Residential Solar PV Systems Experiencing Slow Adoption In China
China launched a series of policies at end of 2012 to encourage the deployment of residential solar photovoltaic (PV) systems that can generate sufficient power for one household. In the few months...
View Article1 Massive Oil Field Getting Ready To Flow
No find in the past 30 years is bigger than the Kashagan field in the Caspian Sea. But after years of delays, oil will finally begin flowing from this potentially 90 billion barrel behemoth....
View ArticleNorth Sea Valemon Offshore Development Platform Quarters Sets Sail
Statoil says the living quarters for its new Valemon platform offshore Norway has left the Hertel yard in Gorinchem, the Netherlands.
View ArticleCNOOC Signs Offshore Oil Production Contract With PetroBroad Copower
PetroBroad Copower will conduct 3D seismic data surveys and drill exploration wells in the block during the exploration period.
View ArticleSolar Impulse Prepares For Final Leg To New York
Your Universe Online The Solar Impulse team of Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg are now preparing for the final flight of their HB-SIA zero-fuel airplane in the Across America 2013 campaign....
View ArticleExco To Buy Eagle Ford, Haynesville Assets
Exco Resources Inc. agreed to acquire producing and undeveloped oil and gas assets in the Eagle Ford and Haynesville shale formations for a total of $1 billion from Chesapeake Energy Corp.
View ArticleStatoil Invests In Offshore Pipeline Export Solution
Statoil and its partners have made the investment decision for a joint oil export solution for the Edvard Grieg and Ivar Aasen fields.
View ArticleIndia, Pakistan Discuss Joint Power Grid
India is in discussions for building a trans-border power grid over the next three years to export electricity to power-starved Pakistan, as well as supply natural gas through a pipeline to run its...
View ArticleShell Has Gulf Of Mexico Oil Exploration Success
Shell has Gulf of Mexico oil exploration success Shell today announces a successful exploratory well at Vicksburg in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico....
View ArticleGE Increases UK Deepwater Subsea Tree Output Capacity
GE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) has expanded its subsea systems manufacturing, test, and assembly facility in Montrose south of Aberdeen.
View ArticleCZTSe Solar Cells Achieve 9.7% Efficiency
A Copper Zinc Tin Selenide (CZTSe) solar cell technology has achieved an efficiency of 9.7% and an open-circuit voltage of 0.41 volts, a bit less than the 0.5 volts that most silicon-based solar cells...
View ArticleTime To Eliminate Ethanol Mandate
It's hard to justify keeping a failed program up and running. At some point, you have to recognize it's a mistake and pull the plug. That's where we stand right now with the federal ethanol mandate ....
View ArticleOpportunity Amid Uncertainty In Egypt
1P, 2P, and 3P represent proven, probable, and possible reserves, respectively. Reserve data is provided to the company by DeGolyer and MacNaughton Canada Limited, an independent petroleum engineering...
View ArticleTAPI's Search For Lead Consortium Partner Continues
The much-awaited Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- Pakistan -India (TAPI) gas pipeline's future is again stuck as the search for a global energy major as lead consortium partner is facing a rough weather due...
View ArticleShale Gas, Gasland, And Truthiness
I should have been pleased to hear that Gasland II is coming out. It took only a brief viewing of Josh Fox's original Gasland to move me to tears-of laughter. He employs a number of fairly transparent...
View ArticleJennifer Lopez Sparks Controversy After Performing For Dictator
The representative went on to say that the request for the birthday song was made at the last minute by China National Petroleum Corp., which paid for and put on the event....
View ArticleState's Solar Credit Program Reaches Turning Point
After reaching two major milestones this spring, the rise of solar power in Massachusetts is at a crossroads as state regulators wrestle with how to keep the industry humming along while trimming the...
View Article1 "Pie In The Sky" Idea To Save Coal
Environmentalists call it a dirty fuel, while Santa Claus uses it to punish naughty little boys and girls. That really is a shame because coal has the power to produce a lot of energy, as well as...
View ArticleMoily In Iraq To Expand Cooperation In Energy Sector
Besides, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has been training Iraqi oil officials in downstream refining and marketing. Moily will formally inaugurate the 17th session of India-Iraq Joint Commission tomorrow with...
View ArticleSchlumberger And The Oil Industry
It was also driven by the ambition of the Ministry of Energy, the Petroleum Commission and then the National Petroleum Company setting up and giving us the opportunity to prove what we can do as a...
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