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Saudi Arabia focuses on renewable energy - San Francisco Chronicle
Feb 1st 2013, 23:54


San Francisco Chronicle

Saudi Arabia focuses on renewable energy
San Francisco Chronicle
President Obama warned in his inaugural address that America can't resist the "long and sometimes difficult" transition to renewable energy. "We must lead it," he urged the nation. "We cannot cede to other nations the technology that will power new ...
It's Baby Steps for Saudi's Biggest Solar Plant Green Prophet

all 7 news articles »

North African Oil and Gas Sites On High Alert - Al-Monitor
Feb 1st 2013, 23:30


North African Oil and Gas Sites On High Alert
Al-Monitor
The repercussions of the terrorist attack two weeks ago against Sonatrach and BP oil workers at Tiguentourine in Algeria continue to reverberate, and authorities in the region have adopted increased security measures.

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'Forest non-clearance, law & order behind coal loss' - Times of India
Feb 1st 2013, 22:24


'Forest non-clearance, law & order behind coal loss'
Times of India
RANCHI: The country is losing coal production of 250 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) because of law and order problem in different states and non-clearance from the Union forest and environment ministry (MoEF), said the newly appointed ...

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Coal plant's closing leaves questions about ash - Charlotte Observer
Feb 1st 2013, 22:09


abc11.com

Coal plant's closing leaves questions about ash
Charlotte Observer
1/23/2008 -- Coal ash slurry pours into the first of two settling ponds adjacent to the Riverbend Steam Station on Mountain Island Lake. Duke Energy disposes tons of coal ash from its power plants, the stuff is laden with heavy metals that can be toxic ...
Duke Energy shuttering Buck and Riverbend coal plants Charlotte Business Journal (blog)
Duke Energy will close two aging coal plants in April MiamiHerald.com
Duke Energy to close 2 old coal-fired power plants WCNC
Gaston Gazette  - Salisbury Post
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3 Oil and Gas Shares Rising Fast - Motley Fool
Feb 1st 2013, 21:47


Telegraph.co.uk

3 Oil and Gas Shares Rising Fast
Motley Fool
LONDON -- Oil prices have made steady gains this week: Brent crude for March delivery was up 2.5% to $116.05 per barrel on Friday afternoon, while WTI crude was up 0.7% to $96.70 shortly after U.S. markets opened on Friday. U.S. natural gas prices have ...
New World Oil and Gas Drilling announce that Blue Creek #2A ST well has been ... OilVoice (press release)
Traders sell-off New World Oil and Gas Telegraph.co.uk
New World Oil and Gas abandons well in Belize ShareCast
SmallCapNews.co.uk
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Alaska mulls tax breaks for oil and gas - Christian Science Monitor (blog)
Feb 1st 2013, 21:46


Christian Science Monitor (blog)

Alaska mulls tax breaks for oil and gas
Christian Science Monitor (blog)
offers extensive coverage of all energy sectors from crude oil and natural gas to solar energy and environmental issues. To see more opinion pieces and news analysis that cover energy technology, finance and trading, geopolitics, and sector news ...
PN Bakken: BLM North Dakota lease sale nets $11.4M; Slawson high bidder Petroleum News
Natural Gas Released From Fracking, Burned and Wasted Independent Voter Network

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Energy Secretary Steven Chu resigns; led green energy push - Washington Post
Feb 1st 2013, 21:10


Politico

Energy Secretary Steven Chu resigns; led green energy push
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who won a Nobel Prize in physics but came under questioning for his handling of a solar energy loan, is stepping down. Chu offered his resignation to President Barack Obama in a letter Friday. He said he will ...
Energy Secretary Chu to Quit Cabinet After Successor Confirmed Bloomberg
Steven Chu stepping down as Obama's Energy secretary The Hill (blog)
Energy Secretary Steven Chu to resign Politico
Yahoo! News (blog)  - NPR  - Reuters
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Ambre CEO confident US Pacific Northwest coal terminals will be buit - Platts
Feb 1st 2013, 20:42


Ambre CEO confident US Pacific Northwest coal terminals will be buit
Platts
While US coal exports are flat, market participants are bulking up terminal capacity in the Gulf Coast and Pacific Northwest to handle seaborne trade that's estimated to double over the next 15 years, a panel of experts said Thursday at the Coaltrans ...

Penplusbytes signs 2-year oil and gas project agreement with STAR-Ghana - Vibe Ghana
Feb 1st 2013, 20:11


Penplusbytes signs 2-year oil and gas project agreement with STAR-Ghana
Vibe Ghana
The International Institute for ICT Journalism (Penplusbytes) has been awarded an 18-month contract to undertake an oil and gas project dubbed: "Empowering the media to play an active role over oil and gas revenue and resources" in Ghana. The project ...

Ore, Coal Arbitrages Seen Exceeding Chinese GDP for Ship Demand - Businessweek
Feb 1st 2013, 17:21


Ore, Coal Arbitrages Seen Exceeding Chinese GDP for Ship Demand
Businessweek
Price arbitrages that make it profitable for traders to ship coal and iron ore to China may become more important in determining ship demand than the nation's economic growth, said RS Platou Economic Research. Chinese imports of power-station coal ...

