Natural gas drilling expected to keep falling in ‘08, oilsands activity to grow

Natural gas producers and drillers, whose field activity plummeted this year probably won’t be seeing much relief in 2008, while action in the oilsands is expected to intensify thanks to record-high crude oil prices. The bottoming out of North American natural gas markets coupled with the soaring loonie made for an “unpleasant and difficult” year, […]

Indian oil firms to map bigger global footprint

The government would have to do a delicate balancing act as it seeks to thrash out a politically acceptable and economically prudent solution to dangerously high global crude oil prices. In the immediate future though, the government is unlikely to increase the prices of motor fuels. With the ruling alliance suffering reverses in state elections, […]

All About: Cities and energy consumption

Humans can now officially be called an urban species. More than half of the global population now live in cities and the United Nations says that by 2030, 60 percent of us will live in them. Yet according to U.N. Habitat, the world’s cities emit almost 80 percent of global carbon dioxide as well as […]

Suspected militants hit Nigerian oil city, 12 dead

PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria, Jan 1 (Reuters) – Suspected militants attacked two police stations, a luxury hotel and a night club in Nigeria’s oil city Port Harcourt on Tuesday killing 12 people, police said. The New Year’s Day assault came after troops bombed suspected rebel hideouts near the city last weekend and after the collapse of […]

New Energy Uses for Asphalt

If you’ve ever blistered your bare feet on a hot road you know that asphalt absorbs the sun’s energy. A Dutch company is now siphoning heat from roads and parking lots to heat homes and offices. As climate change rises on the international agenda, the system built by the civil engineering firm, Ooms Avenhorn Holding […]

Best read at PO.com newsboard 2007

Here’s an uplisting of the best read stories at PO.com, arranged per month.As of today, all of these stories are still available from their original sources. January: Researchers Observe Superradiance In A Free Electron Laser February: Noam Chomsky: The US says it is fighting for democracy – but is deaf to the cries of the […]

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