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Video: Interior Secretary Salazar Prepares to Step Down

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In this video, the US Department of Interior highlights outgoing Secretary Salazar touring five new national monuments designated by President Obama; the Secretary bids an emotional farewell at a ceremony at the Department of the Interior; and the Obama Administration releases a new national strategy to fight climate change by preserving our natural resources.

Salazar is stepping down and President Obama has nominated Sally Jewell to take his place. Jewell is president and chief executive of outdoor recreation company REI and worked as an oil field engineer earlier in her career. The Department manages the country’s energy resources located on federal lands both onshore and offshore. Keep reading →

 /  Published April 2, 2013 at 1:30 PM

Energy Video: The Artificial Leaf

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Plants and trees have been making clean energy for billions of years using water and sunlight, so why can’t humans do the same? People have been asking this question for over 100 years and Giacomo Ciamician, an Italian scientist, has been dubbed the father of artificial photosynthesis for his research into what he called “the guarded secret of plants.”

Today, chemist and Harvard professor Daniel G. Nocera has taken up the mantle along with fellow scientists, graduate students and post-doctoral researchers. His work and grand vision has been captured in this brief video by filmmaking team Jared Scott and Kelly Nyks (PF Pictures), which recently won a $50,000 FOCUS FORWARD prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Keep reading →

 /  Published February 4, 2013 at 11:00 AM

Mandated Ethanol-Gasoline Blending: Good or Bad?

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There is a contentious debate underway regarding mandated ethanol blending into gasoline that touches on issues like food versus fuel and the sanctity of free markets. The severe drought that hit the US this past summer reduced corn crop yields – a major ethanol feedstock – and sparked calls for a waiver of the Renewable Fuels Standard that reportedly uses some 40% of the US corn crop to produce ethanol.

When Breaking Energy recently sat down with two industry analysts and asked them about mandated ethanol blending, we received decidedly anti-RFS viewpoints. In this video, David Rewcastle, Senior Energy Analyst with Source Capital Group and Michael Lynch, President and Director of Global Petroleum Service with Strategic Energy Economic Research explain why government-mandated ethanol blending into gasoline is flawed and suggest how the system might be improved. Keep reading →

 /  Published January 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM

Trends for Equities in the Oil and Gas Sector

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Investors are always looking for broad trends within industries that can provide clues to which equities might unlock the most value. The growth in US oil and gas production over the past few years has been all over the headlines, but with thousands of producers, contractors and suppliers contributing to the boom, where can investors focus their attention within the equity markets?

In this video, Breaking Energy speaks with experts David Rewcastle, Senior Energy Analyst with Source Capital Group and Michael Lynch, President and Director of Global Petroleum Service with Strategic Energy Economic Research about which types of companies they expect to benefit from surging US petroleum output. Keep reading →

 /  Published January 11, 2013 at 2:00 PM

Post-election US Energy Policy Considerations

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Numerous factors are set to influence US energy policy under the second Obama Administration and during the new Congress, including a leadership change at the EPA, tax code reformation, fracking, the Keystone Pipeline and Alaskan oil exploration, just to name a few.

In this video, Breaking Energy discusses important energy policy considerations for the administration, the 113th Congress and energy companies with Ian Nathan, Manager of Global Gas and LNG at Energy Intelligence Research & Advisory, a consultancy and publisher. Keep reading →

 /  Published January 10, 2013 at 3:00 PM

Natural Gas Trading Strategy

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One thing all commodity price forecasts have in common is they tend to be very poor at predicting what prices will be in the future, despite this being ostensibly their sole purpose. Many forecasts are based on past market activity, but this has not proven to be terribly effective at divining future price movements.

In this video from the US Association for Energy Economics conference recently held in Austin, Texas, Roger Stibolt, Managing Director at investment banking house Galway Group discusses some of the ways he approaches natural gas trading and price forecasting. Keep reading →

 /  Published January 2, 2013 at 9:00 AM

Five Ways to Forecast Natural Gas Market Activity

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What’s the best way to analyze future natural gas price scenarios? Banks and hedge funds spend enormous amounts of time and money attempting to answer that question and there is no shortage of views on the subject.

In this video from the US Association of Energy Economics conference recently held in Austin, Texas, Robert Stibolt, Managing Director of the Galway Group – an investment banking firm – discusses five ways to obtain information about future natural gas prices and market fundamentals. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 28, 2012 at 11:00 AM

Russia’s Role in European Gas Pipeline Politics

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The uncomfortable relationship between Russia and its biggest natural gas market – Europe – has been undergoing changes as European countries contemplate developing their indigenous shale gas resources and the divergence between oil and natural gas prices that has in turn strained the long held practice of oil-linked gas pricing outside of North America.

In this video from the recent US Association for Energy Economics conference Ariel Cohen, Heritage Foundation Senior Research Fellow discusses some of the emerging regional trends that are shaping future gas flow patterns and Russia’s role as gas supplier. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 27, 2012 at 11:15 AM

A ‘Different World of Natural Gas’

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Many analysts and energy industry observers did not anticipate the impact unconventional gas and oil produced from tight deposits like shale would have on the industry. Technology and market fundamentals aligned to open vast reserves and facilitate production increases that caught many by surprise and are having wide ranging effects throughout the energy business and beyond.

This video from the recent US Association of Energy Economics conference features natural gas market experts discussing the shale gas phenomenon and what it means for everything from trading strategies to Russian production and export planning. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 26, 2012 at 3:00 PM

Energy Demand Growth Set to Surge

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While supply of energy commodities can often seem arcane, only noticeable to end consumers when prices rise or there is a supply disruption, demand is much more tactile and visible.

“Everyone wants to use as much plastic as we do,” notes Williams Energy senior executive David Darcey on this video shot at a recent summit of the US Association of Energy Economics, detailing rising US production of plastics, innovations in making steel using natural gas and heating oil conversions as parts of the puzzle in creating a rising market for natural gas production currently weighing on prices. Keep reading →

 /  Published December 11, 2012 at 3:00 PM
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