Oil and Gas
Rig data show Oklahoma beats North Dakota
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) May 4, 2015 - Oklahoma has 20 percent more rigs in active service than North Dakota as shale activity in the United States evolves, state data show.
Energy Tech
Scientists build battery entirely out of one material
College Park, Md. (UPI) May 4, 2015 - One is the loneliest number. It's also the number of materials needed to store and transfer energy - that is if you are an inventive engineer from the University of Maryland.
Oil and Gas
Has The US Reached Peak Oil At Current Price Levels?
Washington DC (SPX) May 03, 2015 - Last night the EIA once again capitulated on the myth that rig counts don't matter and the productivity of wells would largely offset, leaving the industry on a continuous path to higher output. The
Oil and Gas
Five years of research since the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Silver Spring MD (SPX) May 03, 2015 - Scientists with the Ecotoxicology Program at NOAA's Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Seattle have been working to understand those effects. Along with our research partners, said Nat Scholz,
Energy News
The cost of staying cool when incomes heat up
Berkeley CA (SPX) May 03, 2015 - The continual increase in global incomes means people are living more comfortably, including having the ability to afford air conditioning. Staying cool is good but there's a wealth of fallout. The
Oil and Gas
Shell agrees to start clean up of 2008 Niger Delta oil spill
Lagos (AFP) May 2, 2015 - Shell has agreed with Nigerian fishing community of Bodo in the Niger Delta to start the clean up of two devastating oil spills in 2008, activists and locals said Saturday.
Oil and Gas
Gas prices mirror crude oil’s rise
Washington (UPI) May 1, 2015 - The national average price for a gallon of gas in the United States, mirroring crude oil prices, has risen at the fastest seasonal rate since 2012, AAA said.
Energy News
Japan eyeing 26% greenhouse gas cut: officials
Tokyo (AFP) May 1, 2015 - Japan is planning to pledge a 26 percent cut in its greenhouse gas emissions from 2013 levels, ahead of a global summit on climate change this year, officials said Friday.
Energy News
Japan launches ‘cool biz’ campaign as mercury climbs
Tokyo (AFP) May 1, 2015 - Japan launched its annual Cool Biz campaign on Friday, an energy conservation drive that calls on business people to ditch their jackets and ties so offices can keep air conditioning to a minimum.
Oil and Gas
Oil prices lower after rally
Hong Kong (AFP) May 1, 2015 - Oil prices edged down on Friday after another rally that came on the back of the first drop in US stockpiles for six months as well as a weaker dollar.
Oil and Gas
Oil refinery group: Safety measures need to go beyond rail car design
Washington (UPI) May 1, 2015 - A push to overhaul rail car designs to ensure the safe transport of crude oil is a narrow-minded approach, a U.S. refinery group said.
Oil and Gas
Pipeline traffic lifts Enbridge income
Houston (UPI) May 1, 2015 - Pipeline company Enbridge Energy said it bucked trends set by its upstream peers by posting a net income up nearly 40 percent year-on-year.
Oil and Gas
Riyadh reshuffle reaches Saudi Aramco
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) May 1, 2015 - The government in Riyadh sanctioned a restructuring plan that would break oil company Saudi Aramco off from the nation's oil ministry, sources said Friday.
Energy Tech
Students develop electricity-producing leg brace
Houston (UPI) May 1, 2015 - Phone need charging? Whose doesn't? With the energy-generating leg brace developed by researchers at Rice University, a power boost is only a walk around the block.
Energy Tech
Telsa unveils battery to ‘transform energy infrastructure’
Los Angeles (AFP) May 1, 2015 - Electric car pioneer Telsa Motors unveiled a home battery Thursday which its founder Elon Musk said would help change the entire energy infrastructure of the world.
Energy Tech
Tesla unveils battery to ‘transform energy infrastructure’
Los Angeles (AFP) May 1, 2015 - Electric car pioneer Tesla unveiled a home battery Thursday which its founder Elon Musk said would help change the entire energy infrastructure of the world.