Los Angeles Gasoline At Two-Week Low As Tesoro Completes Work
The 266,000-barrel-a-day Carson refinery, which Tesoro bought from BP Plc (BP/) earlier this month, is "running normally" after planned maintenance, Tina Barbee, a spokeswoman at Tesoro's headquarters...
View ArticleHouston County Filing For BP Oil Spill Revenue
The question behind these lawsuits is simple: Did the city and the county lose any money because of the 2010 B.P. oil spill ? There aren't any answers yet. But county commissioners voted "yes" to...
View ArticleThere's Nothing To Fight Against
The junkyard of failed green energy efforts is stacked high with the carcasses of Solyndra, A123 Systems Inc., Ener1, Abound Solar, Beacon Power, Evergreen Solar, SpectraWatt and AES subsidiary Eastern...
View ArticleADDING MULTIMEDIA Halliburton Deploys Pilot Fleet Of Compressed Natural Gas...
Halliburton announced today the deployment of nearly 100 light-duty Compressed Natural Gas trucks across several field locations in the U.S. The Original Equipment Manufacturers bi-fuel trucks were...
View ArticleRipping Out Disused Wind Farms 'Will Harm Environment'
DISMANTLING and removing onshore wind farm infrastructure at the end of its operational life could be more harmful to the environment than leaving it in place, according to a new report published...
View ArticleObama To Announce New Rules Aimed At Coal And Blunting Climate Change
The centerpiece is expected to establish new rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants, the source in the U.S. of 40 percent of the gases that lead to global warming. Most of...
View ArticleObama Said To Solicit States On Cutting Carbon Emissions
U.S. emissions from energy last year fell to the lowest level in almost two decades, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, as cheap natural gas prompted utilities to shift generation...
View ArticleTwo Workers Injured In Armstrong County Coal Mine
Two workers were injured in an Armstrong County coal mine this afternoon, authorities said. The incident occurred around 4:53 p.m. at the Tracy Lynne Mine, operated by Rosebud Mining Co., at 3387...
View ArticleWhy Chevron Is Preferable To ExxonMobil
It's tough to choose between the two remaining major U.S.-based integrated oil and gas companies. But if you have to make a decision, the nod probably should go to Chevron.
View Article5 Reasons This Oilfield Services Company Looks Solid
Oilfield services companies have been performing quite well and I believe will continue to do so. Halliburton has been up 23% in the past 12 months....
View ArticlePanel To Educate On Solar Panels For Low-Income Families
The Southern California Green Economic Council will host an event today to educate the public on a program that helps low-income families shrink their electric bills with free-of-charge solar panels.
View ArticleNuclear Energy Innovation Is Vital For Slowing Climate Change
Previous to Vogtle, nuclear plants received one NRC license previous to construction and then one after construction, but before operation....
View ArticleSunrun Secures $630M To Put Solar Panels On Every House In America
Sunrun owns, insures, monitors, and maintains all the panels . This model works for consumers, who can lower their energy costs, as well as solar companies that need help adding customers....
View ArticleMotion Calls For Rate Cut For San Onofre Closure
California regulators are being asked to immediately remove hundreds of millions of dollars from utility customer bills because the San Onofre nuclear power plant is being shut down permanently.
View ArticleAbu Dhabi's Shuweihat 2 Names Lenders For Bond Issue
Abu Dhabi's Shuweihat 2 (S2) power and water plant has mandated six banks to help arrange a potential bond issue, Reuters has reported. S2 is 54% owned by Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (Taqa) . Abu...
View ArticleToo Many Questions Remain On Hawker And Chenault's Gasline
There is not much difference in cost of construction between a 36-inch and a 42-inch gas pipeline . Parnell, BP, Conoco and Exxon's alignment 42-inch gasline cost is estimated to $45 to $65 billion or...
View ArticleUtility Customers Shouldn't Have To Pay For San Onofre Shutdown
A consumer advocate division of the California Public Utilities Commission doesn't believe utility customers should have to deal with the massive costs related to the shutdown of the San Onofre Nuclear...
View ArticleMassive Tar Mat Found Along La. Coast
Three years after the Deepwater Horizon spill, workers have dug up a massive tar mat found along the Louisiana coast. The huge chunk of oil residue mixed with wet sand is about 165 feet long by 65 feet...
View ArticleAngry Residents Tell EPA Officials To Remove West Lake Nuclear Waste
Resident Byron Clemens said the federal government was responsible for creating the waste during World War II but hasn't done an adequate job managing the material after it was deposited at West Lake....
View ArticleFusion Energy Dreams Smash Into Hard Economic Realities
The old joke about nuclear fusion is that it's the "energy source of the future, and always will be" - but budgetary realities have raised new questions about just how much of a future fusion power...
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