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Red tape trips up France's green energy hopes for wind power - Reuters
Feb 1st 2013, 17:01


Red tape trips up France's green energy hopes for wind power
Reuters
Hollande wants to see France boost its renewable energy output from sources such as wind and solar power while closing the oldest of its nuclear plants and eschewing shale gas development. But legal wrangling that threatens to drag on for months has ...

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European 2014 Coal Rises, Heads for Second Straight Weekly Gain - Bloomberg
Feb 1st 2013, 16:32


European 2014 Coal Rises, Heads for Second Straight Weekly Gain
Bloomberg
Thermal coal for delivery to Amsterdam, Rotterdam or Antwerp gained as much as 0.6 percent to $100.30 a metric ton, according to broker data compiled by Bloomberg. The contract has risen 0.3 percent this week. Bloomberg tracks information from ICAP Plc ...

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ALEC Targets Renewable Energy Standards and Global Warming Education - Huffington Post
Feb 1st 2013, 16:21


ALEC Targets Renewable Energy Standards and Global Warming Education
Huffington Post
Given the gridlock on national legislation, renewable energy standards, which are typically passed at the state or local level, set targets for shifting from fossil fuel energy to renewable sources, such as solar and wind energy. SEIA let its one-year ...

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US Tips Global Power Scales with Fracking - Spiegel Online
Feb 1st 2013, 15:10


Spiegel Online

US Tips Global Power Scales with Fracking
Spiegel Online
But the situation has fundamentally changed since American drilling experts began using a method called "fracking," with which oil and gas molecules can be extracted from dense shale rock formations. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that ...
The Shale Gas Revolution and the Global Commons ISN

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Exxon Earnings Beat; Oil and Gas Production Down - CNBC.com
Feb 1st 2013, 15:09


CNBC.com

Exxon Earnings Beat; Oil and Gas Production Down
CNBC.com
Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, reported a higher-than-expected 6 percent increase in quarterly profit Friday on stronger results at its chemical and refining businesses. But oil and gas production fell. The Irving, Texas ...
Oil & Gas Earnings: Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Exxon Mobil Corporation ... Cogo
Refining Helps Profit at Exxon Mobil New York Times
Exxon Profit Rises as Cheap US Oil Lifts Refining Businessweek
NASDAQ  - Modesto Bee  - Los Angeles Times
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City council gives initial nod to oil company's pursuit of hydraulic ... - LubbockOnline.com
Feb 1st 2013, 14:37


City council gives initial nod to oil company's pursuit of hydraulic ...
LubbockOnline.com
An oil company can pursue state and city permits to perform hydraulic fracturing on city property in northeast Lubbock that could add $400,000 annually to a lease that already brings the city $1 million per year, Lubbock's City Council decided Thursday.

Gujarat NRE Coking Coal rejects JSPL's Rs 1200 crore takeover bid - Economic Times
Feb 1st 2013, 13:26


Proactive Investors Australia

Gujarat NRE Coking Coal rejects JSPL's Rs 1200 crore takeover bid
Economic Times
"The company has been advised that the Gujarat NRE group companies, being the major shareholders holding approximately 64 per cent of the issued capital in the company, do not intend to accept the offer," Gujarat NRE Coking Coal said in a filing to the ...
Guj NRE buy to boost coking coal supply: JSPL Moneycontrol.com
Gujarat NRE Coking Coal says "take no action" to A$274M Jindal takeover offer Proactive Investors Australia
JSPL makes AUD 222 million bid for Gujarat NRE Coking Coal SteelGuru
CoalGuru.com  - Calcutta Telegraph
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China uses half the world's coal, but we still need to lead on climate change - New Statesman
Feb 1st 2013, 13:06


China uses half the world's coal, but we still need to lead on climate change
New Statesman
Focusing on coal use distorts the picture somewhat. One of the reasons western nations don't use as much coal is because its extraordinarily polluting in ways unrelated to its carbon emissions. Particulates from burning coal cause all manner of ...
The Climate Post: January 31, 2013 Living Green Magazine

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Op-Ed: The Politics of Oil - Green Energy Alternatives - DigitalJournal.com
Feb 1st 2013, 11:34


DigitalJournal.com

Op-Ed: The Politics of Oil - Green Energy Alternatives
DigitalJournal.com
Edmonton - The new buzz word in the green movement is "sustainable energy." According to anti-oilsands lobbyists, oil is evil and stopping the development of the Alberta oilsands will avert a global disaster. Fossil fuels are the engine of the economy.

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Oklahoma oil and gas prices: February 1, 2013 - NewsOK.com
Feb 1st 2013, 11:27


Oklahoma oil and gas prices: February 1, 2013
NewsOK.com
Alfalfa: SandRidge Exploration & Production LLC; Reitz Trust 2811 No. 3-14H Well; SW1/4 SE1/4 SW1/4 SE1/4 (SL) of 14-28N-11W; 221 barrels oil per day, 1,585,000 cu-ft gas per day; TD 9,602. Blaine: Continental Resources Inc.; Kenneth No. 1-17H Well ...

