October 2016

California program encourages adoption of zero-emissions vehicles

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California, 9 other states accounted for 39% of national light-duty electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales California’s Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program is expected to increase sales of electric, plug-in hybrid, and other alternative light-duty vehicles in the United States, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The ZEV program is administered by the California Air Resources Board […]

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Falling US natural gas output meets stronger demand thanks to power production – Kemp

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Power producers burned their way through most of surplus of gas left over at end of record warm winter 2015/16 By John Kemp LONDON (Reuters) – The US natural gas market is on an unsustainable trajectory as consumption grows rapidly while domestic production is falling. Gas production was down nearly 4 percent in July compared with the

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Petronas weighs sale to exit $27 billion Pacific NorthWest LNG project – sources

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If Petronas suspends  Pacific NorthWest LNG project, it would be put on ice until gas prices begin to turn around By A. Ananthalakshmi and Oleg Vukmanovic  KUALA LUMPUR/MILAN (Reuters) – Malaysian state oil firm Petroliam Nasional Bhd is considering selling its majority stake in a $27 billion Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, three people familiar

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Saudi Arabia gambles it can raise oil prices without losing too much market

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By John Kemp LONDON, Sept 30 (Reuters) – The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries surprised oil traders and analysts by announcing a production deal following a hastily convened extraordinary meeting in Algiers on Wednesday. The Algiers agreement seems to have been designed to engineer an increase in prices by changing market sentiment rather than reducing the

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Yet another study finds fracking not responsible for GHG emissions rising

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New study illustrates activists’ focus on oil and gas methane emissions is idealistic agenda, not effort to combat climate change by Seth Whitehead, EnergyInDepth As environmental activists and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continue to focus all their attention on methane emissions from oil and natural gas systems, yet another study has been released showing that biogenic

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