While the Federal Government has made good its decision to withdraw the fuel subsidy, it would be in the best interest of the entire Nigerian populace that the government revisits its decision and make adequate readjustments before the country erupts in utter chaos. Whatever...
Is the force of demand for petroleum so great that people are 1) willing to risk the environment and planet on it; 2) willing to sew a zipper across the continent form north to south? Not now, anyway. " “The...
Jordan Yerman’s story, “China: Dalian Oil Spill Spreads in Yellow Sea,” link below, accompanying the BP Gulf of Mexico oil disaster combine with hundreds of other oil-related manmade disasters to spark...
And Why It Is So Difficult To Put This Genie Back In The BottleJust why has it been so difficult to put this GENIE (Oil & Gas) back into the bottle (Macondo Prospect, Gulf of Mexico)? Or at least keep...
created by WordSmith | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 286 views | 2 recommendations | 3 comments
Taliban aggression inside their own countries is an internal and troubling problem for free people inside and outside their locations. The US is in the Middle East as a response to al-Qaeda attacks on 9/11. We...
A deadly fire has broken out in Sanganer, Jaipur, Rajasthan (India) due to explosion at a oil depot at 7:30PM local time. Five people have been reported killed and about 150 injured by now. The...
created by Mritunjay | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 2333 views | 44 recommendations | 20 comments
Greenpeace activists have shut down a 155,000 barrel a day operation in Shell's Albian Sands mine just north of Fort McMurray, which is located in northern Alberta, Canada. The 25 activists from Canada, the U.S. and France are trying to attract attention to the...
created by Annina Bergman | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 391 views | 28 recommendations | 9 comments
The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill will hit consumers of petroleum fuels especially hard by dramatically increasing the costs of goods and services as noted in the graphic at right, according to two groups...
opinion by BMCWrites | 2 years ago 792 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
During a two-day fact-finding trip this week, I learned a lot about Williams’ cutting-edge natural gas exploration and production efforts taking place in Western Colorado’s Piceance (pronounced “pee-ahnce”)...
created by BMCWrites | 2 years ago 177 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
Eastern Nepal is in severe shortage of Petroleum products after peroleum dealers went on a strike to against the decision to replace old oil tankers. " Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has decided to replace such old tankers. The entrepreneurs have halted since Sunday on the...
"We are running out of it" President Calderon said as he referred to oil extraction in Mexico. He regretted the Congress not approving a reform that allowed private resources in the construction of...
created by Pat Garcia | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 278 views | 49 recommendations | 2 comments
Source: Agencia boliviana de informacion; http://abi.bo/index.php?i=noticias_texto_paleta&j=20090123132501&l=200705030092_Una_planta_gas%EDfera_._(archivo)."Carrasco (Cochabamba), 23 ene (ABI).- El Gobierno de Evo Morales recuperó este viernes el 100 por ciento...
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After US Airways Flight 1549 crashed in the Hudson River today, environmentalists are concerned about the dangers of an oil spill occuring in the river from the fuel that is located on the plane. Oil spills...
created by Amy Judd | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 591 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
" "Chavez decided that it was a mistake," said Larry Birns, director of the Washington-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs. He said Citgo officials probably recommended the cost-saving measure to Chavez in the first place, but the impact may not have sunk in until the...
created by urbano411 | 3 years ago 270 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
OPEC has agreed to cut production due to rapidly falling oil prices. Airlines and other Oil dependent companies rushed to buy call options to lock in the current prices. A call option means buyers can...
opinion by Albert Milliron | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 252 views | 18 recommendations | 11 comments