and heavy oil. With a staff of more than 55 engineers, geologists and technicians, AJM consults for clients including active oil and gas exploration and production companies, natural gas transmission companies, regulatory bodies, financial houses, banks and investment analysts in Western Canada, North America and around the world. For more information, visit www.ajmpetrole ... (361 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | 4 Articles | |
| AP, News Corp bosses tell search engines to pay up ... accident China pledges to protect foreign media North Korea considers return to nuclear talks Traditions fade as China settles nomads in towns Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid Audio Slideshow Panorama of Tiananmen Square Remembering Tiananmen BEIJING (AP) -- The leaders of two of the world's major news organizations said Friday that it ... (1075 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | Documentaries/Movies Legislation | 4 Articles |
| 17:34 (ECO) FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES - Anadolu Ajans ... Iran, Turkmenistan and Qatar. We discussed developments regarding construction of nuclear power plants," Yildiz said. Poneman said the parties talked strategical energy matters including oil, natural gas, renewable energy, as well as nuclear energy. Asked if the United States felt uneasy after a Russian company won the tender of the power plant, Poneman said Turkey was a party of Agreement ... (1129 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 4 Articles |
| Oil falls to near US$71 in afternoon European trading as US dollar rebounds - Metro Canada - Toronto ... unemployment rate rose to 9.8 per cent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil slipped by less than a penny to $1.84 and gasoline by over a cent to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost mre than 7 cents to fetch $4.89 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 43 cents to $69.34 on the ICE Futures exchange. The Toronto housing market ma ... (656 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | 4 Articles | |
| Fitch Affirms CenterPoint Energy & Subsidiaries; Upgrades CEHE - Business Wire (press release) ... a conservative management strategy that limits exposure to commodity price movements. Approximately 81% of the consolidated operating income is generated by regulated electric and gas utilities and natural gas pipeline operations. Though this percentage is expected to decline to roughly 70% by 2013, most of the increase in the non-regulated operating income is accounted by contractual, fee-based ... (1174 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 4 Articles |
| Citigroup dumps Phibro, avoids showdown with US - Daily Mail - Charleston ... Petroleum Corp. means a bit less government scrutiny, it also means the bank is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in annual income. Phibro, which makes most of its money through oil and natural gas trades, earned an average $371 million annually during the past five years. Citigroup sold it for about $250 million, meaning that Occidental could recoup its investment in less than a yea ... (1229 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | 4 Articles | |
| Douglas J. Brown Joins Exelon As Chief Investment Officer - istockAnalyst.com (press release) ... a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois and southeastern Pennsylvania and natural gas to 485,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC. A service of YellowBrix, Inc. ... (346 words) [Show/Hide 4 Additional Articles] | 4 Articles | |
| Graham and Dodd Modern Approach Strategist Names His Current Favorite Stocks (Wall Street Transcript) ... which partly compensated for the capital loss. The dividend has been cut, so it's now in the high single digits rather than in mid-teens. That I believe to be temporary because of the collapse in natural gas prices, but Enerplus is something I am still holding and waiting for a rebound. There used to be a 10:1 ratio relationship between the price of natural gas and the price of oil. That's to ... (1313 words) [Show/Hide 3 Additional Articles] | 3 Articles | |
| Golden Aria Corp. Announces Appointment of Chief Technology Officer - StreetInsider.com (subscription) ... transactions including any alternative energy initiatives. Such forward-looking statements also include estimated cash flows, revenue and current and/or future rates of production of oil and natural gas, which can and will fluctuate for a variety of reasons; oil and gas reserve quantities produced by third parties; and intentions to participate in future exploration drilling. Adverse weat ... (933 words) [Show/Hide 3 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 3 Articles |
| Deeds radio interview yields no specifics on roads - Washington Examiner ... state-owned liquor stores, even though assets of the Alcoholic Beverage Control department amount to only a small fraction of that. He noted that McDonnell calls for royalties from offshore oil and natural gas drilling and imposing new tolls on the northbound lanes of Interstates 85 and 95 at the North Carolina line, both steps now forbidden under federal law. And he accused McDonnell again of w ... (736 words) [Show/Hide 3 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 3 Articles |
| Natural gas, how NFL players are paid ... One natural resource the United States has a lot of is natural gas. So why not just start using it in place of oil, to reduce the nation's dependence on imported energy? Curiosity about the potential of natural gas to become America's fuel of choice inspired one of the questions in this edition of "Ask AP," a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers' questions about the news. If ... (748 words) [Show/Hide 3 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 3 Articles |
| Tanzania says natural gas demand surpasses supply - Reuters Ghana ... By George Obulutsa DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has saved more than $1.88 billion by using natural gas to produce electricity and run some industries, but needs to expand its infrastructure to meet demand, a senior official said on Friday. Tanzania has made natural gas discoveries in four locations. Two of them -- Songo Songo off its eastern coast and Mnazi Bay in southeast Tanzania -- a ... (275 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles 2 Tweets |
| Force Energy Corp.-Clarification and Retraction of Prior Press Release ... - Benzinga ... and Development Company based in Denver, CO with a focus on Wyoming. Using a geology-based methodology, the US Geological Survey estimate a mean of 2.4 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas and a mean of 41 million barrels of undiscovered oil in the Wind River Basin Province of Wyoming. Force Energy Corp. has acquired 75% working interest in the Diamond Springs Prospect locat ... (777 words) [Show/Hide 3 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 3 Articles |
| Southern Star Announces Expansion of Firm Storage Service and Firm ... - Earthtimes (press release) ... customer services. Today's news is something we intend to continue to build on." About Southern Star Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., headquartered in Owensboro, Kentucky, is an interstate natural gas transmission system spanning over 6,000 miles in the Midwest and Mid-continent regions of the United States. Southern Star's pipeline facilities are located throughout Kansas, Oklahoma, Ne ... (511 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 2 Articles |
| Mexican gov't orders state oil firm to suspend onshore exploration _English_Xinhua ... issue with the company by the end of the year. The National Hydrocarbons Commission, created as part of an overhaul of Mexico's energy laws, sets technical standards for the country's crude oil and natural gas fields. But Pemex said that the project was too important to be abandoned because of the previous large investment. In order to halt the project and plan a proper one, at least eight contr ... (181 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 2 Articles |
| Fitch: Phibro Acquisition May Create Additional Risk for OXY's Credit Quality - Earthtimes (press release) ... consistent with its goal of maintaining full exposure to commodity markets. At June 30, 2009, total hedges accounted for approximately 3% of total oil production and a slightly higher percentage of natural gas production. The company also executes hedges to lock in margins in its midstream segment. At the end of the second quarter, related to its hedging program, OXY recorded a net derivative li ... (636 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Project | 2 Articles |
| UK joins European drive to make energy from waste - Forexyard ... same for industrial waste, after Britain introduced more generous support in April. And new incentives from 2011 to produce renewable heat are adding to a gradual push to replace the fossil fuel natural gas. "It's a technology which is about to see its day," said National Grid's Mark Fairbairn, who anticipated biogas could supply nearly half Britain's heating needs by 2050, as a green altern ... (583 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 2 Articles |
| Citigroup dumps Phibro, avoids showdown with US - istockAnalyst.com (press release) ... it also means the bank is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in annual income that could help repay $49 billion in bailout money. Phibro, which makes most of its money through oil and natural gas trades, earned an average $371 million annually during the past five years. Citigroup sold it for about $250 million, which means Occidental could recoup its investment in less than a year ... (425 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | 2 Articles | |
| Greens urge more protection for Utah lands ... parcels were in the vicinity of national parks and other scenic "red rock" areas as well as in important wildlife habitat and areas the agency determined were not very promising sources of oil and natural gas. The environmental community said the report confirmed that the leases were offered for political purposes and had given the Interior Department and the Bureau of Land Management a new op ... (203 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | 2 Articles | |
| Source: Blago to appear on Trump reality TV show ... star returning to NY hometown for event Fat city: W.Va. town braces for TV show depiction Springfield to bare backside on `Californication' Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid Multimedia Game: Guess the celebrity baby photo payday LATEST NEWS Source: Blago to appear on Trump reality TV show Hartnett and fellow Asian heartthrobs charm Pu ... (579 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Activism Documentaries/Movies Legislation | 2 Articles |
| Gas From Shale Seen as Raising Global Supplies - New York Times ... Statoil employees tested shale samples for mineral content at Chesapeake Energy in Oklahoma. Engineers and geologists are learning how to extract natural gas from layers of shale, a sediment. Italian and Norwegian oil engineers and geologists have arrived in Texas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania to learn how to extract gas from layers of a black rock called shale. Companies are leasing hug ... (979 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Project | 2 Articles |
| New Date to be Set for Publication of 2010 Weights for Dow Jones-UBS Commodity ... - Benzinga ... of the 2006 Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook by the United Nations. The 2006 Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook is used to determine the commodity production weights for Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Lean Hogs and Live Cattle. The Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index Supervisory Committee will continue to monitor the status of the United Nations yearbook and will consider alternative sources ... (550 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Project | 2 Articles |
| ADAG firm blinks; agrees to pay mkt margin to RIL - Economic Times ... paying marketing margin to Reliance Industries, Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Infrastructure has agreed to pay the levy, although under protest, and has asked the Mukesh Ambani firm to resume natural gas supplies to its power plant. ( Watch ) R-Infra on October 7 wrote to RIL saying it was instructing its "bank to effect full payment of the invoice (raised by RIL for supply of KG-D6 fiel ... (522 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Project | 2 Articles |
| Replacement of 10 nos passenger lift at ONGC - Sivasagar, Assam, India - Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Limited - Free tenders for Lift from India ... Replacement of 10 nos passenger lift at ONGC - Sivasagar, Assam, India - Oil And Natural Gas Corporation Limited - Free tenders for Lift from India [ENDLINK] Construction of Administrative Block at High Court, (SH:- Providing & Installation of 4 Nos. 13 Passenger Lifts). Company Name: Public Works Department Project Location: Delhi Due Date: 15-Oct-09 Products: Building, Elevator Compan ... (267 words) | Project | 2 Tweets |
| Bill Bolling wins Shining Light Award - Bizjournals.com ... to his association with the Atlanta Community Food Bank, he served as director of community ministries for St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Atlanta. Shining Light awards, which are eternally burning natural gas lamps, adorn many areas of Atlanta. Each historic gaslight is installed in a location that is meaningful to the recipient. Bolling's award will be unveiled on Nov. 16, 2009, at a public ev ... (407 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 2 Articles |
| New materials could overcome fuel cell contamination - EETimes.com ... PORTLAND, Ore. Solid-oxide fuel cells offer high efficiency--80 percent compared to 50 percent for hydrogen fuel cells--and can utilize a wider variety of fuels, including hydrogen, natural gas or propane. But they also are easily contaminated by sulfur and carbon build-up on anodes that reduce these advantages. A new kind of electrode material could overcome contamination problems using an auto ... (411 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | 2 Articles | |
| Letting the sunshine in: Solar-hydrogen house in Florida combines new, old - Journal Times ... may follow. "It's more efficient to combust hydrogen," Kramer said. It also burns cleanly, emitting only water vapor and heat. The problem is conventional appliances are designed for heavier natural gas and propane. They must be modified to safely burn hydrogen. In a joint effort with the Viking Range Corp., Florida State researchers are transforming the house's kitchen stove. One step w ... (1101 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Project | 2 Articles |
| The Violent Twilight of Oil By Peter Maass - Washington Post ... catalogue of the underside of the international oil industry. "Though oil provides fuel for our cars and warmth for our homes, it undermines most countries that possess it and, along with natural gas and coal, poisons the climate," Maass writes. There are few revelations in this book. From the muckraking Ida Tarbell a century ago to the late British journalist Anthony Sampson in "The ... (526 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 2 Articles |
| Stocks edge higher, add to week's big gains ... sees 3Q earns up significantly from 2Q Forecast: California home sales to slow in 2010 National retail group offers weak holiday forecast Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid Interactives Auto industry problems trickle down, punish Tennessee county Women give old Derby hats a makeover in tough economy S.C. town deals with highest unemp ... (1228 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 2 Articles |
| France to return Egyptian art after Louvre row ... cut move Egyptian lawmakers want to ban fake hymen Mubarak urges Israel to resume peace talks Egypt UNESCO loss stirs debate on ties with Israel Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid Interactive Surviving Normandy E. Dehillerin Truffles Draw Crowds, High Prices Transportation Workers Strike in France Sarkozy, Wife Divorce Sarkozy's Inauguratio ... (764 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 2 Articles |
| China leads world stock advance as dollar rallies ... | Reuse Options Oct 9, 8:17 AM EDT European markets subdued after week long advance By PAN PYLAS AP Business Writer AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid Interactives Auto industry problems trickle down, punish Tennessee county Women give old Derby hats a makeover in tough economy S.C. town deals with highest unemp ... (1008 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 2 Articles |
| Oil Giant Shell To Build World's Biggest Ship - Original Bristol 106.5FM ... Business News Oil Giant Shell To Build World's Biggest Ship Friday, October 9th 2009 13:42 The 480m mega-tanker will house a liquefied natural gas plant so it can process gas as it floats over offshore fields. Known as the Prelude FLNG Project, the 75m-wide vessel will be able to "withstand a one-in-10,000-year tropical storm", according to Shell. It will displace 600,000 tonnes and carry 50, ... (198 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Project | 2 Articles |
| Ken Salazar Moves To Block Natural Gas Drilling Near Canyonlands, Arches Parks ... - Huffington Post (blog) ... On Thursday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar moved to freeze natural gas and oil exploration on 60 parcels of Federal land near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks in Utah. The land had been auctioned off by the Bureau of Land Management for exploration during the final weeks of the administration. Exploration will be banned at 8 sites, and frozen at the remaining 52 pending further study. In d ... (355 words) | 2 Tweets | |
| Fitch Rates Oklahoma Development Finance Authority's $8.2MM Lease Revs 'AA ... - Business Wire (press release) ... gain projected for sales tax collections. Gas production taxes are projected to drop 29% with oil production tax revenues forecasted at zero. The state's economy is diversifying, although oil and natural gas production and military installations remain important. Oklahoma continued to grow while the nation as a whole entered the recession, but the state began to contract as well in 2009. Augus ... (728 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Project | 2 Articles |
| Canadian companies cautious, Outlook survey shows - CBC.ca ... investment spending, while western Canada which was the economic engine for most of this decade suggested reductions in capital spending. The mood in western Canada is likely driven by record low natural gas prices hit weeks earlier. After four months of negative readings, the balance of opinion among companies is that it their expectation that prices will increase. Over the next 12 months, 3 ... (552 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | 2 Articles | |
| Pa. lawmakers optimistic they'll get budget Friday - Pocono Record ... said Paul Parsells, the chief of staff for McCall. Republicans were trying to ease the concerns of House Democrats worried that an effort to raise money by leasing more state forest land to natural gas exploration companies would inflict lasting environmental harm. On Wednesday, House Democrats dropped their opposition to an additional $12 million in grants for hospitals, anti-violence p ... (457 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 2 Articles |
| UPDATE 1-Citigroup selling Phibro to Occidental ... He took home $60.5 million in 2008 and $77.6 million in 2007. Irani is also Occidental's largest individual shareholder. Phibro will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. (Reporting by Paritosh Bansal; editing by John Wallace) (For more M&A news and our DealZone blog, go to www.reuters.com/deals) ... (355 words) [Show/Hide 2 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 2 Articles |
| BP sees possibility of 100 more years of natural gas - Houston Chronicle ... resources," Hayward said in a Buenos Aires speech posted on the London-based company's Web site. "Estimates vary, but the U.S. may now be sitting on between 50 and 100 years worth of recoverable natural gas." BP forecasts that there is potential to find tight and shale gas resources in North Africa, the Middle East, Europe, China and in the southern areas of Latin America. There are potential ... (226 words) | 2 Tweets | |
| Winter relief in the form of lower gas bills - New Albany Tribune ... unenviable sleet, snow and ice that also comes along with the winter months. For the first time since 2001 many residents will see a reduction in their heating bills as a result of lower prices for natural gas. "[Vectren Energy Delivery of Indiana an Evansville based company] announced that assuming normal winter weather, customers could see bills that are 25 to 30 percent lower than the previo ... (657 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| Samson Oil & Gas Limited Rights Issue (Business Wire) ... for the drilling of this well are being finalized and the spud is expected late November or during December. About Samson Our principal business is the exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in the United States, primarily focused on the RockyMountain region.Samson's ordinary shares are traded on the Australian Securities Exchange under the symbol "SSN". Samson's Am ... (527 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| Citigroup to offload Phibro, Hall to Occidental - International Business Times ... $450 million in 2006. Irani is the largest individual shareholder in Occidental, Phibro, primarily a trader in oil and gas, will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. "It's a great move for Occidental Petroleum because they're getting a proven team," said David Tendler, who was co-CEO of Phibro when Hall ... (607 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Betting Big on a Boom in Natural Gas - BusinessWeek ... smokestack laws. First he considered the easy solution: installing pollution scrubbers on the utility's old coal-fired plant in Sutton, N.C., at a cost of $330 million. Then his attention turned to natural gas, the price of which had plunged by two-thirds in the previous year. Sure, the recession accounted for some of the slide. But reports were also circulating of massive discoveries of natural ... (604 words) | Legislation Project | 1 Tweets |
| Ken Salazar Moves To Block Natural Gas Drilling Near Canyonlands, Arches Parks ... - AlterNet ... Ken Salazar Moves To Block Natural Gas Drilling Near Canyonlands, Arches Parks In Utah By The Huffington Post News Team, Huffington Post On Thursday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar moved to freeze natural gas and oil exploration on 60 parcels of Federal land near Canyonlands and Arches National Parks in Utah. The land had been auctioned off by the Bureau of Land Management for exploration d ... (202 words) | 1 Tweets | |
| AJM Petroleum Consultants Welcomes Phil Chan as New VP, Advisory Services New ... - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) ... : , bitumen : and heavy oil. With a staff of more than 55 engineers, geologists and technicians, AJM consults for clients including active oil and gas exploration and production companies, natural gas transmission companies, regulatory bodies, financial houses, banks and investment analysts in Western Canada, North America and around the world. For more information, visit www.ajmpetrole ... (428 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains ... rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil rose 1.79 cents to $1.83 a gallon. Gasoline for November delivery gained 1.43 cents to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery was steady at $4.96 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 56 cents to $69.21 on the ICE Futures exchange. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All righ ... (2235 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| College names dining lab for Piedmont Natural Gas | Philanthropy Journal ... October 9, 2009 Central Piedmont Community College named dining lab in new Culinary Arts Building, the Piedmont Natural Gas Dining Room, recognizing gift from Piedmont Natural Gas Foundation to provide scholarship support for culinary students and funding for new culinary equipment. ... (40 words) | 1 Tweets | |
| Australian Min Wants To Speed Global Use Of Carbon Capture ... storage technologies, and the lowering of emissions from traditional fossil fuels," he said. Australia is the world's biggest supplier of seaborne coal, a major producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas, and one of the world's top three uranium suppliers. The minister was commenting before traveling Saturday to the Middle East and later to Europe for a series of energy-related meetings a ... (357 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| NAL Oil & Gas Trust Announces October Distribution - Benzinga ... Upstream Conventional Oil and Gas Industry. The Trust generates monthly cash distributions for its Unitholders by pursuing a strategy of acquiring, developing, producing and selling crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids from pools in southeastern Saskatchewan, central Alberta, northeastern British Columbia and Lake Erie, Ontario. Trust units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange unde ... (161 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Lower natural gas prices to reduce consumers’ monthly bills « NEWS FEED ... NEWS FEED top world news « New Data Point to Trade Hopes A Rocky Road to Economic Recovery » Lower natural gas prices to reduce consumers' monthly bills Less natural gas usage by the nation's residential, commercial and industrial sectors, combined with large amounts of gas in storage, led to lower rates. Tags: Print edition front-page stories This entry was posted on Friday, October ... (115 words) | 1 Tweets | |
