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.
3Q2009 An Ugly One For Refiners
November 7, 2009
Frontier Oil, Holly Hit By Weak Refining Margins | www.reuters.com
Weak demand has hurt the profitability of refiners.
Domestic Refiners Need Level Playing Field
November 1, 2009
Washington's Carbon Rules Need Refining | online.wsj.com
Foreign refiners will get a significant advantage if current proposals for carbon legislation do not change.
Don't Write the Epitaph for Oilsands Yet
October 30, 2009
The boom ends for Alberta oilsands | www.cbc.ca
Western Canadian oilsands are a strategic resource for North America and will continue to play an important role in the overall energy equation for the next twenty years, at a minimum.
Face of Refining Industry Could Be Changed
October 29, 2009
US Refiners Say Climate Laws Biggest Challenge | www.reuters.com
The US refining industry could be decimated as the domestic steel industry has been if current climate legislation disadvantages domestic refiners, such as Valero , Tesoro , Frontier , Holly , Western , and Alon .
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.
Holly Management is Making "Smart" Moves
October 20, 2009
Holly Corporations Acquires Sinclair Tulsa Refinery | www.reuters.com
Holly announced today that they will acquire the 85,000 BPD Sinclair refinery in Tulsa, OK.
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