84% of Buckeye State residents — a mix of Democrats and Republicans, want to see energy development increased by Jackie Stewart, EnergyInDepth The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced late last week it will lease another 1,186 acres in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest (WNF) in an upcoming auction set for March 23. In doing so, […]
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Gazprom says exports to Germany hit record high in 2016 MOSCOW, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Russian gas producer Gazprom said on Monday its gas exports to Germany hit a record high last year and have surged since the start of this year. It said it exported 49.8 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas to Germany
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Mood at World Economic Forum 2017 to be mixture of anticipation and anxiety The political earthquakes of 2016 have upended conventional thinking about the global economy and have ironically brightened the outlook, according to new analysis released today at the World Economic Forum in Davos by IHS Markit. “In 2017, the global economy will see
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Denying pipeline expansions will raise electric rates, cut jobs and jeopardize US energy security A new report released today by Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) found that rejecting pipeline infrastructure would remove almost one-third of US electricity generation capacity by 2030, dangerously raising electric rates nationwide, especially for poverty-stricken households. The report, titled “Families, Communities and Finances:
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Fewer forecasters expect oil price spike before end of 2020 By John Kemp LONDON – Energy professionals have become less bearish about the outlook for oil prices in 2017 and 2018 as downside risks have fallen, an annual survey by Reuters shows. But price expectations for the end of the decade have changed little since the
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Oil prices up as Russia and other non-OPEC members adhere to supply deal By Ethan Lou CALGARY, Alberta, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Oil prices were up on Monday, buoyed by Saudi commitments to reducing production, even as U.S. output is expected to increase again this year. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has agreed to
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Biogas plant meets power needs of 5,000-6,000 rural homes By Geoffrey Kamadi NAIVASHA, Kenya, Jan 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A commercial farm in Kenya has become Africa’s first electricity producer powered by biogas to sell surplus electricity to the national grid, cutting the carbon emissions associated with oil-powered generation. The Gorge Farm Energy Park in
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75% of oil production used to fuel transportation, but better Electric Vehicle batteries decades away Alberta, we need to talk. It’s time for you to confront the single greatest challenge of the 21st century: the rise of clean energy technologies that will push fossil fuels out of the market by 2100. Yes, I mean the energy
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Worst of the oil prices is over, but instability will characterise recovery By John Kemp LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Extreme volatility and strong cyclicality have been the defining characteristics of oil prices and the industry since the first modern oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania in 1859. Oil prices are much more volatile than
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U.S. State Department nominee Tillerson fights climate deposition By Emily Flitter NEW YORK, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Rex Tillerson, the former oil executive under consideration for U.S. secretary of state, is trying to avoid giving testimony in a federal lawsuit over climate change, according to a lawyer for a group of teenagers who filed the
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