Posts in June 2008
The Second North Sea Oil Boom
Happy Environment Day, story number three. The record oil price could cause a second oil boom in the North Sea. The popular view is that the UK’s share of the North Sea is in decline, with energy reserves diminishing rapidly about 35 years after the oilfields were first exploited. However, there is a growing body…
Continue reading ‘The Second North Sea Oil Boom’.Iraq to discuss Oil Law (Again!)
Kurdistan’s Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani has confirmed that discussions with Baghdad over Iraq’s controversial oil law would continue within two weeks. “We will be traveling to Baghdad to start negotiations on the oil law in two weeks. It’s important that we agree on the law otherwise foreign companies won’t come to invest in our region.”
UNEP Urges People to “Kick the CO2 Habit”
Tomorrow, if you did not know, is World Environment Day 2008. To mark the occasion , UNEP has joined a growing list of organizations that argues that adopting a climate-friendly lifestyle needn’t require drastic changes or major sacrifices. One of the reports being launched tomorrow is a kind of Rough Guide to low carbon living,…
Continue reading ‘UNEP Urges People to “Kick the CO2 Habit”’.Puffin Numbers Plummit in North Sea
It was not long ago that we blogged that one in eight bird species could be in trouble over climate change. The numbers of the iconic puffin have fallen by nearly a third in a key colony off Scotland in the North Sea. Researchers fear this could indicate a national trend caused by warming seas…
Continue reading ‘Puffin Numbers Plummit in North Sea’.Airlines Battle the Horsemen of the Apocalypse
If you have been grumbling recently about how much it costs you to fill your car up because of record fuel prices, spare a thought for the poor old airlines. For example, when Air Canada fills up a new Boeing 777 in Toronto for a one-way flight to Heathrow, it now costs a whopping $68,948….
Continue reading ‘Airlines Battle the Horsemen of the Apocalypse’.“Doing nothing is not an option”
The US Senate has started a raucous debate over climate change legislation even though it will put supporters of the bill, including all three presidential candidates, on the spot — essentially forcing them to come out in favor of high energy costs at a time when American consumers are paying record fuel prices. The bill…
Continue reading ‘“Doing nothing is not an option”’.Bolivia Seizes Control of Gas Pipeline
The Bolivian government has taken full control of a key gas pipeline company after talks with the foreign firm that held a controlling stake broke down. It is the latest move in the Bolivian president’s recent effort to nationalise key industries. President Evo Morales said Transredes had been seized after US company Ashmore Energy International…
Continue reading ‘Bolivia Seizes Control of Gas Pipeline’.Iraq Exports Reach Post-War High
Maybe those people who gave the green light to invade Iraq really did have a crystal ball. Maybe five years ago they could have foreseen record energy prices and a frenzy about oil supply and demand. Because amidst all the panic about dwindling supply, one country has actually increased production. Iraq has raised oil exports…
Continue reading ‘Iraq Exports Reach Post-War High’.A Big Agenda, but Small Hope
Climate change experts from around the world will get their first chance this week to discuss the nuts and bolts of the new global warming agreement designed to take effect after 2012, that was hammered out in Bali last December. In Bonn, “the real work is now only beginning,” says Yvo de Boer, the United…
Continue reading ‘A Big Agenda, but Small Hope’.Niger Delta Leaders Dismiss Planned Summit
It’s not just the climate summit that looks like it will be a failure. Leaders from the Niger Delta have dismissed the proposed summit on the region by the Federal Government, describing it as a “jamboree.” They have also warned President Umaru Yar’Adua about the “imminent collapse” of his peace programme for the region because…
Continue reading ‘Niger Delta Leaders Dismiss Planned Summit’.