Oil and gas ventures flood Houston Ship Channel with wave of business growth - Houston Business Journal
Feb 1st 2013, 11:04


Oil and gas ventures flood Houston Ship Channel with wave of business growth
Houston Business Journal
The so-called "shale gale" is one of the largest contributing factors to what local industry observers say is the most activity the ship channel area has ever seen in the downstream, or refining, segment of the oil and gas industry. What's more, the ...

UPDATE 1-Australia rains prompt coking coal force majeures - Reuters
Feb 1st 2013, 10:36


UPDATE 1-Australia rains prompt coking coal force majeures
Reuters
SYDNEY/PERTH Feb 1 (Reuters) - Heavy rains in Australia's eastern Queensland state have caused two major coking coal producers, Rio Tinto and Xstrata, to declare force majeure on exports this week after a rail haul line was shut last week due to flooding.

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Incremental Oil and Gas Starts Sidetrack Operations, Spuds New Well - Rigzone
Feb 1st 2013, 10:26


Incremental Oil and Gas Starts Sidetrack Operations, Spuds New Well
Rigzone
Incremental Oil and Gas added that the Capstar rig will be placed on standby for about a week amid construction for the locations of the third and fourth well of the company's drilling campaign, which is taking place in its wholly owned Florence ...

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Dreamliners woes hearten green energys foes - Politico
Feb 1st 2013, 09:54


Politico

Dreamliners woes hearten green energys foes
Politico
Critics of green energy are taking glee in the battery woes of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. Some have even tried to tie the Dreamliner's problems to President Barack Obama's clean-tech initiatives, although those programs had nothing to do with Boeing's ...

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Green Energy - Who Are the Big Players in the Six Nations? - Huffington Post UK
Feb 1st 2013, 08:27


Green Energy - Who Are the Big Players in the Six Nations?
Huffington Post UK
The tournament coincides with the build-up to WWF's Earth Hour (kick off: 8:30PM on Saturday 23 March), which this year is promoting the benefits of renewable energy. So as someone passionate about rugby and tackling climate change, I thought I'd ...

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Newly appointed oil and gas chief facing tough challenges - Jakarta Post
Feb 1st 2013, 04:23


Newly appointed oil and gas chief facing tough challenges
Jakarta Post
Edy Hermantoro: (esdm.go.id)The newly appointed oil and gas director general of the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, Edy Hermantoro, is facing a tough challenge to keep the country's business climate for the hydrocarbon sector attractive for ...

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Jeff Green's Energy: Boston Celtics Will Benefit from His Intensity - Bleacher Report
Feb 1st 2013, 03:12


Bleacher Report

Jeff Green's Energy: Boston Celtics Will Benefit from His Intensity
Bleacher Report
Jeff Green might have played two of his best games of the season against New York and Miami. He scored a combined 20 points in those games. How? Watch as he bodied New York Knicks' Carmelo Anthony. Anthony led all scorers with 28 points, but it took ...

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Coal exports use top NW law firms' legal muscle - Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
Feb 1st 2013, 01:38


Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Coal exports use top NW law firms' legal muscle
Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)
The drive to build big, coal-export terminals, on the Columbia River at Longview and Cherry Point north of Bellingham, is getting help from some of the region's big-name barristers, according to a new report by the Sightline Institute, a "green ...
Periodic Coal Update #2 BlueOregon
New Poll: Coal Exports Winning Support In Washington EarthFix
Australia December Coal Exports Rise NASDAQ
The Conversation
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More assessment needed for hydraulic fracturing - Post-Bulletin
Jan 31st 2013, 23:03


More assessment needed for hydraulic fracturing
Post-Bulletin
I recently read a thoughtful opinion piece by John Deutch, a professor at MIT who served as undersecretary of energy, regarding the danger posed by hydraulic fracturing. His recommendations may help Minnesota lawmakers, industry leaders and concerned ...

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Coal Exports: Comprehensive Environmental Review Could Set Dangerous ... - Heritage.org (blog)
Jan 31st 2013, 20:38


Coal Exports: Comprehensive Environmental Review Could Set Dangerous ...
Heritage.org (blog)
Anti-coal politicians want to use the environmental process to more comprehensively analyze the greenhouse gas impact on coal exports. This would not only reduce coal production in the U.S. but it would also set a dangerous precedent for all exports.

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News bites: Green energy companies seek new financing options, Conoco's ... - The Hill (blog)
Jan 31st 2013, 12:48


News bites: Green energy companies seek new financing options, Conoco's ...
The Hill (blog)
The New York Times reports that Royal Dutch Shell's earnings rose but missed analysts' expectations. The Times also reports that renewable energy companies are seeking new financing options as their existing tax breaks are under attack from Republicans.

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Hydraulic Fracturing: How it works
Sep 19th 2012, 16:28

Learn how Imperial Oil is safely using hydraulic fracturing technology.
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