Researchers at the MIT Energy Initiative have investigated the grid impacts of scaled up highway fast-charging (HFC) infrastructure by using an operations model of the 2033 Texas power grid with Continue Reading
The American Petroleum Institute has published an updated edition of its cybersecurity standard for pipelines. The American Petroleum Institute (API) has published an updated edition of its cybersecurity standard for Continue Reading
The severe drought that has gripped much of the western half of the United States in spring and summer is likely to continue at least into late fall, government forecasters Continue Reading
Large-scale battery power capacity in the United States jumped by 35 percent last year to reach 1,650 megawatts (MW), and the significant growth of the past few years is set Continue Reading
Something extraordinary happened last Saturday at the frigid high point of the Greenland ice sheet, two miles in the sky and more than 500 miles above the Arctic Circle: It Continue Reading
Multiple Canadian companies, including the country’s most prolific natural gas producer, plan on growing volumes and capital spending in the quarters ahead, in stark contrast to major US oil and Continue Reading
A new California building code is a leap forward for reducing the use of natural gas, with rules that set a strong preference for electric heating in new construction. That’s Continue Reading
The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to a 17-month low last week, pointing to another month of robust job growth, though surging COVID-19 infections pose Continue Reading
The Biden administration on Thursday said it would conduct a formal review of coal sales on federal lands to study their impact on climate change and value to American taxpayers. Continue Reading
Covid-19 patients are dying in U.S. hospitals at levels not seen since February, and the numbers could worsen as intensive-care units overflow in parts of the South. In Alabama, there Continue Reading
The pandemic very likely hit the downstream oil even more severely than exploration and production and led to longer suffering. But now, things are finally beginning to look up for Continue Reading
The ongoing situation for 2021 in the U.S. appears to be Big Oil versus Biden, as once again major U.S. oil industry groups are suing President Biden for halting drilling Continue Reading
Starwood Energy Group Global has entered into an exclusive agreement with Slate Refining to reconfigure Slate’s refinery located in Douglas, Wyoming, into a renewable fuels production facility. Starwood Energy Group Continue Reading
The trillion-dollar spending package that the Senate has passed along to the House is being described as a once-in-a-generation fix for America’s deteriorating infrastructure. It should be viewed as only Continue Reading
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management launched on Thursday a review of the federal coal leasing program and the climate impact of coal production, transportation, and use, in line with Continue Reading
U.S. crude oil stockpiles dropped last week to their lowest levels since January 2020, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday. Inventories have been declining for several months as U.S. Continue Reading
Summer road trips and a pullback in crude prices have pumped up refineries’ profits, offering brighter prospects for one part of the global oil complex despite rising worries about Covid-19. Continue Reading
Sales of electric vehicles in the United States more than doubled in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period last year, when lockdowns had hit car sales Continue Reading
Changes at existing facilities California faces projected shortfall of 3.5 GW in 2021 The California Energy Commission has approved two orders to comply with Governor Gavin Newsom’s emergency proclamation to Continue Reading
A U.S. offshore regulator on Wednesday said efforts to resume a federal oil and gas leasing program are underway and would soon bear results following a court decision ending a Continue Reading
Tuxpan Lower exports put South Texas basis prices at risk With Hurricane Grace targeting central Mexico’s Gulf Coast for Aug. 20 landfall, the storm now threatens to pummel power demand Continue Reading
US retail gasoline prices reach highest levels since 2014 Critics say solution lies with domestic energy producers Blast administration’s reliance on foreign energy sources President Joe Biden is facing increasing Continue Reading
The first big test of Joe Biden’s lofty clean-power ambitions may not be sweeping climate legislation that needs congressional approval, but managing a solar supply chain that’s being shaken by Continue Reading
Solar could supply more than 40% of the nation’s electricity by 2035 – up from 3% today – if Congress adopts policies like tax credits for renewable energy projects and Continue Reading
Canada’s oil sands producers may find welcome relief to years of pipeline capacity constraints when the first new pipeline in years could enter into service as early as next month. Continue Reading
Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energy storage. Hydrogen and Continue Reading
The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge’s ruling against its oil leasing moratorium, even as it promises to resume auctions. (Bloomberg) — The Biden administration is appealing a federal Continue Reading
California’s wildfire crisis escalated on Tuesday as resurgent strong winds fanned the state’s biggest conflagration, drove flames from a separate, smaller blaze into a rural mountain community and prompted widespread Continue Reading
California’s wildfire crisis escalated on Tuesday as resurgent strong winds fanned the state’s biggest conflagration, drove flames from a separate, smaller blaze into a rural mountain community and prompted widespread Continue Reading
Climate change and its devastating impact are accelerating faster than ever, according to a new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Hurricanes are becoming stronger, rainfall Continue Reading
Major U.S. oil industry groups on Monday sued the Biden administration for halting drilling auctions on federal lands and waters this year, arguing the government is required by law to Continue Reading
The U.S. Treasury Department issued new energy financing guidance to multilateral development banks on Monday, saying the United States would oppose their involvement in fossil fuel projects except for some Continue Reading
With climate change and long-term drought continuing to take a toll on the Colorado River, the federal government on Monday for the first time declared a water shortage at Lake Continue Reading
Oil markets started off the week under pressure as continued speculative “long” liquidation amid delta variant demand concerns weighed on prices. However, in an ironic twist, the oil market got Continue Reading
The Biden administration on Monday challenged a federal judge’s decision in June to block the Interior Department’s pause on oil and gas leasing on public lands and waters – a Continue Reading
Several years ago, a major US electric utility, wrote in its 10-K , a document filed annually with federal securities regulators, that it could not “currently estimate the financial impact Continue Reading
America’s appetite for fossil fuels has come roaring back as the economy cranks into gear, providing a boost to energy groups but flying in the face of Washington’s drive to Continue Reading
U.S. officials on Monday are expected to declare the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West, triggering cuts to some Arizona farmers next Continue Reading
Twin tropical storms promise heavy rains across Florida and more misery for Haiti, reeling after hundreds were killed following a massive earthquake Saturday. In the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Continue Reading
Petroleos Mexicanos fought tooth and nail to wrest control of the country’s biggest private oil find from the companies that discovered it. Now it has found itself without the cash Continue Reading
A key pipeline linking Canada’s oil sands to U.S. markets could start shipping crude as early as next month. Enbridge Inc.’s Line 3 oil pipeline from Alberta to Wisconsin could Continue Reading
As drought persists across more than 95% of the American West, water elevation at the Hoover Dam has sunk to record-low levels, endangering a source of hydroelectric power for an estimated 1.3 Continue Reading
Drought across the Western U.S. has forced California to ration water to farms. Hydroelectric dams barely work. The smallest spark — from a lawnmower or even a flat tire — Continue Reading
This week the United Nations and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s leading authority on global warming, released a devastating report summing up the current state of climate change, Continue Reading
Highlights 485-MW Long Ridge plant will run on gas-hydrogen mix Plant at former aluminum smelter site on Ohio River Touted as a first-of-its-kind power plant in the United States, the Continue Reading
U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration on Wednesday urged OPEC and its allies to boost oil output to tackle rising gasoline prices that they see as a threat to the global Continue Reading
Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending August 6, 2021 U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.2 million barrels per day during the week ending August 6, 2021 Continue Reading
More than half of Canada’s crude and condensate demand is being met by the United States, despite the fact that Canada pumps two and half times more oil than its Continue Reading
Even with a battery boom underway in California, the state predicts a power supply shortfall may worsen next year in extreme weather conditions like the heat waves and drought seen Continue Reading
President Joe Biden has pledged to wean the U.S. off of fossil fuels, and never has that call been more urgent than now, with United Nations-backed scientists warning of a point of Continue Reading