| On-the-Record Briefing International Energy Affairs - US Department of State ... and you’re going to be dependent on gas for electricity, where are you going to get your gas? Are you going to get it from one country, through one pipeline, or should you look at liquefied natural gas as a way to access the global market? And that’s where I think we need to look around and see who is vulnerable, and are there strategies that are useful to other countries to make t ... (5098 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Citi to sell Phibro to Occidental, price seen low - Forbes ... play a high-stakes poker game. There is a new cop on the beat here," Gheit said. Phibro, primarily a trader in oil and gas, will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. "It's a great move for Occidental Petroleum because they're getting a proven team," said David Tendler, who was co-CEO of Phibro in the 19 ... (938 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| MI winter home heating costs expected to be lower - Chicago Tribune ... LANSING, Mich. - Home heating costs this winter are expected to be lower than last year for many Michigan households because of a drop in natural gas prices and the probability of a warmer winter. The Michigan Public Service Commission issued its winter energy appraisal Friday. It says residential natural gas prices are expected to average 12 percent to 16 percent lower than last year, although s ... (142 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Oil prices nearly flat as dollar strengthens - Rome News Tribune ... and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 per barrel to continue exploring for more oil. With prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. Prices at the gas pump edged up 0.3 cents overnight to $2.471 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and ... (415 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Sewer district board oks $2.8 million cost overrun - St. Louis Post-Dispatch ... station stopped taking orders because of changes in federal regulations, Hoelscher said. Instead, the district will modify a slightly larger pump, change the pump location and provide a new pad and natural gas meter for it. Trustees tentatively agreed to spend $3,339,000 for the installation of wetlands to offset those lost by an expansion of the Missouri River treatment plant. Mitco LLC of Sali ... (790 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| AJM Petroleum Consultants Welcomes Phil Chan as New VP, Advisory Services - Trading Markets (press release) ... methane, bitumen and heavy oil. With a staff of more than 55 engineers, geologists and technicians, AJM consults for clients including active oil and gas exploration and production companies, natural gas transmission companies, regulatory bodies, financial houses, banks and investment analysts in Western Canada, North America and around the world. For more information, visit www.ajmpetrole ... (1426 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Chevron's Positive Upstream Update (Zacks.com) ... profitability. Upstream The best part of the update pertained to upstream volumes, highlighting Chevron’s attractive growth profile among the super-majors. The company reported that oil and natural gas production average 2.687 million oil-equivalent barrels per day – better than estimates and nearly 10% above the third-quarter 2008 level. Compared to the second quarter of 2009, pro ... (393 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Russia Facing Resistance With Allies On CIS's Southern Flank - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty ... in Russian-led security organizations, and by passing a customs law that promises to heavily tax Russian companies involved in production-sharing agreements that deal with the export of Uzbek natural gas. Tajikistan wants Russia to pay rent on military bases Kremlin forces have used since the closing days of World War II and recent incidents involving some of those Russian troops have ange ... (1403 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Rep. Giffords' Solar Roadmap Bill Passes Science and Technology Committee - RenewableEnergyWorld.com ... The poll also showed that if they had to choose one energy source to financially support if they were President, 43% of Americans would opt for solar over other sources such as wind (17%), natural gas (12%) and nuclear (10%). "With controversial debates happening all over America, this isn’t one of them," said Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Associat ... (729 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Saskatchewan land sales rebound - StarPhoenix ... Scott Land and Lease, which represented more than half of the bidders in the Oct. 5 auction, said companies are slowly returning to bid for oil leases but there's little sign of a turnaround on the natural gas side. "I thought it was encouraging to see some more postings and some decent bids in the Lloyd area and really down into the Kindersley area as well," he said, crediting improving econom ... (382 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Understated Energy Plays - Investopedia ... Resources and its partner have drilled 20 wells to test the Huron. Granite Wash The Granite Wash is in Texas and Oklahoma, and these areas are known for being oil oriented with a high content of natural gas liquids. Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) has 100,000 acres exposed to various wash plays, and has drilled several wells with initial production rates as high as 13.5 million cubic feet equiva ... (419 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Oil prices edge lower as dollar strengthens - National Business - MiamiHerald.com ... of Ritterbusch and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 to continue exploring for more oil. With prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. Prices at the pump edged up 0.3 cents overnight to $2.471 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and Oi ... (571 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Provident Announces October Cash Distribution and 2009 Third Quarter Results ... - Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung) ... 2009 Third Quarter Results Release Date Marketwire 2009 09.10.2009 20:22:01 (live-PR.com) - CALGARY, ALBERTA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/09/09 -- All values are in Canadian dollars and conversions of natural gas volumes to barrels of oil equivalent (boe) are at 6:1 unless otherwise indicated. Provident Energy Trust (Provident) (TSX: PVE.UN) (NYSE: PVX) today announced that its October cash distri ... (674 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Citigroup to offload Phibro, Hall to Occidental - Forbes ... shareholder in Occidental, an oil and gas exploration and production company. Phibro, primarily a trader in oil and gas, will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. 'It's a great move for Occidental Petroleum because they're getting a proven team,' said David Tendler, who was co-CEO of Phibro when Hal ... (915 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Pembina Announces October 2009 Distribution - Trading Markets (press release) ... of agreements in accordance with their terms; the impact of competitive entities and pricing; reliance on key industry partners, alliances and agreements; the strength and operations of the oil and natural gas production industry and related commodity prices; the continuation or completion of third party projects; regulatory environment and inability to obtain required regulatory approvals; tax ... (904 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Stalemate ends: Rendell will sign budget - Lancaster Newspapers ... and franchise tax and sales of cigarettes and little cigars. The plan also relies on legalizing and taxing table games at the state's slot-machine casinos and leasing more state forest land to natural gas exploration companies. However, the House and Senate remain divided on aspects of the table games legislation, and negotiations on it were expected to continue into next week. On the way ... (488 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| 1,500 industrial units closed in NWFP: SCCI ... the unemployment rate was increasing in the province as more than 20,000 people lost their jobs due to closure of several industries owing to rising power tariff and long duration electricity and natural gas load-shedding. They asked the provincial government to hold negotiations with the federal government for declaring the NWFP a war-affected province and exempting it from load-shedding. ... (151 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| YouTube - Why should I care about compressed natural gas? ... You keep hearing about natural gas and CNG, but what what is it really? And why should you care about using CNG instead of gasoline or diesel fuel for transportation in America today? In the first ... You keep hearing about natural gas and CNG, but what what is it really? And why should you care about using CNG instead of gasoline or diesel fuel for transportation in America today? In the first ... (96 words) | 1 Tweets | |
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains - eTaiwan News ... rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil rose 1.79 cents to $1.83 a gallon. Gasoline for November delivery gained 1.43 cents to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery was steady at $4.96 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 56 cents to $69.21 on the ICE Futures exchange. We welcome your comments on this and other sto ... (300 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| 10 Green Energy Gambles: A Q3 Update - Seeking Alpha (blog) ... a Proper Mechanism Sign up for Seeking Alpha RSS Feeds Related Themes: Alternative Energy (27 in last week) Coal (3 in last week) Ethanol (2 in last week) Exploration & Production (15 in last week) Natural Gas (22 in last week) More by Tom Konrad Dyadic: A Stock to Avoid Oct 06, 2009 • DYAI.PK New Flyer Industries: Liquidity Issues Not Expected but Possible Oct 05, 2009 • NFYIF.PK 10 G ... (1492 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Natural Gas Limited Partnerships Pay Hefty Cash Distributions ... Natural Gas Limited Partnerships Pay Hefty Cash Distributions If you are looking for a large dividends, consider owning limited partnerships of natural gas and petroleum products distribution companies that own and operate pipelines and storage facilities in the United States. Many of these stocks are volatile so be sure to check their price charts before you buy them. Also, tax preparation for ... (195 words) | Project | 1 Tweets |
| Sensex trades flat; Tata Steel surges - Myiris.com ... Auto lost 0.35%. Major gainers in the 30-share index were Tata Steel (4.91%), Jaiprakash Associates (4.43%), Reliance Infrastructure (4.09%), Reliance Capital (3.15%), DLF (3.05%), and Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (2.51%). On the other hand, Bharti Airtel (3.61%), Reliance Communications (3.57%), Tata Consultancy Services (3.11%), Sun Pharmaceutical Industries (2.71%), Wipro (2.39%), a ... (285 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| YouTube - What's under the hood of a natural gas vehicle? ... Natural gas vehicles have horsepower, acceleration and carrying capacity similar to that of their diesel and gasoline counterparts, but there are big differences as well. In part four of our CNG No... Natural gas vehicles have horsepower, acceleration and carrying capacity similar to that of their diesel and gasoline counterparts, but there are big differences as well. In part four of our CNG N ... (102 words) | 1 Tweets | |
| What Could Go Wrong With Shale Plays - Investopedia ... The industry and investment community is all worked up over the various oil and natural gas shale plays in North America, but little attention is given to what could go wrong with these plays. IN PICTURES: 7 Forehead-Slapping Stock Blunders The first issue is that not very much drilling has been done in some of the most promising shale plays. Since there is very little development and product ... (563 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Shell mulls revolutionary floating LNG plant ... oil giant Shell shows what could become the wor...[ENDLINK] [STARTLINK] Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said Friday it was preparing a blueprint for wh...[ENDLINK] [STARTLINK] File photo shows liquified natural gas storage tanks near Karratha in Weste...[ENDLINK] Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said Friday it was preparing a blueprint for what could be the first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) pla ... (438 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| The Evening Sun | Nornew: DEC regs unlock Chenango's potential ... potential By: , Sun Staff Writer Published: October 9th, 2009 NORWICH Last weeks release of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservations draft regulations on permitting natural gas hydrofracking into shale clearly involves our future, said a spokesman for Norse Energy, Inc., the most prominent natural gas developer in Chenango County. We are very encouraged by the D ... (489 words) | Legislation | 1 Tweets |
| Hyundai Heavy likely to win Gorgon deal -report - Reuters UK ... SEOUL, Oct 9 (Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries is the likely winner of a $1 billion gas plant deal from Australia's Gorgon liquefied natural gas project, local news service eDaily reported Friday, citing industry sources. Hyundai ( 009540.KS ), the world's biggest shipbuilder, is competing with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering ( 042660.KS ), Samsung Heavy Industries ( 0 ... (101 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| US natural gas rig count climbs 14 to 726 - Reuters ... NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - The number of rigs drilling for natural gas in the United States climbed by 14 this week to 726, according to a report on Friday by oil services firm Baker Hughes in Houston. The U.S. natural gas drilling rig count has gained in 11 of the last 12 weeks but is still down sharply since peaking above 1,600 in September last year, standing at 822 rigs, or 53 percent, bel ... (174 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| NASA probes hits moon twice; few pictures yet ... tourism yet to fly, 5 years since 1st flight Circus tycoon clowns around aboard space station Canadian circus billionaire heads to space station Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid WASHINGTON (AP) -- Take that, moon! NASA smacked two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. Instruments confirm that a la ... (1045 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Documentaries/Movies Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Business News | Tanzania says natural gas demand surpasses supply ... DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania has saved more than $1.88 billion by using natural gas to produce electricity and run some industries, but needs to expand its infrastructure to meet demand, a senior official said on Friday. Tanzania has made natural gas discoveries in four locations. Two of them -- Songo Songo off its eastern coast and Mnazi Bay in southeast Tanzania -- are in production. So ... (211 words) | Project | 1 Tweets |
| Global demand for contract natGAS 2009-Petronas | Freight News ... Technology Ship building Ship Building News Ship Management Shipping News Transport News Global demand for contract natGAS 2009-Petronas Freight News | October 9, 2009 | View comments Comments World natural gas demand likely fell this year but a new contract with China has allowed Malaysia's liquefied natural gas plants to run at capacity, the chief executive of Malaysia's Petronas [PETRA.UL] sai ... (1289 words) | Project | 1 Tweets |
| Oil Prices Hovers Above $71 as US Dollar Gains - New York Times ... rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil fell 0.85 cents to $1.84 a gallon. Gasoline for November delivery dropped 0.52 cents to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery slid 1.7 cents to $4.95 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 34 cents to $69.43 on the ICE Futures exchange. ... (253 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Oblivious to climate change - National ... carry out studies to see what will happen and what we can do about it, the source said. Qatar, meanwhile, stands to benefit from moves to cleaner energy because it is the worlds biggest producer of natural gas, a cleaner energy source than oil. This should help to mitigate the unenviable fact that the peninsula nation is the worlds number one per capita emitter of carbon dioxide, Qatari delegati ... (884 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Petrobras Surplus 600% Bigger than Last Year's - Brazzil Magazine ... company, which is celebrating the 56th anniversary of its establishment this year. The company's trade balance result is calculated based on exports and imports of oil products, not considering natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and nitrogenated products. The result for the first half of this year was almost 600% greater than in the first half of 2008. On explaining the set of favora ... (585 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Spectra Energy rises on upgrade from Goldman Sachs (at MarketWatch) ... NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Spectra Energy Corp. /quotes/comstock/13*!se /quotes/nls/se ( SE 19.84 , +0.34 , +1.74% ) rose 1.8% to $19.85 after Goldman Sachs upgraded the natural gas transmission and services firm to buy from neutral. Goldman analysts cited Spectra Energy's near-term leverage to potentially higher natural gas liquids prices and its pipeline assets. ... (45 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Shell mulls revolutionary floating LNG plant - AsiaOne ... SYDNEY (AFP) - Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said Friday it was preparing a blueprint for what could be the first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant -- and the world's biggest vessel -- off Australia . If it goes ahead, the move would have significant implications for the industry because it could unlock "stranded" gas reserves previously considered too costly to develop because of their s ... (372 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| EU mergers and takeovers (Oct 9) - Interactive Investor ... Deutsche Bank; energy group BP Plc; Spanish diversified company Ente Vasco De La Energia EVE; and Repsol YPF SA, a Spanish petroleum firm, acquire joint control of Bahia De Bizkaia Gas SL, a liquid natural gas regasification company in Spain, currently jointly controlled by Spain's Iberdrola SA, BP, EVE and Repsol (approved Oct. 9) NEW LISTINGS: -- Volkswagen Financial Services AG, a Volkswagen ... (1220 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Buried Secrets: Gas Drilling’s Environmental Threat - ProPublica ... The push to find clean domestic energy has zeroed the country in on one resource it has plenty of: natural gas. Vast deposits large enough to supply the country for decades have become the focus of a drilling boom stretching across 31 states. But water contamination has also been reported in more than a thousand cases where that drilling is taking place, raising questions about the primary drilli ... (149 words) | Legislation | 1 Tweets |
| Meeting at Garfield County Fairgrounds will highlight 'best practices' for gas ... - Glenwood Springs Post Independent ... at Garfield County Fairgrounds will highlight best practices' for gas drilling The question of how natural gas exploration can be accomplished without doing harm to nearby communities or the environment will be debated at an upcoming meeting in Rifle. Representatives from oil and gas companies, environmental advocacy groups, local governments and community organizations will gather at the ... (302 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Nigeria’s Oando to Develop Ghana’s Natural Gas Sector « African Business News Unleashed @ Chairman King ... and Sierra Wireless Team Up to Launch New Vehicle Tracking SIM Card for South Africa »» «« Oando Venture to Develop Gas Facilities in Ghana Nigeria's Oando to Develop Ghana's Natural Gas Sector Nigerian energy firm Oando Plc said on Sunday it was selected as a partner to develop Ghana's natural gas infrastructure from its offshore Jubilee oilfields, a project worth $1 bill ... (766 words) | Project | 1 Tweets |
| METRO POST ... Saturday, October 10, 2009 Increase in CNG price The government is all set to increase the price of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) by 25%-50% from December 1. Whatever the reason behind this increase, it would have a direct impact on owners of 1.8 million vehicles running on CNG in the country. It would also indirectly affect common people in the shape of increase in transport fares and prices of i ... (547 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Wood Group Secures Natural Gas Contract | Business Electricity Prices, Business Gas & Business Telecom News and Advice ... Wood Group Gas Turbine Services which forms part of the international energy services company John Wood Group, has secured a $6 million contract to maintain a natural gas fired plant in the US. John Wood Group provides a range of engineering, production, support, maintenance management and industrial gas turbine overhaul, along with repair services to the gas and oil power generation industries, ... (166 words) | Project | 1 Tweets |
| Andalusia Star-News | Natural gas prices down 37% ... Natural gas prices down 37% Customers should expect lower power bills this winter By Michele Gerlach (Contact) | Andalusia Star-News Published Thursday, October 8, 2009 Natural gas prices are 37 percent lower than they were a year ago for Southeast Alabama Gas District customers, who should also expect lower energy costs through the winter, company officials said Thursday. CEO Greg Henderson a ... (320 words) | 1 Tweets | |
| A sea of slack - Globe and Mail ... Marquez, an assembler at Standen's Ltd. in Calgary, grinds a heavy-truck spring. Gas glut idles rigs The economy's excesses can be found nationwide, from the auto parts shops of Ontario to the natural gas fields of Alberta. Bulging North American inventories of natural gas have sent prices tumbling. "I'd like to talk to people who are saying the recession is over and get them to explain t ... (1913 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| Southern Co. To Buy Biomass Power Plant Project In Texas - Capital.gr (press release) ... Renewables LLC as utilities continue to build their alternative-energy presence. Wind and solar have been among the biggest areas of focus for utilities looking to diversify from coal- and natural gas-powered facilities amid the potential of U.S. climate-change legislation. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. The 165-acre project is slated to break ground this fall and be in ope ... (293 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| US GAS: Futures End Lower On Record Domestic Gas Stocks - Wall Street Journal ... The email address you have entered is already in use. Please re-enter the email address. As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Natural gas futures ended lower Friday on record high levels of natural gas in storage. Natural gas for November delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange settled 19.3 cents, or 3.89%, lower at $ ... (250 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Oil Prices Fall to Near $71 as US Dollar Gains ... rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil rose 1.79 cents to $1.83 a gallon. Gasoline for November delivery gained 1.43 cents to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery was steady at $4.96 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 56 cents to $69.21 on the ICE Futures exchange. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All right ... (273 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| transalta announces mailing of notice of variation and extension increasing ... - Trading Markets (press release) ... by operating a highly contracted portfolio of assets in Canada, the United States, and Australia. TransAlta's focus is to efficiently operate its diversified fleet of geo-thermal, wind, hydro, natural gas and coal-fired facilities in order to provide its customers with a reliable, low-cost source of power. For nearly 100 years, TransAlta has been a responsible operator and a proud contribut ... (815 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Pennsylvania lawmakers optimistic they'll approve budget today - Washington Observer Reporter ... said Paul Parsells, the chief of staff for McCall. Republicans were trying to ease the concerns of House Democrats worried that an effort to raise money by leasing more state forest land to natural gas exploration companies would inflict lasting environmental harm. On Wednesday, House Democrats dropped their opposition to an additional $12 million in grants for hospitals, anti-violence ... (525 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Ameren Corporation Directors Declare Quarterly Dividend ... preferred stock dividend is payable Feb. 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on Jan. 20, 2010. With assets of approximately $23 billion, Ameren serves 2.4 million electric customers and one million natural gas customers in a 64,000-square-mile area of Missouri and Illinois. SOURCE Ameren Corporation ... (168 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| SAM FLEMING COMMENT: Energy is a political minefield - Daily Mail ... support their state champions. In Russia, the country's vast gas reserves are regularly deployed to serve the Kremlin's goals. Political meddling is also endemic in Western Europe. When natural gas supplies were low in the winter of 2006, our EU partner Spain said it would outbid Britain no matter what the price, to ensure it won scarce shipments of liquefied natural gas. So much for ... (769 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains (AP) ... rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil rose 1.79 cents to $1.83 a gallon. Gasoline for November delivery gained 1.43 cents to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery was steady at $4.96 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 56 cents to $69.21 on the ICE Futures exchange. Buzz up! ... (285 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Oil prices little changed - Globe and Mail ... and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 per barrel to continue exploring for more oil. With U.S. prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. Prices at the gas pump in the United States edged up 0.3 cents overnight to $2.471 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, W ... (518 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Energy stocks give back some gains from week - MarketWatch ... session, but held onto their winning ways for the week in early action on Friday. The NYSE Arca Oil Index /quotes/comstock/10t!xoi.x ( XOI 1,055 , +1.37 , +0.13% ) fell 0.4% to 1,050. The NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index /quotes/comstock/10t!xng.x ( XNG 521.79 , -0.57 , -0.11% ) fell 0.5% to 520. The Philadelphia Oil Service Index /quotes/comstock/10y!i:osx ( OSX 200.42 , -0.96 , -0.48% ) dropped 0.7 ... (97 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Number of active rigs rises by 17 - Daily Breeze ... HOUSTON - The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week rose by 17 to 1,041. Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 726 rigs were exploring for natural gas and 305 for oil. Ten were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago this week, the rig count stood at 1,990. Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, Louisiana and Texas each gained six rigs, Oklaho ... (117 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Crisis of Confidence Overcome - SmallCapInvestor ... for Gold Over $1,000. Click HERE to get your copy. *****I got a couple good questions from Daily Profit readers I'd like to share. Bob writes: It looks like you should have sold CHNG ( China Natural Gas) when it hit $14 plus since it seems to ignore NG (natural gas) price increases but falls on NG drops... what do you think about CHNG? China Natural Gas (Nasdaq:CHNG) is a stock in the S ... (1259 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| City Silent After Picking Power Plant Buyer: NRG Energy Chosen to Takeover ... - istockAnalyst.com (press release) ... pay or how far the deal will go toward making the struggling city whole, with final details still under discussion. NRG owns and operates plants at 42 sites around the world, including a 670-watt natural gas plant in El Segundo and a 260-watt plant in Long Beach. The publicly traded company closed Thursday with stocks up to $27.15 per share. Brooke Edwards may be reached at 955-5358 or at ... (556 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| Pa. Legislature sends $27.8B budget to Rendell - Scranton Times ... franchise tax and sales of cigarettes and little cigars. The plan also relies on legalizing and taxing table games at the state’s slot-machine casinos and leasing more state forest land to natural gas exploration companies. However, the House and Senate remain divided on aspects of the table games legislation, and negotiations on it were expected to continue into next week. On the way ... (685 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| RNCOS Releases a New Report - Global LNG Market Analysis - PR.com (press release) ... Market Analysis" to its report gallery. LNG business has been growing at a fast pace since the first commercial overseas shipment in September 1964. It accounts for more than 7% of the world’s natural gas demand. Although the Asia Pacific region is the largest LNG market, accounting for more than 68% of global trade, LNG is becoming an important complementary source of gas supply in Contine ... (472 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| Tricor Ten Section Hub, LLC Announces Successful Open Season for High Speed - PR Newswire (press release) ... Tricor Ten Section Hub, LLC Announces Successful Open Season for High Speed Natural Gas Storage Service in the Western United States BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Tricor Ten Section Hub, LLC (Tricor) announced today that the non-binding Open Season for its planned storage project, which closed on September 30, 2009, resulted in significant oversubscription for firm service, and Tr ... (306 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| Lawmakers hopeful a budget will pass - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader ... said Paul Parsells, the chief of staff for McCall. Republicans were trying to ease the concerns of House Democrats worried that an effort to raise money by leasing more state forest land to natural gas exploration companies would inflict lasting environmental harm. On Wednesday, House Democrats dropped their opposition to an additional $12 million in grants for hospitals, anti-violence ... (493 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| (Dip) French Firms Eager To Join Nabucco Project, Sarkozy - Turk.Net ... PARIS (A.A) - 09.10.2009 - The French president expressed on Friday French companies' eagerness to join the Nabucco natural gas pipeline project. