Under-informed, over here
The climate change denial lobby – funded by the US oil industry – has now moved to the UK, warns Bob May
Industry
Disruptions Make Canada’s Oil Sands Pitch Tougher
Canada is striving to sell major consuming countries on the potential of its vast oil sands to help meet energy demand, but a recent string of output disruptions makes the job tougher, analysts said on Friday.
Russia: Indigenous peoples protest against Sakhalin oil, gas projects
Representatives of indigenous peoples blocked more than 100 pieces of heavy machinery in Sakhalin on Friday to protest against local oil and gas projects.
Yukos Defaults on Long-Term Contracts to Supply Oil
OAO Yukos Oil Co., Russia’s biggest oil exporter last year, defaulted on long-term contracts to supply refiners after the government sold its biggest oil-producing unit to collect more than $20 billion in back taxes.
China and India raise the stakes
The prospect of Chinese and Indian oil companies buying oil and gas-producing assets in the US and Russia is changing the landscape in which the western oil majors operate.
Conoco deals ANWR drilling a blow
ConocoPhillips’ decision to bow out of a lobbying group focused on opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling means that two of the largest operators on Alaska’s North Slope are no longer actively advocating exploration in the refuge.
Gas rush: with shortages looming, Alaska firms seek new deposits
Clifford, 49, is an oil man, one in a growing stable of risk takers hunting new supplies of natural gas around Cook Inlet. They’re drawn by a big surge in gas prices, plus forecasts of a looming shortage for gas-addicted Southcentral Alaska.
Hostage to oil
World supply is so precious that more price spikes are inevitable …”The first message American consumers need to hear,” says A. G. Edwards’s O’Grady, “[is] if you think the price of oil and gasoline has been volatile, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” (Excellent article)
Taxpayers May Be Liable for Oil Cleanup
Bonds posted by companies with federal oil and gas leases cover only a small fraction of the projected costs of plugging wells and restoring land once the fuel is extracted, leaving taxpayers with the potential for huge cleanup bills…
Who Owns the World’s Oil?
What types of property ownership are best for the world? This article explores how petroleum and water are being owned and mis-owned worldwide from a libertarian perspective.
Big Oil Wields Ultra Deep Influence
Industry demands tax breaks, regulatory changes to hunt for oil at the bottom of the sea….America’s onshore sources are nearly tapped out… Luckily, the United States holds claim to one of the world’s richest oil deposits: the Gulf of Mexico.
ExxonMobil president sees long-term energy changes
For at least the 3 decades and probably beyond”we will need to find and produce even more oil than we do today, a very challenging responsibility for all of us in the petroleum industry,” said Rex W. Tillerson, president of ExxonMobil Corp.