Skyrocketing Costs Threaten OSBI Lab

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Unless the state Legislature hands over another $5 million, completion of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation Forensic Science Center is doubtful, OSBI officials said. “It is critical we get the supplemental appropriation,” Jerry Hire, OSBI special projects officer, said. “There is no way we can occupy the lab without it […]

Nuclear Power Critics Taking Long View

RALEIGH, N.C. – With guaranteed federal loans and insurance protection promised to the first power companies to build a new wave of nuclear plants, the race is on for construction of up to 10 stations between Maryland and Mississippi. At least two utilities plan to announce their intended sites within a few weeks. And some […]

It’s a relocalization weekend

Michael Brownlee, a member of a local group called Boulder Valley Relocalization (BVR), has two main goals for this weekend. First, he wants locals to learn what relocalization is and why it could be a vital part of Boulder’s future.The BVR Resource Expo, to be held Saturday, Jan. 14 at CU’s UMC in the Glenn […]

WWF faults Sydney parley for fostering fossil fuel dependence

The Japanese branch of an international environmental watchdog on Friday blasted an agreement struck the previous day in Sydney by Japan, the United States and Australia to transfer to the developing world advanced technologies to combat global warming. The technologies are cleaner, but are still based on fossil fuel use. The group argues that the […]

Energy Conservation Can Help Americans Save as Much as $600/Year on Energy B

A documentary film heralding the financial and health benefits of energy conservation and alternative energy sources will tour the nation this winter. prweb

Kyoto failure hits economy

Of the six, including Japan, China, South Korea and India, the US and Australia were the only non-signatories to the Kyoto Protocol, which aims to cut greenhouse gases by attaching a high price to pollution sundaytimes

Solar power meets the grid

William Joseph believes the future of the Earth lies in the stars, or at least, one particular star known as the sun. The 58-year-old retired secondary school educator, who moved to Silver City 18 months ago after spending a good part of his life in Colorado, is the first town resident connected to the electric […]

JAPAN’S FUJIKURA EYES 2008 DEBUT OF LOW-COST SOLAR CELLS

Fujikura Ltd. (TSE:5803), a leading wire and cable maker, plans to enter the market for solar cells as early as 2008 with a technology for manufacturing dye-sensitized solar cells in large-sized panels. The company plans to use this technology to market solar cells that cost 20-30 per cent less than existing silicon solar cells. tmcnet

Why world hates U.S.

I was interested to see Johns talk about President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney as two oilmen. He says, “We are lucky to have two oilmen in the two highest positions of power in the country. Iraq possesses the kind of oil that we use everyday.” Hmm. Maybe that has something to do with […]

Gas reserves grow at oilfield

The country’s biggest oil producer, PetroChina, claims its flagship Daqing oilfield in Northeast China has the potential to locate another 200 billion cubic metres of natural gas reserves. The government verified 100 billion cubic metres of natural gas reserves at the end of last year at the site. But a PetroChina official told China Daily […]

Committed to $7b project

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Uruguay Could Modify Contracts to Allow Offshore Geological Studies

Uruguay’s government will decide by early March whether to ratify a resolution that would modify service contracts to allow smaller private oil companies to partner with state oil firm Ancap for upstream activities, an Ancap source told BNamericas. The current resolution 930 enacted in 1993 requires companies partnering with Ancap to show they have the […]

U.S. Weekly Oil and Gas Rig Count Up 3

The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the United States increased by three this week to 1,467.Of the rigs running nationwide, 1,224 were exploring for gas and 241 for oil, Houston-based Baker Hughes Inc. reported Friday. wciv OGJ

Shell 2025 scenarios highlight vulnerability of the globalised world

Shell accepts peak oil theory Energy security and the lack of a European common energy policy were the main concerns raised at a debate about Royal Dutch Shell’s Global Scenarios to 2025. Energy has moved high up the EU’s external relations agenda according to Commissioner Piebalgs. .. The energy chapter of the Scenarios 2025 report […]

