All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Natural Resources

Although the idea is interesting it suffers from two potential fatal flaws: 1. The power density is quite low.  The article provides an example of a 1.0 km by 1.5 km farm  producing enough electricity to power 1,000 homes; and 2. The design reveals a lack of understanding the magnitude of...

Jad Mouawad in New York reported in the November 28 issue of the International Herald Tribune that for the first time in a decade, OPEC members face a test of their unity. Falling crude oil prices, reduced demand and declining revenue are on their collective minds. Although these three distressing factors...

The BHP/Rio deal was always a long shot. Antitrust issues were formidable and the success of the deal was always going to be hugely dependant of regulator demanded asset sales requirements. Given the collapse in asset values in the last three months, any value for synergies would have been overwhelmed...

The fact that negotiations have started with contractors wishing to delay or defer projects that have not yet started is fully expected and is a part of the normal business for any major construction yard.  These negotiations are still being taken in good faith and involve projects that were not...

China has already lost 5 million jobs this autumn  and another 2 million migrant works are likely to lose their jobs in the next six months as more and more export processing factories shut down. Many of the jobs have also been lost in the construction sector.      The speed...

Marcus Hand reported in the Lloyd’s List Newsletter on November 27 that Keppel Offshore and Marine announced that Scorpion Offshore, Seadrill and Ezra Holdings are in talks to possibly cancel rig and support vessel contracts worth $871 million. The two jack up contract is valued at $420 million. The...

America’s credit crisis is shaking up not only smaller alternative energy sectors like solar and geothermal, but also the largest renewable electricity sector – wind power.As recently as this summer, the cost of power from new wind farm was 8.4 cents per kilowatt hour, cheaper than power from a new...

There are three key requirements of CCS (Carbon Capture & Storage): 1) Legislation that addresses rights, liabilities and requirements of sequestration; 2) Economics and process; and 3) Geological locations for success.

In September of 2006, a group of doomsayers in Pisa, Italy predicted the end of the Oil Age. Proponents of the theory say that oil production is at or near its peak. Some geologists think that production has already declined. The peak oil "movement" is an alliance of geologists, physicists, oil industry...

Rigzone News reported on November 18 a summary of a report prepared by AFX News Limited regarding possible participation in a Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) project by U.S. majors Exxon Mobil (XOM) and ConocoPhillips (COP). Alexander Medvedev, deputy chairman of Gazprom said that the project in...