Mexico Awards 10 of 15 Blocks in Oil Auction
Mexico awarded 10 blocks of oil and gas for exploration and development to bidders from 10 different countries, including some of the world’s major oil companies, at an auction in Continue Reading
China Issues Second Batch Of Oil Import Quotas For 2017
China has allowed a second batch of crude oil import quotas for independent refiners and some state-held companies for 2017, setting full-year quotas at a total of 91.73 million tons, Continue Reading
GAC Motor targeting 1M unit sales by 2020, 20% new energy vehicles; entering US market by 2019; transition to electric “may be quite long”
GAC Motor was one of the few automakers, and the only Chinese auto brand, to take the main stage at last week’s Michelin Movin’On 2017 global sustainable mobility summit in Continue Reading
Tesla Said Close to Agreeing on Plan for China Production
Local plant would allow automaker to bypass 25% import tariff Tesla’s China revenue tripled to more than $1 billion in 2016 Tesla Inc. is close to an agreement to produce Continue Reading
A Newcomer’s Guide to Oil and Gas: The Upstream Zoo
Here’s a breakdown of some of the “critters” you can find on a drilling rig. Drilling rigs are sophisticated machines – so sophisticated that some of them can even “walk.” Continue Reading
Too hot to handle: Study shows Earth’s killer heat worsens
Killer heat is getting worse, a new study shows. Deadly heat waves like the one now broiling the American West are bigger killers than previously thought and they are going Continue Reading
Coal’s Decline Spreads Far Beyond Appalachia
Far from the mines of Appalachia, the decline of coal is hitting communities that relied on coal-fired power plants for jobs and income. During the past five years, roughly 350 Continue Reading
As Natural Gas Gains, a Taxed Grid Raises Alarm
Natural gas has become the trendy power-plant fuel in New England so quickly that it concerns the grid operator charged with keeping the region’s lights on. On the coldest days, Continue Reading
Methane Reduction Plan Could Seriously Harm Canadian Oil & Gas
The old saying goes, “ The road to hell is paved with good intentions”. And so it goes for the myriad of new regulations, taxes and restrictions forced upon the Continue Reading
Big Oil Steps Up Support for Carbon Tax
Some of the world’s largest oil companies and the country’s biggest auto maker are joining a group pushing the U.S. government to tax carbon in an effort to slow climate Continue Reading