Adapting zones and sectors for the city

When permaculture was developed in the early 1970s, it emphasized agriculture (“permanent agriculture”) and the design of homesteads and small farms.Thirty years later, conditions have changed. The most urgent environmental issues are what permaculturalist Tim Winton calls the “hydrocarbon twins”: global warming and the end of cheap energy (Peak Oil) (1). Since both conditions are […]

India may opt out of Iran oil pipeline project

India may not participate in the joint building of a $7 billion gas pipeline from Iran via Pakistan, fearing a hostile reaction from the United States. India may instead opt to buy gas from Iran at the Indian border, officials in the petroleum ministry said.DNA India

China Oil Demand Seen Up, Despite Data

Chinese government officials seem to be the only people these days who don’t think the country’s oil demand is barreling ahead. The prospect of misreading oil demand growth in the world’s second-biggest oil consumer is daunting for the oil market – and for good reason. An unexpected demand surge from the power-generating sector in China […]

Experts call for increasing oil, gas exploration

Mumbai: About 80 percent of India’s sedimentary basins with potential for oil and natural gas reserves remain unexplored, energy experts here have said. The experts said stepping up off- and on-shore oil and gas exploratory activities was the only way to bridge the gap between the demand and supply for energy resources in the country.New […]

US says not threatened by China securing Africa oil

China’s moves to secure crude oil supplies in Africa for its growing economy does not threaten US energy needs, a senior US State Department official said today. The United States and China, which rank as the No. 1 and No. 2 global consumers of oil and petroleum products, are both looking to Africa to help […]

Bolivian reassures Brazilian oil investors

Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales promised Brazilian leaders Friday that he’d respect private investment in his country, backing off a campaign threat to seize two refineries in Bolivia built by Brazilian state-controlled energy company Petrobr The Seattle Times

Japan looks to oil sands to ease reliance on Middle East

Japanese companies are contemplating investment in Alberta’s oil sands, or buying crude from existing projects, the country’s Calgary consulate says. A delegation of government officials and energy and trading firms will tour Alberta next week. They will spend a day in Edmonton and three days in Calgary, where they will meet with Canadian energy and […]

U.S. Economy: Retail Sales Rise Less Than Forecast

U.S. retail sales rose less than forecast in December, limited by a surge in gasoline costs that boosted wholesale prices and reduced economic growth. Sales rose 0.2 percent, excluding autos, which was half as much as expected, a Commerce Department report showed today. A rebound in gasoline costs led to a 0.9 percent rise in […]

The Collapse of Complex Systems by Dale Allen Pffeiffer

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Oil reserves to grow by 900 mln tons each year

China’s oil reserves would grow by 900 million to 1 billion tons and natural gas reserves by 400 billion to 450 billion cubic meters each year during the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, according to Ma Fucai, deputy director of the State Energy Office. This can ensure stable oil and gas production and certain growth.

Oil production down

Norwegian oil production in December totaled 2,533,000 barrels per day (bpd) on average, a rise compared to November but part of a clear drop in annual production for 2005. According to figures from the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) December production was better than November’s level of 2,490,000 bpd but that production for 2005 as a […]

Where Is the Saudi Economy Heading to?

In light of all the available facts, Saudi planners and decision makers appear to have taken a crucial decision: Amid the international ado on oil prices, Saudi Arabia must neither miss nor lose the extraordinary opportunity provided by the soaring oil prices. Holding the world’s largest oil reserves, the Kingdom, which has drawn, during the […]

Iran referral to Security Council concerns China

China’s UN ambassador said today that Beijing feared referring Iran’s nuclear program to the UN Security Council ”might complicate the issue” and could harden the positions of some parties. ”Our concern is that to refer it to the council might complicate the issue,” Ambassador Wang Guangya told reporters at UN headquarters.

10 oil tanks on fire in Russia’s Far East

Ten 60-ton tanks containing oil products have caught fire near an oil refinery in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in Russia’s Far East, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Friday. The fire covers 2,000 sq m, ministry’s spokesman Viktor Beltsov said.RIAN

Rescue plan for a civilisation in decline

Lester Brown, influential thinker and president of the Washington-based Earth Policy Institute, has created waves in America with his latest book, Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble. Here, in the first of two articles extracted from the book, he outlines the challenge facing the earth and its people […]

Sands in shake out year

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