GLG News by Oil and Gas Refining Experts (North America)

AF has decided to be strategically independent of foreign crude for jet fuel. The solution is synfuels to jet fuels via FT (Fischer Tropsch) from coal. 

Independent refinery and marketing companies like Tesoro and Valero try to stem the margin squeeze, caused by increased crude and utility prices, to produce more profitable diesel instead of gasoline. 

There is not way oil will come down any time soon Energy demand by China and India will grow Unless a recession hit USA and Europe the demand of oil will continue up Coal and Nuclear energy generation is being delayed

    The recent plunge in SO2 allowance prices may affect the decisions of coal-fired power plant owners.

T. Boon Pickens has ordered $2 billion worth of GE 1.5 MW wind turbines for his 1,000 MW Mesa wind power project in Texas. 

The transition of the former Russian prime minister to chairman of Gazprom is proceeding according to Putin's wishes.  The most interesting part of the article is the coinciding announcement that Gazprom has signed a supply agreement with the Candian Rabaska consortium to supply LNG to a LNG terminal...

    The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on February 8, 2009 in favor of the plaintiffs that coal plants could not be removed from the list of mercury sources subject to a Maximum Available Control Technology (MACT) standard and the subsequent movements to require EPA to set...

Gas will be a very expensive commodity in the short term Price of energy will shut up There will be a Politician cause energy crisis in the near future

DOE report discusses feasibility of present wind power generation of 16.8 gigawatts (GW) to 300 GW by 2030, the same amount nuclear power would generate. 

The WSJ article of May 15, 2008 raises a red flag for steel, desperately needed for all oil & gas exploration and downstream projects as well as for shipbuilding and power projects.  As a matter of fact steel producers can only guarantee firm steel prices for two weeks per Trinity Products...