June 2015

Hyundai hydrogen cell vehicles – big opportunity, low sales

Only 250 of 1,000 Hyundai hydrogen fuel cell vehicles sold YONGIN, Korea, Republic Of – Hyundai Motor Co. says hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are the future for eco-friendly cars despite challenges of limited infrastructure and slow sales. South Korea’s largest automaker sold or leased about 250 of its Tucson Fuel Cell vehicles since beginning production in 2013, […]

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Supreme Court rules against EPA power plants mercury emissions limits

EPA challenge brought by industry groups, 21 Republican-led states A divided Supreme Court on Monday ruled against federal regulators’ attempts to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants. It’s a blow to U.S. efforts to inspire other countries to control their emissions as they approach Paris talks on a new global

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Shell Arctic drilling fleet heads to Alaska, company awaits final permits

Shell Arctic drilling opponents question process ANCHORAGE, Alaska – One Royal Dutch Shell offshore drill rig is headed to Alaska and a second is poised to leave, despite lacking final federal permits that would allow exploratory drilling and possible confirmation of rich oil reserves under the Chukchi Sea. A spokesman for Royal Dutch Shell PLC said that’s routine.

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Wolfcamp Delaware getting more attention from producers, analysts

Clayton Williams plans to run one rig full-time in Wolfcamp Delaware Move over Eagle Ford and Bakken, the Wolfcamp Delaware play is starting to attract attention, according to a new report from IHS. The Wolfcamp Delaware is an emerging hydrocarbon play located in the western portion of the Permian basin that straddles the Texas-New Mexico border. IHS analyst Reed

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Firefighters say California oil spill gushed like fire hose ‘without a nozzle’

Key issue in California oil spill is how long it took the company to alert federal government Firefighters investigating a reported petroleum stench at a California beach last month didn’t take long to find a spill, oil was spreading across the sand and into the surf. Tracing the source, they found crude gushing from a bluff like

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American refining capacity hits 18 million b/d

Higher American refining capacity includes Texas 42,000 b/d condensate splitter in Galena Park Increases in both capacity and utilization have raised American refining capacity to 18 million b/d, an 0.2 per cent increase over 2014, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The United States’ capacity to refine crude oil into petroleum products—measured as operable atmospheric

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California oil spill: Beachfront owner files class action against pipeline company

3,000 coastal landowners join in lawsuit over California oil spill A Santa Barbara County beachfront property owner is the latest in a string of people to file proposed class-action lawsuits against the operators of the pipeline that spilled up to 101,000 gallons of oil on the coast last month. Alexandra Geremia’s lawsuit filed Tuesday seeks to

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