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said that French firms were eager to take part in the Nabucco project, and they wanted to cooperate with Turkey in nuclear energy. Sarkozy also said two countries could also cooperate in energy in Central Asia. The 3,3 ... (324 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| Occidental Petroleum Announces Acquisition of Phibro (GlobeNewswire) ... The transaction is expected to close by year end. Upon closing, Occidental will support the credit of Phibro. Phibro will become a part of Occidental's midstream segment which includes Occidental's natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and existing trading business. About Oxy Occidental Petroleum Corporation is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in ... (509 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| US anti dumping probe could escalate trade disputes with China - Gov Monitor ... duties of up to 39.2 percent on steel pipe imports from China citing material injury or threat to local producers from rising Chinese imports. The US case involves steel pipes used for moving natural gas, water, steam and other liquids. The US commerce department said it accepted a petition asking for the probe from the US Steel Corp, V&M Star LP, TMK IPSCO and the United Steelworkers unio ... (534 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Thomas Elias: Who will replace Lt. Gov. John Garamendi? - San Gabriel Valley Tribune ... Board of Trustees meet. Which they usually do on a monthly basis. Then, suddenly, the lieutenant governor can become a pivotal figure. So it was when the possibility of building a liquefied natural gas receiving facility off the southern shore of Ventura County nearly became reality in 2007. Schwarzenegger strongly backed the proposal, which would likely have cost consumers billions of d ... (840 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| MI winter home heating costs expected to be lower - Fox 28 ... lower Associated Press - October 9, 2009 4:34 PM ET LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Home heating costs this winter are expected to be lower than last year for many Michigan households because of a drop in natural gas prices and the probability of a warmer winter. The Michigan Public Service Commission issued its winter energy appraisal Friday. It says residential natural gas prices are expected to av ... (160 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Oil prices nearly flat as dollar strengthens - San Luis Obispo Tribune ... and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 per barrel to continue exploring for more oil. With prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. Prices at the gas pump edged up 0.3 cents overnight to $2.471 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express an ... (656 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Smart Grid Would Boost Renewables - RedOrbit ... companies that are out there now doing this on a very robust basis, because they understand that they could make money at it." Such a system would also dramatically reduce the need for mid-sized natural gas plants, which turn on quickly during times of peak demand. However, Wellinghoff has a different vision for the role of natural gas, which has been discovered in vast reserves in recent ye ... (698 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Survey: Solar outshines other renewables as Americans' choice - Power Engineering Magazine ... The poll also showed that if they had to choose one energy source to financially support if they were President, 43 percent of Americans said they would choose solar. Wind pulled in 17 percent, natural gas was 12 percent and nuclear was 10 percent. However, many also say they would like more information. About 12 percent of Americans polled said they are extremely informed about solar power ... (222 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| The Dreaded Vote of Confidence - Inside Futures ... . Sell November crude at 7270 - stop 7390. Stopped on short November heating oil from apprx 18300 at apprx 18200! Stopped on November RBOB from apprx 17820 at apprx 17700! We're short November natural gas from apprx 499 - stop 513. Recent articles from this author About the author Phil Flynn is Energy Analyst and General Market Analyst with PFGBEST (www.pfgbest.com). Phil is one of t ... (1175 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Women more likely to be expelled under 'don't ask' ... to take on military gay ban at `right time' Military to get mandatory swine flu shots soon Campaign targets military teens' alcohol, drug use Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid Related Multimedia Compare the M4 and Other Rifles SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Pentagon officials won't speculate why women in uniform are more likely to be discharged ... (1040 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Activism Documentaries/Movies Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains - MiamiHerald.com ... unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil slipped by less than a penny to $1.84 and gasoline by over a cent to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost mre than 7 cents to fetch $4.89 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 43 cents to $69.34 on the ICE Futures exchange. Associated Press writer Ale ... (491 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | 1 Articles | |
| Individual.com ... Airlines over breastfeeding Stock Market Corporate Performance Insurance Education Banking Managed Health Care Top World News Corporate News Alternative Energy Technology DJ CFTC Commitments: Nymex Natural Gas Futures/Options - Oct 9 Oct 09, 2009 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) -- Natural Gas - New York Mercantile Exchange Option And Futures Combined Positions As Of 10/06/09 | ========== ... (319 words) | Activism Legislation | 1 Tweets |
| Alternatives to Electric Cars | Automotive Articles Free Reader ... Why an electric car? What about Biofuel...or Alcohol...or Natural Gas (CNG)...or Hydrogen? A very good question (or series of questions). Let's take a look at the fundamental difference between electric propulsion and other alternate fuels. Simply put: Electric motors do not explode. ... (43 words) | 1 Tweets | |
| Oil prices edge lower as dollar strengthens - Forbes ... of Ritterbusch and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 to continue exploring for more oil. With prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few U.S. consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. In other Nymex trading, heating oil slipped by less than a penny to $1.84 and gasoline fell by a cent to $1.77 a gall ... (313 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| RIL-RNRL tiff over MoU continues - Economic Times ... gas, form an integral part of the division of the undivided RIL in 2005 and 2006. The high court had sanctioned the entire demerger scheme, including the formation of RNRL, which was set up to buy natural gas from RIL. Without a gas supply agreement, there is no demerger, RNRL has said in numerous court filings. But RIL denies this version, saying the demerger was not in any way linked to the g ... (642 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation | 1 Articles |
| Standing up for environmental responsibility - GulfNews ... the one with the highest levels of air pollution among all the metros. We are working towards it and need a multi-pronged approach. A large fleet of buses and three-wheelers running on compressed natural gas have helped. But this is largely due to the Supreme Court's intervention and not because of the government. We are now starting a programme of continuous air quality monitoring and conside ... (1085 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| Energy and Global Warming News for October 9: Granhom brings 160,000 clean energy jobs to hard-hit Michigan « Climate Progress ... plant is about a yet-to-be-developed technology: clean coal. The U.K. desperately wants to make clean coal technically and economically viable; its other energy alternatives are basically imported natural gas or nuclear plants that have yet to be built either. E.On wants clean coal to work, tooit's one of a handful of European utilities jockeying for British government funds for clean-coal deve ... (1671 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Documentaries/Movies Legislation Project | 1 Articles |
| German stocks - Factors to watch on October 9 - Forbes ... news DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA Indicated 0.2 percent lower Germany's largest airline releases its September traffic figures Related news E.ON Indicated 0.3 percent higher The Nord Stream natural gas pipeline will receive its first approval by the end of October, with all approvals expected by the end of the year, E.ON Ruhrgas Chief Executive Bernhard Reutersberg told Reuters in an int ... (700 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| Electricity, natural gas lead fuel revolution - Las Vegas Review - Journal ... Oct. 09, 2009 Copyright Las Vegas Review-Journal Electricity, natural gas lead fuel revolution The Las Vegas Regional Clean Cities Coalition and the Alternative Fuel Vehicles Institute recently joined forces to host a one-day workshop, entitled "The A to Z of AFVs." The discussion panel provided encouraging news about the growing availability of replacement fuels that, working in combination, ... (973 words) | Legislation Project | 1 Tweets |
| Sun, not gas, could turn city turbines - Medicine Hat News ... it Once thought to be part of a barren wasteland by early European surveyors, Medicine Hat has proved time and time again it’s anything but. With an abundance of food crops, grazing lands and natural gas, the area has shown John Palliser’s assessment of the area in 1863 to be lacking foresight. On Thursday, members of the city Energy Services Committee took the first step in adding o ... (415 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| Africa: Exploring Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development - AllAfrica.com ... the climate, the Aboadze thermal plant on the other hand, has high operational cost, and has been exerting a lot of pressure on the national kitty because it has to be powered by expensive fuel and natural gas, besides the environmental hazard it creates by way of CO2 emissions. Another such project which comes to mind is the Sunon Asogli Power Plant project estimated at 600 million dollars and ... (1532 words) [Show/Hide 1 Additional Articles] | Project | 1 Articles |
| Abacus Eyes Batangas-Manila Gas Pipeline - istockAnalyst.com (press release) ... Exchange, Abacus said its board of directors approved the submission of an unsolicited proposal to state-owned Philippine National Oil Co.-Exploration Corp. (PNOC-EC) for the Batangas-to-Manila Natural Gas Pipeline Project (Batman I). Abacus is a holding company with interests in gold and coal mining, real estate and financial services. The company also controls a minority stake in Pacif ... (353 words) | Project | |
| Michigan home heating costs expected to be lower this year than last ... - Washington Examiner ... say Associated Press 10/09/09 4:35 PM EDT LANSING, MICH. — Home heating costs this winter are expected to be lower than last year for many Michigan households because of a drop in natural gas prices and the probability of a warmer winter. The Michigan Public Service Commission issued its winter energy appraisal Friday. It says residential natural gas prices are expected to av ... (172 words) | ||
| Auto sector shows slight gain in Q2 as Ont. GDP falls 1.0 per cent - Stockhouse ... credits higher consumer and government spending in the second quarter with offsetting some of the declines. Consumer spending increased by 0.5 per cent, with car sales, clothing, shoes, food and natural gas all showing gains. Ontario's trade surplus dropped as exports fell 3.1 per cent while imports remained flat. The Canadian Press, 2005 First Majestic Silver Corp. is a pure silver produc ... (259 words) | Project | |
| Money managers raise NYMEX natgas shorts-CFTC - Reuters UK ... NEW YORK, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Money managers raised their net short natural gas futures positions by nearly 4,400 contracts in the week ending Oct. 6, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said in a report on Friday. Money managers, which include commodity trading advisors, pool operators and hedge funds, held 98,196 net short futures, up from 93,812 net shorts the previous week. Swap de ... (180 words) | ||
| Right Data A Must for India to Entice Big Oil Players ... interest to the global financial crisis and ongoing legal battles between the Ambani brothers. The Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries has been embroiled in a three-year bitter legal dispute over natural gas with Reliance Natural Resources Ltd., run by Mukesh's estranged younger brother Anil. "The infighting...obviously affects sentiment," R. S. Sharma, chairman of India's biggest state-run e ... (635 words) | Legislation | |
| Bangladesh Summons Indian, Myanmar Envoys Over Oil Dispute in Bay ... statement said the claims of Bangladesh's neighbors have "unfairly cut off a significant portion of our maritime area in the Bay of Bengal and prevented us from exploring and exploiting its oil and natural gas resources." He said the time has come to settle once and for all this disputed boundary so that Bangladesh and the neighbours can finally resolve this obstacle that stands in the way of ... (652 words) | Legislation | |
| Malaysia's gas exports are set to rise from 31.8bcm in 2008 to 51.2bcm in 2013 - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) ... to 8.75mn b/d by 2013. In 2001 the region was importing an average 12.99mn b/d. This total had risen to an estimated 17.22mn b/d in 2008, and is forecast to reach 19.76mn b/d by 2013. In terms of natural gas, in 2008 the region consumed 459bn cubic metres (bcm) and demand of 562bcm is targeted for 2013. Production of 356bcm in 2008 should reach 488bcm in 2013, but implies net imports easing fr ... (713 words) | Project | |
| Citigroup Avoids Pay Czar Showdown Over $100M Trader ... hundreds of millions of dollars in annual income that could help it repay the Treasury, which has given Citigroup $49 billion in bailout money. Phibro, which makes most of its money through oil and natural gas trades, earned an average $371 million annually during the past five years. Citigroup sold it for about $250 million, which means Occidental could recoup its investment in less than a year ... (320 words) | ||
| US Markets Wrap: Stocks, Dollar, Oil Rise as Treasuries Fall - Bloomberg ... p.m. on the New York Mercantile Exchange, the highest settlement since Sept. 18. Prices climbed 2.6 percent this week. Futures rose as much as 55 cents and dropped as $1.07 during today's session. Natural gas futures fell almost 4 percent, the biggest drop in a week, on speculation supplies will be adequate to meet winter heating demand in the U.S. U.S. gas stockpiles rose 69 billion cubic fe ... (1018 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Letter: Oregonian's attack - The Daily Astorian ... to reflect the profit-driven, pipeline-building, environmental-wreaking, private land-grabbing, fisheries- and forest-destroying aspect of the multinational corporate interests - of which Northwest Natural Gas is a major player - to import foreign and, most likely, export domestic liquefied natural gas, of which we have 120 years or so supply in the U.S. today. The editorial was directed at the ... (349 words) | Project | |
| Nigeria: Country Must Use Gas to Grow Energy Base -Shell Boss - AllAfrica.com ... Abuja — Country Chair of Shell in Nigeria, Basil Omiyi, has noted that Nigeria needs to use its abundant natural gas resources to grow its energy base. Omiyi stated this during the Pan-African International Gas Conference in Abuja on Thursday. He believes that developing the gas sector would help the country meet its growing domestic demand for energy and also generate export revenues tha ... (305 words) | Project | |
| Overall Forge receives re-tooling grant to improve furnace efficiency - Australian Metal Worker ... to retrofit modern flue designs, sealing systems, and associated control systems to improve furnace efficiency. Overall Forge will also remove waste throughout the production process to reduce natural gas and electricity consumption. The Re-tooling for Climate Change grant is part of $3.8m given out in the third round of grants. The program offers dollar for dollar grants to help small and ... (109 words) | Project | |
| Douglas J. Brown Joins Exelon as Chief Investment Officer - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) ... a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Exelon distributes electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois and southeastern Pennsylvania and natural gas to 485,000 customers in the Philadelphia area. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago and trades on the NYSE under the ticker EXC. Exelon CommunicationsKathleen Cantillon, 312-394-7417 Di ... (409 words) | Legislation | |
| Natural gas unit planned to fight industrial power crisis - Prdomain Business Register (press release) ... 9 Oct 2009 , Navi Mumbai : In a bid to mitigate the power crisis faced by the industries, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is setting up a natural gas infrastructure at the industrial estates, including Thane, Dombivli, Navi Mumbai, Taloja, Poisar, Palghar, etc. According to MIDC, the corporation plans to supply gas to the 25 industrial estates located across the Thane di ... (156 words) | Legislation | |
| Synthesis Energy Systems to Present at ROTH China Conference - Trading Markets (press release) ... its proprietary U-GAS(R) fluidized bed gasification technology to convert low rank coal and coal wastes into higher value energy and chemical products, such as transportation fuel, substitute natural gas, fuel gas, methanol and ammonia. The U-GAS(R) technology, which SES licenses from the Gas Technology Institute, gasifies coal without many of the harmful emissions normally associated with ... (294 words) | Project | |
| NFC body fails to reach consensus on new GDS formula - Daily Times ... Times that each province had presented its case to the committee and the existing basic structure of the GDS was reviewed at length. He said Sindh, at present, is producing over 70 percent of all natural gas, something that should be kept in view while reviewing the existing GDS formula. He said Balochistan should not benefit at the cost of Sindh. Dr Gulfaraz Ahmed, private member from Balochi ... (472 words) | ||
| Betting Big on a Boom in Natural Gas (BusinessWeek) ... smokestack laws. First he considered the easy solution: installing pollution scrubbers on the utility's old coal-fired plant in Sutton, N.C., at a cost of $330 million. Then his attention turned to natural gas, the price of which had plunged by two-thirds in the previous year. Sure, the recession accounted for some of the slide. But reports were also circulating of massive discoveries of natural ... (1774 words) | Legislation Project | |
| First parcel of Mangala crude reaches Mangalore Refinery - India-Forums.com ... fields to Kandla port in Gujarat, where it was loaded on a leased Ukranian tanker and sent to the New Mangalore Port in Karnataka. According to the company statement, MRPL, a subsidiary of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, will start processing the crude immediately. The refinery is likely to get two lakh tonnes of crude oil from Mangala in 2009, which will double to four lakh tonnes next year. 'With t ... (614 words) | Documentaries/Movies Legislation Project | |
| Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction in Nigeria - Overview ... to invest $9-billion in Nigeria's oil and gas over the next five years. The money will go to the development of oil exploration and production in deep offshore leases, expand the Nigerian liquefied natural gas project, and cover joint operations with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. In January 2005 Syntroleum Corporation announced that it had finalized agreements with Lundin Petrol ... (2275 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Hong Kong Gas demand is set to reach 3.3bcm by 2013 - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) ... to 8.75mn b/d by 2013. In 2001 the region was importing an average 12.99mn b/d. This total had risen to an estimated 17.22mn b/d in 2008, and is forecast to reach 19.76mn b/d by 2013. In terms of natural gas, in 2008 the region consumed 459bn cubic metres (bcm) and demand of 562bcm is targeted for 2013. Production of 356bcm in 2008 should reach 488bcm in 2013, but implies net imports easing fr ... (672 words) | Project | |
| TFN eNews 10/09/2009: Our Top 3 Penny Stocks - Todays Financial News ... everything considering. But it has nothing to do with Lukoil's share of the American market. Now Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom OAO ( OTC:OGZPY ) plans at cutting itself a 10% share of the U.S. natural gas market by 2014. Gazprom, which has a stranglehold on Europe's natural gas supply, has been called the Kremlin's foreign policy arm. It's revenues are the backbone of the Russian state bud ... (1440 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Nine in Ten Americans Support Solar Development - Poll - SustainableBusiness.com ... The poll also showed that if they had to choose one energy source to financially support if they were President, 43% of Americans would opt for solar over other sources such as wind (17%), natural gas (12%) and nuclear (10%). Almost half of all Americans (49%) say they’re currently pondering solar power options for their home or business--and another 3% already have solar power. ... (399 words) | Legislation | |
| Ontario economy shows glimmer of hope - Toronto Star ... investment." But in a glimmer of hope for the economy, consumer and government spending offset the declines. Ontarians increased their purchases of cars and trucks, clothing, shoes, food, and natural gas by a total of 0.5 per cent. The auto industry posted a 0.7 per cent gain in the second quarter, after falling a staggering 40 per cent over the previous six months, including a 27.5 per ... (162 words) | ||
| Letter: Bradwood and the pipeline - The Daily Astorian ... Letter: Bradwood and the pipeline John L. Kennedy's "Oil and Gas Pipeline Fundamentals" says the average natural gas high-pressure pipeline right of way is 50 feet wide, with 35 feet maintained clear. So, using this average: a 37-mile long NorthenStar Natural Gas-controlled pipeline right of way, times 5,280 feet (one mile) equals 195,360 feet. Multiply 195,360 times 50, and it equals 9,768,000 s ... (244 words) | Project | |
| S.Korea end-Aug LNG inventories at 1.96 mln T - Prdomain Business Register (press release) ... 9 Oct 2009 , Seoul : South Korean liquefied natural gas (LNG) inventories held by state-owned KOGAS (036460.KS: Quote, Profile, Research) were up only 2 percent at the end of August from a year earlier, but declined 14 percent from the previous month because of slow imports, data showed on Thursday. Commercial inventories, excluding the very small volume held by private importers, stood at 1.960 ... (149 words) | Legislation | |
| Animal flatulence data full of hot air - Portales News-Tribune ... only one of the big three greenhouse gases, along with carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide. All of agriculture produces only 5.87 percent of all greenhouse gas. Energy production and use (coal, oil, natural gas and transportation) is responsible for a whopping 86.3 percent. And, transportation (cars and trucks) accounts for 33 percent of all those fossil fuel emissions. Do the math. My friends, ... (658 words) | Project | |
| Tenaska, Inc. - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... producing company engaged in the development, ownership and operation of non utility electric generation and cogeneration plants in the United States. The company is also involved in marketing of natural gas, electric power and biofuels. In addition, the company also provides energy risk management services. Further, Tenaska is also involved in asset acquisition, fuel supply, gas transportatio ... (307 words) | Project | |
| Citigroup unloads Phibro unit, big salary to Occidental ... He took home $60.5 million in 2008 and $77.6 million in 2007. Irani is also Occidental's largest individual shareholder. Phibro will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. ... (252 words) | Legislation | |
| UK joins drive to make energy from waste - stv.tv ... same for industrial waste, after Britain introduced more generous support in April. And new incentives from 2011 to produce renewable heat are adding to a gradual push to replace the fossil fuel natural gas. "It's a technology which is about to see its day," said National Grid's Mark Fairbairn, who anticipated biogas could supply nearly half the heating needs by 2050, as a green alternative ... (712 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Daily ETF Roundup: TBT, SMH Rise, SGG, UNG Fall - ETF Database ... Dow Jones-AIG Sugar Total Return ETN (SGG) leading the way falling more than five percent after reports of more sugar being harvested and supply issues easing. Other commodities falling sharply were natural gas (UNG) which fell by almost 3.5% and base metals in general which trended modestly lower. Are you enjoying ETF Database? Get more articles like this one via our free daily e-mail newslette ... (289 words) | ||
| Aluminum May Outperform Copper - istockAnalyst.com (press release) ... of ranked forecast price moves over two time frames; one year ahead compared with spot average for September 2009, and then through to the average of the second half of 2013. For the shorter term, natural gas is the top-ranked among the commodities covered followed by palladium,and oil. Then, among the industrial metals, aluminium comes top in terms of projected price gains (over both time hori ... (334 words) | Project | |
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains - San Luis Obispo Tribune ... unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil slipped by less than a penny to $1.84 and gasoline by over a cent to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost mre than 7 cents to fetch $4.89 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 43 cents to $69.34 on the ICE Futures exchange. Associated Press writer Al ... (584 words) | Legislation | |
| Angola's New-Found OPEC Membership Is Posing Problems In Terms Of Production ... - OfficialWire (press release) ... 2008 and is forecast to reach 8.02mn b/d by 2013. Angola has the greatest production growth potential, with Nigerian exports set to soar if it can resolve recent quasi-political issues. In terms of natural gas, the region in 2008 consumed 115bn cubic metres (bcm), with demand of 181bcm targeted for 2013. Production of 211bcm in 2008 should reach 354bcm in 2013, which implies net exports rising f ... (999 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Highlights of 2009-10 Pa. spending plan agreement (AP) ... state tax rates on personal income and sales -- Legalizes table games at slot-machine casinos to raise an estimated $200 million in fees and taxes -- Expands leasing of state forest land for natural gas exploration to raise an estimated $60 million SPENDING: -- Boosts spending on public school operations and instruction by nearly $299 million, or 5.7 percent -- Cuts Department of Commu ... (468 words) | Legislation | |
