January 2018

Podcast: Don’t believe Elon Musk’s hype about autonomous driving EVs

Mobility as a Service won’t really arrive until 2030 and become a mature business model until 2050 The hype around autonomous electric vehicles (AEV) is out of control, much of it led by Elon Musk, the visionary CEO of Tesla Motors, who has claimed that existing EVs will become fully autonomous with just a software […]

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Permian, Anadarko basins lead US drilling rig rebound and force market to follow oil’s lead

NGL production expected to grow in five years as demand  increases In the latest installment of its FundamentalEdge series, Drillinginfo released Chasing Crude, a market outlook report focused on its latest view of price and production forecasts for the oil, natural gas, and NGL markets. Chasing Crude continues to monitor the global supply/demand balance for crude oil. Following

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Cold weather, higher exports result in record American natural gas demand

Spot wholesale electricity prices also rose: $200/MWh in New York City, $185/MWh in New England Estimated U.S. natural gas demand on Jan. 1 reached 150.7 billion cubic feet, surpassing the previous single-day record set in 2014, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Much colder-than-normal temperatures across much of the United States have led to increased

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Global plug-in electric vehicle sales surpassed 1 million in 2017

Through 2020, market projected to experience 38% annual growth A new report from Navigant Research shows that electric vehicle(EV) sale surpassed 1 million in 2017, according to a press release. Recent developments in the plug-in electric(PEV) market, including the rollout of long-range battery EVs (BEVs) at sub-$40,000 price points, have positioned the segment for robust growth. Since

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Calgary projects get $3.5 million for clean technology development from Ottawa

$714,500 for 2 Univ. of Calgary projects, one to design system for detecting, measuring methane emissions from oil and gas sector Two University of Calgary research projects that support the development of clean technologies in Alberta will receive support from the federal government, according to a press release. At a news conference held at the university’s downtown campus on

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