EU too Confident on Carbon Capture, Germans Say

German energy bosses and government officials question European Commission calls for mandatory use of carbon capture when burning coal after 2020, saying Brussels is too confident about the technology’s future. “Even under optimistic assumptions, coal will become ever more efficient, but not really carbon dioxide-free, for one or two decades,” said Wulf Bernotat, chief executive […]

Technological Triage

Triage — the word comes from French and means “trying” or “testing” – is a care-rationing process used when the number of wounded overwhelms the people and resources available to treat them. Incoming wounded are sorted out into three classes. The first consists of those who will die even if they get care. The second […]

Shell reports record UK profit of

Royal Dutch Shell, the world’s second-biggest international oil company, has reported a better than expected 21 per cent rise in earnings to $25.4bn (Financial Times

Indonesian gas potential burns dimly

A series of contractual production-sharing and long-term-supply spats pitting the Indonesian government against multinational energy companies and big natural-gas importers in Japan has recently tarnished Indonesia’s reputation as a reliable business partner. It has also undermined the gas sector’s overall earning potential – crucially at a time when global prices have surged to near-record highs. […]

Japan Asks China to Halt Gas Output in Disputed Field

Japan asked China to halt any new production of gas from a field in the East China Sea claimed by both countries, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuhisa Shiozaki said.Japan’s government asked for an explanation, and China this morning said the situation at the field was unchanged, “an answer that we don’t understand,” Shiozaki said today at […]

EU energy research lacks focus, study finds

The report, ‘The state and prospects of European energy research’ , published by the Commission on 30 January, compares community and member-state R&D portfolios with those of major competitors the US and Japan. Paradoxically, while Europe as a whole (Commission and member states taken together) puts more public resources into non-nuclear energy research than the […]

India should achieve energy independence by 2030: Kalam

The President of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Thursday said India should achieve energy independence by 2030 through hydel capacity, nuclear power and non-conventional energy sources like solar and wind power besides thermal power. Explaining why energy independence was essential, Kalam, on a two-day visit to Andhra Pradesh, said it was estimated that the available resource […]

Shell Oil president: ‘Energy abounds; man-made obstacles are key problem’

The challenge in meeting increasing demand for energy isn’t coming up with new sources of supply, Shell Oil President John Hofmeister believes. “There’s plenty of energy to be had,” Hofmeister told a Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Washington Athletic Club Wednesday. That energy will come from current and emerging-technology options ranging from […]

Saudi Aramco CEO Predicts Energy Use Rise

The chief of the world’s largest oil company predicted an increasing dependence on fossil fuels despite the emergence of alternative energy sources in a talk yesterday sponsored by the Harvard University Center for the Environment. At the standing-room only event, Abdallah S. Jum’ah, the president and CEO of oil producer Saudi Aramco, attributed this growing […]

U.S. Cautions Europeans to Avoid Oil, Gas Deals With Iran

The Bush administration is warning European oil and gas companies against investing in Iran, trying to head off a push by Tehran to attract new investment by international petroleum giants. In the past two weeks, the administration has met with European oil company executives about the Middle East, and during one session a senior State […]

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