| Candidate questionnaire: Jesus Gamboa - Visalia Times-Delta ... practices and devises energy efficiency strategies to reduce Visalia's operational emissions. The City is moving in the right direction in regards to the "Green Movement." The City uses Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in its bus and solid waste fleet, uses hybrid vehicles for management staff, has split containers for seperation of trash, supports recycling, has a clean fleet conversion plan, porv ... (789 words) | Activism Legislation Project | |
| Sarkozy tells Turkey's Gul French demands to join Nabucco project - www.worldbulletin.net ... to general to visit Pakistan next week Sarkozy tells Turkey's Gul French demands to join Nabucco project The French president expressed on Friday French companies' eagerness to join the Nabucco natural gas pipeline project. Friday, 09 October 2009 15:57 The French president expressed on Friday French companies' eagerness to join the Nabucco natural gas pipeline project. France's President Ni ... (1110 words) | Activism Legislation Project | |
| Cramer's Mad Money - Which Stocks Are up 3000%? (10/8/09) - Seeking Alpha (blog) ... lost is "off the charts" and he thinks the top three priorities should be Jobs, jobs and jobs. Healthcare and cap and trade can wait, and Dimicco suggest the U.S. rely only on its oil reserves and natural gas for fuel, a move that will create thousands of jobs. Wells Fargo (WFC) Conflict Cramer discussed the conflicting analysis of Wells Fargo: Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock with a price t ... (461 words) | ||
| BRCD, IGT, FMX, THQI, ASPM, PETD Expected To Be Lower Leading Up To Next ... - TMCnet ... company was founded in 1987 and is based in Norwood, Massachusetts. Petroleum Development Corporation (NASDAQ: PETD) engages in the exploration, development, production, and marketing of oil and natural gas. The company also specializes in the purchase, aggregation, and resale of natural gas from other producers. As of December 31, 2008, it owned interests in approximately 4,712 gross wells l ... (2669 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Council ratifies electric rate hike of almost 20 percent - Sacramento Bee ... a projected $98 million shortfall over five years. Soaring vacancies in Roseville have cut electricity revenue. The municipal utility's costs have been higher than anticipated because of shifts in natural gas prices, overruns from its new power plant and constraints on hydroelectric power because of drought. Ed Fletcher What You Should Know About Comments on Sacbee.com Sacbee.com is hap ... (490 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Stelmach hints at more cuts, downplays cynics - Calgary Herald ... speech to party supporters, Stelmach cautioned the economic storm battering government revenues and business bottom lines hasn't lifted despite signs a recovery is on the horizon. A steep drop in natural gas drilling, in particular, has squeezed government coffers. Projecting a $6.9-billion deficit for 2009-10, the province plans to tap its $17-billion Sustainability Fund to cover the shortfal ... (654 words) | Activism Project | |
| Mergers: Commission approves proposed acquisition of Iberdrola's stake in BBG by RREEF Fund ... real estate and infrastructure investments. RREEF is ultimately managed by Deutsche Bank, a global provider of financial services. BBG runs the commercial and maintenance operations of a liquefied natural gas regasification plant situated in Bilbao, Spain. In the regasification process, liquid natural gas arrives at the regasification plant in methane carrying ships, is stored, returned to its ... (284 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Project converts dairy wastes to energy, other products - Media Newswire (press release) ... fuel and fertilizer inputs and fresh water. Algae ponds, on the other hand, can be put on marginal land and grown with non-fresh brackish water produced from energy mineral extraction ( petroleum, natural gas, coal-bed methane ), or nutrient-loaded wastewater from municipal and agricultural sources. The Southwest has the potential for being a leader in manufacturing this new type of biofuel bec ... (1046 words) | Project | |
| Public yawns, scientists celebrate ... tourism yet to fly, 5 years since 1st flight Circus tycoon clowns around aboard space station Canadian circus billionaire heads to space station Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid WASHINGTON (AP) -- NASA's great lunar fireworks finale fizzled. After gearing up for the space agency's much-hyped mission to hurl two spacecraft into the moon, t ... (1221 words) | Documentaries/Movies Legislation Project | |
| BUY OR SELL-Can clean energy demand further power Capstone shrs? - Reuters UK ... last few months even though the company has been losing money since it went public in 2000, weighed down by manufacturing costs. The company, whose microturbines run on a variety of fuels such as natural gas, biogas and diesel, recently received a key industry certification for a product -- something that analysts believe could be an important growth driver. So, will the shares of the company ... (165 words) | ||
| Fitch: Phibro Acquisition May Create Additional Risk for OXY's Credit Quality - American Chronicle ... consistent with its goal of maintaining full exposure to commodity markets. At June 30, 2009, total hedges accounted for approximately 3% of total oil production and a slightly higher percentage of natural gas production. The company also executes hedges to lock in margins in its midstream segment. At the end of the second quarter, related to its hedging program, OXY recorded a net derivative li ... (785 words) | Project | |
| Naftogaz: $500 mln debt restructure offer accepted - BusinessWeek ... years and increasing the interest rate from the current 8.125 percent to 9.5 percent. The proposal offers explicit state guarantees for the bonds. Naftogaz is responsible for transporting Russian natural gas to European consumers via pipelines crossing Ukraine, and past debt problems have contributed to supply disruptions. In January, millions of Europeans were left freezing for two weeks afte ... (197 words) | ||
| EARNINGS PREVIEW: US Oilfield Cos Hurt By Weak North Amer Operations - Capital.gr (press release) ... costs and other items while revenue was $4.85 billion. Key Issues: Halliburton has been winning contracts in Mexico and Brazil, but it remains unclear whether international growth can offset natural gas declines in the U.S. The company, more exposed to North America than its rivals, has expected major customers to continue seeking discounts. Weatherford International Ltd. (WFT) - report ... (548 words) | Project | |
| interoil Corporation Antelope-2 Well Drilling Report No. 2 October 9, 2009 - SYS-CON Media (press release) ... 2008 on Form 40-F and its Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2008. In particular, there is no guarantee that the Antelope-2 well will be successful, no established market for natural gas in Papua New Guinea and no guarantee that gas from the Elk/Antelope field will ultimately be able to be extracted and sold commercially. Investors are urged to consider closely the discl ... (829 words) | Legislation | |
| TSX Delisting Review - Diamond Fields International Ltd. (DFI) - Canada NewsWire (press release) ... Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and derivative markets for multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and energy. Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal Exchange, Natural Gas Exchange, Boston Options Exchange (BOX), Shorcan, Equicom and other TMX Group companies provide trading markets, clearing facilities, data products and other services to the global financi ... (138 words) | ||
| CNOOC restarts production at HZ 21-1 gas field after typhoon - ScandOil ... resources to prepare a detailed recovery plan for Huizhou oilfields. On October 5, 2009, Huizhou 21-1 gas field resumed its production to the level before the typhoon hit and began to supply natural gas of 45 million cubic feet per day to the downstream users. Meanwhile, the "Nanhai Faxian" FPSO has been disconnected and sailed to a safe area as planned and the first cargo of oil has bee ... (211 words) | ||
| AGIA under attack by former state economist - Alaska Dispatch ... A complex deal between the state and TransCanada Corp. to spur construction of a multibillion-dollar natural gas pipeline has done little to make the project more commercially viable and could put the state at financial risk, a former state petroleum economist says. Speaking at an oil industry gathering Thursday in Anchorage, Roger Marks said state leaders made faulty assessments in their quest ... (891 words) | Legislation Project | |
| No lyin' Lagoon pays $16K for Capitol lions - Deseret News ... new sentries, four marble lions now stationed at the east and west entrances. The state often turns to eBay to get the best price for surplus goods, Chambers said, noting that its compressed natural gas vehicles are top sellers, even though they don't go on the auction block until they reach 105,000 miles. Given the success of the sale, this likely won't be the end of treasures from the ... (608 words) | Project | |
| 10 World-Changing Green Trends (Entrpreneur.com) ... excerpted from Starting Green: An Ecopreneur's Toolkit for Starting a Green Business--From Business Plans to Profits by Glenn Croston and available from Entrepreneur Press. Trend No. 1: Oil and natural gas get more expensive The price of oil has plunged to around $40 a barrel because of decreased demand during the economic crisis, but the long-term trend toward higher oil prices still hold ... (1894 words) | Legislation | |
| Shell to use the world's biggest ship off Australia ... long and 246 feet wide. Royal Dutch Shell plans to deploy a vessel "much larger than an aircraft carrier" off the coast of northwestern Australia to house the world's first floating liquefied natural gas plant. Shell will use the technique at the Prelude and Concerto gas discoveries, Malcolm Brinded, the company's executive director for international upstream business, said during a confer ... (367 words) | Project | |
| CIRI proposes coal-to-gas plant - Alaska Dispatch ... to be true -- but a new plan by an Alaska Native corporation to tap into coal's rich energy without actually mining could be a viable energy solution for the Southcentral region as its old standby, natural gas, becomes less and less reliable. Cook Inlet Region Inc. unveiled plans on Friday to develop land it owns on the west side of Cook Inlet for energy, but in an unconventional way. CIRI want ... (1233 words) | Legislation Project | |
| ProSep to Supply US$13 Million Gas Treatment System to Ecopetrol - PR-USA.net (press release) ... to Ecopetrol S.A., Colombia's state-owned Oil and Gas exploration and production company. The system, expected to be delivered during the second half of 2010, is designed to treat large volumes of natural gas and will be installed at the Cupiagua field in the Los Llanos foothills of Colombia. "This contract, for the delivery of a large scale gas membrane package, represents an important milesto ... (503 words) | Legislation Project | |
| GM, Toyota Fuel-Cell Plans Clash With US Battery Car Push - Bloomberg ... Mueller, an Energy Department spokeswoman. Hydrogen "is taking longer because fuel cells themselves are still very expensive and getting green' hydrogen -- made from wind or solar, rather than natural gas -- is still not so easy," said Daniel Kammen, director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley. "It might look right now that EVs and ... (1051 words) | Legislation Project | |
| 21st century urban sustainable development in Dijon, France ... Transportation Dijon is investing in alternative public transportation modes and several projects are underway including: construction of a tramway with two lines planned for 2013, usage of natural gas in buses, free electric shuttles in the city centre, free bike system, development of bike lanes, increasing car-free areas in the city center, investing in Dijon becoming a central connec ... (806 words) | Legislation Project | |
| ADAG agrees to pay mkt margin to RIL - Financial Express ... paying marketing margin to Reliance Industries, Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Infrastructure has agreed to pay the levy, although under protest, and has asked the Mukesh Ambani firm to resume natural gas supplies to its power plant. R-Infra on October 7 wrote to RIL saying it was instructing its "bank to effect full payment of the invoice (raised by RIL for supply of KG-D6 field gas to its ... (356 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Synthesis Energy Systems to Present at ROTH China Conference (PR Newswire) ... utilize its proprietary U-GAS fluidized bed gasification technology to convert low rank coal and coal wastes into higher value energy and chemical products, such as transportation fuel, substitute natural gas, fuel gas, methanol and ammonia. The U-GAS technology, which SES licenses from the Gas Technology Institute, gasifies coal without many of the harmful emissions normally associated with co ... (263 words) | Project | |
| Oil prices nearly flat as dollar strengthens - Atlanta Journal Constitution ... and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 per barrel to continue exploring for more oil. With prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easywinter for most homeowners. Prices at the gas pump edged up 0.3 cents overnight to $2.471 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and ... (432 words) | Legislation | |
| Anil blinks on gas margin ... on the KG D6 gas, has agreed to pay the margin. R-Infra said it would pay the demanded margin of 13 cents per million British thermal unit of gas to RIL under protest. R-Infra asked RIL to resume natural gas supplies to its power plant in Andhra Pradesh. As reported by FE recently, R-Infra defaulted on payment of Rs 12 lakh in marketing margin on the 0.56 million metric standard cubic meter pe ... (396 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Pass the Buck: Citi Sells Phibro to Oxy - BusinessWeek ... and CEO Ray Irani, refocusing on its oil and gas roots. The company made a string of acquisitions in the past decade that left it the largest producer of oil in Texas and the largest producer of natural gas in California, just when domestic sources of energy have traded for fat prices. Last year the company earned a record $6.8 billion on sales of nearly $25 billion. Oxy's board has seen to ... (565 words) | ||
| Oil prices fall to near $71 in Asia as US dollar rebounds - Newser ... rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil rose 1.79 cents to $1.83 a gallon. Gasoline for November delivery gained 1.43 cents to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery was steady at $4.96 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 56 cents to $69.21 on the ICE Futures exchange. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All r ... (338 words) | ||
| Iran plans $1.47bn bond to fund Pars project - Trade Arabia ... Iran plans to issue bonds worth 1 billion euros ($1.47 billion) with an interest rate of 9 per cent in December to help finance development of the South Pars natural gas field in the Gulf, a senior official was quoted on Friday as saying. Iranian officials have previously announced plans to issue such bonds, but without giving a date. 'Based on the budget law, there will an issuance of 1 billio ... (317 words) | Legislation | |
| Constellation Energy-EDF Nuclear Joint Venture Receives US Nuclear Regulatory ... - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) ... between the companies. About Constellation Energy Constellation Energy ( www.constellation.com : ) is a leading supplier of energy products and services to wholesale and retail electric and natural gas customers. It owns a diversified fleet of generating units located throughout the United States, totaling approximately 9,100 megawatts of generating capacity, and is among the leaders pur ... (767 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Save the planet -- burn more fossil fuels! ... of the American Petroleum Institute. From Grist: Steward is formerly head of Burlington Resources, now a part of ConocoPhillips) and former Chairman of the U.S. Oil and Gas Association and the Natural Gas Supply Association. Steward is the mastermind of both CO2 is Green and Plants Need CO2. The PlantsNeedCO2 Web site, reports Grist's Miles Grant, is registered to Quintana Minerals Product ... (510 words) | Project | |
| TransAlta announces mailing of notice of variation and extension increasing ... - Benzinga ... by operating a highly contracted portfolio of assets in Canada, the United States, and Australia. TransAlta's focus is to efficiently operate its diversified fleet of geo-thermal, wind, hydro, natural gas and coal-fired facilities in order to provide its customers with a reliable, low-cost source of power. For nearly 100 years, TransAlta has been a responsible operator and a proud contribut ... (790 words) | Legislation | |
| IDACORP, Inc. - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... IDACORP Financial Services, Inc. (IFS), Ida-West Energy Company (Ida-West) and IDACORP Energy (IE). The company and its subsidiaries owns and operates 17 hydroelectric generation power plant, two natural gas-fired power plants and one diesel-powered power plant. Global Market Directs IDACORP, Inc. - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile is an essential source for company data and information. Th ... (310 words) | Project | |
| FACTBOX-Banks expand commodities trading desks - Forbes ... acquired the energy trading businesses of Entergy ( ETR - news - people )-Koch, LP. Focus -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch's commodities business includes structuring, trading and marketing natural gas, power, crude oil, refined products, coal, emissions, metals, commodity indices, and structured notes. The company is involved in both financial and physical markets. Growth plan -- In A ... (1383 words) | Project | |
| Source: Blago to appear on Trump reality TV show ... star returning to NY hometown for event Fat city: W.Va. town braces for TV show depiction Springfield to bare backside on `Californication' Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid Multimedia Game: Guess the celebrity baby photo payday LATEST NEWS Source: Blago to appear on Trump reality TV show Hartnett and fellow Asian heartthrobs charm Pu ... (598 words) | Activism Legislation | |
| Offshore oil production will help Florida and America - Osceola News-Gazette ... for far too long, the United States has been dependent on foreign oil for our energy. Increasing our domestic production will reduce this vulnerability. Using Florida’s reserves of oil and natural gas will give our nation an important new source of American energy, while creating jobs for Floridians at a time when so many of us are in need of work. Each year, Florida consumes 10.4 billi ... (494 words) | Project | |
| TransAlta announces mailing of notice of variation and extension increasing its offer for Canadian Hydro Developers to $5.25 cash per share and extending to October 20, 2009 (Marketwire) ... by operating a highly contracted portfolio of assets in Canada, the United States, and Australia. TransAlta's focus is to efficiently operate its diversified fleet of geo-thermal, wind, hydro, natural gas and coal-fired facilities in order to provide its customers with a reliable, low-cost source of power. For nearly 100 years, TransAlta has been a responsible operator and a proud contribut ... (886 words) | Legislation | |
| Conoco in $11bn asset sell-off in Qld and NT - Prdomain Business Register (press release) ... 9 Oct 2009 : US OIL giant ConocoPhillips, which has liquefied natural gas export assets and prospects in Queensland, the Northern Territory and off the coast of Western Australia, plans to sell $US10 billion ($11bn) worth of assets and slash spending in the next two years in an effort to pay down a heavy debt burden. The move marks a reversal in strategy for the Houston-based major, which has spe ... (167 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Ontario GDP falls 1.0% - ReportonBusiness.com ... credits higher consumer and government spending in the second quarter with offsetting some of the declines. Consumer spending increased by 0.5 per cent, with car sales, clothing, shoes, food and natural gas all showing gains. Ontario's trade surplus dropped as exports fell 3.1 per cent while imports remained flat. Canadian Press On-line: Newspaper: Advertise: Copyright 2009 CTVglob ... (210 words) | ||
| Turkmenistan denies entry to Peace Corps ... education to 10 years from to nine years, and higher education has been extended from two years to five. He has also increased contacts with the West, which is eager for access to Turkenmnistan's natural gas riches. But fears are mounting that the government is reverting to Niyazov's draconian style of rule. Last week, the United States criticized efforts by Turkmenistan to prevent students ... (605 words) | Legislation | |
| Shell To Build World's Biggest Ship - Sky News ... Energy giant Shell has unveiled plans to build the world's biggest ship - a mega-tanker the length of more than four football pitches laid end to end. The 480m mega-tanker will house a liquefied natural gas plant so it can process gas as it floats over offshore fields. Known as the Prelude FLNG Project, the 75m-wide vessel will be able to "withstand a one-in-10,000-year tropical storm", acco ... (292 words) | Project | |
| Serbia to clinch deal for Hungarian gas storage - Forbes ... Thomson Reuters Serbia to clinch deal for Hungarian gas storage 10.09.09, 11:15 AM EDT Serbia, hit hard in January by the row between Russia and Ukraine that cut off Russian natural gas supplies to many parts of Europe, is looking for ways to cushion shocks this winter. 'I expect the contract to be signed next week,' said Dusan Mrakic, secretary of state in Serbia's energy minister. 'There ar ... (457 words) | Project | |
| GDF SUEZ Energy North America, Inc - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... of SUEZ Energy International. The company principally operates across the energy value chain from development, acquisition, generation, trading, marketing, and distribution of electricity and natural gas. SUEZ Energy also manages electricity generation and cogeneration, natural gas and liquefied natural gas, renewable resources, asset-based trading and origination, and retail energy sales ... (319 words) | ||
| BIOTECH: From the laboratory to an industry: What algae fuels needs - North County Times ... Warner said. That enabled the industry to commercialize rapidly. Real examples "There were physical plants you could go into, or send an engineering team into, to verify how much corn they used, natural gas, electricity," Warner said. "When you built a (corn ethanol plant), it was based upon actual operation, not projected operation. So when a bank went to fund that venture, there was a highe ... (612 words) | Project | |
| US tax revenue takes a big hit from downturn - Financial News USA (press release) ... program, run by the Bureau of Land Management, cost about $50 million this year, officials said, up from $36 million last year. [Read the full article] HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Key sticking points -- natural gas drilling on state lands, table games in casinos, and a welfare bill -- continued to hold up Pennsylvania's state budget on Wednesday, the eve of the 100th day since the state's fiscal year ... (753 words) | Legislation | |
| Australia Oil consumption between 2008 and 2018 is set to increase by 3.8% - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) ... to 8.75mn b/d by 2013. In 2001 the region was importing an average 12.99mn b/d. This total had risen to an estimated 17.22mn b/d in 2008, and is forecast to reach 19.76mn b/d by 2013. In terms of natural gas, in 2008 the region consumed 459bn cubic metres (bcm) and demand of 562bcm is targeted for 2013. Production of 356bcm in 2008 should reach 488bcm in 2013, but implies net imports easing fr ... (806 words) | Legislation | |
| PTT eyes budget revision on law case - Upstream Online ... our investment plan," he added. PTT planned to invest 240 billion baht ($7.2 billion) from 2009 to 2013 in its core oil and gas businesses. More than half of the budget is earmarked for the natural gas business, which generates more than a third of PTT's annual core earnings. In late September, a Thai court ordered 76 industrial projects, with an estimated value of 330 billion baht ($9 ... (306 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Daily Market Commentary for October 9, 2009 - Inside Futures ... COMMODITY MARKETS: Energy Sector - Nymex: Light Crude (November 09) gain $0.08, EOD $71.77 per barrel ($US per barrel) Heating Oil (November 09) no change $0.00, EOD $1.88 a gallon ($US per gallon) Natural Gas (November 09) shed $0.19, EOD $4.77 per million BTU ($US per mmbtu.) Unleaded Gas (November 09) shed $0.01, EOD $1.77 a gallon ($US per gallon) Metals Markets - Comex: Gold (December 09) s ... (1377 words) | Legislation | |
| ADAG agrees to pay marketing margin to RIL - The Statesman ... NEW DELHI, 9 OCT: Less than a month after it stopped paying marketing margin to Reliance Industries, AnilAmbaniGroup firm Reliance Infrastructure has agreed to pay the levy under protest and sought natural gas supply to its power plant when it resumes operations after a maintenance shutdown. R-Infra on 7 October wrote to RILsaying it was instructing its bank to effect full payment of the invoi ... (213 words) | Project | |
| Research and Markets: Our Energy Future: Resources, Alternatives and the ... - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) ... the Environment : " to their offering. Concerned about our energy future? Turn to this guide for easy-to-grasp and up-to-date coverage of the many aspects of the energy value chain. - Oil and natural gas - Coal - Fossil fuels and the greenhouse effect - Energy from water - Biomass - Solar energy - Geothermal energy - Wind energy - Nuclear energy - Electricity - Energy storage - ... (549 words) | Legislation | |
| STOCKS NEWS UK-Songbird shares fall on dilutive placing - Forbes ... Charles Stanley says in a note. The broker says, although no further details were given, the management have been looking towards the U.S., which 'is a hugely attractive market and interest in natural gas for HDD trucks has increased markedly due to concerns over energy security and emissions'. For more double click on Reuters Messaging rm://david.brett.reuters.com@reuters.net 10:39 G ... (988 words) | ||
| enbw Energie Baden-Wurttemberg AG - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... its market report catalogue for reselling. EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttenberg AG (EnBW) is a German energy holding company engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and natural gas. The company''s through its subsidiaries produces and supplies electricity and gas. Besides, it also provides services such as thermal and non-thermal disposal, water supply, and energy-re ... (321 words) | ||
| Oil Companies and Ethanol Plants: Slash, Burn and Buy - Renewable Energy World ... prices is what really happened. Dear Russ, A Btu is not a Btu. In other words why use very useful liquid fuel to produce heat at an alcohol plant when you can use biomass or less desirably, coal or natural gas, which are not very convenient for running cars. In other words a Btu of Alcohol is far more useful than a Btu of coal. The best documented EROEI is 8.3:1 in Brazil with cane. Now that Cor ... (10611 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Citigroup to offload Phibro, Hall to Occidental - International Business Times ... a trader in oil and gas, has assets of cash, marketable securities and readily salable commodity positions, Occidental said. It will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. Citigroup shares were down 2 cents, or 0.4 percent, at $4.63 in morning trade, while Occidental was up 71 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $80.80 ... (597 words) | Legislation | |
