GLG News by Refinery Construction Experts

In the article there are issues that give us a glance of why there are high oil prices:   Speculation and Ignorance

Coal is abundant, cheap and USA produced Weak dollar, oil supplies problems will make coal the primary source of energy while nuclear is being slowly rough back into the mainstream of power generating Coal a source of investment and job generation Coal less pollutant every day  

While much has been written regarding the potential for natural resource shortages in the energy industry, recent articles have highlighted a shortage no less severe: the shortage of highly qualified technical personnel.  The skill level of personnel is often cited as one of the leading causes...

In the last twenty years European refining capacity has been strongly reduced due to poor margins, and this should automatically generate additional investments for modernization and upgrading of units. However, demand for gasoline is decreasing in Europe and slowing in North America. The main...

A very interesting article, published on 12- 12-07 by K. Sanderson in Nature magazine reports on a study by a team of Canadian, Norwegian and English researchers headed by Dr. Larter of Calgary Univ. The study explored how naturally occurring bacteria deep down in the Earth break...

WSJ’s article “Ethanol Water Shortage”  summarizes very well ethanol from corn shortcomings and why subsidizing it is not a solution to America’s transportation fuels. Ethanol from corn is probably the worst renewable fuel as its production has a negative energy balance, i.e. it requires more...

Liquefaction and pipelines in Alaska address the local desires to keep revenues and jobs in Alaska. Building a pipeline to somewhere in the south, like Valdez is very possible. ROW (Rights of Way, pipeline corridor) are already permitted and mostly available, and the access is available. Knocking...

The Elandsrand accident present an opportunity for a fundamental discussion on safety, not only in gold mining, but also in the mining industry in general and more broadly in any industrial environment. Coal mining accidents in China or in USA point to the need of improvements in safety best practices....

Reading the article on offshore-mag.com it can be infer some of the strengths of a major international oil operator Attractive energy markets are challenging oil operators to tap those resources than in the past resulted to expensive to develop Know how, expertise and experience in similar gas fields...

As more efficiency (GPM) is demanded from automobiles the switch to more efficient ultra clean diesel will start to show in the USA following the trend in Europe. In the future less gasoline will be needed so refineries will not need deep conversion destroying fuel oil and adding cost and complexity...