The Age of Electric Flight Is Here, Now!
SunFlyer is powered by lithium batteries and electric motor. It’s designed to be low-cost trainer. Our small electric plane, which uses light and powerful batteries and motors, is less costly Continue Reading
Harvey Shows How Planetary Winds Are Shifting
Meteorologists explain that Hurricane Harvey stalled off the Texas coast because two high-pressure atmospheric masses—huge bookends made out of air—have squeezed it in place, and there haven’t been any high-level Continue Reading
Alaskan Oil Returns With A Vengeance
After years of steady decline in production and bottomed-out oil prices, Alaska is in a rough spot. They’re over a billion dollars in debt, in large part thanks to unfulfilled Continue Reading
Nordic investors reject Dakota pipeline operator’s allegations
Nordic investors rejected on Tuesday allegations in a lawsuit by the operator of Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) that they divested from the project due to pressure from Greenpeace and other Continue Reading
Russia’s economy tripped up, but recovering
The Russian economy contracted last month because of pressure in some of the non-oil sectors, a report from the Economic Development Ministry found. The ministry reported growth in gross domestic Continue Reading
Hurricane Harvey Tosses Global Oil Markets Into Chaos
The most powerful Hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years has devastated much of the coast, and the historic flooding is now causing havoc in the energy markets. Continue Reading
Do These Benchmarks Signal An Oil Price Spike?
It’s crucial to predicting where oil prices are headed. Whenever this number is high, oil prices tend to surge. And it’s not been this high in two years… Why Brent Continue Reading
Heavy grades slip as traders eye Gulf Coast shutdowns
Canadian heavy crude differentials widened on Monday in quiet trade as some market players anticipated refinery shutdowns in the storm-hit U.S. Gulf Coast region backing up crude supplies in Canada. Continue Reading
IEA says no need to release emergency oil supplies due to Harvey
The International Energy Agency said on Monday that there was no need for now to release fuel from emergency stockpiles to compensate for disruption caused by Hurricane Harvey because global Continue Reading
2020 low-sulfur requirements for marine bunker fuels causing scramble for refiners and shippers
On 27 October 2016, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) announced that beginning on 1 January 2020, the maximum sulfur content allowed in marine bunker fuel will be reduced from 3.50% Continue Reading