| Norway's prelim oil production fell in September - Forbes ... - Norway's oil production fell to a preliminary 1.87 million barrels per day on average in September from 1.89 million in August, the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said on Friday. Production of natural gas liquids (NGL) and condensate fell to a preliminary 291,000 barrels per day in September from 273,000 in August, the directorate said in a statement. Gas production fell to a preliminary ... (233 words) | ||
| Citigroup dumps Phibro, avoids showdown with US - Hays Daily News ... Petroleum Corp. means a bit less government scrutiny, it also means the bank is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in annual income. Phibro, which makes most of its money through oil and natural gas trades, earned an average $371 million annually during the past five years. Citigroup sold it for about $250 million, meaning that Occidental could recoup its investment in less than a yea ... (889 words) | Legislation | |
| CBI begins probing allegations against oil regulator - India-Forums.com ... conduct of Sibal and said it would file a criminal case against him for defamation. Sibal came under spotlight after RNRL accused him of hiking a capital expenditure towards the exploitation of natural gas from the Krishna-Godavari basin. Sibal has denied wrongdoing on his part or that he accepted any undue favour as alleged now by the Anil Ambani Group, such as a stay for his daughters at t ... (597 words) | Documentaries/Movies Legislation | |
| New Hamburg gas leak - 570 News ... New Hamburg - Dozens of New Hamburg residents are back home, after being forced out by a natural gas leak. They were told to get out, after some construction equipment severed a gas line in the Waterloo Street area yesterday afternoon. Most were back home within a couple of hours, while a few had to wait it out a bit longer until officials were able to re-light pilot lights in their homes. ... (114 words) | ||
| Crude oil prices slide Friday ... to reach $72 per barrel. Light, sweet crude fell 45 cents to $71.24 per barrel. Heating oil lost 0.0102 cents to $1.8367 per gallon. Reformulated gasoline lost 0.0152 cents to $1.7645 per gallon. Natural gas prices fell 0.014 cents to $4.949 per million British thermal units. At the pump, the national average price of unleaded gasoline was $2.471 per gallon Friday, up from Thursday's $2.468, ... (73 words) | ||
| $70 WTI this winter, $75 by end of '10 - Petroleum News ... futures prices and the markets assessment of the range in which those futures might trade and said its monthly outlook will report confidence levels around New York Mercantile Exchange crude oil and natural gas futures prices using a measure of risk derived from Nymex options markets known as implied volatility. EIA expects natural gas inventories to set a new record high at the end of the years ... (776 words) | Project | |
| Roy Eiguren's Idaho public policy blog ... These 75 projects, mostly in southern Idaho, would eventually generate more than 10,400 mw. To put that in perspective, Idaho has about 2,000 mw of in-state power production including hydro, natural gas, wind, solar and geothermal. Of these 75 projects, 13 of them are by Boise-based Exergy, representing 228 mw. While this news is important, we should keep in mind that wind is intermitten ... (1029 words) | Legislation Project | |
| MyFeedMe - Show Article ... in Texas by 2015 will alter operations of every power plant in the state, industry sources said on Wednesday. The rise in wind to an expected 18,500 megawatts of installed capacity will force aging, natural gas-fired power plants to shut, limit output at times from coal-fired plants and create a need for nimble, simple-cycle gas plants that investors are wary to build in the current market, said ... (547 words) | Project | |
| County plan work sessions begin - Keyser Mineral Daily News Tribune ... moving out of the county's municipalities, the economic potential of using the farm land to produce crops and have a notation that the county could be an agricultural leader, the advantage of having natural gas production through the underlying Marcellus shale layer, with language in the plan to develop steps to handle the resulting wastewater, and encourage development of housing through the use ... (699 words) | ||
| Researchers Encouraged by Biomass Crop Growth on Abandoned Mine Lands - Lancaster Farming ... be cut once. Even with these challenges, researchers are hopeful the market for biomass will become competitive enough for this to be done on a larger scale. "If the price of oil and the price of natural gas really increase in the next few years, than alternative fuels like biomass could be viable," Van de Mark said. "It comes back to economics." "Do you think the latest CWT (Cooperatives Wo ... (880 words) | Legislation Project | |
| USAF Progresses On Alternative Fuels | AVIATION WEEK ... are under way for coal-and-biomass-to-liquid F-T jet fuel and soy to HRJ. Despite the growing interest in biofuels, DESC has several pilot programs under way to produce synthetic JP-8 from coal and natural gas using the F-T process, Huntley says. The Energy Department, meanwhile, has a $700 million program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-to-liquid F-T fuel production though carbon c ... (415 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Orange juice jumps 10 percent on crop report - San Luis Obispo Tribune ... 8 cents to $71.77 a barrel on the Nymex. Crude finished the week up 2.6 percent. Heating oil rose by less than a penny to $1.8528 and gasoline fell by 1.17 cents to settle at $1.7680 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost 19.3 cents to settle at $4.77 per 1,000 cubic feet. What you should know about comments on SanLuisObispo.com SanLuisObispo.com is happy to provide a forum fo ... (603 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Echelon (ELON) 10/8/09 - Cabot Wealth Advisory ... so rooted in ancient technologies--that it is rife with inefficiencies. Which to me spells opportunity. We all know how it works in general. All across the country, power plants burn coal or oil or natural gas or combinations of the three. Others burn wood, or generate nuclear power, or use hydropower, or take in trickles of power from little wind power farms and solar panels. And all across the ... (630 words) | Project | |
| Where's the next boom? Maybe 'cleantech' - Daily Democrat ... innovation by smaller firms that hope to be tomorrow's giants. The action is happening at companies like GreatPoint Energy in Cambridge, Mass., which has developed a technique for turning coal into natural gas more cheaply and efficiently than previous methods. GreatPoint plans to break ground next year on a power plant in Houston that will cost $800 million and create thousands of construction ... (580 words) | Project | |
| From the Desk of Senator Craig Johnson - October 9, 2009 - Floral Park Dispatch ... well positioned to lead the way in energy innovation and efficiency initiatives. The cost of efficiency programs is about one-fifth the cost of electricity generated from new nuclear, coal and natural gas-fired plants. Of course, energy efficiency does not require new power lines and does not pollute. On the state level, we have already changed regulations so utility company profits are n ... (525 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Viridis Clean Energy Group - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... assets. The company targets long-term investment in projects that generate energy from renewable sources (wind, hydro, geothermal, biomass and solar), waste gas (landfill gas, biogas, process gas), natural gas and coal seam methane. As of the year end June 2008, VCEG held assets of capacity 200MW and the total production across the portfolio was 771GWh. The company has its assets in the UK, Germ ... (334 words) | Project | |
| Source: Blago to appear on Trump reality TV show ... star returning to NY hometown for event Fat city: W.Va. town braces for TV show depiction Springfield to bare backside on `Californication' Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid Multimedia Game: Guess the celebrity baby photo payday LATEST NEWS Source: Blago to appear on Trump reality TV show Hartnett and fellow Asian heartthrobs charm Pu ... (598 words) | Activism Legislation | |
| Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine - SourceWatch ... life for food, increases proportionally." As a result, Robinson concluded, industrial activities can be counted on to encourage greater species biodiversity and a greener planet: As coal, oil, and natural gas are used to feed and lift from poverty vast numbers of people across the globe, more CO 2 will be released into the atmosphere. This will help to maintain and improve the health, longevity ... (3237 words) | Project | |
| Wind Energy: Generating Electricity and Employment - REVE - Regulacin Elica con Vehculos Elctricos ... carbon dioxide emissions in the United States, and it accounts for 39% of total CO2 emissions in 2007. The main sources of power generation currently being used in the United States are coal (49%), natural gas (22%), nuclear (20%), hydropower (6%), and petroleum/petroleum coke (1%). Although wind turbine technology has enabled wind energy to become a viable source for power generation, wind curr ... (7197 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Omaha Public Power District - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity and related services. The company holds nine plants for the generation of electricity. It uses coal, nuclear power, oil, natural gas, landfill gas, and wind turbine for the generation of electricity. OPPD is one of the largest publicly owned electric utilities in the US serving over 340,000 customers in around 13 counti ... (313 words) | Project | |
| Painted Pony Petroleum Ltd.: News Release - PR-USA.net (press release) ... 1,800 boe/d, a 37% increase from second quarter 2009 sales of 1,313 boe/d. Crude oil production averaged 1,230 bbls/d in September 2009 compared to the second quarter average rate of 543 bbls/d. Natural gas volumes averaged 545 boe/d in September compared to second quarter average sales of 733 boe/d; the decline due to the previously reported voluntary shutting in of lower netback gas wells i ... (1053 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Indiana Could be Renewable Energy Hub - Report - SustainableBusiness.com ... creating tens of thousands of good jobs and substantial new sources of income for farmers." People in Indiana spend more than $24 billion per year on gasoline and other petroleum fuels, natural gas, and coal for electricity production, building heat, transportation, and industrial use. That translates to almost $3,800 in fuel costs per person--and 91% of those Indiana energy dollars ... (552 words) | Legislation | |
| ONGC Tops Pool A In Murugappa Hockey - india-server.com ... and Natural Gas Corporation clinched the top position in pool A in Murugappa Cup. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) clinched the top position in pool A in the 85th All-India MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup hockey tournament. They made an unbeaten record with a dramatic 4-3 win over Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL). ONGC, having won all their four league matches, finished with 12 points a ... (224 words) | ||
| Intellectual Property Law and Making Ethanol More Profitable - PR Web (press release) ... The workshop and Hoffman's presentation will focus on improving the ethanol industry's bottom line with legal strategies connected to breakthrough technologies such as displacing natural gas for energy savings, fractionation, and the addition of new co-products to increase profitability. "While breakthrough improvements in the ethanol industry are moving at light speed, a le ... (136 words) | Legislation | |
| Tracking Tar | Orion Magazine ... yellow-green froth; large ripples subside quickly on the oil-slicked surface and barely reach the shore. A byproduct of bacteria eating up vegetative matter, methane is the predominant component of natural gas, and is often associated with oil fields. It's odorless, colorless, and relatively stable, which is a good thing considering the well-aimed cigarettes. Nothing ignites here, as the gas dis ... (3451 words) | Documentaries/Movies Project | |
| CLIMATE CHANGE: Four Degrees of Devastation - IPS ipsnews.net ... since it is the total cumulative emissions that determine how warm the planet will get, Allen told the conference. If climate negotiators only look at slowing rates of carbon emissions, then natural gas will be substituted for coal because it has half of the carbon - but the total amount of carbon in the atmosphere will continue to increase. "We didn't save the ozone layer by rationing de ... (1117 words) | Legislation Project | |
| American Oil & Gas Announces Participation Agreement for Fetter Field Re-Completion Program (Marketwire) ... - 10/09/09) - American Oil & Gas, Inc. (AMEX:AEZ - News) has entered into a participation agreement with an industry recognized provider of products and services to the international oil and natural gas industry. The agreement covers a re-completion program into the Niobrara formation at American's 53,000 gross acre Fetter field project, located in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Under ... (725 words) | Project | |
| National Magazine Names New Westar Energy Power Plant Finalist for "Project of ... - PR-CANADA.net (press release) ... our Comprehensive Energy Plan," said Bill Moore, president and chief executive officer. "Along with our three wind farms, energy efficiency programs and our high-performing coal, nuclear and other natural gas plants, our Emporia Energy Center is helping Westar meet customer demand at low cost and with a high degree of reliability." Emporia Energy Center was designed as a natural gas peaking pla ... (501 words) | Project | |
| Sechilienne-Sidec - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... financing, construction, and operation of power plants. Sechilienne utilizes several renewable resources including biomass, wind and solar to generate electricity. In addition, it also operates a natural gas cogeneration plant. As of December 31, 2008, the company had combined installed capacity of 579 MW. Before the merger in 1982, the company was principally engaged in development of the com ... (308 words) | Project | |
| Dhaka goes to UN tribunal on maritime boundary dispute - Mizzima.com ... against the protests. "The claims of our neighbours have unfairly cut off a significant portion of our maritime area in the Bay of Bengal. And it prevented us from exploring and exploiting oil and natural gas resources." The government said it took the maritime dispute to the UNCLOS "with a view to preserving our national wealth and sovereign rights in the Bay of Bengal." The Foreign Minister ... (585 words) | Legislation | |
| Ameren Illinois Utilities Extend Electric Rate Relief Assistance To Non-Profit ... - Murphysboro American ... AmerenCILCO, AmerenIP) have been providing safe, reliable energy delivery service for more than a century. The Ameren Illinois Utilities deliver energy to 1.2 million electric and 840,000 natural gas customers in more than 1,200 communities within a 43,700-square-mile service territory. Thank you for the abuse report. We will review the report and take appropriate action. ... (360 words) | ||
| BUY OR SELL-Can clean energy demand further power Capstone shrs? - Reuters ... last few months even though the company has been losing money since it went public in 2000, weighed down by manufacturing costs. The company, whose microturbines run on a variety of fuels such as natural gas, biogas and diesel, recently received a key industry certification for a product -- something that analysts believe could be an important growth driver. So, will the shares of the company ... (375 words) | Project | |
| Force Energy Corp.-Clarification and Retraction of Prior Press Release ... - SYS-CON Media (press release) ... and Development Company based in Denver, CO with a focus on Wyoming. Using a geology-based methodology, the US Geological Survey estimate a mean of 2.4 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas and a mean of 41 million barrels of undiscovered oil in the Wind River Basin Province of Wyoming. Force Energy Corp. has acquired 75% working interest in the Diamond Springs Prospect locat ... (1129 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Pa. Legislature sends $27.8B budget to Rendell - York Daily Record ... stock and franchise tax and sales of cigarettes and little cigars. The plan also relies on legalizing and taxing table games at the state's slot-machine casinos and leasing more state forest land to natural gas exploration companies. However, the House and Senate remain divided on aspects of the table games legislation, and negotiations on it were expected to continue into next week. On the way t ... (943 words) | Legislation | |
| NYMEX-Crude seesaws, dollar's weakness supports | Markets | Markets News | Reuters ... The oil futures complex was pressured despite the data showing crude stocks fell, against a forecast for an increase. Distillate supplies rose slightly more than expected. The EIA will release natural gas storage data on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT). A Reuters survey of analysts yielded a forecast for supply to be up 62 billion cubic feet. PRICES * On the New York Mercantile Ex ... (491 words) | ||
| Mapping valley's energy use - Las Vegas Sun ... able to compute individual homes. She said she got better cooperation from NV Energy, which permitted her to give a street view of electricity use. Southwest Gas, however, allowed her to only list natural gas use by ZIP code. The Rebuild Nevada coalition is launching its Clean Energy Works campaign to push for strong clean energy and climate change laws in Congress. The coalition is made up ... (729 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Stelmach rallies Tory troops - Medicine Hat News ... will not see a tax increase of any kind. "You can’t tax your way out of a recession," he said. He added the same resources that fueled Alberta’s boom earlier this decade — natural gas and oil — will help to pull the province out of this recession. "The foundation of our province’s future prosperity lies in our ability to provide the energy the world will nee ... (509 words) | Project | |
| North American Indices: Equities Test Resistance as Earnings and Economics ... - HoweStreet.com ... level, regaining territory lost yesterday, and US crude which has advanced to test its key $72.50/bbl level with next resistance in the $74.00-$75.00/bbl area and support still in place near $70.00. Natural gas has also been climbing today despite a worse than expected inventory report (69 BCF build vs street 60 BCF build), which suggests that anticipation of home heating season still appears to ... (944 words) | Project | |
| US Oilfield Cos Hurt By Weak North Amer Operations ... costs and other items while revenue was $4.85 billion . Key Issues: Halliburton has been winning contracts in Mexico and Brazil , but it remains unclear whether international growth can offset natural gas declines in the U.S. The company, more exposed to North America than its rivals, has expected major customers to continue seeking discounts. Weatherford International Ltd. (WFT) - reports ... (453 words) | Project | |
| China Far Outpaces U.S. in Building Cleaner Coal-Fired Plants - NYTimes.com ... on coal, which supplies 80 percent of its electricity, China ensures that it will keep emitting a lot of carbon dioxide; even an efficient coal-fired power plant emits twice the carbon dioxide of a natural gas-fired plant. Perhaps the biggest question now is how much further China can go beyond the recent steps. In particular, how fast will it move toward power plants that capture their emissi ... (1067 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Turkmenistan denies entry to Peace Corps - The Aurora Sentinel ... education to 10 years from to nine years, and higher education has been extended from two years to five. He has also increased contacts with the West, which is eager for access to Turkenmnistan's natural gas riches. But fears are mounting that the government is reverting to Niyazov's draconian style of rule. Last week, the United States criticized efforts by Turkmenistan to prevent students ... (564 words) | Legislation | |
| Northeast Utilities - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... utility holding company. It is engaged in the distribution of electricity. The company is engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission, delivery, and sale of electricity and providing retail natural gas services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers through its four wholly owned subsidiaries. NU serves over two million electric and natural gas customers in Connecticut, West ... (300 words) | ||
| Major Indices Testing Late September Highs (TradingMarkets.com) ... Alternatively, DBB could drift slightly lower to form a "bull flag" pattern on its daily chart. If it does, the first solid gap above the upper channel of the flag could be buyable. First Trust Natural Gas (NYSE:FCG - News), which bounced off support of its multi-month uptrend line and "undercut" its 20-day EMA last week, was another strong performer yesterday. Gaining 4.1%, FCG also settled ... (974 words) | ||
| Area residents alarmed - Daily Iberian ... heard sounds coming from Jefferson Island Storage and Hub, sounds she said lasted for 45 minutes. Jefferson Island Storage and Hub/AGL Resources spokesman Alan Chapple said there was a planned natural gas release at the facility, a release he said posed no safety threat to lake residents. Advertisement "Certainly there was no explosion," Chapple said. "It was nothing out of the ordinary." L ... (642 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Compact Electric Power Generator For The Home Based On Solar Energy ... central power generation business. Although their plans may include the diversification of their power source, such as: nuclear, hydro, solar, thermal power, as well as, continuing the use of coal, natural gas, oil, it does not include the home power generation market. Sunlight is the only energy available to all homes, free of charge, provided by God and nature. If sunlight was harness by each ... (740 words) | Project | |
| Enstar fights to keep laundry overbilling snafu in tariff - Petroleum News ... gas suppliers, politicians, ratepayers tell RCA company shouldnt be able to recover $5.7 million Kristen Nelson Petroleum News The battle continues over who should bear the burden of Enstar Natural Gas Co.s $5.7 million overbilling of the U.S. Department of Defense for natural gas deliveries. For several years Enstars billing system incorrectly indicated that measurement from a single me ... (1796 words) | Legislation Project | |
| A man, a plane, a very big picture - The Daily Climate ... forests in the Pacific Northwest, coal bed methane development in Wyoming, pine beetle blight across the Western Slope of Colorado, giant open-pit gold mines in Nevada, scars from a decades-long natural gas boom in New Mexico or melting Montana glaciers, his vantage point connects the disparate dots that reveal a tattered Western tapestry. The 64-year-old Gordon has borne airborne witness to ... (1565 words) | Project | |
| Oil Sands Are Trying to Clean up a Dirty Business | Green Prophet ... has a reputation as a filthy, energy-intensive business. The most common method of producing oil from these sands involves strip mining to collect the sand, then heating the collected material with natural gas to draw off the oil. Since oil sands mining began in 1967, about 420 km2 (160 mi2) of land has been disturbed in these operations. Can the bitumen locked within these deposits be extracte ... (949 words) | Project | |
| ERHC Energy Inc. Updates Shareholders on Drilling in the JDZ - eMediaWorld.com Newswire Press Release Distribution Service (press release) ... ("Sinopec"), the operator of JDZ Block 2 in which ERHC has a 22 percent interest, has also finished exploratory drilling at the JDZ Bomu-1 well location. Based on the early analysis done to date, natural gas is discovered, but again a detailed evaluation of information from the well has only just commenced so it is far too early for any conclusions to be drawn on the extent and quality of the ... (975 words) | Legislation Project | |
| STOCKS NEWS UK-Vyke Comms boosted by Latin America deal ... Charles Stanley says in a note. The broker says, although no further details were given, the management have been looking towards the U.S., which 'is a hugely attractive market and interest in natural gas for HDD trucks has increased markedly due to concerns over energy security and emissions'. For more double click on Reuters Messaging rm://david.brett.reuters.com@reuters.net 10:39 G ... (970 words) | ||
| Clean-Energy Investment Plunges in Third Quarter - American Chronicle ... in the first quarter and investors growing more confident. Many analysts think a turnaround will come in 2010 but caution that much depends on the U.S. economy, the health of the financial sector, natural gas prices and even electricity demand. Asset financing, key to solar and wind projects, fell 26 percent to $19.2 billion. Venture capital and private equity investment dropped 46 percent to $ ... (426 words) | Project | |
| Unresolved budget issues: State must put limits on gas leasing - The Patriot-News - PennLive.com ... are working out a plan to lease more state land for drilling in the Marcellus Shale regions of our state. We believe leasing should have been coupled with a severance tax on the extraction of the natural gas but, unfortunately, lawmakers decided not to include that revenue generator in the budget plan. The land-leasing proposal should include a provision that limits the acreage leased to pri ... (208 words) | Legislation | |
| Florida Republicans: drill, baby, drill - MyFox Tampa Bay ... offshore drilling legislation? That depends on who you ask. State Representative Ed Hooper of Clearwater is a Republican and has already told his party leaders he will vote against allowing oil and natural gas exploration near Florida's Gulf of Mexico shoreline. "I have seen no evidence or no threat or no inclination of any repercussions from the leadership," he says. Hooper claims leaders of ... (314 words) | Legislation | |
| Friday's Our View: Winter bills looking smaller - SW Iowa News ... that lower fuel costs across the board and an expected milder winter will cut average heating costs for the upcoming season by 8 percent compared to last year – to about $960. People using natural gas this winter stand to save $105, compared with last year, and propane users will get even bigger savings, the government said. Households that use heating oil or electric heat also are expe ... (491 words) | Project | |
| State Senate on track to send Rendell a budget - Allentown Morning Call ... are deposited, and later withdrawn from, to pay for elements of the general fund budget. The House and Senate disagree on two provisions in the fiscal code: the leasing of state forest land for natural gas drilling and the creation of a so-called "legislative fiscal office," that would act as a counterweight to the governor's Budget Office The House has said it opposes the office's $4 millio ... (471 words) | Legislation | |
| Exelon Ill Byron 1 reactor exits refuel - Forbes ... more than 38,000 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities, and transmits and distributes electricity to about 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois and southeast Pennsylvania and natural gas to about 480,000 the Philadelphia area. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by John Picinich) ((scott.disavino@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6072; Reuters Messaging: scott.disavino. ... (323 words) | Project | |