Archive by Month
- May 2012 (11)
- April 2012 (14)
- March 2012 (16)
- February 2012 (17)
- January 2012 (25)
- December 2011 (12)
- November 2011 (31)
- October 2011 (24)
- September 2011 (15)
- August 2011 (12)
- July 2011 (12)
- June 2011 (15)
- May 2011 (18)
- April 2011 (15)
- March 2011 (15)
- February 2011 (18)
- January 2011 (23)
- December 2010 (16)
- November 2010 (23)
- October 2010 (28)
- September 2010 (16)
- August 2010 (19)
- July 2010 (22)
- June 2010 (21)
- May 2010 (24)
- April 2010 (17)
- March 2010 (20)
- February 2010 (20)
- January 2010 (18)
- December 2009 (15)
- November 2009 (20)
- October 2009 (22)
- September 2009 (20)
- August 2009 (20)
- July 2009 (13)
- June 2009 (17)
- May 2009 (13)
- April 2009 (19)
- March 2009 (21)
- February 2009 (18)
- January 2009 (20)
- December 2008 (13)
- November 2008 (20)
- October 2008 (19)
- September 2008 (23)
- August 2008 (18)
- July 2008 (18)
- June 2008 (41)
- May 2008 (55)
- April 2008 (64)
- March 2008 (60)
- February 2008 (65)
- January 2008 (66)
- December 2007 (47)
- November 2007 (52)
- October 2007 (63)
- September 2007 (59)
- August 2007 (54)
- July 2007 (63)
- June 2007 (76)
- May 2007 (73)
- April 2007 (49)
- March 2007 (79)
- February 2007 (60)
- January 2007 (72)
- December 2006 (51)
- November 2006 (46)
- October 2006 (43)
- September 2006 (49)
- August 2006 (38)
- July 2006 (40)
- June 2006 (43)
- May 2006 (44)
- April 2006 (49)
- March 2006 (47)
- February 2006 (18)
- January 2006 (24)
Archive by Category
- "The Price of Oil" Blog (2431)
- Afghanistan (1)
- African oil (12)
- Amazon (3)
- API (6)
- Arctic Oil and Gas (19)
- Big Oil Profits (9)
- BP (105)
- Brazil (4)
- British politics (2)
- Canada (113)
- Car Industry (1)
- Carbon Emissions (9)
- Carbon Intensity (5)
- carbon trading (1)
- chemicals (2)
- Chevron (7)
- China (72)
- Clean Energy (1)
- clean energy future (14)
- Climate Change (51)
- climate sceptics (85)
- Coal (39)
- Conflict (2)
- Corporate front groups (6)
- Corruption (4)
- Deepwater Horizon (95)
- energy access (3)
- Energy Activism (3)
- energy policy (97)
- Energy Security (21)
- EU (17)
- Exxon (4)
- Featured (291)
- Fracking (29)
- Fuel Efficiency (1)
- Fuel Quality Directive (1)
- Gas (9)
- Gas Flaring (2)
- Gas Prices (6)
- greenwashing (49)
- Gulf of Mexico (108)
- health impacts (10)
- Human Rights Abuses (1)
- Impact on Wildlife (9)
- Indigenous rights (6)
- Iraq (168)
- Jobs (3)
- Keystone XL (43)
- Libya (4)
- Litigation (21)
- lobbying (36)
- Middle East (30)
- Nigeria (30)
- Northern Gateway (1)
- nuclear (19)
- Offshore Drilling (10)
- oil and gas subsidies (27)
- Oil in the Soil (1)
- oil industry outlook (97)
- Oil Price (6)
- OIl Price Speculation (1)
- Oil Reserves (2)
- oil spills (121)
- Oil supplies (5)
- OPEC (2)
- Peak Oil (2)
- Pipelines (19)
- Pollution (258)
- Protests (31)
- Public Relations (87)
- refining (29)
- Renewables (20)
- Research & Opinions (24)
- Resource Curse (1)
- Revolving Door (2)
- Rick Perry (1)
- Russia (4)
- Safety (63)
- Scientific Research (1)
- Separate Oil and State (86)
- Shale Gas (14)
- Shell (21)
- Solar (11)
- Storage (1)
- Subsidies (12)
- tar sands (134)
- Taxes (4)
- Ultra Deepwater (2)
- US politics (227)
- Violence (6)
- War (60)
- Wind (1)
- World Bank (12)