China’s coal consumption rose for a second year in a row in 2018, but coal’s share of total energy consumption fell below 60 percent for the first time as cleaner Continue Reading
When a few years ago media began calling data the new oil, it was because some pretty direct parallels could be drawn between Big Oil and Big Tech. These parallels Continue Reading
China is set to announce this year the creation of a state-held oil and gas pipeline company, combining the midstream assets of the national firms in a bid to allow Continue Reading
China’s use of thermal coal in its energy mix has fallen to below 60% in 2018, as the world’s biggest coal consumer aims to raise its use of cleaner fuels, Continue Reading
U.S. crude oil stocks fell unexpectedly last week as net imports fell to record lows, despite production growing to all-time highs and abundant inventories at the Cushing, Oklahoma hub, the Continue Reading
U.S. crude oil production rose 100,000 barrels per day last week to a record 12.1 million bpd, hitting a peak for the second straight week, according to data released by Continue Reading
The U.S. suffered though multiple bouts of severe cold in the last few weeks, but the weather has done very little to rescue low natural gas prices. Henry Hub gas Continue Reading
Alberta oil producers have found a way around production limits imposed on them by the provincial government: buy the right to pump barrels from other companies that don’t need them. Continue Reading
Drilling activity has plateaued in much of the U.S., with the rig count zig-zagging well below the peak from last November. The rig count often rises and falls in response Continue Reading
Can technological progress save us from ecological destruction? If some new clean form of energy was discovered tomorrow, could it be deployed quickly enough to decarbonize the world by 2050? Continue Reading
