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- Energy Roundup: Suncor Buys Rival Petro-Canada, Tata Unveils Nano, and More
- Suncor's purchase of Petro-Canada spurs oil sands consolidation debate -- Suncor Energy's plan to buy Petro-Canadafor $15.5 billion has sparked speculation and debate the deal will accelerate consolidation in the Alberta oil sands. The all-share deal -- the largest in the oil and gas industry since 2006 -- would create Canada's...
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Greening Canadian Oil Sands Would Cost $105 a Barrel
- The Canadian Energy Research Institute spent 18 months examining the potential and expected impact to the oil sands industry once stricter climate change policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gases are implemented in the U.S. and Canada. And guess what CERI found out? It's going to be expensive....
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Chevron, Exxon, Shell Sidestep Long-Term CO2 Storage Liability in Gorgon Deal
- Chevron is no stranger to liability. The super major energy company faces a $27 billion lawsuit over allegations of environmental pollution in Ecuador's Amazon. Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell also have grappled with a number of costly lawsuits over the years. It's safe to...
- Blog posts 2009-09-17
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- Energy Roundup: China Solar Subsidy, Vestas Workers Revolt, Halliburton CEO's Recovery Doubts and More
- China boosts solar sector with massive subsidy plan -- China will subsidize 50 percent of the investment for solar power projects, an unprecedented plan that could spur more than $10 billion in private funding and make the country a leading market for solar equipment. The subsidies also will be extended to power...
- Blog posts 2009-07-21
- Week in Oil & Gas: Peak Oil, a Climate-Bill Interlude and Devon's Big Sale
- Climate-change legislation took a backseat to the congressional debate over a health care bill last week. Meaning, chances of passing legisation aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions through a cap-and-trade system this year have disappeared. But is it all that bad? Or unexpected?  Senate Democratic leaders said last week wrangling...
- Blog posts 2009-11-23
- Energy Roundup: Green Mobile Technology, Antarctica's Carbon-Free Base, and More
- Green technology star of cell phone industry show-- Solar panel cell phones, eco-friendly packaging and energy efficient chargers will be among the latest green technology applications featured this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. A number of products have been unveiled at the industry show, which kicked off...
- Blog posts 2009-02-16
- Energy Roundup: Total Stalls Oil Sands Project, Exxon's $129 Billion Plan, and More
- Total suspends Canadian oil sands pilot project -- Coaxing oil out of the Canadian oil sands is getting a bit too expensive for some of the world's largest energy companies. Totalrecently suspended one of its pilot projects because it did not hit the expected 10,000 barrels of oil a day production mark. Paris-based...
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- Virent Energy, Shell Poised for Second-Gen Biofuels Race
- Now that the dust kicked up over the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rules for the biofuels industry has settled just a little bit, it's worth taking a look at Virent Energy Systems and Royal Dutch Shell, companies well-positioned in the advanced biofuels race. The EPA released this week its draft regulations requiring biofuels to...
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Energy Roundup: Yucca Mountain's Demise, BG Sweetens Bid, and More
- Obama rejects Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project -- President Obama's budget released this week removes almost all funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage project, effectively killing a plan 20 years in the making. The administration will focus on a new strategy of how to handle waste, and the...
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Energy Roundup: Chu Backs FutureGen, World's Largest Laser, and More
- FutureGen might just have a future -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu met with FutureGen Alliance officials today and said the project has merit, a move that suggests the troubled near-zero emission coal-fueled plant might have a new life under the Obama administration. FutureGen, a project aimed at generating electricity while permanently storing carbon dioxide...
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- GE Energy Unit Bright Spot in 2Q Earnings Report With 13% Boost in Profits
- General Electric's second-quarter earnings fell 47 percent to $2.9 billion, dragged down by virtually all of its divisions, except one.  In the end, only GE's energy business turned a profit in the second quarter. Sales in GE Energy fell 1 percent to $9.57 billion in the second quarter as a drop in...
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Energy Roundup: CFTC Eyes Trading Limits, BP Profit Slumps, Hedge Fund Launches Oil Venture, and More
- Federal regulators mull limits on energy trading -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission kicked off its study of speculation in commodity markets with hearings Tuesday, which may lead to new limits on how many futures contracts investors can hold in oil and energy commodities. Opponents to regulation blame wild swings in oil on...
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Energy Roundup: China Ups Acquisition Ante, Q-Cells Axes 500 Jobs, Chevron's New Toy, and More
- China's insatiable energy resource appetite --Â China's hunger for energy resources has boosted its spending on oil and mining acquisitions by at least half this year, despite growing concern and opposition in the U.S. and Australia. If China National Petroleum buys Repsol YPF's Argentine unit, the country's purchase of overseas...
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- KNOC-Harvest Energy Deal: Prospects for Canadian Oil Sands Rise With Crude Prices
- Canadian oil sands lingered in the industry's version of purgatory earlier this year -- handicapped by a combination of low crude prices and high operating costs. That dim view is brightening, however, as foreign oil companies -- encouraged by crude prices above $75 a barrel and falling costs -- are starting to buy...
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- Energy Roundup: Anadarko's Triple Play, Salazar Quashes Leases, and More
- Anadarko strikes oil twice, reports tripled profits -- Anadarko Petroleum, one of the nation's largest independent oil and gas producers, hit pay dirt twice this week when it announced back-to-back deepwater Gulf of Mexico oil discoveries. The news came on the heels of its fourth-quarter earnings, where the Houston-based company reported...
- Blog posts 2009-02-04
- Energy Roundup: Prius Goes Solar, Shell Investors Reject Exec Bonuses, Pacific Ethanol Bankruptcy, and More
- Shell investors say 'No' to senior executive pay packages -- A majority of Royal Dutch Shell shareholders, angry with plans to award bonuses in a year of missed performance targets, rejected the senior executive pay package at its annual general meeting. The vote is advisory and the pay package including the...
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Energy Roundup: Hara Lands Coke Deal, Climate Bill Hurdles, Shell Slashes Senior Execs, and More
- Carbon tracker start-up Hara lands Coke deal -- Hara, the energy software management company formed by SAP and Oracle alumni, has struck a deal with Coke. Hara's software, which Coke is expected to use throughout its operations, helps companies track and manage their energy and water consumption. The start-up's early success and $6...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Deutsche Bank's Carbon Counter and the Business of Greenhouse Gases
- Deutsche Bank's ginormous "Carbon Counter" -- unveiled Thursday in New York City -- is the type of in-your-face campaign passers-by will find nearly impossible to ignore. The towering electronic billboard -- with its 13-number red digital display and 'Climate Change Affects Everyone' message perched on top --...
- Blog posts 2009-06-18
- Microsoft's Hohm Enters Crowded Home-Energy Monitoring Market
- Microsoft leapt into the increasingly-crowded home-energy management market this week with its release of Hohm, a free Web application designed to help customers monitor and ultimately conserve energy use. The software giant has been working on the Web tool for two years now and its unveiling follows...
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Energy Roundup: Pickens' Wind Farm Falters, Oil Speculator Crackdown and More
- Pickens scales down plans for world's largest wind farm -- The lack of a transmission line has disrupted T. Boone Pickens' plan to build a 1,000-megawatt wind farm -- the world's largest -- in Pampa, Texas. Pickens' company Mesa Power ordered 687 turbines from GE for about $2 billion...
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
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