Transitioning the world to 100 percent renewable electricity isn’t just some environmentalist pipe dream—it’s “feasible at every hour throughout the year” and is more cost-effective than the current system, which Continue Reading
By all measures, graphene shouldn’t exist. The fact it does comes down to a neat loophole in physics that sees an impossible 2D sheet of atoms act like a solid Continue Reading
Three years after causing an oil-price crash, the shale boom may not be enough to meet rising global demand. (Bloomberg) — Three years after causing an oil-price crash, the shale Continue Reading
A Libyan crude oil pipeline blown up on Tuesday will take about a week to repair, the head of state oil firm NOC told Reuters on Wednesday. A “terrorist group” Continue Reading
A Libyan company said it expects to be out at least 70,000 barrels of oil per day because of an explosion at a pipeline feeding the nation’s largest oil depot. Continue Reading
Trading sources said Wednesday that crude cargoes at Libya’s Es Sider port were still loading without any interruption, following the news that there had been an explosion on one of Continue Reading
The Iraqi government is forming an executive committee to operate giant Majnoon oil field after the withdrawal of Royal Dutch Shell (OGJ Online, Oct. 30, 2017). Shell holds a 45% interest in the Continue Reading
Egypt is set to inaugurate a new wharf for natural gas and petroleum product tankers on the Gulf of Suez in the coming days, another step in its plan to Continue Reading
The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association, DAPPMA, on Tuesday expressed concern over the inability of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to send petrol to its members’ depots. DAPPMA’s Executive Continue Reading
Spanish energy company Repsol said natural gas production started at a site in Peru that has the reserve equivalent of a quarter of the nation’s demand. Gas production started Wednesday Continue Reading
