Tech Talk – Iranian Oil and the Global Future
There is a lot going on in the Middle East at the moment. The revolution in Syria seems to be entering some form of end game, and there are the riots in Egypt. There are some signs that these events...
View ArticleOil supplies surging, but so is the price
Oil production in the United States has surged and use of petroleum products has fallen. In theory, those factors should have pushed the price of crude down. Instead, it’s gone up.
View ArticleTech Talk – Coal Power and Air Pollution
Fifty years ago I began my undergraduate studies at the University of Leeds in the UK. It is not something I particularly dwell on, but the stories out of Beijing describing the air pollution in the...
View ArticleWorld’s largest hospital complex depends on gas turbine
GE's aeroderivative turbines, assembled in Houston, have become increasingly popular as a reliable option for both regular and backup power for major facilities, including the Texas Medical Center. See...
View ArticleTech Talk – Thoughts On the Precautionary Principle
As Michael Brander tells it in his book on the Scottish Highland Regiments, the Scottish Highlands produced, between 1740 and 1815, men for some 86 Highland Regiments who travelled around the world to...
View ArticleOPEC in talks to replace Iranian oil supply to India
OPEC’s biggest oil producers are in talks to supply extra crude to India, as the nation prepares to halt purchases from Iran because of global sanctions, four people with knowledge of the matter said.
View ArticleTech Talk – The Pope, Poverty and Power
The new Pope Francis comes from Latin America and has an understanding of the true depths of poverty that is uncommon in the United States and Western Europe. Outside the very Western urban part of...
View ArticleTech Talk – The Pope, Poverty and Power
The new Pope Francis comes from Latin America and has an understanding of the true depths of poverty that is uncommon in the United States and Western Europe. Outside the very Western urban part of...
View ArticleIndia opens shale oil and gas for production
India will allow explorers, including Oil & Natural Gas Corp. and Reliance Industries Ltd., to produce shale oil and gas for the first time as Asia’s second-biggest energy consumer seeks to cut...
View ArticleSkepticism over lower LNG prices
After two days of excited arguments for market changes that would lower prices, world buyers of liquefied natural gas got a snappy retort Wednesday from executives and experts at the LNG 17 conference...
View ArticleAsia’s largest solar-thermal power plant launches (photos)
Godawari Power & Ispat Ltd. has started Asia’s biggest solar-thermal plant, but analysts say its too soon to declare the project a success.
View ArticleIEA: Renewable energy making global gains, but so is coal
Renewable energy grew at an extraordinary pace worldwide in 2012, but it's not enough to curb the march of climate change, because coal has continued to dominate growth in power generation around the...
View ArticleAgency projects 50% rise in world energy demand by 2040
Growth in the developing world will increased global energy consumption by 50 percent in the next three decades, and fossil fuels will continue to dominate the energy picture.
View ArticleWorld economy a ‘major worry’ for OPEC oil producers
OPEC sees a possible drop in energy demand caused by a weaker world economy as its “main area of concern” for the next several months, the group’s secretary-general said.
View ArticleEight energy leaders rank among Forbes Most Powerful People
Several kings of the energy world landed on Forbes' list of the World's Most Powerful People, ranking among world leaders and wealthy philanthropists.
View ArticleChina, India increasingly drive global energy demand
China and India are increasingly driving world energy demand as the United States' production boom puts it on track to become independent of the global market, the International Energy Agency said...
View ArticleWall Street believes Iranian oil will return
For now, oil traders see the U.S. deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program as the first step of many that could lead to the return of Iranian oil to the market – a prospect that’s sinking prices Monday.
View ArticleTech Talk – The Pope, Poverty and Power
The new Pope Francis comes from Latin America and has an understanding of the true depths of poverty that is uncommon in the United States and Western Europe. Outside the very Western urban part of...
View ArticleTech Talk – The Pope, Poverty and Power
The new Pope Francis comes from Latin America and has an understanding of the true depths of poverty that is uncommon in the United States and Western Europe. Outside the very Western urban part of...
View ArticleTech Talk – The Pope, Poverty and Power
The new Pope Francis comes from Latin America and has an understanding of the true depths of poverty that is uncommon in the United States and Western Europe. Outside the very Western urban part of...
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