Fossil Fuel Technologies Emphasized in US China Energy Co-operation
November 18, 2009
U.S.-China Clean Energy Announcements | www.energy.gov
In a joint declaration, President Obama and President Hu of China announced a package of co-operation initiatives on clean energy to deal with the issue of climate change and oil dependance. While the 7 initiatives cover a wide range of actions and technologies from joint R&D, energy efficiency standards, wind, solar, biofuel and electric vehicles development, etc, the major emphasis appears to be on the efficient use of fossil fuel and carbon capture technologies.
Shell in Competition with Exxon in Asia
November 16, 2009
Qatar Petroleum buys assets from Shell Singapore | www.shell.com
Shell had to sell downstream petrochemical assets in Singapore to Qatar Petroleum to compete with Exxon.
ENI and U.S. natural gas players deserve more recognition
November 10, 2009
Eni Faces Threat to Lucrative Gas Network | online.wsj.com
ENI is a major natural gas supplier to the EU. However, the EU bureaucrates threaten to force separation of upstream and downstream oil& gas activities of ENI in order to generate more competition for gas delivery to the EU.
November 9, 2009
Contract let for coal gasification plant | www.ogj.com
Siemens Energy secured a licensing and equipment contract from Tenaska Energy Inc. , Omaha for a commercial-scale coal gasification plant with CCS features to be located in Taylorville , Illinois. The plant output is synthetic natural gas ("SNG"). The project budget is $3.5 billion with a potential gross capacity of 730 MW.
Electric Car Makers Urge For Government Subsidies in China
November 3, 2009
Will China Miss Out On Electric Car Investment? | blogs.wsj.com
While China is poised to become the world's largest car market and manufacturer, its strategy to promote electric vehicles as a means to minimize foreign oil dependence has been called into questions. Some analysts even observed that the Government's reluctance to provide subsidies to private purchase of electric vehicles may lead to a miss opportunity for China. What are the possible reasons behind the government's inaction?
LNG Distribution to Solve Logistical NG Issues in Alaska
October 27, 2009
Palin Successor Focuses on Energy Agenda | online.wsj.com
The new Alaskan Governor Sean Parnell has to focus on the oil & gas dependent economy. The $30 billion TransCanada pipeline is far in the future and more gas production at the Cook Inlet is required together with new distribution plans to cover all the remote towns and settlements in Alaska. Of course, oil exploration in the Alaskan OCS could recover up to 27 billion barrels of oil and cement a solid Alaskan economy.
Climate Legislation has to Include Tort Reform
October 27, 2009
Climate change poses new threat: a litigation spree | www.ogj.com
Bob Tippee, Editor of O&GJ recently pointed out the threat of a litigation spree emerging from the Government climate meddling, potentially threatening oil & gas and power industries as well as all businesses and private investors. In the end the consumer has to pay and the ill-advised politicians.
Would the hydrate discovery alter China's energy strategy
October 15, 2009
China: Huge hydrate gas discovery made in Tibet | www.energy-pedia.com
The announcement of hydrate (a form of frozen methane) discovery in Qinghai province aroused quite a bit of attention in China. In view of China's poor natural gas reserve and the increasing role of non-coal based fuel, it is not difficult to see why the Chinese are so excited about the find. As China's energy sources depend heavily on its coal reserve and oil/gas imports, there is speculation that the hydrate discovery may change the supply mix and cause a shift in its energy strategy.
Natural Gas for Aviation Fuels
October 14, 2009
Qatar Flies Natural-Gas-Fueled Plane | online.wsj.com
Qatar Airways has successfully tested jet fuel made from natural gas ("NG"). The jet fuel was supplied by the Qatar Petroleum ("QP") - Shell "Pearl" gas to liquids ("GTL") plant at Las Raffan Industrial City.
Obama to Show his Hand in Ghana's Jubilee Filed in Play by Exxon
October 12, 2009
Cnooc, Exxon Vying for Stake in Ghana Field | online.wsj.com
Kosmos Energy signed on October 12 an exclusive and binding agreement with ExxonMobil ("Exxon") to sell its stake in the Jubilee oil field discovery off the coast of Ghana (WSJ). The field holds 1.8 billion barrels of sweat crude. Today comes China National Offshore Corp. ('Cnooc") forward to spoil the deal together with the Ghana National Petroleum Corp (GNPC") to challenge the Exxon bid of $4 billion.
Big-Foot YRC Drops the Other Shoe on Shareholders
November 3, 2009
Bombardier Barbs Shows CSeries Can't Cut The Mustard
November 2, 2009
New 777 Depends On 787 Success
October 13, 2009
Airbus Lost $7.5bn+ Trying to Flog the A350XWB
August 28, 2009
Airbus A380 Struggling To Cut The Mustard?
August 24, 2009