| Intrepid Shoe Executive Casts Lot With Albania ... River in Kalivac, in southern Albania. At a time when Europe is seeking to offset its dependence on Russian energy, he argued that Albania, blessed by abundant rivers and at the crossroads of major natural gas lines, could become an important regional energy hub. Mr. Becchetti said one of the biggest challenges of undertaking large infrastructure projects in Albania was getting financing becau ... (1261 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Orange juice jumps 10 percent on crop report - CharlotteObserver.com ... 8 cents to $71.77 a barrel on the Nymex. Crude finished the week up 2.6 percent. Heating oil rose by less than a penny to $1.8528 and gasoline fell by 1.17 cents to settle at $1.7680 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost 19.3 cents to settle at $4.77 per 1,000 cubic feet. The Charlotte region is vast and diverse. The more voices engaged in conversation, the better for us al ... (606 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Ameren Corporation Directors Declare Quarterly Dividend - Clean Energy Update ... preferred stock dividend is payable Feb. 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on Jan. 20, 2010. With assets of approximately $23 billion, Ameren serves 2.4 million electric customers and one million natural gas customers in a 64,000-square-mile area of Missouri and Illinois. SOURCE Ameren Corporation Guest Column: BY LEW HAY, RALPH IZZO, TOM KING, JOHN ROWE and MAYO SHATTUCK Certain small ... (219 words) | Legislation | |
| Bills to compare power use among neighbors - Boston Globe ... times we need all the power - with nothing plugged in - that we can get to educate ourselves to use less energy,'' Domenitz said. National Grid has 1.2 million electric customers and about 800,000 natural gas customers in Massachusetts. So far, it is the only one of the state's four investor-owned utilities to try out this idea. National Grid selected the customers at random, and those who do ... (734 words) | ||
| Edison spa - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... Profile" into its market report catalogue for reselling. Edison SpA (Edison) is an energy company engaged in the production, development, storage, transportation and sale of crude oil and natural gas and electricity. Presently, the company holds around 12.1GW of installed generating capacity. It operates 68 hydroelectric power plants, 27 thermoelectric power plants and 28 wind farms. F ... (322 words) | Project | |
| Energy Forum Offers Ideas to Curb Greenhouse Gases - istockAnalyst.com (press release) ... but they won't be much help if their electricity is provided by coal-fired plants, which produce the gases. Kowalik said new power plants in the U.S. over the next decade were likely to rely on natural gas, which produces fewer greenhouse gases, and more wind farms will be built. Nuclear plants, which don't produce greenhouse gases, also are part of the picture. Steve Rus, senior vice presid ... (531 words) | Legislation Project | |
| MOL: premature to call Mako well drill a failure ... each control 40.44 percent of the Mako Trough while Falcon Oil holds 19.12 percent. MOL earlier said that the Mako Trough is believed to contain more than 340 billion cubic meters of unconventional natural gas, which is too hot and too deep for extraction using conventional technology. MOL said late last year that three test drills were under way in the Mako Trough. At 1132 GMT, MOL shares wer ... (242 words) | Project | |
| Citigroup to offload Phibro, Hall to Occidental ... $450 million in 2006. Irani is the largest individual shareholder in Occidental, Phibro, primarily a trader in oil and gas, will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. "It's a great move for Occidental Petroleum because they're getting a proven team," said David Tendler, who was co-CEO of Phibro when Hall ... (512 words) | Legislation | |
| WSP Holdings to Present at the 2009 Roth China Conference (PR Newswire) ... (NYSE: WH - News ; "WSP Holdings" or the "Company"), a leading Chinese manufacturer of API ("American Petroleum Institute") and non-API seamless casing, tubing and drill pipes used in oil and natural gas exploration, drilling and extraction ("Oil Country Tubular Goods" or "OCTG"), today announced that the Company will present at the upcoming 2009 ROTH China Conference, scheduled for Octobe ... (343 words) | ||
| Entergy Corporation - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... catalogue for reselling. Entergy Corporation (Entergy) is an integrated energy company engaged in generation, transmission and distribution of electricity. Entergy owns and operates plants using natural gas, nuclear, coal, oil and hydroelectric power with approximately 30,000 MW of electric generating capacity. The company is the second largest nuclear generator in the US. Entergy also provid ... (310 words) | Project | |
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains - Myrtle Beach Sun News ... unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil slipped by less than a penny to $1.84 and gasoline by over a cent to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost mre than 7 cents to fetch $4.89 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 43 cents to $69.34 on the ICE Futures exchange. Associated Press writer Al ... (815 words) | ||
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains - TheNewsTribune.com ... unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil slipped by less than a penny to $1.84 and gasoline by over a cent to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost mre than 7 cents to fetch $4.89 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 43 cents to $69.34 on the ICE Futures exchange. JOIN THE DISCUSSION We we ... (434 words) | Legislation | |
| Number Of Active Rigs Rises By 17 - cbs4denver.com ... HOUSTON (AP) The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. this week rose by 17 to 1,041. Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. said Friday that 726 rigs were exploring for natural gas and 305 for oil. Ten were listed as miscellaneous. A year ago this week, the rig count stood at 1,990. Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, Louisiana and Texas each gained six rigs, ... (134 words) | ||
| CIRI plans coal-to-gas electrical power plant | Stupidica ... An Anchorage Native corporation said this morning it aims to build a new electric power plant on the west side of Cook Inlet using coal instead of the region's dwindling natural gas supply. The 100-megawatt plant would rely on an emerging but proven technology that doesn't require the coal to be mined. Instead, the coal would be transformed into gas underground, according to officials ... (100 words) | Project | |
| Algeria OPEC Membership And Assigned Production Quota Could Frustrate Volume ... - OfficialWire (press release) ... 2008 and is forecast to reach 8.02mn b/d by 2013. Angola has the greatest production growth potential, with Nigerian exports set to soar if it can resolve recent quasi-political issues. In terms of natural gas, the region in 2008 consumed 115bn cubic metres (bcm), with demand of 181bcm targeted for 2013. Production of 211bcm in 2008 should reach 354bcm in 2013, which implies net exports rising f ... (944 words) | Legislation | |
| NAL Oil & Gas Trust Announces October Distribution - Stockhouse ... Upstream Conventional Oil and Gas Industry. The Trust generates monthly cash distributions for its Unitholders by pursuing a strategy of acquiring, developing, producing and selling crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids from pools in southeastern Saskatchewan, central Alberta, northeastern British Columbia and Lake Erie, Ontario. Trust units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange unde ... (267 words) | Project | |
| Oil prices nearly flat as dollar strengthens - Bay News 9 ... and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 per barrel to continue exploring for more oil. With prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. Prices at the gas pump edged up 0.3 cents overnight to $2.471 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express an ... (515 words) | Legislation | |
| NAL Oil & Gas Trust Announces October Distribution - StreetInsider.com (subscription) ... Upstream Conventional Oil and Gas Industry. The Trust generates monthly cash distributions for its Unitholders by pursuing a strategy of acquiring, developing, producing and selling crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids from pools in southeastern Saskatchewan, central Alberta, northeastern British Columbia and Lake Erie, Ontario. Trust units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange unde ... (197 words) | ||
| FPL to Open New PV Plant (Zacks.com) ... Protection Agency. In addition, the electricity generated by this facility will reduce the use of fossil fuels in Florida by more than 277,000 barrels of oil and 7 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Zacks Investment Research ... (302 words) | Project | |
| ADAG agrees to pay mkt margin to RIL - Indian Express ... paying marketing margin to Reliance Industries, Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Infrastructure has agreed to pay the levy, although under protest, and has asked the Mukesh Ambani firm to resume natural gas supplies to its power plant. R-Infra on October 7 wrote to RIL saying it was instructing its "bank to effect full payment of the invoice (raised by RIL for supply of KG-D6 field gas to i ... (260 words) | Project | |
| Constellation NY Nine Mile 1 reactor up to 43 pct power - Forbes ... in Baltimore, owns and operates about 9,000 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities in North America, and transmits and distributes electricity to 1.2 million customers and natural gas to 630,000 customers in Maryland. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by John Picinich) ((scott.disavino@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6072; Reuters Messaging: scott.disavino.reuter ... (431 words) | Project | |
| PG&E Calif. Helms 1 hydro unit back - Forbes ... PG&E, of San Francisco, owns and operates more than 6,200 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities and transmits and distributes electricity to almost 5.3 million customers and natural gas to 4.2 million customers in northern California. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Lisa Shumaker) ((scott.disavino@thomsonreuters.com; +1 646 223 6072; Reuters Messaging: scott. ... (362 words) | Legislation Project | |
| I endorse the "Quit Coal" scenario - Burnt Orange Report (blog) ... Wind, rooftop solar, and energy efficiency all have zero fuel costs . For customers big & small this means very little volatility in pricing. As we've seen with recent price surges in oil, coal and natural gas commodity prices, eliminating this volatility offers a more appealing financial picture, both for business planners and low income advocates. We'd "be the change" Getting out of our coal ... (818 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Population and climate change | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists ... gha. This overshoot is possible only because we can (temporarily) substitute or supplement our biological resources by exploiting our finite supply of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) provide concentrated energy derived from the sun over millions of years. Renewable energy is essentially harvested in real time--directly through photovoltaic technology or indirectly via ... (9727 words) | Legislation Project | |
| PDVSA and petroecuador in gas hunt - Petroleumworld.com ... Venezuela and Ecuador's state energy players said that exploration is under way at a test well in Ecuador's Gulf of Guayaquil, with expectations of finding up to 1.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Petroecuador and PDVSA announced their plans a year ago to drill for gas in the gulf's 300,000-hectare Block 4. Yesterday’s announcement that early tests have already been taken at the ... (173 words) | ||
| Citigroup selling Phibro to Occidental - Interactive Investor ... He took home $60.5 million in 2008 and $77.6 million in 2007. Irani is also Occidental's largest individual shareholder. Phibro will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. (Reporting by Paritosh Bansal; editing by John Wallace) (For more M&A news and our DealZone blog, go to http://www.reuters.com/deals) ((par ... (456 words) | Legislation Project | |
| BP's Chief Touts Natural Gas as the Natural Choice ... BP chief executive Tony Hayward believes natural gas has a bigger role to play in the world's energy future. Speaking at the 24th World Gas Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, he said, "We need to take carbon out of the energy mix today and we need to be realistic about how we're going to do that." The solution, he said is through a diverse energy supply -- particularly in the power sector, w ... (349 words) | ||
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains - Chicago Daily Herald ... The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil and gasoline both rose by more than a penny to $1.83 and $1.76 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery slipped by nearly 3 cents to $4.94 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 34 cents to $69.43 on the ICE Futures exchange. You have not completed the sig ... (372 words) | ||
| Citigroup to offload Phibro, Hall to Occidental - Forexyard ... shareholder in Occidental, an oil and gas exploration and production company. Phibro, primarily a trader in oil and gas, will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. "It's a great move for Occidental Petroleum because they're getting a proven team," said David Tendler, who was co-CEO of Phibro when Hall ... (786 words) | Legislation | |
| Occidental sees net Phibro investment about $250M ... and Gas (PXP, OXY, CHK) 9:26am 9/25/08 - 24/7 Wall St. 932375177 Occidental To Try Enhanced Oil Recovery in Permian Basin (OXY, KMP) 9:18am 7/1/08 - 24/7 Wall St. 930527893 Legislation and Risks To Natural Gas Development (CHK, WMB, XTO, OXY, APA, EP, DVN) 10:31am 5/29/08 - 24/7 Wall St. 927661960 Oil, Gas, and Offshore Drilling Earnings Reports Mixed (COP, CNX, DO, OXY) 9:33am 4/24/08 - 24/7 Wa ... (1562 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Pipelines put natural gas from Rockies near same prices as other regions - Denver Post ... Rockies Express Pipeline carries natural gas from Weld County to Ohio. John Harpole, president of Mercator Energy LLC of Denver, calls it "a game-changer." (Associated Press file photo) For years, natural gas from the Rocky Mountains sold for the lowest price of all the gas-producing regions in the country — sometimes fetching half the spot market price. That gap was as high as $3.36 p ... (450 words) | Project | |
| 17:01 (DIP) FRENCH FIRMS EAGER TO JOIN NABUCCO PROJECT, SARKOZY - Anadolu Ajans ... 54,000 VEHICLES IN 9 MONTHS LATEST NEWS... 17:01 (DIP) FRENCH FIRMS EAGER TO JOIN NABUCCO PROJECT, SARKOZY The French president expressed on Friday French companies' eagerness to join the Nabucco natural gas pipeline project. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said that French firms were eager to take part in the Nabucco project, and they wanted to cooperate with Turkey in nuclear energy. Sark ... (1166 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Stocks and ETFs Rally as Indexes Hit Highs - Smartmoney.com ... 10:00 a.m. Business Inventories Thursday 8:30 a.m. Consumer Price Index 8:30 a.m. Empire State Manufacturing Survey 8:30 a.m. Jobless Claims 10:00 a.m. Philadelphia Fed Survey 10:30 a.m. EIA Natural Gas Report 11:00 a.m. EIA Petroleum Status Report Friday 9:00 a.m. Treasury International Capital 9:15 a.m. Industrial Production 9:55 a.m. Consumer Sentiment Trackback URL for this story: ... (567 words) | Legislation | |
| Consumers Energy Company - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... (Consumers Energy) is a gas and electric utility company. Consumers Energy is the principal subsidiary of Jackson-based CMS Energy Corporation. It is engaged in the production and distribution of natural gas and transmission and distribution of electricity for industrial and residential purpose. The companys area of operation is Michigan in the US. It provides natural gas and electricity to al ... (317 words) | ||
| Naftogaz: $500 mln debt restructure offer accepted - Forbes ... years and increasing the interest rate from the current 8.125 percent to 9.5 percent. The proposal offers explicit state guarantees for the bonds. Naftogaz is responsible for transporting Russian natural gas to European consumers via pipelines crossing Ukraine, and past debt problems have contributed to supply disruptions. In January, millions of Europeans were left freezing for two weeks afte ... (225 words) | ||
| Joining Forces - KCI Investing ... Forecaster , the nation's leading advisory on essential services stocks, bonds and preferred stocks. His proprietary safety rating system evaluates the prospects of every significant electric, natural gas, telecommunications and water company, including utility-based mutual funds and foreign utilities. Roger's penchant for detailed research and his studied insights into utilities markets ha ... (2255 words) | Legislation | |
| Gazprom To Resume Imports From Turkmenistan - Neftegaz.RU ... Dmitry Medvedev in September in the Caspian port city of Turkmenbashi that all issues relating to the resumption of Turkmen gas supplies to Russia had been resolved, and that Gazprom would buy natural gas from Turkmenistan according to a specific formula, as the Russian company considers the current price too high given the economic environment. Turkmenistan earlier accused Russia of failin ... (187 words) | ||
| Integrys Energy Group, Inc. - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... customer segment in its area of operation including residential, Commercial and industrial, Transportation and others. The company uses diversified mix of energy source including coal, hydro, natural gas and fuel oil and wind. Global Market Directs Integrys Energy Group, Inc. - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile is an essential source for company data and information. The profile examines ... (322 words) | Legislation | |
| Oil prices nearly flat as dollar strengthens - WBOC TV 16 ... and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 per barrel to continue exploring for more oil. With prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. Prices at the gas pump edged up 0.3 cents overnight to $2.471 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and ... (859 words) | Documentaries/Movies Legislation Project | |
| Orange juice jumps 10 percent on crop report - Sacramento Bee ... 8 cents to $71.77 a barrel on the Nymex. Crude finished the week up 2.6 percent. Heating oil rose by less than a penny to $1.8528 and gasoline fell by 1.17 cents to settle at $1.7680 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost 19.3 cents to settle at $4.77 per 1,000 cubic feet. What You Should Know About Comments on Sacbee.com Sacbee.com is happy to provide a forum for reader int ... (780 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Trinidad in talks with Brazilian company on aluminum project ... second quarter of next year," Conrad said on the sidelines of the World Gas Conference. Trinidad is seeking to attract energy-intensive industries such as aluminum makers interested in its abundant natural gas reserves. Alcoa Inc., the largest US aluminum producer, was interested in building an aluminum smelter in the Caribbean nation in 2006 before the project met environmental opposition. Alu ... (281 words) | Project | |
| American Oil & Gas Announces Participation Agreement for Fetter Field Re ... - SYS-CON Media (press release) ... -- 10/09/09 -- American Oil & Gas, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AEZ) has entered into a participation agreement with an industry recognized provider of products and services to the international oil and natural gas industry. The agreement covers a re-completion program into the Niobrara formation at American's 53,000 gross acre Fetter field project, located in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Under ... (1069 words) | Project | |
| Auto sector shows slight gain in Q2 as Ont. GDP falls 1.0 per cent - Winnipeg Free Press ... credits higher consumer and government spending in the second quarter with offsetting some of the declines. Consumer spending increased by 0.5 per cent, with car sales, clothing, shoes, food and natural gas all showing gains. Ontario's trade surplus dropped as exports fell 3.1 per cent while imports remained flat. Rate it yourself by rolling over the stars and clicking when you reach your ... (305 words) | ||
| TMX Group Statement Regarding New OSC Process on Transparency of Exchange and ... - Canada NewsWire (press release) ... Group's key subsidiaries operate cash and derivative markets for multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and energy. Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, Montreal Exchange, Natural Gas Exchange, Boston Options Exchange (BOX), Shorcan, Equicom and other TMX Group companies provide trading markets, clearing facilities, data products and other services to the global financi ... (318 words) | ||
| Chevron predicts 3rd-quarter rise in earnings - San Jose Mercury News ... Picchi, portfolio manager with Palisade Capital Management. "They have a lot of projects in the Gulf of Mexico and West Africa that are coming on line." The energy giant's production of oil and natural gas through the first two months of the third quarter equated to 2.69 million barrels, up 0.6 percent from the second quarter. "Chevron was investing heavily in production, development and e ... (516 words) | Project | |
| Alternative-energy facility to be built here - Zanesville Times Recorder ... break down organic waste materials (biomass) in the absence of oxygen. The biosolids are extracted from the waste and the resulting biogas can be used for power generation via electric or natural gas, and also could be used to make compressed natural gas fuel for vehicles. Remaining liquid can be used as a fertilizer and solids can be used for animal bedding or compost material, Henry ... (471 words) | Project | |
| Northern Tier natural gas summit draws hundreds - Morning Times ... On Wednesday, a natural gas summit for municipal officials was held at the Wysox Volunteer Fire Hall. The summit featured the following panels: water issues, roads and maintenance, planning issues for municipalities, and the gas company perspective. This article will deal with water issues; articles concerning the other panels will appear in the next few days. WYSOX — Approximately 170 muni ... (212 words) | ||
| No hike in CNG rates - Associated Press of Pakistan ... HTML clipboard ISLAMABAD, Oct 9 (APP): Government Friday quashed speculations over price-hike in the rates of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) amid reports that upto 50 % hike was likely in the upcoming winter, which is expected to witness unprecedented shortage of gas.Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Syed Naveed Qamar on Friday belied reports appearing in section of press that said a p ... (277 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Citigroup to offload Phibro, Hall to Occidental - U.S. Daily ... a trader in oil and gas, has assets of cash, marketable securities and readily salable commodity positions, Occidental said. It will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. Citigroup shares were down 2 cents, or 0.4 percent, at $4.63 in morning trade, while Occidental was up 71 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $80.80 ... (603 words) | Legislation | |
| State seeks 5 lakh more LPG connections - Express Buzz ... HYDERABAD: Chief Minister K Rosaiah today urged the Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas to allot 5 lakh new LPG connections to the State for sanction to the flood-affected families. He also urged the Centre to allot 20,000 KL (kilo litres) of kerosene for distribution among the flood victims in addition to the 5,000 KL already allotted. In a letter to Union Minister for Petroleum and N ... (168 words) | ||
| Ameren Corporation Directors Declare Quarterly Dividend - FOXBusiness ... stock dividend is payable Feb. 15, 2010, to shareholders of record on Jan. 20, 2010. With assets of approximately $23 billion, Ameren serves 2.4 million electric customers and one million natural gas customers in a 64,000-square-mile area of Missouri and Illinois. SOURCE Ameren Corporation http://www.ameren.com Copyright (C) 2009 PR Newswire. All rights reserved ******************* ... (551 words) | ||
| Commodities Heat Up as Equities Cool Off - Seeking Alpha (blog) ... Monsanto Company (MON) and steelmaker Nucor (NUE). Mendelsohn is not alone in his views. A survey conducted last month by researcher BetaPro found that 60% of financial advisers were bullish on natural gas and gold going into the fourth quarter, while 68% were bullish on crude and silver. The 300 advisers running more than $20 billion who were surveyed added that while they still favored eme ... (849 words) | ||
| German stocks - Factors to watch on October 9 - Forbes ... a recall of 25,000 cars in Germany, the newspaper adds. Related news DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA Germany's largest airline releases its September traffic figures Related news E.ON The Nord Stream natural gas pipeline will receive its first approval by the end of October, with all approvals expected by the end of the year, E.ON Ruhrgas Chief Executive Bernhard Reutersberg told Reuters in an int ... (631 words) | Project | |
| Chatham homes evacuated in natural gas leaks - Cape Cod Times ... National Grid repair crew and public safety officials work at the scene of a natural gas leak yesterday at the corner of Vineyard Avenue and Smith Street in Chatham. Jake O'Callaghan CHATHAM Several homes were evacuated at about 11:45 a.m. yesterday after a well driller cracked a natural gas main at the corner of Vineyard Avenue and Smith Street. The 4-inch gas main was hit by a construction ... (190 words) | Activism | |
| CIRI proposes Cook Inlet coal plant - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner ... 20 miles north of Tyonek. Officials say emerging technology would be used for the plant that doesn't require coal to be mined. The Anchorage Daily News reports the coal would be transformed into natural gas underground. The process involves drilling wells into coal seams and injecting oxygen into the wells. That would cause the coal to combust and become liquid gas, which would be converted ... (134 words) | Project | |
| NASA scientists use zeppelin to study Bay Area environmental conditions - San Jose Mercury News ... at NASA Ames, said in a statement. During Tuesday's flight, scientists studied salt ponds in the South Bay, harmful algae bloom organisms in Monterey Bay, and searched the region for subsurface natural gas pipeline leaks that cause plant root poisoning. The flight was the first conducted as part of an agreement between NASA and Airship Ventures, which owns the zeppelin. In November 2008, t ... (303 words) | Project | |
| Baker Hughes: US Oil, Gas Rig Count Up 17 To 1041 This Week - NASDAQ ... Baker Hughes: US Oil, Gas Rig Count Up 17 To 1,041 This Week HOUSTON -(Dow Jones)- The number of rigs drilling for oil and natural gas in the U.S. rose this week as producers put some rigs back to work in anticipation of higher prices. The number of oil and gas rigs rose to 1,041, up 17 rigs from the previous week, according to data from oil-field services company Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI). Th ... (413 words) | ||
| Gas Drilling vs. Drinking Water - Alaska Dispatch ... Albany. A version of this story appeared in the Albany Times-Union on Oct. 8, 2009. A preliminary report from a consultant hired by New York City warns that "nearly every activity" associated with natural gas drilling could potentially harm the city's drinking water supply and that while the risk can be reduced with strict regulations, "the likelihood of water quality impairment cannot be elim ... (1008 words) | Activism Legislation Project | |
| Natural Gas rally till 235-238 is on cards - Commodity Online ... Natural Gas yesterday we have seen that market has moved 1.59%. Market has opened at 227.5 & made a low of 223.6 versus the day high of 234.5. The total volume for the day was at 73266 lots and the open interest was at 5482.Now support for the Natural Gas is seen at 224.5 and below could see a test of 218.6. Resistance is now likely to be seen at 235.4, a move above could see prices testing 240 ... (122 words) | ||
