Picture: Control room for Shell’s new 100,000bpd deepwater platform
June 15, 2013
*State-of-the-art deepwater platform is ready in Texas port [Read more...]
The triple-digit barrel of oil
June 14, 2013
(ECONOMIST) Are high oil prices here to stay? [Read more...]
Chevron CEO John Watson interview with the Wall Street Journal
June 11, 2013
(WALL STREET JOURNAL) Seib & Wessel: Full John Watson Interview [Read more...]
Shell steps on the natural gas
June 9, 2013
(SUNDAY TIMES) For the first time more than half the energy giant’s profits have not come from oil. The shift reflects a gas revolution. [Read more...]
Floating LNG production – extending the technology envelope
June 7, 2013
(CARBON POSITIVE) The commercial production of LNG on a floating vessel is edging nearer. The development will bring the LNG industry full circle, for the first ever LNG cargoes – several trans-Atlantic trial shipments to the UK in 1959 – were produced on a floating barge stationed in the Louisiana bayous near Lake Charles. [Read more...]
U.K. prepares for U.S.-style shale gas boom
June 6, 2013
(CNN MONEY) The United Kingdom could be one step closer to a U.S.-style energy renaissance as new estimates show there is a massive amount of untapped shale gas in the Northwest of England. [Read more...]
US shale gas may become export rival to Australia
May 21, 2013
(WA TODAY) Fears that the US could become a gas export rival to Australia are firming, after the Obama administration approved more liquefied natural gas exports at the weekend. [Read more...]
Chevron says shale to help make Argentina energy independent
May 18, 2013
(FUEL FIX) Chevron, the second-biggest U.S. oil company, said it’s preparing an investment that will help make the country energy independent by developing what could be the world’s second-largest shale oil reservoir. [Read more...]
Pertamina embarks on shale gas exploration
May 17, 2013
(JAKARTA POST) Indonesia’s biggest energy firm, PT Pertamina, will tap into shale gas exploration this year in the state-controlled company’s bid to discover unconventional natural gas amid dwindling crude oil production. [Read more...]
