When it comes to superlative descriptions of oil and gas reserves, the Utica Shale may be in a class of its own.
The rock layer that extends from Quebec to Kentucky with major concentrations in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia has been called the next big play for shale gas; attracted billions of dollars in land investment, and been hailed by Chesapeake Energy chief Aubrey McClendon as “one of the biggest discoveries in US history.” Keep reading →
GE and Shell have been close partners in overseas development, particularly in gas and oil drilling.
In this video, Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company’s Donald Sabatini talks about how Shell is using GE equipment to move from shallow to deeper oil and gas reserves in Nigeria and how important that relationship has been for development. Keep reading →
Rising demand for energy efficiency solutions abroad may offer new, and expanding, opportunities for US renewable energy firms.
Omani state-owned oil firm Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) has awarded California-based GlassPoint a contract to build a pilot 7MW solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR) system at a an existing thermal EOR project in southern Oman. Keep reading →
With the bruising debt ceiling battle barely over, Washington lobbyists are already preparing for a new smackdown in September over environmental regulation.
House Republicans have amassed a Christmas wish list of rules they view as unwarranted expansions of federal power and are trying to stop them cold in the fiscal 2012 appropriations bill for the Interior Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and several smaller agencies. They’ve subtitled the bill the “Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act.” Keep reading →
The popular image of oil derricks place them in sunny locales, in deserts and at sea. But with the search for new oil reserves spreading, the ability to use solar power for enhanced oil recovery faces some elemental challenges.
Southern California, where GlassPoint Solar operates a facility, satisfies the two main requirements for solar thermal enhanced oil recovery –abundant sunlight and heavy oil. But these requirements limit the technology’s application in other areas of the country. Within the US, GlassPoint CEO Rod MacGregor mentioned only West Texas as prospective for solar thermal enhanced oil recovery (EOR) use. Keep reading →
Over the last few days, experts in fields from neuroscience to music to energy came together to share ideas at the TEDGlobal 2011 conference. With Shell one of the conference sponsors, there was extensive discussion of the energy sector and the industry’s future.
Among the speakers was Pavan Sukhdev, an energy economist who worked at Deutsche Bank for 15 years before writing a groundbreaking report, The Economies of Ecosystems and Biodiversity.” Sukhdev chairs the Global Agenda Council on Biodiversity and Ecosystems for the World Economic Forum. Keep reading →
Oil companies using steam-driven enhanced oil recovery now have a cheaper and greener option.
Instead of using natural gas to generate the steam that is injected into reservoirs to force oil to the surface, GlassPoint Solar, a Fremont, California-based company has developed a new technology that utilizes solar power. Keep reading →