| Norway Output Dips - Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (subscription) ... in September averaged 2.061 million b/d, preliminary Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) figures show, down 92,000 b/d from August. The data, released Friday, show total crude, condensate and natural gas liquids (NGLs) output 30,000 b/d below the previous 2009 low in June... Cookies are disabled on your machine. This site requires cookies to be enabled. Thank You, EIG. The document you ... (237 words) | ||
| Business in brief - LubbockOnline.com ... crude for November delivery added $2.12 to settle at $71.69 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In London, Brent crude gained $2.57 to settle at $69.77 on the ICE Futures exchange. Natural gas, gas futures and heating oil also jumped. BRIEFLY ... l DETROIT- General Motors Co. was poised to sign a deal to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer, a perso ... (503 words) | Project | |
| Citigroup dumps Phibro, avoids showdown with US ... Petroleum Corp. means a bit less government scrutiny, it also means the bank is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in annual income. Phibro, which makes most of its money through oil and natural gas trades, earned an average $371 million annually during the past five years. Citigroup sold it for about $250 million, meaning that Occidental could recoup its investment in less than a yea ... (340 words) | ||
| Tests at SE Hungary gas well a huge fiasco for Falcon - Portfolio ... Tests at SE Hungary gas well a huge fiasco for Falcon October 9, 2009, 1:46 pm Share this Denver-based Falcon Oil & Gas has been disappointed in the test results conducted at the Fldek-1 natural gas well which is part of the Mak trough in southeastern Hungary, the company said in a statement yesterday. Conducted at depths of 4.358 and 4,200 meters, the tests yielded high water flow rates and lo ... (361 words) | Project | |
| Weekly Roundup - TheStreet.com (subscription) ... on the 14% sequential improvement in oil prices. WTI crude has risen to $68.37 a barrel vs. $59.19 a barrel in the second quarter. This will more than offset the 5% quarter-over-quarter decline in natural gas prices given BP's weighting to oil over natural gas. Refining remains weak, but marketing margins will offset that, and its strong cost-cutting efforts will also cushion earnings. Overall, ... (4008 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Azerbaijan, Turkey yet to agree on fair gas price Aliyev - ITAR-TASS ... order to invest in gas projects and to enlarge the exports. Experts estimate investments in the second phase of the Shah Deniz bloc in the Azerbaijani Caspian shelf the main source of Azerbaijani natural gas at $20 billion. ITAR-TASS . All rights reserved. You undertake not to copy, store in any medium (including in any other websites), distribute, transmit, re-transmit, broadcast, modify ... (277 words) | Project | |
| Betting Big on a Boom in Natural Gas - Prdomain Business Register (press release) ... smokestack laws. First he considered the easy solution: installing pollution scrubbers on the utility's old coal-fired plant in Sutton, N.C., at a cost of $330 million. Then his attention turned to natural gas, the price of which had plunged by two-thirds in the previous year. Sure, the recession accounted for some of the slide. But reports were also circulating of massive discoveries of natural ... (370 words) | Legislation Project | |
| BUY OR SELL-Can clean energy demand further power Capstone shrs? - Forbes ... last few months even though the company has been losing money since it went public in 2000, weighed down by manufacturing costs. The company, whose microturbines run on a variety of fuels such as natural gas, biogas and diesel, recently received a key industry certification for a product -- something that analysts believe could be an important growth driver. So, will the shares of the compan ... (614 words) | Project | |
| EVENING SNAPSHOT - Americas Markets Summary - ICIS (subscription) ... in after-market electronic trading, with the front month rising to $72.35/bbl before consolidating onther side of $72.25/bbl. ICE Brent rose to establish a high at $70.56/bbl before retreating. NATURAL GAS : $4.770/MMBtu, down 19.3 cents Natural gas futures prices dropped in NYMEX session trading. RBOB : $1.7680/gal, down 1.17 cents Reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate blending ( ... (201 words) | ||
| 'Cold Weather Rule' to take effect Thursday - Finance and Commerce ... have received detailed information about the Cold Weather Rile with their monthly bills. More information is available at Xcel Energy's 24-hour residential customer service number, 1-800-895-4999. Natural gas utility CenterPoint Energy reminded customers about their rights and responsibilities under the Cold Weather Rule, which protects residential customers having difficulty paying their natur ... (292 words) | ||
| Quick Thoughts on Germany, 20 Years Later - RGE Monitor (blog) ... more Germany appears to prioritize ties with Russia, the less secure its eastern neighbors will feel from Russian mischief, especially with the US seemingly in relative decline. Russia, with its natural gas leverage on the EU, has achieved what Soviet leaders never could with the Red Army: a Germany openly worried about pissing off Moscow. Editor's Note: RGE Monitor Executive Editor Michael ... (1164 words) | ||
| Natural gas comes of age, Chevron executive says ... Friday, October 9, 2009 10:41 am TWN, By Nathan Olivarez-Giles, Los Angeles Times Natural gas will be an increasingly important product to Chevron and other energy companies, a top executive said Wednesday. But George Kirkland, who will take over next year as the company's vice chairman, said it will take considerable investment for companies to take advantage of natural gas' potential ... (265 words) | ||
| Midas Extra share tips: MBL & Ceramic Fuel Cells - This is Money ... companies but the heat and electricity units have been launched independently by CFC. Known as BlueGen boxes, the units are about the same size as a dishwasher. They generate electricity using natural gas so they are not entirely 'green' but they are much more efficient than mainstream commercial generators, converting each kilowatt of gas into 0.6 kilowatts of electricity, compared to conv ... (1064 words) | Legislation | |
| OGE Energy Corp. - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... Profile" into its market report catalogue for reselling. OGE Energy Corp (OGE) is an energy and energy services provider offering physical delivery and related services for both electricity and natural gas. It is engaged in the transportation of electricity and natural gas. The company operates in four business segments, electric utility, natural gas transportation and storage, natural gas g ... (326 words) | ||
| UK joins drive to make energy from waste ... same for industrial waste, after Britain introduced more generous support in April. And new incentives from 2011 to produce renewable heat are adding to a gradual push to replace the fossil fuel natural gas. "It's a technology which is about to see its day," said National Grid's Mark Fairbairn, who anticipated biogas could supply nearly half the heating needs by 2050, as a green alternative ... (233 words) | ||
| (Eco) Turkey Has Capacity To Fulfill Projects With Many Countries, Yildiz - Turk.Net ... Iran, Turkmenistan and Qatar. We discussed developments regarding construction of nuclear power plants," Yildiz said. Poneman said the parties talked strategical energy matters including oil, natural gas, renewable energy, as well as nuclear energy. Asked if the United States felt uneasy after a Russian company won the tender of the power plant, Poneman said Turkey was a party of Agreement ... (306 words) | Project | |
| Auto sector shows slight gain in Q2 as Ont. GDP falls 1.0 per cent - Brandon Sun ... credits higher consumer and government spending in the second quarter with offsetting some of the declines. Consumer spending increased by 0.5 per cent, with car sales, clothing, shoes, food and natural gas all showing gains. Ontario's trade surplus dropped as exports fell 3.1 per cent while imports remained flat. © Copyright 2007 Brandon Sun All Rights Reserved. The Brandon Sun is ... (224 words) | ||
| Vectren Corporation - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... report catalogue for reselling. Vectren Corporation (Vectren) is an Indiana based energy holding company. The company, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the distribution and transmission of natural gas; generation, transmission and distribution of electricity; coal mining and energy marketing. It is also involved in providing energy infrastructure services. The company divides its operat ... (319 words) | Legislation | |
| American Oil & Gas Announces Participation Agreement for Fetter Field Re ... - Stockhouse ... News Network) -- American Oil & Gas, Inc. (NYSE Amex: AEZ) has entered into a participation agreement with an industry recognized provider of products and services to the international oil and natural gas industry. The agreement covers a re-completion program into the Niobrara formation at American's 53,000 gross acre Fetter field project, located in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Under ... (809 words) | Project | |
| Citigroup dumps Phibro, avoids showdown with US - Forbes ... Associated Press Citigroup dumps Phibro, avoids showdown with US By CHRIS KAHN , 10.09.09, 03:05 PM EDT Phibro, which makes most of its money through oil and natural gas trades, earned an average $371 million annually during the past five years. Citigroup sold it for about $250 million, meaning that Occidental could recoup its investment in less than a year. A Citigroup official with knowledge ... (132 words) | ||
| Santos signs enterprise access agreement with Paradigm - Oil Online ... Paradigm, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions to the global oil and natural gas exploration and production (E&P) industry, announced the signing of a multi-year enterprise contract with Australia-based Santos Limited. The contract will provide Santos essentially unlimited access to the full scope of Paradigm seismic interpretation and reservoir characterization products. "After ... (227 words) | ||
| Renewable energy viable: think-tank ... from wind, even though officials in that country initially felt they couldn't incorporate anywhere near that much, he said. "(Twenty per cent) may not seem like a huge number but that's as much as natural gas is supplying Saskatchewan with right now," Weis said. "Electricity is always a game of inches. It's not sort of one technology that does everything." Wind power accounts for less than fi ... (431 words) | Project | |
| Aluminum May Outperform Copper - Seeking Alpha (blog) ... of ranked forecast price moves over two time frames; one year ahead compared with spot average for September 2009, and then through to the average of the second half of 2013. For the shorter term, natural gas is the top-ranked among the commodities covered followed by palladium, and oil. Then, among the industrial metals, aluminium comes top in terms of projected price gains (over both time hor ... (287 words) | Project | |
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains - Belleville News Democrat ... unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil slipped by less than a penny to $1.84 and gasoline by over a cent to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost mre than 7 cents to fetch $4.89 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 43 cents to $69.34 on the ICE Futures exchange. Associated Press writer Al ... (464 words) | Legislation | |
| Ban uranium mining Tory - TheChronicleHerald.ca ... introduced a private member’s bill asking for a ban on uranium mining in Nova Scotia. ( ) Wayne from NS wrote: It might well be a good idea to ban uranium mining in NS. We gave away our Natural gas, and in a few years we might be very glad to still have uranium to provide heat etc for our homes. If we mine it now, we'll end up the same as with the gas, we'll have none when we need it ... (899 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains - Kentucky.com ... unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil slipped by less than a penny to $1.84 and gasoline by over a cent to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost mre than 7 cents to fetch $4.89 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 43 cents to $69.34 on the ICE Futures exchange. Associated Press writer Al ... (428 words) | Legislation | |
| Stocks hold just below key resistance levels - Stockhouse ... has slipped back toward $17.75/oz while copper has been trading in the $2.80-$2.90/lb range. Energy has also been fairly steady with U.S. crude near the middle of its $70-$72.50 trading range and natural gas slipping back toward the middle of its $4.75-$5 trading range. For more information on CMC Markets visit www.cmcmarkets.ca This commentary is based upon technical analysis. Technical an ... (1028 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Pa. Legislature Passes Controversial Budget Measure - KYW1060.com ... and businesses that pay the capital stock and franchise tax. The plan also relies on legalizing and taxing table games at the state's slot-machine casinos, and leasing more state forest land to natural gas exploration companies. ... (230 words) | Legislation | |
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| Old dhows and Qatar's new skyline - Financial Times ... next to Saudi Arabia, has only recently become affected. Qatar was left largely untroubled by global financial woes for so long principally because it controls 5 per cent of the world's proven natural gas reserves and sits upon the world's largest single gas field. Topping the International Monetary Fund's 2008 list of countries ranked by gross domestic product, the government's response to ... (1173 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Roth Capital Initiates Coverage on China Natural Gas (CHNG) with a Buy - StreetInsider.com (subscription) ... October 9, 2009 10:11 AM EDT Roth Capital initiates coverage on China Natural Gas (Nasdaq: CHNG) with a Buy rating. Price target $18. To see more analyst ratings on CHNG Click Here. China Natural Gas, Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes and sells natural gas and gasoline to commercial, industrial, and residential customers in the Xian area, including Lantian County, and the Lintong and ... (77 words) | ||
| Ukraine's Naftogaz says $500 million debt restructuring offer accepted by ... - Washington Examiner ... years and increasing the interest rate from the current 8.125 percent to 9.5 percent. The proposal offers explicit state guarantees for the bonds. Naftogaz is responsible for transporting Russian natural gas to European consumers via pipelines crossing Ukraine, and past debt problems have contributed to supply disruptions. In January, millions of Europeans were left freezing for two weeks afte ... (243 words) | ||
| American Oil & Gas Announces Participation Agreement for Fetter Field Re ... - Trading Markets (press release) ... costs, improved production methods and multi-formation completions, we continue to pursue the goal of achieving economics that would support commercial development of the Fetter field, even in a low natural gas price environment." O'Brien continued, "We are also pleased to inform stockholders that our efforts to bring in an outside participant to pay for all or a substantial portion of one or m ... (685 words) | Project | |
| Pennsylvania legislators approve $27.8 billion budget, send it to Ed Rendell's ... - The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com ... and businesses that pay the capital stock and franchise tax. The plan also relies on legalizing and taxing table games at the state's slot-machine casinos and leasing more state forest land to natural gas exploration companies. ... (202 words) | Legislation | |
| Tech Stocks Lead Early Gains in New York - 123Jump.com ... weak dollar and commodities prices. Research in Motion, IBM and Google Inc gained more than 1% after brokers recommended stocks ahead of earnings. Crude oil increased 24 cents to $71.93 but natural gas decreased 4 cents to $4.92. Gold declined $5.20 to $1,051.10. Yield on 10-year bonds increased to 3.35% and on 30-year bonds were 4.17%. Dollar edged slightly higher in the morning on th ... (459 words) | ||
| Climactic time - The Times of Trenton - NJ.com ... such as the big oil and coal companies, say that mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions are too drastic and will devastate the economy and kill jobs because it will make coal, oil and natural gas more expensive. On the other hand, the Green Party opposes the bill because it does not go far enough, labeling it an "armful of retreats and compromises." Of course it's not perfect, bu ... (460 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Letter: Privatizing the river - The Daily Astorian ... about a difference in opinion. There's been an amazing amount of "malfeasance" going on here, from the Clatsop County Commissioners, to the Port of Astoria, the city of Warrenton and NorthernStar Natural Gas. To read about it, check out archived articles in The Daily Astorian since November 2004, when, after a closed door meeting, with no public announcement, the Port of Astoria OK'd the now b ... (518 words) | Project | |
| BUYINS.NET: SGAS, IMUC, CMZ Have Been On BUYINS.NET Naked Short List For 13 ... - Trading Markets (press release) ... Sino Gas (OTCBB: SGAS), through its indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary, Beijing Zhong Ran Wei Ye Gas Co., Ltd. ("Beijing Gas"), and the subsidiaries of Beijing Gas, is a leading developer of natural gas distribution systems in small and medium size cities in China, as well as a distributor of natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers in China. The company owns and op ... (1347 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Turkmenistan denies entry to Peace Corps ... education to 10 years from to nine years, and higher education has been extended from two years to five. He has also increased contacts with the West, which is eager for access to Turkenmnistan's natural gas riches. But fears are mounting that the government is reverting to Niyazov's draconian style of rule. Last week, the United States criticized efforts by Turkmenistan to prevent students fr ... (516 words) | Legislation | |
| Carter: Obama's Nobel 'bold statement' of support ... meet with team on Afghanistan, Pakistan Obama plays basketball at White House with lawmakers and Cabinet officials Your Questions Answered AP answers your questions on the news, from using more natural gas to how NFL players are paid WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter says the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Barack Obama is a "bold statement of international support for ... (425 words) | Legislation | |
| Home WOT BMW's Simple and Clever Personal Mobility Concepts Arrive at ... - MotorTrend Magazine ... employs many of the same design concepts found on the Simple -- a corner leaning feature, three wheels and two passengers sitting one behind the other -- but introduced a 230 cc single-cylinder natural gas engine to the equation. The design called for the riding fun of a motorcycle, but the safety of a car, as well as an ultra-small environmental and road footprint,. Its front end utilizes a ... (370 words) | Project | |
| Oil prices fall to near $71 as US dollar gains - CharlotteObserver.com ... unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since 1983. In other Nymex trading, heating oil slipped by less than a penny to $1.84 and gasoline by over a cent to $1.77 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost mre than 7 cents to fetch $4.89 per 1,000 cubic feet. In London, Brent crude fell 43 cents to $69.34 on the ICE Futures exchange. Associated Press writer Alex ... (586 words) | Legislation | |
| Orange juice jumps 10 percent on crop report - American Chronicle ... 8 cents to $71.77 a barrel on the Nymex. Crude finished the week up 2.6 percent. Heating oil rose by less than a penny to $1.8528 and gasoline fell by 1.17 cents to settle at $1.7680 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost 19.3 cents to settle at $4.77 per 1,000 cubic feet. A service of YellowBrix, Inc. The American Chronicle, California Chronicle, Los Angeles Chronicle, World Se ... (568 words) | Project | |
| Emera Announces Changes to Its Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan - istockAnalyst.com (press release) ... investments, Emera owns the Brunswick Pipeline, a 145 km gas pipeline in New Brunswick; Bayside Power, a 260 MW gas-fired power plant in Saint John, New Brunswick; Emera Energy Services, a physical natural gas and power marketing and asset management business; a joint venture interest in Bear Swamp, a 600 megawatt pumped storage hydro-electric facility in northern Massachusetts; a 12.9% interest ... (554 words) | Legislation Project | |
| The Next Million-Dollar Penny Stock - The Money Times ... 58 stocks made the cut -- including our last topper, E*TRADE Financial . My favorite penny stock this week is Allis-Chalmers Energy (NYSE: ALY ) , a supplier of equipment and services to oil and natural gas explorers. The details: Metric Allis-Chalmers Energy Data current as of Oct. 8. This isn't an easy call. Energy prices have yet to recover; natural gas hit a 7-1/2 year low in Sept ... (425 words) | ||
| Naftogaz: $500 mln debt restructure offer accepted - eTaiwan News ... years and increasing the interest rate from the current 8.125 percent to 9.5 percent. The proposal offers explicit state guarantees for the bonds. Naftogaz is responsible for transporting Russian natural gas to European consumers via pipelines crossing Ukraine, and past debt problems have contributed to supply disruptions. In January, millions of Europeans were left freezing for two weeks afte ... (239 words) | ||
| Venezuela Oil consumption between 2008 and 2018 is set to increase by 24.0% - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) ... an average 3.37mn b/d. This total had fallen to 1.90mn b/d in 2008 and is forecast to be 2.13mn b/d in 2013. The principal exporters will be Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador and Brazil. In terms of natural gas, the region in 2008 consumed 205.6bn cubic metres (bcm), with demand of 243.6bcm targeted for 2013, representing 18.2% growth. Production of 212.3bcm in 2008 should reach 280.4bcm in 2013, ... (813 words) | Project | |
| Opcon AB (STO:OPCO) to Release Q3 2009 Earnings October 22 - TransWorldNews (press release) ... process and engineering industries. It has three business areas. Renewable Energy offers expander-powered systems for generating electricity from waste heat, products for transportation of natural gas and air supply systems for fuel cells. Engine Efficiency focuses on components that initiate, generate and convert power primarily used in the automotive industry. Mobility Products specia ... (326 words) | ||
| PG&E Calif. Helms 1 hydro unit back - International Business Times ... PG&E, of San Francisco, owns and operates more than 6,200 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities and transmits and distributes electricity to almost 5.3 million customers and natural gas to 4.2 million customers in northern California. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Lisa Shumaker) U.S.-listed solar shares sank on Monday, cutting into gains earlier this month as ... (267 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. (CRZO) VP & COO John Bradley Fisher sells 1036 Shares - GuruFocus.com ... on 10/08/2009 at an average price of $27.01 a share. Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc. is a Houston-based energy company actively engaged in the exploration development exploitation and production of oil and natural gas primarily in proven trends in the Barnett Shale area in North Texas and along the Texas and Louisiana onshore Gulf Coast regions. Carrizo controls significant prospective acreage blocks an ... (166 words) | ||
| Oxy Takes Over Citigroup's Phibro ... The transaction is expected to close by year end. Upon closing, Occidental will support the credit of Phibro. Phibro will become a part of Occidental's midstream segment which includes Occidental's natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and existing trading business ... (217 words) | ||
| Switch It On! (Gotham Gazette, September 28, 2009) ... energy, just make more. The city can always turn to Con Edison to create more power plants -- typically around 500 megawatts a pop. Each would cost about $1 billion to build. But assuming it burned natural gas, a new plant would have lower operating costs than greener technologies. To fill our energy gap, we need about six more. Good luck finding a community that wants one. Queens residents say ... (2403 words) | Project | |
| Gazprom looks to longer term as exports take turn for the better - RT ... economy because it will postpone the process of the energy savings, not only in the gas industry, but also throughout the other carbon chain. Including crude oil, oil products, and coal, because natural gas is the last resort of non efficiency." RT: Will you let European firms like ENI take less gas than under contract this year? AM: "It could not be a one sided approach. We took the risk, ... (327 words) | ||
| FACTBOX-Banks expand commodities trading desks - Forbes ... acquired the energy trading businesses of Entergy ( ETR - news - people )-Koch, LP. Focus -- Bank of America Merrill Lynch's commodities business includes structuring, trading and marketing natural gas, power, crude oil, refined products, coal, emissions, metals, commodity indices, and structured notes. The company is involved in both financial and physical markets. Growth plan -- In A ... (769 words) | Project | |
| Energy Costs Down in 2010 - Saratoga.com ... principally reflects lower fuel prices, although an expected slightly milder winter will also contribute to lower fuel use in many areas. The largest expenditure decreases are in households using natural gas and propane, projected at 12 and 14 percent, respectively, while electricity and heating oil expenditures are projected to decline by 2 percent. According to NYSERDA's Heat Smart, NY progr ... (364 words) | Project | |
| DeeThree Updates Lethbridge Operations - eMediaWorld.com Newswire Press Release Distribution Service (press release) ... the target formation and was initially believed to be a new oil pool discovery. Upon completion of a recent hydraulic fracture stimulation, it is apparent that the pay zone is instead saturated with natural gas and has relatively high deliverability. During cleanup flow operations, the well produced at rates of approximately 1,000 Mcf/d for a period of 24 hours. Martin Cheyne, DeeThree's Preside ... (964 words) | Legislation Project | |
| PG&E Calif. Helms 1 hydro unit back - Reuters ... PG&E, of San Francisco, owns and operates more than 6,200 MW of generating capacity, markets energy commodities and transmits and distributes electricity to almost 5.3 million customers and natural gas to 4.2 million customers in northern California. (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Lisa Shumaker) ... (198 words) | Legislation Project | |
| USA CO2 emissions from fossil fuel: 2002 (Project Vulcan) ... University Total CO 2 Aircraft Airport taxi, takeoff and landing and flight Commercial Heating, engines, and other emitting processes at business locations Electricity production Coal, oil, and natural gas power plants Industrial All industrial processes (including agriculture), no electricity production Nonroad Trains, boats, lawnmowers, snowmobiles, etc Onroad Cars, trucks, buses Residenti ... (504 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Pa. Legislature sends $27.8B budget to Rendell - WFMJ ... the state's huge, recession-driven shortfall, advocates for children and hospitals say they avoided damaging cuts. Environmental advocates also won limitations on leasing of state forest land for natural gas exploration. Public schools stand out, with a $300 million increase, or 5.7 percent, and a funding formula that advocates say is equitable to all districts. However, hospitals, doctors ... (446 words) | Activism Legislation | |
