GLG News in Energy & Industrials

    The suit alleges four of the Class I Railroads violated Federal antitrust laws with respect to fuel surcharge.  The four Class I Railroads in the suit are CSX, Norfolk Southern, BNSF Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad.  The time period is July 2003 through June 2007

Corus is Europe’s 2nd largest steel producer which produces over 20 Mn tones crude steel with annual revenue of around 12 billion GBP. Corus was acquired by India based Tata Steel for $ 13.7 Bn. during April 2007. The company has steel manufacturing facilities in Britain and Netherlands. After merger, Tata Corus become world’s fifth largest steel producer with annual production capacity over...

Nick Snow prepared a special report on the unfolding shale gas play in three eastern states of the U.S. which appeared in the November 10 issue of the Oil & Gas Journal. The Marcellus shale extends 575 miles across parts of Pennsylvania, New York and West Virginia. With about 50 trillion cubic feet of natural gas considered recoverable, producers, landowners state and local officials are discussing...

Traditional oil shale processing consumes vast amounts of water, which cannot be treated with modern technology and thus must be left in earth reservoirs, which can and do leak.  Considerable energy is required as well. Here in Colorado, Shell has an experimental plot of land that has been the location of a ten year experiment using microwave technology and "subterranean ice walls".  That...

As well you know, Silicon Valley has many business seeds. I reconfirm their seeds and opportunity. They have human resourse, R&D terminal, Universities, Venture capital, and, the Fame.Remember, Japanese people are still holding the attention of the yearning and respect in Silicon Valley. Mainly, I describe Japanese feel to Silicon Valler in this time. 

Federal dollars are available for highway spending. However, many states are not able to come up with the matching funds necessary to utilize this funding.

Heavy Duty diesel truck engines must meet stringent EPA NOx emissions standards in 2010.  Solutions include SCR catalysts and/or high EGR rates.  The tradeoffs in performance and fuel economy may define market share among the major engine makers.

Yes CSP is clean, it uses small amounts of fresh water, it can be designed to be constant with the help of NG, but the economics are not there.

The Renewable Fuels Standard provides a baseload of demand for ethanol and biodiesel. However, the lower oil prices have impacted the economics for discretionary blending and could limit the continued growth in use of these alternative fuels.

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) has an advantage is its ability to store for a time, the heat that is produced.  It can therefore generate power for a while when the sun is not shining.  But it does not utilise the concentrated light very efficiently.  Everyone thinks that directly generated cost-effective solar electricity is a long way off.  It is not.  It is just around...