India Unveils The World's First 100% Solar Powered Airport
• True ActivistAn airport in Kerala, India will become the first in the world to be completely powered by a 12-megawatt (MW) solar power plant.
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Palestinian man overcomes Gaza energy cuts with affordable DIY solar ovens
• http://inhabitat.comA Palestinian man living in Gaza is helping his community overcome chronic energy shortages with affordable DIY solar ovens.
'Never Going To See $ 100' Oil Again Says Saudi Prince
• arcleinGiven the current situation, the U.S bank Goldman Sachs has cut its oil price forecast for 2015. According to a report by Reuters the bank estimates that the low oil prices may fall to high $ 30s the short-term. The bank also reportedly estimates tha
Saudis Tell Shale Industry It Will Break Them
• arcleinEven though Riyadh is nominally still an ally, relations with the US are fraught. The Saudis are mighty unhappy with America over its failure to get rid of Assad, its refusal to indulge Saudi demands of attacking Iran (our leaders may be drunk on pow
US Oil Production Surpasses Saudi Production.
• arcleinBorn in South Dakota, Fred was a young, 28-year-old geologist when he went to work for the Standard Oil Company of California. In 1930, the company sent him to the Persian Gulf, where he recommended they begin drilling a test well on Bahrain. Not on
Libya declares oil crisis over
• aljazeera.comDeal reached with rebels to handover seized oil ports, ending year-long blockade that crippled country's petrol industry
Oil prices fall further as Libyan supplies to return
• france24.comOil extended losses on Thursday on prospects that Libya will begin exporting more crude into a global market flush with supplies, while easing concerns about the Iraqi crisis also weighed.
What the Loss of Crimea Means for Ukrainian Energy: Interview with Robert Bensh
Staffoilpricedotcom ErikInterview with energy security expert Robert Bensh that looks at the unfolding events in Ukraine and their energy future.
Libya warns against buying oil from militias
• APLibya's government on Wednesday warned oil companies not to buy from export terminals seized by militias in the east of the country.
Forget 'Saudi America' — Here Comes 'Qatari America'
• Business InsiderSince 1997, the Arab state of Qatar has dominated the liquefied natural gas market, and today holds the title of world's largest supplier of the fuel.
Syria and the geopolitics of oil
• aljazeera.comHow will rising tensions in the Middle East impact the global energy market?
Saudi America Will Overtake Saudi Arabia As The World's Top Oil Producer Within A Decade
• Business InsiderThere's still some debate about whether America's shale oil boom is merely an overnight sensation or a true-blue gamechanger — we've featured both sides here.
Saudi Arabia ‘could become single largest oil refiner’
• gulfnews.comGlobal refining capacity may double to 8 million bd in the next ten years
Is Tunisia the New Hot Spot for Energy Investors?
Staffoilpricedotcom ErikUntil recently Tunisia was considered to be a minor league and relatively underexplored venue in Africa’s rapidly expanding oil & gas scene. This situation has quickly changed with new bid rounds and forced relinquishments creating an opportunity
Alexandria Rising
• arcleinFor now, the gas is being pumped to mainland Israel, where it will feed the domestic market, but exports should begin in 2-3 years. What Israel has in mind is the European market, via a hoped-for undersea Mediterranean pipeline to Turkey, which has t
Recent Oil Production and Projections
• arcleinUS Crude oil production just reached 6.509 million barrels per day. There was a dip for several weeks because of production shutdowns because of weather in the gulf of mexico. All US oil liquid production is at 10.8 million barrels per day. US
Energy Company Plans to Frack a Volcano
• http://www.wired.com, By Liat ClarkWith reports only recently confirming that fracking is not, as long as its properly regulated, the earthquake-generating terror we thought it was, a U.S. geothermal company has decided it’s a great idea to extract clean energy from a dormant volcano
Pirates of West Africa: Tanker with Russian crew found near Nigeria
• http://chrisinmaryville.net/The Energy Centurion oil tanker seized by pirates in Togo’s territorial waters was found off the coast of Nigeria still under pirate control. All the crew members are believed to be safe, as the pirates seem to be interested only in stealing cargo.
Shell shuts oil station in Nigeria, activists report spill
• The RawStory.comShell said Thursday it had shut down an oil processing facility in southern Nigeria over a pump failure, but denied reports that a significant amount of oil had spilled in the area.
Assad Strikes Oil Deal to Keep War Machine Moving
• Robert Beckhusen via WIRED.comThe regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad is falling apart. Its prime minister has fled the country, and its military equipment is reportedly breaking down.
This Insane Video Of An Oil Tank Exploding In Russia Was Filmed From Over A Mile Away
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Ashley LutzA terrifying amateur video of an oil tank exploding in Ulyanovsk, Russia is making its rounds on the internet.
For Egypt, gas deal with Israel was bad business
• http://www.globalpost.com, Erin CunninghamWhile the world views Egypt’s decision to cancel a gas contract with Israel as a threat to peace, really it just makes good business sense.
Defusing the Middle East Would Lower Gas Prices
• http://www.fff.org, by Sheldon RichmanRepublicans see rising oil and gasoline prices as an opportunity to score political points on President Obama.
Power solution: India opens world's largest solar park (PHOTOS)
• http://rt.comThe world’s largest solar power field has been switched on in India’s western state of Gujarat.
Gas stations run dry in Juba as Sudan oil fight persists
• http://www.reuters.com, By Ulf LaessingMotorists in South Sudan queued for hours on Sunday to try to buy petrol as filling stations ran dry due to a shortage of dollars less than three months after the world's newest nation shut down oil production in a row with Sudan.
Oil rises to fresh 9-month high near $109 in Asia
• By ALEX KENNEDYOil prices rose to a fresh nine-month high near $109 a barrel Friday in Asia amid signs the U.S. economy is improving against a backdrop of elevated tensions in the Middle East over Iran's nuclear program.
How Will Increased Iranian Sanctions Affect South Africa
• Oilprice.comThe Iranian sanctions’ fallout is now hitting South Africa, Africa's biggest economy, which receives nearly 25 percent of its needs from Iran, roughly 98,000 barrels per day (bpd), or about 4 percent of Iran’s total exports.
China to Aid Saudi Arabia in Nuclear Power Development
• Oilprice.comEver since the end of World War Two, the U.S. has come to regard Saudi Arabia as almost its exclusive oil producing enclave. In February 1945, after the Yalta Conference with Soviet General Secretary
Iran says not storing oil in Gulf due to sanctions
• The RawStory.comIran has not stored oil on tankers in the Gulf, and its crude exports have not been disrupted due to mounting international pressure over its disputed nuclear program, an oil official told the semi-official Mehr news agency on Saturday.
Ahmedinejad Visits Latin America, Washington Implores and Seethes
• oilprice.comAt the best of times, the U.S. government is regarded as somewhat out of touch with what’s happening in the American “heartland,” much less the world at large, so much so that the phrase “inside the Beltway” was coined to define the syndrome.
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