| Investor Jim Rogers warns on bonds - This is Money ... he was certain crude oil could trade as high as $200 per barrel - currently around $70 - over the course of the bull market because of depletion. He also said there was a short-term opportunity in natural gas because the price was low relatively low against the price of crude oil. Asked about his investment philosophy, he also warned against chasing hot markets: 'Investors should only invest in ... (1025 words) | ||
| Orange juice jumps 10 percent on crop report - Fort Worth Star Telegram ... 8 cents to $71.77 a barrel on the Nymex. Crude finished the week up 2.6 percent. Heating oil rose by less than a penny to $1.8528 and gasoline fell by 1.17 cents to settle at $1.7680 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost 19.3 cents to settle at $4.77 per 1,000 cubic feet. Join the discussion The Star-Telegram is pleased to provide this opportunity for you to share your thoug ... (482 words) | Project | |
| Pickens looks at landfill gas options - Greenville News ... as $500,000. Hulsey said another, less expensive option would be for the county to capture the methane and store it for its own use, such as in police cars that have been converted to run on natural gas. County Administrator Chappell Hurst said another option would be to try to find grant money to pay for a generator to turn the methane into electricity, but without a grant, its not wor ... (319 words) | Activism | |
| Citigroup dumps Phibro, avoids showdown with US ... Petroleum Corp. means a bit less government scrutiny, it also means the bank is losing hundreds of millions of dollars in annual income. Phibro, which makes most of its money through oil and natural gas trades, earned an average $371 million annually during the past five years. Citigroup sold it for about $250 million, meaning that Occidental could recoup its investment in less than a yea ... (785 words) | ||
| Employment in Offshore Oil and Gas Rigs ... An offshore platform , often referred to as an oil platform or an oil rig , is a large structure used to house workers and machinery needed to drill wells in the ocean bed, extract oil and/or natural gas, process the produced fluids, and ship or pipe them to shore. Depending on the circumstances, the platform may be fixed to the ocean floor, may consist of an artificial island, or may floa ... (776 words) | ||
| Mukesh Ambani: Reliance Will Keep Focus on India - BusinessWeek ... the current capital cycle, we will think through our future plans," Mr. Ambani said. The RIL chairman emphasised the benefits to India's fertiliser and power sectors from the production of natural gas. "There is enormous value for India's economy (from the gas production). It reduces the fertiliser subsidy for urea and creates value for the government and for our farmers. It also improv ... (661 words) | ||
| An Interview With Senate Candidate Ryan Frazier - Huffington Post (blog) ... need rather than obstructing proposals merely for political gain. He then jumped on to energy policy. He sees that it is critical to get us off of foreign oil. He wants us using everything, with natural gas being the biggest short/medium term source for a replacement. He discussed this in some detail about both the enormous reserves we have as well as how easy a replacement it is. But he also ... (1452 words) | Legislation | |
| Carbon Capture and Storage Public Workshop ... state and federal advocacy efforts. Prior to joining NRDC in October 2006, George worked as a Senior Consultant on energy markets for Pyry in the UK . His expertise includes power, oil, natural gas and renewables markets, and emissions trading. In that role, he worked extensively for the power and oil/gas industry, the finance community and government. He was part of a team that inve ... (2707 words) | Legislation Project | |
| ADA firm blinks; agrees to pay mkt margin to RIL - Deccan Herald ... paying marketing margin to Reliance Industries, Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Infrastructure has agreed to pay the levy, although under protest, and has asked the Mukesh Ambani firm to resume natural gas supplies to its power plant. R-Infra on October 7 wrote to RIL saying it was instructing its "bank to effect full payment of the invoice (raised by RIL for supply of KG-D6 field gas to ... (442 words) | Project | |
| Philadelphia utility seeks to buy 6 MW of solar power ... which include the installation of a green roof and a new Crown Lights system at its headquarters in Center City. An Exelon Company, PECO serves approximately 1.6 million electric and 480,000 natural gas customers in southeastern Pennsylvania. In 2006, the company delivered 38.2 million megawatt-hours of electricity to residential, business and institutional customers. - Natassia Y. Lafor ... (233 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Pollution-free power becoming a reality - Consulting-Specifying Engineer ... react in the presence of an electrolyte. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC), which operate on a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, are more compatible with existing fuel infrastructures including natural gas and the only by-products are water vapor and a small amount of carbon dioxide. In 2007 Cummins Power Generation was one of six industry teams involved in the Dept. of Energy Solid State E ... (305 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Charlottesville firm teams up with Neil Young on car project - GoDanRiver.com ... which kicks in whenever the 100 or so batteries in the vehicle's trunk start running low. The current version of the generator runs on a hydro-ethanol blend. An earlier version ran on compressed natural gas. A test run slated for Nov. 1 will take the Lincvolt on a nonstop trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas. "The idea is, it's a Continental," said Paul Perrone, founder of Perrone Robotics ... (711 words) | Project | |
| Navy dismisses charge of assault on Gujarat fishermen off Diu coast - Indian Express ... Defence Advisory Group (ODAG) comprising personnel from the Navy, Coast Guard and the intelligence units. The team was patrolling the area on a tugboat owned by public sector undertaking Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). However, according to the fishermens complaint, the ODAG men had summoned the crew of each of the six fishing boats to Samudrika III, after which they were all beaten ... (296 words) | Activism Project | |
| Malaysian, Russian oil giants to collaborate ... Limited, its UK subsidiary, as well as Gazprom Marketing and Trading Limited, OAO Gazprom's UK subsidiary, would jointly focus on a gas supply terminal. The terminal, which was the Dragon liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, was recently commissioned. Petronas said that Petgas Trading has a 50 percent share of the terminal's LNG re-gasification capacity. The terminal was able to supply six bill ... (176 words) | ||
| California Should Unplug Big-Screen TV Ban Plan - NewsMax.com ... triple by 2030. Policymakers should embrace that reality, not deny it. They should take steps to build more power plants that can produce industrial-scale electricity from reliable sources such as natural gas, nuclear, and coal. Yet California has it backward, with a moratorium on building nuclear plants in the state, and no large-scale coal plants to speak of in the state. And while the Gold ... (680 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Iran Gas Chief: Wants To Reach Output Of 1BCM/Day By 2014 - Wall Street Journal ... address. As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: BUENOS AIRES (Dow Jones)--The Islamic Republic of Iran is in the midst of an aggressive expansion of its natural gas production, the head of the National Iranian Gas Company, or NIGC, said Friday. "We have a huge project for expanding natural gas to be the main source of energy inside the country and p ... (219 words) | Project | |
| Borrow now - Manila Times ... of it? This escapes us. We're being generous here in assuming that P14.4 billion out of that P16.8 billion is a true sale. That P14.4 billion came out of the Department of Energy's sale of banked natural gas to state-owned (our emphasis) Philippine National Oil Co. Isn't this tantamount to the government's left hand selling something to its right hand? The P13 billion or so the government expe ... (679 words) | Project | |
| Super-Efficient BMW Concepts Are Simple and Clever - Wired (blog) ... it was made in 2002. BMW worked with a host of technical colleges and universities from all over Europe to develop the car. The objective was to create a car with minimal emissions. Clever runs on natural gas stored in two compressed-gas cylinders. It emits just 60 grams of CO2 per 100 kilometers. The Toyota Prius, for the sake of comparison, emits 89. Power comes from a 230-cc single-cylinder ... (594 words) | Project | |
| Vitol to acquire SGLP's general partner - Trading Markets (press release) ... SGLP's lenders under its credit facility. Vitol is the principal US subsidiary of the Vitol Group. Vitol is engaged in the physical supply and distribution of crude oil, petroleum products, coal, natural gas, and other commodities. Kevin Foxx, president and CEO of SGLP's general partner, said: "We want to express our thanks and appreciation to Manchester, which has provided us a tremendous a ... (225 words) | Project | |
| Japan Oil and Gas Report Q4 2009 - new research - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) ... to 8.75mn b/d by 2013. In 2001 the region was importing an average 12.99mn b/d. This total had risen to an estimated 17.22mn b/d in 2008, and is forecast to reach 19.76mn b/d by 2013. In terms of natural gas, in 2008 the region consumed 459bn cubic metres (bcm) and demand of 562bcm is targeted for 2013. Production of 356bcm in 2008 should reach 488bcm in 2013, but implies net imports easing fr ... (728 words) | Project | |
| Existing U.S. Coal Plants - SourceWatch ... units), and a total of 335,831 MW (Megawatts) of production capacity. [1] Given total U.S. electric capacity of 1,075,677 MW, coal provided 31.2% of U.S. electric capacity in 2005 second only to natural gas (41.2%) in the share of U.S. power capacity, and far ahead of nuclear (9.8%), hydroelectric (7.2%), oil (6.0%), or renewables (2.5%). [2] That said, for many years - due to low cost and ... (389 words) | Project | |
| Lignite Impedes German Climate Policy - Energy Tribune ... about 25 percent of the country's electricity. Similar contributions are provided by hard coal (20 percent) and nuclear power (23 percent), with the remainder covered by renewable sources and natural gas. In 2002, Germany passed legislation aimed at phasing out the country's 19 nuclear reactors within two decades. The hope was that lignite and wind power would fill the ensuing gap. An esti ... (1158 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Oil prices nearly flat as dollar strengthens - TheNewsTribune.com ... and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 per barrel to continue exploring for more oil. With prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. Prices at the gas pump edged up 0.3 cents overnight to $2.471 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express an ... (501 words) | Legislation | |
| Two South Texas oilmen plead guilty in Pemex oil theft | texas, oil, south - Now - TheMonitor.com ... monopoly, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday. Steven Pechenick, the 78-year-old president of Valley Fuels Ltd., pleaded guilty Friday to one count of conspiring to receive and sell stolen natural gas condensate — a petroleum precursor — that was illegally tapped from pipelines run by Petróleos Mexicanos. Oil and natural gas broker Jonathan Dappen, 29, of McAllen, al ... (676 words) | Activism | |
| Wiley - Research and Markets: Our Energy Future: Resources, Alternatives and ... - Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung) ... and the Environment" to their offering.Concerned about our energy future? Turn to this guide for easy-to-grasp and up-to-date coverage of the many aspects of the energy value chain: Oil and natural gas Coal Fossil fuels and the greenhouse effect Energy from water Biomass Solar energy Geothermal energy Wind energy Nuclear energy Electricity Energy storage Transportation Housing Smart ener ... (733 words) | Legislation | |
| Market Makes it Five in a Row - Briefing.com ... oil futures were able to break free from the dollar's hold, however. Oil prices had been down more than 1% in the early going, but recovered to settle with a fractional gain at $71.93 per barrel. Natural gas prices weren't so fortunate; they closed down 4.0% at $4.77 per contract, near session lows. Treasuries were out of favor for the entire session as traders continued the selling effort t ... (316 words) | Legislation | |
| Precious Metals Hindered By Rising Dollar - Briefing.com ... futures were able to muster marginal gains this session. After trading between $70.62 per barrel and $72.27 per barrel, the November contract closed at $71.93 per barrel, up fractionally. November natural gas futures prices saw a steady decline throughout the pit trade. They closed down 4.0% at $4.77 per contract, not far off the session low at $4.75 per contract. ... (162 words) | ||
| AJM Petroleum Consultants Welcomes Phil Chan as New VP, Advisory Services - FOXBusiness ... methane, bitumen and heavy oil. With a staff of more than 55 engineers, geologists and technicians, AJM consults for clients including active oil and gas exploration and production companies, natural gas transmission companies, regulatory bodies, financial houses, banks and investment analysts in Western Canada, North America and around the world. For more information, visit www.ajmpetrole ... (760 words) | ||
| How did you end up here? - Hurriyet Daily News ... finding friends, fighting fears and insecurities, asking Turks why they’re not proud of Byzantium; and all of that wearing a baseball cap. The threat of deportation and the promise of the natural gas connection – the end to a month and a half of cold showers – were the natural motivators for my friend’s visit to the police station, the horrors of which he had heard su ... (987 words) | Activism Project | |
| Total Boss Warns of Gas Shortages Unless Spending Is Maintained - Petroleum Intelligence Weekly (subscription) ... Summary The head of global oil giant Total says companies should continue to invest in natural gas despite the current supply glut to prevent shortages in future. Cookies are disabled on your machine. This site requires cookies to be enabled. Thank You, EIG. The document you have requested requires a subscription or a pay-per-article purchase. If you have a subscription to International Oil D ... (223 words) | ||
| Tricor Ten Section Hub, LLC Announces Successful Open Season for High Speed ... - Clean Energy Update ... Tricor Ten Section Hub, LLC Announces Successful Open Season for High Speed Natural Gas Storage Service in the Western United States BAKERSFIELD, Calif., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Tricor Ten Section Hub, LLC (Tricor) announced today that the non-binding Open Season for its planned storage project, which closed on September 30, 2009, resulted in significant oversubscription for firm service, and T ... (361 words) | Legislation Project | |
| <b>General Electric</b> Generator ... Electric Generator, Power Generator, Electric Generators. Pay no interest when you finance your portable generator. Price, kW: 123400, HZ: 50, hours since new or rebuild: 0, Type: Gas turbine, Fuel: Natural gas, manufactured by. Generatormart classified ads: General Electric generator. GE Infrastructure has been serving the power industry for more than a century. GE PartsEdge offers a comprehens ... (422 words) | Project | |
| RIL bound to follow production sharing contract - mydigitalfc.com ... on which gas would be sold has to be approved by government. The PSC makes clear that in granting this approval, the government shall take into account the prevailing policy, if any, on pricing of natural gas including any linkages with traded liquid fuels, and it may delegate or assign this function to a regulatory authority as and when such an authority is in existence, the RIL affidavit said ... (322 words) | Legislation | |
| Stock News - AMEX:MHR,TA,AZC - Top Gainers of the day - TransWorldNews (press release) ... 5 trading sessions. Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation, formerly Petro Resources Corporation, is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the acquisition, drilling and production of oil and natural gas properties and prospects within the United States. TravelCenters of America LLC (AMEX:TA) is also among the active movers as it surges 7.66% to $5.76 in mid day trade on over 213K shares. ... (349 words) | ||
| Constellation Energy Group - Constellation Energy Schedules Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call for Friday, Oct. 30, 2009 ... and archived on the site. About Constellation Energy Constellation Energy (www.constellation.com) is a leading supplier of energy products and services to wholesale and retail electric and natural gas customers. It owns a diversified fleet of generating units located throughout the United States, totaling approximately 9,100 megawatts of generating capacity, and is among the leaders pur ... (288 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Shell Plans Massive Floating LNG Facility - OfficialWire ... Published on October 09, 2009 by OfficialWire NewsDesk (UPI and OfficialWire) SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA Shell plans to build a $5.5 billion floating liquefied natural gas processing plant off the West Australian coast. Using floating LNG technology, Shell plans to process gas from its Prelude and Concerto fields in the Browse Basin off Australia's undeveloped Kimberley coast, where more than a third o ... (549 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Stocks edge higher, add to week's big gains - Bismarck Tribune ... sees 3Q earns up significantly from 2Q Forecast: California home sales to slow in 2010 National retail group offers weak holiday forecast Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: Natural gas, how NFL players are paid Interactives Auto industry problems trickle down, punish Tennessee county Women give old Derby hats a makeover in tough economy S.C. town deals with highest unemp ... (1098 words) | Legislation | |
| Jim Rogers: Gold to zoom $2000, crude $150-200 - Commodity Online ... Crude oil: Could touch $150 to $200 as known reserves decline and crude oil will run out in 15-20 years, " Unless something happens" Start trading in commodities from as low as $50. Join now Natural Gas: is very cheap now Sugar Futures : Is at a twenty-eight-and-half year high, could go higher in a decade Silver and Palladium : Bullish view. Silver is still 70% below its all-time high, ... (241 words) | Legislation | |
| RFP: Oil and Gas Images (Job Lead #20531): Design Quote ... needed. I prefer to work with designers in Texas Number of images (approx): 10 My Goals for this project are: take existing photos and blend and apply color filters to match My Industry: oil and natural gas exploration and production ... (52 words) | Project | |
| Sensex trades weak; down 217 pts - Myiris.com ... 1.73%, IT down by 1.49%, Auto declined 1.30%, while BSE Consumer durables rose 0.36%. Major gainers in the 30-share index were Bharti Airtel (3.29%), Reliance Communications (1.14%), Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (0.82%), and Reliance Capital (0.34%). On the other hand, Tata Motors (6.11%), Reliance Infrastructure (3.31%), Jaiprakash Associates (2.94%), State Bank Of India(2.88%), Wip ... (186 words) | ||
| Oil prices nearly flat as dollar strengthens - Houston Chronicle ... and Associates. Producers say they need at least $70 per barrel to continue exploring for more oil. With prices at the pump hovering around $2.50 per gallon, few consumers are complaining. Natural gas prices are also very low, meaning an easy winter for most homeowners. Prices at the gas pump edged up 0.3 cents overnight to $2.471 a gallon, according to auto club AAA, Wright Express and ... (495 words) | Legislation | |
| Force Energy Corp.-Clarification and Retraction of Prior Press Release ... - FOXBusiness ... and Development Company based in Denver, CO with a focus on Wyoming. Using a geology-based methodology, the US Geological Survey estimate a mean of 2.4 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered natural gas and a mean of 41 million barrels of undiscovered oil in the Wind River Basin Province of Wyoming. Force Energy Corp. has acquired 75% working interest in the Diamond Springs Prospect locat ... (1127 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Citigroup selling Phibro to Occidental - Washington Post ... He took home $60.5 million in 2008 and $77.6 million in 2007. Irani is also Occidental's largest individual shareholder. Phibro will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. (Reporting by Paritosh Bansal; editing by John Wallace) ... (362 words) | Legislation | |
| Shell mulls revolutionary floating LNG plant - France24 ... 2009 - 05:40 AFP News Briefs List Shell mulls revolutionary floating LNG plant Anglo-Dutch oil group Shell said Friday it was preparing a blueprint for what could be the first floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant -- and the world's biggest vessel -- off Australia. If it goes ahead, the move would have significant implications for the industry because it could unlock "stranded" gas rese ... (523 words) | Project | |
| Citigroup to offload Phibro, Hall to Occidental - Forbes ... a trader in oil and gas, has assets of cash, marketable securities and readily salable commodity positions, Occidental said. It will become part of Occidental's midstream segment, which includes natural gas liquids, power, pipeline and trading businesses. Citigroup shares were down 2 cents, or 0.4 percent, at $4.63 in morning trade, while Occidental was up 71 cents, or 0.9 percent, at $80.8 ... (672 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Great Plains Energy Incorporated - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... utility company. The company through its subsidiaries is engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electricity in the US. It produces electricity utilizing coal, nuclear, natural gas, oil, and wind resources. It also provides retail electricity supply services. It caters service to over 820,000 customers in 47 counties of Missouri and Kansas. The companys subsidiaries ... (325 words) | ||
| Queensland gas projects face labor risks - Fitch - SteelGuru ... that have secured large gas resources, such as the one proposed by ConocoPhillips and Origin Energy Ltd are in the best position to fulfill their plans to convert gas from coal seams into liquefied natural gas. Confirmed resources are more significant than signing supply contracts. At least five proposed Queensland ventures, concentrated around the city of Gladstone, are intending to turn coal- ... (197 words) | Project | |
| Maryville Council grants extension to Palms' liquor license - Nodaway News Leader ... Paul Thompson. During the 2009 liquor license review, the council made the stipulation for the hood to be repaired or replaced within 90 days. Councilwoman Carole Couts inquired if cutting off the natural gas to the establishment would be satisfactory with the business owner to ensure the safety against fire. Councilman Shawn Wake explained that the safety of customers and the city is in jeopar ... (677 words) | Activism Project | |
| Orange juice jumps 10 percent on crop report - Belleville News Democrat ... 8 cents to $71.77 a barrel on the Nymex. Crude finished the week up 2.6 percent. Heating oil rose by less than a penny to $1.8528 and gasoline fell by 1.17 cents to settle at $1.7680 a gallon. Natural gas for November delivery lost 19.3 cents to settle at $4.77 per 1,000 cubic feet. Commenting allows our readers to share information, insights and observations about the news stories on o ... (484 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Carbon Capture and Storage ... The diagram on the left shows a conceptual plan for CCS, involving 2 of the common fossil fuels, methane gas (also called natural gas) and coal. Methane gas is produced from offshore gas fields, and is brought onshore by pipeline. Using existing oil-refinery technology, the gas is 'reformed' into hydrogen and CO 2 . The CO 2 is then separated by a newly-designed membrane, and sent offshore, usin ... (1430 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Forecast: Alexandria will add 1200 jobs in two years - Alexandria Town Talk ... in 2010, but gain a net 1,200 in 2011, the year its General Motors assembly plant is expected to close, eliminating 950 workers and hitting companies that supply the plant. Boosts will come from natural gas production from the Haynesville Shale formation, the new Global Strike Command to Barksdale Air Force Base and highway construction. Lake Charles will add 1,100 jobs in 2010 and 1,700 in ... (846 words) | Legislation Project | |
| A way of knowing - McCook Daily Gazette ... scientific way of knowing, I accept the view of 99 percent of the men and women who publish in refereed journals on climate. What have they concluded? That humans burning fossil fuels -- coal, oil, natural gas -- are the major source of the carbon dioxide increase in the earth's atmosphere. This is causing the planet to heat up, and for our health, and the planet's, we must cut our fossil fuel c ... (565 words) | ||
| Reliance Infra to pay marketing margin to RIL ... the marketing margin on gas to Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Anil Ambani-owned Reliance Infrastructure has agreed to pay the levy under protest. It has asked RIL to resume natural gas supplies to its power plant. At the same time, it has written to the Petroleum and Natural Gas and Power ministries to look into the issue of marketing margins stating that the levy was un ... (518 words) | Project | |
| lear Option: The Kerry-Boxer Bill and Nuclear Energy - Energy Tribune ... And indeed there is. But the nuclear provisions of the Kerry-Boxer climate bill don't seem to do much to actually boost nuclear power; there are more concrete provisions for increasing the use of natural gas, coal, and renewable energy in the Senate's draft bill. That seems to have galvanized Republican opposition to the bill. Arizona's John McCainwho wrote his own climate bill and says he's e ... (432 words) | Legislation Project | |
| Fortis Inc. - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... Inc. (Fortis) is an independent utilities company. The company has diversified portfolios of activities from power generation to real estate and hotel business. Fortis is engaged in the supply of natural gas and generation and distribution of electricity. At present, it provides gas and electricity to more than two million customers across Canada and in its operating regions. The company also ... (328 words) | Legislation Project | |
| statoilhydro ASA - Power - Deals and Alliances Profile - PRMinds (press release) ... company was formed in 2007 with the merger between the oil and gas assets of Norsk Hydro ASA and Statoil ASA. The company is engaged in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas; transportation and processing of gas and LNG; and marketing and sale of crude oil and refined products. The company principally operates in Norway and 40 other countries across the world. ... (316 words) | ||
| EIA - Expectations for Oil Shale Production ... Background Oil shales are fine-grained sedimentary rocks that contain relatively large amounts of kerogen, which can be converted into liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons (petroleum liquids, natural gas liquids, and methane) by heating the rock, usually in the absence of oxygen, to 650 to 700 degrees Fahrenheit ( in situ retorting) or 900 to 950 degrees Fahrenheit (surface retorting) [ 60 ]. (Oil ... (1117 words) | Legislation |