February 2017

Statoil exploration chiefs sees more drilling offshore U.S., Russia

Statoil looking to drill between five to seven wells in Barents Sea in 2017, 2018 By Nerijus Adomaitis LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Norway’s Statoil will probably continue with its exploration work offshore the United States, despite an unsuccessful campaign so far, and is also expecting to undertake more drilling in Russia, the company’s exploration

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Watchdog group sues Scott Pruitt, Trump’s EPA pick, to disclose contact with energy companies

Lawsuit accuses Scott Pruitt of violating Oklahoma’s Open Records Act By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – A media watchdog group filed suit on Tuesday to force U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency to release records detailing his communications with energy companies ahead of a Senate vote to confirm

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Corrected data from retracted study show emission levels well below EPA standards

Anderson told Retractionwatch.com the miscalculation of PAH levels was due to an “honest spreadsheet error” By Seth Whitehead, EnergyInDepth One of the authors of a recently retracted University of Cincinnati air quality study that yielded headlines such as Newsweek’s “Fracking Could Increase Risk of Cancer, New Study Finds” has admitted that the corrected study shows

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Automated vehicles likely to increase global energy consumption

Impacts of automated driving systems on fuel consumption will be mixed, due to a shift from public transit to light duty vehicles A new report from Navigant Research highlights how emerging automated mobility systems are expected to affect regional transportation fuel consumption during the next two decades, with global forecasts for light duty vehicle (LDV)

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Jan. US natural gas production lowest in nearly 3 years

“The only Texas bright spot has been West Texas Permian production.” – Jack Weixel Lower-48 US natural gas production averaged 70.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) during Jan. 2017, marking the lowest monthly production level recorded  since June 2014, according to analysis from IHS Markit. Jan. production represented the second consecutive monthly decline for US

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