Energy – Nov 7
•Big Coal in big trouble as coal production costs rise •Obama, Romney avoid hard truths about energy •Japan kicks off winter energy-saving campaign •Full Text: China’s Energy Policy 2012
Shale gas
ODAC Newsletter Oct 26
BP took a gamble this week, entering into partnership with the Russian state backed energy company Rosneft. The deal frees the company from a stormy relationship with its oligarch partners at TNK BP. At the same time, it effectively makes BP business partners with the Kremlin…
Financial co-dependency: How Wall Street has kept shale gas alive
On October 21, 2012, the New York Times published an article delving in depth into the relationships between large Wall Street investment banks and shale gas operators. The article is outstanding but so much more needs to be said.
Shale gas – Oct 23
*The murky future of U.S. shale gas
*After the Boom in Natural Gas
*US natural gas boom claims first nuclear plant
*Report sees economic boost from unconventional oil and gas
*US fracking sites impact health – report
*UK public favours wind turbines over shale gas wells, poll finds
Gas Bubble Leaking, About to Burst
No, shale gas won’t entirely go away anytime soon. But expectations of continuing low prices are about to be dashed. And notions that the U.S. will become a major gas exporter, or that we will convert millions of cars and trucks to run on gas, now ring hollow.
Shale gas – Sept 11
-EOG Says U.S. Fracking Rule to Cost $1.5 Billion a Year
-Shale gas will not cut EU import dependence: study
-EU study sparks regulation debate over ‘high-risk’ shale gas
-Davey takes aim at shale gas lobby with defence of Energy Bill
-California fracturing takes less water than Texas
Shale gas – Aug 29
-Drilling permits decline sharply for the Pennsylvania Marcellus formation
-University of Texas Compounds Conflict Question in Review of Gas Report
-Fracking Hazards Obscured In Failure To Disclose Wells
-Natural Gas and Its Role In the U.S.’s Energy Endgame
-Destroying Precious Land for Gas
-Fracking is too important to foul up
-Shale gas failure offers rescue for EU green energy drive