Category Archives: Energy

LNG and Natural Gas Exports: A Primer

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Steve Maley

Natural gas exports were unthinkable five years ago, but the shale gas revolution means more supply and lower prices. Cheniere Energy and others plan to export LNG, but political opposition looms. Continue reading →

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I’ll have Geology for 500 trillion cubic feet, Alex. #rsrh

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Steve Maley

H/T @MarcellusGas on twitter. http://MarcellusCoalition.org

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Chemical Safety Board Subpoenas Black Elk re: the West Delta 32 Explosion and Fire

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Steve Maley

We mourn the loss of life and pray for the missing worker. We wish the injured a speedy recovery. I am dismayed by a new development: U.S. board issues subpoena on offshore platform blast (Reuters) – A U.S. industrial accident … Continue reading →

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BP Reported Close to Settlement With U.S. Over Gulf Spill – NYTimes.com #rsrh

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Steve Maley

BP Reported Close to Settlement With U.S. Over Gulf Spill November 15, 2012 “LONDON — BP, the British oil company, is expected to agree to criminal liability on Thursday in the giant oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico two … Continue reading →

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Urine as fuel? #rsrh

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Steve Maley

Now this really pi**es me off. Teens Create A Way To Use Urine As Fuel – Forbes Four teenage girls figured out a way to use a liter of urine as fuel for generating six hours of electricity. Fourteen-year-olds Duro-Aina … Continue reading →

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‘Eco-Taxes’ Planned for a Second Obama Term?

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Steve Maley

The issue of Climate Change has been a no-show in the 2012 election cycle; one would think that ManBearPig had been named an endangered species. But a two-year study commisioned by Barack Obama’s Treasury Department will recommend ways to “green” … Continue reading →

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The Abounding Promise of Solar Energy #rsrh

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Steve Maley

From Human Events: Well, yesterday, The Denver Post detailed the criminal investigation of Abound Solar, a defunct solar-panel manufacturer in Colorado that was run on taxpayer “investments,” for securities fraud, consumer fraud and financial misrepresentation. Abound shuttered its Colorado plant during the … Continue reading →

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Cyber Attacks Target Oil in the Middle East

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Steve Maley

According to an article in The New York Times, on August 15 of this year a successful cyberattack struck Aramco, Saudi Arabia’s national oil company and the world’s largest oil producer. The virus-based attack wiped the hard drives of 30,000 … Continue reading →

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Paging Mr. Oil, Mr. Gas, Mr. Coal: Obama on Energy

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Steve Maley

Much of Tuesday night’s Presidential Townhall from Hofstra University focused on energy, and oil and gas policy in particular. Taking credit for recent increases in oil and gas production seems to be a particular obsession of President Obama’s. As I … Continue reading →

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Fact Checking CNN’s Fact Checkers

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Steve Maley

What is the value of fact checking if the fact-checkers don’t have a clue about the facts they’re checking? CNN’s Fact check: Oil and natural gas production under Obama goes to great lengths to debunk two sentences uttered by Candidate … Continue reading →

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